Rumors and Misinformation

Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’

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Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.

Trump Is Trying to Gain More Power Over Elections. Is His Effort Legal?

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A far-reaching executive order aims to reshape the country’s voting laws, is sure to be challenged in court and reflects the president’s concerted push to expand his power.

For Some Measles Patients, Vitamin A Remedy Supported by RFK Jr. Leaves Them More Ill

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After the health secretary promoted vitamin A as a cure, parents in West Texas began giving their children high doses, sometimes to prevent infection.

Washington Bends to RFK Jr.’s ‘MAHA’ Agenda on Measles, Baby Formula and French Fries

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Public health leaders are horrified by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s approach to measles, but government and industry are responding to him.

Kennedy Instructs Anti-Vaccine Group to Remove Fake C.D.C. Page

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Children’s Health Defense, founded by the health secretary, had published online a vaccine-safety page that looked like the agency’s but that suggested links to autism.

Court Face-Off on Deportations Tests Trump’s Power to ‘Find and Declare’ Facts

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The litigation unleashed by President Trump’s second term, combined with his distortions and lies, is testing the judicial system’s practice of deferring to the executive branch’s determinations about what is true.

Fact-Checking Trump’s Justice Dept. Speech on Crime, Immigration and His Cases

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The president revived a number of falsehoods he had used on the campaign trail last year, including his lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him.