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Officials have been working on a deal to bring popular video app TikTok under U.S. ownership to avoid shutting it down in the United States. (Image credit: Michael Dwyer)

RFK Jr.’s reshaped ACIP vaccine panel re-did a vote from yesterday on the MMRV vaccine and scrapped plans for another vote on the hepatitis B birth dose. (Image credit: Elijah Nouvelage)

Free speech has become an increasing focal point after comments about Charlie Kirk’s assassination have caused people to lose jobs. And, a CDC vaccine panel rolls back MMRV vaccine guidance. (Image credit: Benjamin Hanson)

In the eight months since becoming chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr has waged war against the free speech of those who have reported on, criticized, or satirized the president. (Image credit: John McDonnell)

Erika Kirk, 36, has a devotional podcast and Christian clothing line. She has vowed to continue her late husband’s work. (Image credit: Samuel Corum)

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has said China is funding climate lawsuits against American oil and gas companies to weaken the U.S. He hasn’t provided evidence to support the claim. (Image credit: Marcio Jose Sanchez)

The group voted to make people who want a COVID shot to be briefed on harms and benefits, but in a close vote, it failed to pass a proposal that states should require people to get a prescription. (Image credit: Elijah Nouvelage)

The late night hosts warned about the future of free speech on their shows Thursday. (Image credit: Emma McIntyre)

George Cook is the Trump administration’s new acting director of the Census Bureau, which has been thrust into the middle of a renewed attempt by President Trump to alter the national head count. (Image credit: John Raoux)

The report issued Tuesday by experts commissioned by the United Nations’ Human Rights Council calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible. (Image credit: Yousef Al Zanoun)