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R.F.K. Jr., in His Own Words: Flu, Diabetes, Autism and More

Follow live updates on RFK Jr.’s second confirmation hearing. At Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearings, beginning on Wednesday, senators are expected to question him closely about his controversial views on vaccines. For years Mr. Kennedy has questioned the safety of vaccines, including those for polio and measles, two diseases that continue to harm children. […]

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U.S. Sues to Block Tech Deal in First Antitrust Action of Trump Term

The Justice Department on Thursday moved to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks, the first deal to be challenged by antitrust enforcers during President Trump’s second term. In a lawsuit filed in United States District Court for the Northern District of California, the government said the deal “risks substantially lessening competition

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SoftBank in Talks to Invest Up to $25 Billion in OpenAI

OpenAI, the San Francisco artificial intelligence company that has been on a yearslong money-raising frenzy, is in talks with the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank for an investment up to $25 billion, according to three people familiar with the negotiations. Some of that money could be used to cover OpenAI’s commitment to Stargate, the $100 billion data

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Caroline Kennedy Calls RFK Jr. a ‘Predator’ in Letter to Senators

Follow live updates on RFK Jr.’s second confirmation hearing. Caroline Kennedy wrote a scathing letter to key senators on Tuesday, calling her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a “predator” addicted to attention from airing dangerous views on vaccinations and who is unfit to be the nation’s health secretary. She urged lawmakers questioning Mr. Kennedy at

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In ‘Eureka Day,’ a Scene About Vaccines Devolves, Hilariously

The third scene of the new Broadway production of “Eureka Day” could be titled The Way We Discourse Now. As written by the playwright Jonathan Spector, the scene reliably has audiences laughing so loudly that the actors are drowned out. The situation is this: It is 2018. The principal of the progressive private school Eureka

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Is the HPV Vaccine Safe? Yes, Despite What R.F.K. Jr. Has Said.

Amid a tense line of questioning during the first day of confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he would keep his financial stake in pending litigation centered on Gardasil, a vaccine meant to prevent cervical cancer, which can be caused by the human papillomavirus, or HPV. On Thursday, under questioning by Senator Patty Murray,

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Security at ISIS Camps in Syria Threatened by U.S. Funding Freeze

President Trump’s sweeping executive order to halt foreign aid threatens to freeze a U.S. program supporting security forces inside a notorious camp in the Syrian desert that holds tens of thousands of Islamic State members and their families, Syrian and U.S. officials said. The order has also wreaked havoc on another U.S. organization in Syria

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