President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to salvage Matt Gaetz’s nomination for attorney general failed due to lack of political capital, prompting Gaetz to withdraw and be replaced by Pam Bondi. Bondi, a former Florida attorney general, is seen as a more suitable candidate with experience and without personal baggage. Meanwhile, scrutiny has shifted to Pete Hegseth’s nomination to run the Pentagon’s global bureaucracy amid concerns about his past handling of a sexual assault accusation.
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Track measles outbreaks, cases and vaccine rates by state across the U.S
Measles Outbreak in 2025In 2025, the U.S. has recorded over 1,000 measles cases, making it the second-most active year for the disease since the official elimination in 2000, with Texas accounting for two-thirds of these cases. "Elimination" signifies that the disease has not spread continuously for at least 12 months, and while sporadic outbreaks have occurred since 2000, current figures pale in comparison to the 27,000 cases in 1990 and 450,000 in 1964. The introduction...
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