So far in 2026, the U.S. has recorded the most measles cases in more than three decades as outbreaks spread in multiple states, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows.

NEWS via @CBSNews: One cabinet secretary was on the secret plane with Trump -- Pete Hegseth -- when he employed a ruse to evade an Iran threat after the NATO summit.  Two cabinet secretary were on the decoy (the plane publicly identified as AF1): Marco Rubio and Scott Bessent, sources told me. The secretaries, who separated from the president and maintained the line of succession, were aware Trump was on another, secret plane.  Several White House aides were also on the aircraft without the president, including Stephen Miller, Will Scharf, Steven Cheung, Mike Needham, Ross Worthington and Monica Crowley. Staff on the undisclosed plane with Trump after he relocated with the help of a catering truck included Natalie Harp, Dan Scavino and Walt Nauta.

glad to see Robert Gilman return to the US. There are other Americans who remain held in Russia including Chuck Zimmerman, Olga Jesper, Andre Khachatoorian, David Barnes and Aleksandr Antonov. Here is a piece I wrote in May about Antonov's plight.

@CBSNews @margbrennan @Olivia_Gazis @Reuters Trump says that Gilman is actually en route to DC first, and should land tonight. Admin representatives will meet Gilman and family at Joint Base Andrews. Trump says he spoke with Gilman, who requested a cheeseburger when he lands.

24 hours before the Trump executive order was issued, the NIH director said on CBS that he did not know what was in the order. He also twice said that he trusted the science and vaccinated his own children. He recommended that parents should vaxx their children before sending them back to school. Then 24 hours later.....

TRUMP says "we do not know" what causes autism but he's aiming to reduce and space out vaccine jabs anyway: “Decades ago, children received only a small fraction of the vaccines required today. In those times, people were much healthier and of course, the high rates of autism now observed did not exist. So there’s a reason for such epidemic rates of autism. And we’re going to bring it back to much closer to where it was. While we do not know exactly what the cause is with respect to autism, it is essential to our research efforts that we have the very best vaccine recommendations in the entire world,” he continued. “So we’re reducing them, we’re changing it to visits over the period of a year, a year and a half, so they get 20% of what they would have gotten in one big shot.”

My initial thoughts on this? 1) The President is getting really bad advice in regards to the impacts this is going to have on vaccine confidence and vaccine preventable diseases 2) This administration clearly wants to - and will be - judged based on the health and economic consequences caused by vaccine preventable diseases. At this point we are left to track, quantify, and share that information with the public 3) Clearly this is going to be an issue citizens vote on in the midterms, and in 2028. Republicans now (seemingly gladly) clearly the issue of declining vaccine uptake.

The new EO on vaccines will make life harder & more expensive for parents who want to vaccinate their kids. What used to be one office visit + one low-cost combo MMR shot (~$10–$75 range… or free under VFC) will now be THREE separate shots at three separate visits. MORE trips, MORE time off work, MORE admin fees, MORE hassle, MORE pain for America’s children - and higher odds kids miss doses. “Big Pharma” & healthcare providers? They could actually sell/administer THREE TIMES the product and bills for three visits under this EO! 🤯🤔

President Trump signed an executive order on Monday laying out new recommendations for childhood vaccinations. 👇@margbrennan asked Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, National Institutes of Health director, about plans for the executive order on Sunday. Read more here:

I’m a doctor. This executive order is wrong. The President does not have the expertise to make these changes. Vaccines are overwhelmingly safe. Vaccines are effective. Vaccines DO NOT cause autism. Breaking up vaccines will mean children have to get more shots to get the same protection, not fewer shots. It will increase hesitancy and make children less safe. Parents should listen to their child’s pediatrician about vaccines rather than listening to an inaccurate executive order. This is so wrong.

Cheyenne Buckingham has found several meaningful ways to bond with her sister, who can't talk. From sensory-based outings to helping with self care, here are some ways she connects without needing to say a word:

Zelenskyy: Had we received licenses for Patriot 4 years ago, Ukraine would already be producing Patriots for everyone. Instead, we are still dealing with paperwork while real missiles are flying and killing people.

Israeli diplomats in charge of Hasbara meet a settler leader in the occupied West Bank. The settlements are literally the number 1 issue that many of Israel's friends around the world say they can't and won't defend anymore

WATCH: When asked whether enough is being done to counter vaccine misinformation one year after the deadly shooting at CDC headquarters, NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya instead points to “a loss of public trust in public health” stemming from the government’s handling of the COVID pandemic, which began in the first Trump administration.

.@margbrennan asks NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya if a yet to be issued White House executive order on vaccines and autism, as reported by The Washington Post and Bloomberg, would help restore public trust, as NIH studies a broader range of potential factors behind the rise in autism: “I won't be able to tell you specifically what's on it because I don't think it's done yet. But you can ask the president about it,” Bhattacharya says.

With children heading back to school, @margbrennan asks NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya whether parents should trust federal recommendations to vaccinate their kids. “Yes, you should vaccinate your kids,” Bhattacharya says, noting he vaccinated his own kids, and later adding, “I trust the science.”

I strongly believe that the world needs to remember the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, its victims & survivors. 81 years ago, Nagasaki became a symbol of humanity’s capacity for destruction. It stands today as both a warning & a guide. It calls on us to build a world where peace is sustained not by fear, but by shared purpose.