Here’s the latest: Dismissed members of CDC vaccine committee call Kennedy’s actions destabilizing’ The 17 experts recently dismissed from a government vaccine advisory panel say Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making “destabilizing decisions” that could lead to more preventable disease spread.
Kennedy last week announced he would “retire” the influential panel that guides US vaccine policy the panel. Two days later, he named eight new people to it.
The former panelists all signed onto a commentary published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Kennedy, a leading voice in the anti-vaccine movement before becoming the U.S. government’s top health official, has accused the committee of being too closely aligned with vaccine manufacturers and of rubber-stamping vaccines.
NAACP says it’s not inviting Trump to national convention The decision not to invite Trump to its convention next month in Charlotte, North Carolina, would be the first time the prominent civil rights group has opted to exclude a sitting president in its 116-year history.
NAACP President Derrick Johnson announced the move at an afternoon press conference, accusing Trump of working against its mission.
In a text message from the NAACP to The Associated Press, Johnson says, “This has nothing to do with political party. Our mission is to advance civil rights, and the current president has made clear that his mission is to eliminate civil rights.” A message to the White House seeking comment was not immediately returned. In recent months, the NAACP has filed multiple lawsuits against the Trump administration, including to block its effort to curb diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Macron met with Trump ahead of G7 welcome ceremony French President Emmanuel Macron held extended talks with U.S. President Donald Trump before the G7 summit’s official welcome ceremony, Macron’s top international spokesperson said Monday.
Jean-Noël Ladois said the two leaders discussed “tariffs, the situation in the Near and Middle East, and the situation in Ukraine.” There’s no briefing yet on what came out of the meeting.
UN chief heads to G7 meeting in Canada Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is heading to Canada to take part in a session on energy security.
UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said Guterres will participate in Tuesday’s session for G7 and invited leaders on “diversification, technology and investment to ensure access and affordability in a changing world.” The secretary-general will meet Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney on the margins of the meeting, Haq said.
He said other meetings would be announced later when asked if the UN chief would meet with US President Donald Trump.
European G7 leaders held an informal meeting about Middle East The four European G7 leaders held an informal meeting over glasses of Canadian wine on the eve of the summit Sunday night, without President Donald Trump, who had yet to arrive at the venue in the Canadian Rockies.
It started when British Prime Minister Keir Starmer bumped into German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in a restaurant-bar area of the venue in the resort of Kananaskis. French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni dropped by and it became an hourlong informal meeting during which the conflict between Israel and Iran was discussed.
Efforts to de-escalate that conflict are a main focus of the two-day summit that officially started Monday. (AP) MNK MNK