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HHS staffers criticize RFK Jr. for handling of CDC shooting, vaccine misinformation

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Hundreds of current and former employees for the U.S. Health and Human Services Department have signed a letter blasting agency leader Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his handling of a recent shooting at a CDC building in Atlanta and, they claim, his ongoing spread of vaccine misinformation. Dr. Celine Gounder has details. Original CBS News

Newsom signs California redistricting plan

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed into law a contentious congressional redistricting plan, as state Democrats seek to counter a Trump-backed effort to add to the GOP’s House majority by redrawing Texas’ congressional maps.  The new map — which still needs to be approved by voters — would shift five of California’s Republican U.S. House seats

Texas House Dem says he won’t seek reelection if redistricting effort holds

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A longtime Democratic House lawmaker from Texas said Thursday he won’t run for another term if a Republican redistricting plan pushed by President Trump stands as law in the state. The announcement from 78-year-old Rep. Lloyd Doggett, who has served in Congress since 1995, means Texas Democrats appear to have avoided a potentially messy congressional primary between

California lawmakers approve Newsom-backed redistricting plan

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The California Legislature on Thursday approved Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s contentious redistricting plan, sending it to Newsom’s desk for an expected signature as state Democrats sought to move quickly to counter a Trump-backed effort to add to the GOP’s House majority by redrawing Texas’ congressional maps. The new map would shift five of California’s Republican