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CDC vaccine panel chair questions need for polio vaccines, calls school immunization requirements "authoritarian," says individual autonomy comes before public health.
U.S. hit 12 months of measles transmission this week
Source: The Hill
January 23, 2026
California becomes first state to join WHO disease surveillance network one day after Trump completed U.S. withdrawal from the organization.
Newsom met WHO director in Switzerland
Source: KCRA Sacramento
January 23, 2026
GAO reports Social Security at risk of "losing many staff in the near term" after telework ban dropped remote work from 42% to 13% of hours.
Agency at 50-year staffing low
Source: Government Executive
January 23, 2026
Watchdog files complaint alleging Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche violated conflict-of-interest law by ending crypto investigations while owning $159,000 in digital assets.
Bitcoin up 34% before he divested
Source: ProPublica
January 23, 2026
Family with active asylum case detained while taking 7-year-old to Portland emergency room; entered legally through CBP One, now held in Texas.
Active asylum case, 2028 court date
Source: KGW Portland
January 23, 2026
HUD threatens sanctions against public housing authorities that do not verify tenants' immigration status within 30 days, claiming audit found 6,000 "ineligible" tenants.
2.2 million residents public housing nationwide
Source: The New York Times [gift link]
January 23, 2026
