Two Democratic senators are launching an investigation into whether Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lied to Congress about his reason for a 2019 trip to Samoa. The investigation comes after The Associated Press and The Guardian published documents in August refuting Kennedy's testimony. The new inquiry is one of a vast array of investigations planned into the Trump administration after Democrats regained control of the House and Senate from Republicans in the midterm elections.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An infant in southwestern Wisconsin has died after contracting measles, the state’s first death from the disease in 36 ye…
FILE - This undated electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Feb. 4, 2015, shows a measles virus particle, center. (Cynthia Goldsmith/CDC via AP, File)
Lancaster County in Pennsylvania has been the epicenter of the nation's worst measles outbreak in 35 years. It's also home to the largest Amish population in the U.S. Some Amish and related Mennonite groups, with historically lower rates of vaccination, have been hit hard. Vaccination rates also declined in the general population amid the resurgence of a contagious virus considered “eliminated” from the U.S. since 2000. Pennsylvania leads the U.S. this year with over 1,350 cases, more than a third in Lancaster County, according to official figures. Many Amish and Mennonites are showing a new openness to vaccines, while members of the general public are also taking extra precautions.
A member of the Plain community tends to horses at The Green Dragon Farmers Market and Auction in Ephrata, Pa., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
A hay auction at The Green Dragon Farmers Market and Auction in Ephrata, Pa., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
A member of the Plain community, center left, sells flowers at The Green Dragon Farmers Market and Auction in Ephrata, Pa., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Doctors work at the nonprofit, Union Community Care clinic, in Lancaster, Pa., on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Dr. Anne-Marie Derrico, left, chief medical officer at the nonprofit Union Community Care, works on a computer at the clinic in Lancaster, Pa., on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine at Union Community Care clinic in Lancaster, Pa., on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)