Links for you. Science:

CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine
This Microbe ‘Plays Dead’ in NASA Clean Rooms, and We May Have Sent It to Mars
Deep-sea mining tests impact over a third of seabed animals
Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy
The HPV vaccine is safe and cuts cervical cancer risk by 80%, 2 large reviews find
The Virus That Took My Father Could Become a Greater Threat
Say Hello to Hepatitis B, Baby. Anti-vax ACIP are bumbling their way to higher rates of pediatric liver cancer…and worse

Other:

After the DC National Guard Shooting Comes the Big Lie
GOP bill to overhaul D.C. bail system could balloon jail population. Republicans in Congress want to end cashless bail in D.C. and hold more suspects in jail before trial. Watchdogs say it could push the jail system to the brink.
The Trump-Epstein Emergency Isn’t in the Files. Trump has distorted the political landscape so badly that it’s warping the moral intuitions of people and institutions of account.
Have Trump’s Tariffs Hit the ‘High-Water Mark’?
Donald Trump’s War on Christmas
Anita Bonds Will Not Seek Re-election, Adding To The Already-Chaotic 2026 Campaign Season. By 2027, D.C. will have a new mayor and could get as many as six new councilmembers.
‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas (Nebraska)
RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory panel is beset by incompetence, bias, and procedural chaos
Where Did Anti-Trans Laws Start? How a Forgotten Houston Ordinance Turned Into a Massive, Nationwide Culture War
The Anti-Trans Playbook: The current crusade against trans people imperils not just their rights but the survival of the legal doctrine built to protect all women from discrimination.
5 takeaways from the chaotic, combative vaccine advisory meeting
Sure Why Not (remember, the person babbling this nonsense had Trump’s ear a few months ago)
The Revolt of the Republican Women
LeBron James’s Scoring Streak Tells The Story
The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library
Mark Kelly’s Double Tap: National security Democrats launched a preemptive strike on Trump’s misuse of the military. Weeks later it’s paying off in ways even they didn’t predict. Or maybe they did.
Scientists Are Increasingly Worried AI Will Sway Elections
Winter is coming. Not all weather offices are ready.
Trump’s Birthday Added To National Park Free-Entry Days After Dropping MLK Day And Juneteenth
He carries shelter dogs around the city in a backpack to help get them adopted
Markey, Healey blame Trump’s cut of $87M grant for pause at Somerville startup’s construction of green cement plant
The CDC’s change to hepatitis B vaccination is even worse than it seems
Will Hoosiers shoot themselves in the foot? A look ahead at 2026 suggests that Indiana legislators would be wise to hedge their bets.
Experts fear for US childhood vaccine schedule after hepatitis B guideline change
How the dollar-store industry overcharges cash-strapped customers while promising low prices
Analysis of the latest ACIP meeting at the CDC: Vaccines—and rigorous science—are increasingly under attack.
American Freakshow: Our Reality TV-Driven Media Is Killing Our Democracy
‘Unauthorized’ Edit to Ukraine’s Frontline Maps Point to Polymarket’s War Betting
Bleak House: Republicans are increasingly resigned to losing their House majority, a fate they ascribe to Speaker Mike Johnson’s mismanagement, and to the redistricting crusade prosecuted by the White House itself.
Inside the economics of Candace Owens’s media empire and the Macron lawsuit threatening to unravel it