A Timeline of RFK Jr.’s Mixed Messaging on the Measles Vaccine
In defending his record on measles, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. twice said during a recent Senate hearing, “We promote" the measles vaccine. While it’s true that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to recommend the shot, Kennedy has rarely made an unequivocal endorsement of it, even as the nation has seen an alarming rise in measles cases.
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Trump Distorts Maryland’s Primary Ballot Mix-up to Attack Mail-in Voting
Maryland election officials are mailing replacement ballots to voters after a vendor error led to some voters receiving a mail-in ballot for the wrong political party's primary in June. However, in criticizing the mix-up, President Donald Trump distorted the facts to claim that 500,000 “fake,” "corrupt" and "illegal" ballots had been mailed to ensure “Democrats win.”
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RFK Jr.’s Muddled Claims on Drug Approval Speed
The Food and Drug Administration in recent months has approved a small number of drugs quite quickly under a new expedited review program. But Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has overstated the impact of the program by making misleading comparisons to the pace of drug approvals in the past.
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Ad in Texas GOP Runoff Attacks Cornyn on Immigration, Islam
A TV ad attacking incumbent Texas Sen. John Cornyn for supporting "Muslim mass immigration" misleadingly cites a 2021 quote from Cornyn about certain Afghan refugees and claims that "Cornyn has a special place in his heart for radical Islam."
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What Will Happen to Gasoline Prices When the Iran War Ends?
President Donald Trump on multiple occasions has assured the public that high gasoline prices will “rapidly” or “quickly” decline “as soon as” the war with Iran ends. Energy experts told us that prices will start to fall when the conflict is resolved, but it could take many months before the national average price is back to where it was before the conflict began.
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