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An NBC News investigation reveals childhood vaccination rates are dropping as measles cases surge. Democrats skeptical about working with new White House chief of staff Stephen Miller. And Russia\u2019s top independent newspaper shuts down after more than two decades.
Here\u2019s what to know today.
Should the U.S. lose its measles elimination status? That\u2019s what public health experts expect will be the outcome of a meeting this week of an independent commission of the Pan American Health Organization. The group of eight people is made up of epidemiologists, infectious disease and vaccine experts from countries in the Americas.
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If the U.S. loses elimination status, it will join Canada as the only other country in the region to have lost control of the virus, paving the way for illnesses and deaths. The milestone would also mark a stunning reversal of efforts to stop the spread of the world\u2019s most contagious disease.
In 2000, there were only about 100 confirmed cases in the entire country. This year, there have been more than 5,000 confirmed cases and 43 new outbreaks across the country. Eight people, including four babies too young to be vaccinated, have died.
An updated NBC News\/Stanford University analysis reveals an alarming drop in childhood vaccination rates, particularly in the country\u2019s most vulnerable areas. In hard-hit Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the share of kindergarteners who got MMR vaccines in 2025-26 was 87.6%, compared to 95.5% before the pandemic.
An immunization rate of 95% is needed to prevent the spread of measles.
The country\u2019s immunity was eroded by decades of scientifically dubious claims about the dangers of childhood vaccines, and misinformation then exploded during the pandemic.
Read the full story here.<\/strong><\/a>
President Donald Trump signaled he might be willing to work with Democrats on his priorities after last week\u2019s election results. But his decision to oust Susie Wiles and install Stephen Miller as White House chief of staff has left some Democratic lawmakers pessimistic.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who is expected to become House speaker, said he has \u201czero interest\u201d in working with Miller, calling him a \u201cstone-cold racist.\u201d Rep. Jamie Raskin said Miller, the face of hard-line immigration enforcement, \u201cmight not be able to engage in any kind of course correction.\u201d
Democrats have recoiled at Miller\u2019s elevation, expecting blanket opposition to the bills they pass and the oversight investigations they plan to launch. Among Republicans, views are more mixed, with some seeing his promotion as a reaffirmation of the very policies that contributed to the party\u2019s midterm collapse. MAHA advocates, meanwhile, are excited for Miller\u2019s new leadership post<\/strong><\/a>.
What Democrat and GOP lawmakers said of Miller.<\/strong><\/a>
Nvidia has hired a former federal prosecutor and one of Wall Street\u2019s top law firms to investigate the events surrounding CEO Jensen Huang\u2019s affair with an alleged Chinese spy.
Joon H. Kim, a former acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, prosecuted mob bosses and billion-dollar hedge funds during his career. His law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is among the country\u2019s most prestigious, with a track record of taking on powerful corporate figures.
The appointment of the high-profile lawyer signals that Nvidia\u2019s board, many of whose members have worked alongside Huang for decades, intends to conduct a serious investigation into the circumstances surrounding the CEO\u2019s affair with Alice Huang.
How the affair has affected Nvidia\u2019s stock.<\/strong><\/a>
Novaya Gazeta was an increasing rarity in Russia: a fearlessly independent newspaper in a country where most media have been brought to heel by the Kremlin. Its investigations exposed abuses by Russian forces in Chechnya and offshore wealth linked to President Vladimir Putin\u2019s inner circle. Since 2000, five of its journalists and associates have been murdered and a sixth has died of suspected poisoning.
This week, NBC News witnessed the somber spectacle of staff shuttering its offices<\/strong><\/a> in central Moscow.
Russian authorities branded the newspaper a \u201cforeign agent,\u201d accusing it of spreading misinformation about the authorities and citing its opposition to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. Officials had already revoked its print and online publishing licenses, and now the newspaper was being evicted from its offices, too.
For the paper, its readers and supporters abroad, human rights organizations and Western governments, the closure is a stark example of Putin\u2019s intensifying crackdown on free speech and the media.
\u201cPeople say: \u2018You decided to shut down,\u2019\u201d the newspaper\u2019s co-founder, Dmitry Muratov, told NBC News. \u201cIt\u2019s like talking about a situation when a person has been shot in the head three times and then he is asked: \u2018Tell me, at what point did you decide to die?\u2019\u201d
\u201cThis was not our choice,\u201d he added. \u201cWe were strangled.\u201d \u2014<\/em> Alexander Smith<\/strong><\/em>, London-based senior reporter<\/em>
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