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Childhood Vaccination Rates Fall Again as Exemptions Climb To Record Highs

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Thursday. The fraction of kids exempted from vaccine requirements rose to 4.1%, up from 3.7% the year before. ...

Capito Preparing Another Attempt at Permitting Reform Legislation

CHARLESTON — Permitting reform is once again a major focus of U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, and she believes that lawmakers can get a package to the desk of President Donald Trump by the end of the year. Speaking to West Virginia reporters on a conference call Thursday afternoon, Capito ...

Trump Signs Order Imposing New Tariffs on a Number of U.S. Trading Partners

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that set new tariffs on a wide swath of U.S. trading partners to go into effect on Aug. 7 — the next step in his trade agenda that will test the global economy and sturdiness of American alliances built up over ...