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Judge blocks parts of RFK Jr.’s vaccine agenda, including new childhood vaccine schedule

March 16, 2026 / 5:46 PM EDT / CBS News

A federal judge blocked a set of changes to the childhood vaccine schedule recommended by allies of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, dealing a setback to the Trump administration’s efforts to overhaul federal vaccine policy.

In an opinion issued Monday, U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy of Boston sided with the American Academy of Pediatrics and other plaintiffs who challenged Kennedy and HHS’s efforts to cut the number of recommended childhood vaccines.

The lawsuit, brought last year by a coalition of medical groups and doctors, sought to block mass policy changes at HHS, arguing the agency’s decisions were arbitrary and capricious.

Months after he was confirmed, Kennedy fired all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, which has recommended vaccine schedules to the Centers for Disease Control since 1964. Several of the newest members, picked by Kennedy and his allies, have questioned established medical research on vaccines.

Then, earlier this year, HHS significantly scaled back the recommended childhood vaccine schedule. The number of recommended immunizations was cut from 17 to 11, with several other vaccines — including for hepatitis A and hepatitis B — recommended primarily for children in high-risk categories. The new guidance drew criticism from health groups, which argued the decision could sow confusion and leave children vulnerable to serious disease.

Murphy’s ruling on Monday halted a government memo enacting the new vaccine schedule, and halted the appointments of 13 new ACIP members and all votes taken by them.

In his ruling, Murphy, a Biden appointee, found that Kennedy’s moves violated federal law and granted an injunction sought by the medical organizations, who argued that Kennedy and his hand-picked appointees to the vaccine committee bypassed evidence-based recommendations.

“There is a method to how these decisions historically have been made—a method scientific in nature and codified into law through procedural requirements,” he wrote. “Unfortunately, the Government has disregarded those methods and thereby undermined the integrity of its actions.”

The judge said the government had “bypassed” ACIP when it updated the vaccine schedule earlier this year, disregarding the committee’s “technical knowledge and expertise,” and he wrote that the new members of ACIP were appointed without a rigorous screening process.

Of the new members to the vaccine panel appointed by Kennedy, “even under the most generous reading, only six appear to have any meaningful experience in vaccines,” Murphy said.

In a statement, Dr. Andrew Racine, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, celebrated the decision.

“This decision effectively means that a science-based process for developing immunization recommendations is not to be trifled with and represents a critical step to restoring scientific decision-making to federal vaccine policy that has kept children healthy for years,” Racine said.

An HHS spokesman said the department “looks forward to this judge’s decision being overturned just like his other attempts to keep the Trump administration from governing.”

After Murphy’s ruling, the upcoming ACIP meeting set for later this week was postponed, an HHS official told CBS News.

Trump questions Newsom’s fitness for White House, citing his dyslexia

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has spoken publicly about his learning disability and is widely believed to have White House ambitions

By Louis Casiano
Fox News

Published March 16, 2026 7:11pm EDT

Trump questions Newsom’s fitness to serve in White House over his dyslexia

President Donald Trump cited California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lifelong learning disability.

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President Donald Trump on Monday questioned California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s fitness for higher office, citing his learning disability.

Trump was speaking with reporters in the Oval Office when he talked about requiring identification to vote in elections and the resistance from Newsom and other Democratic elected officials.

“That’s how crazy it’s gotten with a low IQ person, you know, because Gavin Newsom has admitted…that he has learning disabilities,” Trump said. “Honestly, I’m all for people with learning disabilities. But not for my president…I think a president should not have learning disabilities.”

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom might have offended his voters while trying to relate to them in a cringeworthy attempt to talk about his moderate level of intelligence.(Tayfun Coskun/Getty Images)

“I know it’s highly controversial to say such a horrible thing,” he added. “Gavin Newsom admitted that he has learning disabilities, dyslexia. Everything about him is dumb.”

Newsom, who is widely believed to have White House ambitions, has spoken about his dyslexia, a neurologically-based learning disability that makes it difficult to read, according to the International Dyslexia Association.

“You’ve never seen me read a speech, because I cannot read a speech,” Newsom said in Atlanta last month while promoting his memoir: “Young Man in a Hurry.” “I haven’t overcome dyslexia. I’m living with it.”

Trump also criticized Newsom for his remarks at that same Atlanta event.

“I’m not, you know, I’m not trying to impress you, I’m just trying to impress upon you, I’m like you. I’m no better than you,” Newsom told Mayor Andre Dickens at a book tour event.

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President Donald Trump questioned California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s fitness for the White House, citing his dyslexia, which the Democratic elected official has spoken openly about.(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images; Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“You know, I’m a 960 SAT guy. And, you know, and I’m not trying to offend anyone, you know, ‘trying to act all there if you got 940,’” he continued. “Literally a 960 SAT guy, you’ve never seen me read a speech. Because I cannot read a speech. Maybe the wrong business to be in.”

Republicans criticized the governor for allegedly talking down to a mostly Black audience.

“So now, on top of everything else, I call him a racist because it happened to be a black audience,” Trump said Monday. “I will tell you this, I think it was the worst interview I’ve ever seen of any human being in my life.”

At the time, Newsom’s office defended his comments in a previous statement to Fox News Digital.

“First MAGA mocked his dyslexia and now they’re calling him racist for talking about his low SAT scores. This is MAGA-manufactured outrage,” Newsom spokesperson Izzy Gardon said.

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“The Governor has said this publicly for years — including with Charlie Kirk and dozens of other audiences. The same people who excused or ignored Trump’s racist ape video can go f— themselves.”

Fox News Digital has reached out to Newsom’s office.

Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.

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Trump repeatedly suggests Newsom can’t be president because he has dyslexia

By Donald Judd
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PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2026, 7:21 PM ET

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President Donald Trump has repeatedly taken aim at Democratic rival and possible 2028 presidential candidate Gavin Newsom. But lately, he’s become fixated on saying the California governor cannot be president due to his “learning disability.”

Newsom has been open about his struggle with dyslexia.

“We have a low-IQ person, you know, because Gavin Newscum has admitted that he is a — that he has learning disabilities,” Trump, using a nickname he’s coined to refer to Newsom, told reporters in the Oval Office Monday. “Honestly, I’m all for people with learning disabilities, but not for my president. I don’t want I think the president should not have learning disabilities, okay, and I know it’s highly controversial to say such a horrible thing.”

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“Everything about him is dumb,” Trump later added. It’s at least the fourth time he’s made comments about Newsom having a “learning disability” in less than a week.

Trump and Newsom have sparred repeatedly through the years over a range of issues, including Trump’s move to deploy National Guard troops to Los Angeles to assist with federal immigration enforcement, Newsom’s handling of California wildfires, and more. But Trump’s comments mark a new point in an already acrimonious relationship.

Trump first referenced Newsom’s dyslexia during remarks from Kentucky last week, where he told an audience of supporters Newsom has “admitted he has mental problems,” before suggesting his dyslexia was disqualifying for a presidential run. Newsom’s press office quickly responded that “Grandpa’s talking about himself again” and encouraged him to “seek mental treatment.”

Since then, Trump has repeated the comments at least three times, including on social media, in an interview with Fox News radio, and again Monday during an executive action signing.

Newsom also responded to Trump’s social media post last week, firing back on X, “I spoke about my dyslexia. I know that’s hard for a brain-dead moron who bombs children and protects pedophiles to understand.”

In his memoir released last month, “Young Man in a Hurry,” Newsom writes he struggled academically during his childhood and was eventually diagnosed with dyslexia. In a February interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, Newsom described his dyslexia as a “superpower.”

“It’s the greatest thing in hindsight to happen to me,” Newsom said. “I mean, I have the freedom of not having to be stuck on the written text, and the freedom of having to work harder, more reps behind the scenes. I’m doing — if you think you’re working hard, trust me, I’m two to three times.

“It’s turned out to be a blessing, and in politics, a huge blessing,” he added.

Trump has previously drawn criticism for mocking a reporter with a disability during his first presidential campaign in 2015.

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Trump requests delay of China trip because of Iran war

March 16, 2026 / 6:05 PM EDT / CBS News

Washington— President Trump said Monday that he’s requested to delay his trip to China because of the war with Iran, now in its third week.

He said during an Oval Office event that he “was speaking to China” and indicated he’d “love to” go, “but because of the war, I want to be here. I have to be here, I feel.”

“We’ve requested that we delay it a month or so. And I’m looking forward to being with him,” Mr. Trump said of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The president, who was expected to visit China at the end of the month, has urged Beijing and other countries to help the U.S. reopen the Strait of Hormuz to try to bring down oil prices that have surged since the Iran war began.

In an interview Sunday with the Financial Times, Mr. Trump said that China’s reliance on oil from the Middle East means it should help with a new coalition he’s trying to assemble to restart oil tanker traffic through the strait after Iran’s threats have throttled global flows of oil.

Relations with China have been fraught as both sides have threatened the other with steep tariffs over the past year.

Earlier Monday, Lin Jian, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry, said during a news conference Monday that China and the U.S. “are maintaining communication regarding President Trump’s visit to China,” but he didn’t address Mr. Trump’s pressure on NATO allies and China to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, according to French news agency AFP.

Joe Walsh contributed to this report.

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Kennedy Center votes to shut down operations for 2 years ahead of Trump-backed renovation project

March 16, 2026 / 6:07 PM EDT / CBS/AP

The Kennedy Center’s board of directors voted on Monday to shut down operations for two years as President Trump calls for a major overhaul of the D.C.-based performing arts institution.

It’s the latest move by Mr. Trump to put his stamp on the Kennedy Center, drawing stiff criticism from congressional Democrats and performing artists. The center’s board — which includes many members handpicked by Mr. Trump — voted last year to rename it the Trump-Kennedy Center, leading to a wave of performance cancellations.

Mr. Trump has cited the need for repairs as a reason for the closure, which will take effect after this summer’s July 4 celebrations.

“We’re going to ensure it remains the finest performing arts facility of its kind anywhere in the world,” the president told reporters at the White House before the board met Monday.

A rendering of the Kennedy Center’s planned exterior renovation posted on Truth Social by President Trump on March 13, 2026.

The board also voted to install Matt Floca as CEO and executive director, replacing Trump ally Richard Grenell, who oversaw far-reaching changes at the venue. Mr. Trump praised Grenell on Monday, saying he had been a longtime friend, and wished Floca “good luck with everything.”

The Kennedy Center said the vote was unanimous, though Rep. Joyce Beatty didn’t cast a vote. The Ohio Democrat is an ex officio member of the board and sued to preclude the Trump administration from excluding her from Monday’s meeting. Over the weekend, a federal judge ruled she was entitled to participate in the meeting but didn’t require that the board allow her to vote.

Shortly after returning to office last year, Mr. Trump ousted the center’s previous leadership and replaced it with a hand-picked board of trustees that named him chairman. He also brought in Grenell, who served in a variety of capacities during Trump’s first term.

The center’s lineup has since included more Trump-friendly programming, including serving as the venue for the premiere of first lady Melania Trump’s documentary, “Melania.” The board also announced it had renamed the facility to include Mr. Trump’s name, a change scholars and lawmakers say must be initiated by Congress, and physically added the president’s name to the building’s facade.

The fallout from the arts community was swift and intense. Actor Issa Rae, musician Bela Fleck and author Louise Penny were among the numerous artists who withdrew from appearances since last year, while consultants such as musician Ben Folds and singer Renée Fleming resigned. Earlier this month, the executive director of the National Symphony Orchestra, Jean Davidson, left to head the Los Angeles-based Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

Grenell has called some of the artists who canceled their shows “far-left political activists” who “were booked by the previous far-left leadership.”

Without mentioning the abandoned performances, Mr. Trump said in February he would close the Kennedy Center to fix what he has described as a dilapidated building.

Ahead of the closure, Grenell warned staff about impending cuts that will leave “skeletal teams.”

Floca, Grenell’s successor, had been serving as vice president of operations. According to his LinkedIn page, he joined the Kennedy Center in January 2024, during the Biden administration.

A center press release from the time describes him as “an experienced facilities management professional with a construction management background and an appreciation for whole building design principles.”

Previous experience for Floca listed on LinkedIn includes a handful of positions with the District of Columbia government, among them associate director of sustainability and energy and director of facilities management. He graduated from Louisiana State University in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science degree in construction management.

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Blue state proposal targets Trump-era ICE hires, banning them from joining local police forces

DHS said the state should be grateful ‘these newly hired ICE officers stepped up to keep criminal illegal aliens off of Rhode Island’s streets’

By Charles Creitz
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Published March 16, 2026 10:46am EDT | Updated March 16, 2026 2:03pm EDT

Rhode Island Democrats have introduced a bill that would bar police departments from hiring ICE agents brought on during President Donald Trump’s second term, escalating the state’s pushback against federal immigration enforcement.

Immigration enforcement agents, including those within ICE, have come under fire in recent months from Democratic lawmakers and governors opposed to the tactics involved in Trump’s mass deportation agenda, which the president has said are necessary due to the open-border effects of the Biden era.

In Rhode Island, companion bills in the House and Senate dubbed the ICE OUT Act would amend the Law Enforcement Officers’ Due Process Accountability and Transparency Act to add a section denoting the new restriction.

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Protesters with a large anti-ICE sign stand outside the Henry Bishop Whipple Federal Building during Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jan. 18, 2026.(Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

“A law enforcement agency… shall not employ any individual who was hired as a sworn officer of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency on or after January 20, 2025,” the bill reads.

The policy would take effect in October 2026 and would not affect any officers already hired out of ICE’s ranks.

The bill’s top sponsor in the House, Democratic state Rep. Karen Alzate of Pawtucket, said during a recent hearing that the policy would help bolster public-police relationships in Rhode Island, according to the Providence Journal.

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An official with the Rhode Island Women’s Bar Association, which supports the bill, also told the paper that the alleged “relaxed hiring standards” of Trump-era DHS would not suffice in the Ocean State.

In response, Acting Assistant DHS Secretary Lauren Bis told Fox News Digital that “sanctuary politicians” in Rhode Island are wrongly casting ICE agents as villains while they continue to be targeted, threatened and doxxed just for doing their jobs.

“They should be grateful that these newly hired ICE officers stepped up to keep criminal illegal aliens off of Rhode Island’s streets,” Bis said.

“To most Americans, our ICE officers are heroes as they put their lives on the line to arrest murderers, rapists, pedophiles, gang members, and terrorists.”

Meanwhile, Rhode Island police officials warned in recent state legislative testimony on a broader group of Democratic-led police reform bills, which include the ICE OUT Act, that officer recruitment will take a hit, according to the Fall River Reporter.

Another such bill from state Rep. Joshua Giraldo, D-Central Falls, would ban ICE from being within 200 feet of a polling place. During the session, Giraldo said that when conjecture about stationing federal immigration enforcement near polls arises, “particularly in the current climate; immigrant communities hear a message that is aimed at intimidation.”

In this handout provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, foreign nationals were arrested during a targeted enforcement operation.(DHS)

DHS officers on duty are already banned from the city proper in the state capital under a January executive order from Providence Mayor Brett Smiley that makes parking lots, schools, parks and government buildings restricted areas.

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“[Providence] has the responsibility to manage such property in a manner that ensures public trust, access and delivery of essential city services for all residents,” the mayor’s order read in part.

Fox News Digital reached out to Gov. Dan McKee for indications as to whether he would sign the ICE OUT Act if it reaches his desk, and to DHS for comment.

Charles Creitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital.

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Charles covers media, politics and culture for Fox News Digital.

Charles is a Pennsylvania native and graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism. Story tips can be sent to charles.creitz@fox.com.

78-year-old DoorDash driver gets massive tip from thousands of strangers after viral doorbell video

March 16, 2026 / 12:12 PM EDT / CBS News

A Ring camera in Manchester, Tennessee, captured a delivery that went viral and led to thousands of strangers helping change a man’s life.

The video shows a 78-year-old man named Richard slowly climbing the steps up to a home.

“He should be at home, just chilling, exercising a couple times a day to like … to keep his mobility, but working? No, like, I don’t know. We need to help him,” the homeowner, Brittany Smith, said about Richard in a video she posted to social media.

Smith almost never checks her doorbell camera, but that day her ex-husband, who is a quadriplegic, had sent their daughter a Starbucks treat.

After watching the delivery video, Smith and her ex-husband both decided they needed to track down Richard.

“I was furious. I was like, I know this poor old man is not bringing my very able daughter Starbucks,” Smith said.

Someone recognized Richard and was able to give Smith his last name.

Smith drove around looking for the car that was in the video and found it. Richard lives five minutes away. She knocked on his door and handed him a $200 tip for the delivery to her home.

Richard sold insurance and retired 13 years ago, but after his wife lost her job, he went back to work delivering food – sometimes for 12 hours a day.

“I needed to supplement our income so I started working through DoorDash and it allowed us to pay our bills,” he said.

At first, Smith thought the tip would be just enough, but people online had another idea. Smith said she received “hundreds and thousands of messages” asking her to start a GoFundMe page for him.

The next morning, she did and called it Give Richard a Chance to Rest Again.

In five days, strangers raised almost $1 million for Richard and his wife, who’ve been married for nearly 56 years.

“It’s just really difficult to believe that there’s that many people that are that generous to … try to help us and people that don’t even know us,” Richard’s wife, Brenda, said.

Richard is grateful for the support. He says he wants to continue delivering, but not as often – saying working makes him feel better.

“It’s important to do the best you can and help people. If you help people and do right, you’ll succeed,” he said.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/a-doorbell-video-inspired-thousands-of-strangers-to-help-change-mans-life/

Hyundai stops sales of some 2026 models and plans a recall after child’s death

March 16, 2026 / 12:44 PM EDT / CBS News

Hyundai Motor North America is halting sales of some 2026 Hyundai Palisade models and planning to recall more than 68,000 of the vehicles after an incident that resulted in the death of a child.

The carmaker announced Friday that it was taking these actions due to an issue with second and third-row power seats, which typically allow occupants to adjust the position of the seat using electric controls. The seat controls may not detect contact with a person or object when the seat is folding or sliding, Hyundai said in a statement.

The company said it is pausing sales of 2026 Hyundai Palisade Limited and Calligraphy trims equipped with the power seats. It is also preparing a recall that will include 60,515 vehicles produced in the U.S. and 7,967 vehicles in Canada.

“The recall repair is currently under development and, once finalized, will be performed at no cost to owners,” Hyundai said in its notice. In the meantime, the company said it is developing an over‑the‑air software update that is expected to be available by the end of March.

Incident involving a Palisade

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Hyundai’s announcement came after a child died in an incident involving a Palisade vehicle. The company said on Friday the incident is still under investigation and that it does not have full details.

“Hyundai extends its deepest sympathies to her family,” it added.

Hyundai did not immediately respond to CBS News’ request for comment.

On Friday, Reuters reported that the incident involved a 2-year-old girl who was killed in Ohio on March 7.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration told CBS News it “is aware of this recent tragic incident and is in communication with Hyundai to gather additional information.”

Hyundai urges caution

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Owners of these 2026 Hyundai models should exercise caution when using the second- and third-row power seat functions, Hyundai said in its notice.

The carmaker advised owners to make sure no objects or people, including children, are in the seat or seat-folding area before operating the power seat.

It also said customers should avoid pressing the seatback button during entry or exit when using the second-row one‑touch tilt‑and‑slide feature to access the third row.

Edited by Aimee Picchi