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Snubbing RFK Jr., States Announce Plans to Coordinate on Vaccines

California, Oregon and Washington said they would work together to review scientific data, saying the C.D.C. could no longer be trusted. But Florida said it would abolish all vaccine mandates.

© Alisha Jucevic for The New York Times

Federal policies on vaccines have been changing rapidly since Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, became secretary of Health and Human Services.
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Snubbing Kennedy, States Announce Plans to Coordinate on Vaccines

Governors in California, Oregon and Washington said their states would work together on vaccine guidance in a time of turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

© Alisha Jucevic for The New York Times

Federal policies on vaccines have been changing rapidly since Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, became secretary of Health and Human Services.
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Washington Governor Criticizes Border Patrol Arrests at Wildfire Site

Gov. Bob Ferguson demanded an explanation for the arrests of two contract workers at the site of a wildfire. Border Patrol said they were in the country illegally.
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Immigration Officials Conduct Operation at Wildfire Site in Washington State

Local firefighting officials provided few details about the incident at Olympic National Forest. Federal officials rarely enforce immigration laws at the site of an emergency.

© U.S. Forest Service

A view of the Bear Gulch wildfire on July 21. It started in early July and is still burning.
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