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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered an end of research into why people become vaccine-hesitant and requesting new research on the long-debunked theory that vaccines can cause autism in children.

Congress continues to contemplate how to cut as much as $880 billion in spending — possibly from Medicaid — at a time when more beneficiaries of the government health program for those with low incomes and disabilities have become Republican voters.

Senate Democrats threatened to vote against a continuing resolution to fund the government through Sept. 30 .

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VR Score

71

Informative language

68

Neutral language

54

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

67

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

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short-lived

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