Today’s Headlines (12/05/25)

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices delayed a planned vote on hepatitis B vaccines after confusion over voting language. The panel, whose members were replaced in June by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will reconvene today. Thursday’s meeting featured misinformation and unfounded claims about vaccine safety, including remarks from an anti-vaccine activist. (Story URL)

Authorities are still searching for Travis Turner, 46, a Virginia high school football coach missing since November 20. The Union High School coach is wanted on five counts of possessing child pornography and five counts of using a computer to solicit a minor. Turner’s wife is pleading for him to “face the allegations by defending yourself in a court of law.” (Story URL)

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday that Democrats will bring a bill next week to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits for three years. Schumer said on the Senate floor that “every single Democrat will support it” when it comes to a vote next Thursday. Without congressional action, millions could face higher health insurance premiums next year. (Story URL)

Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley told lawmakers Thursday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth never issued a “kill them all” order during a U.S. military strike on an alleged drug boat near Venezuela. The attack killed two survivors of an earlier strike, prompting questions about legality and oversight. Democrats and Republicans are demanding legal justifications for the operation. (Story URL)

The FBI has arrested a suspect in the Jan. 6, 2021, pipe bomb case involving the Democratic and Republican national committee headquarters. Federal officials announced the arrest Wednesday afternoon during a press conference at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. NBC later identified the suspect as 30-year-old Brian Cole Jr., citing charging documents. (Story URL)