Cecilia Lei

Despite a history of vaccine skepticism, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

has endorsed the MMR vaccine.

At other times, though, he has made unsubstantiated claims about its effectiveness, side effects, and possible alternative therapies.

Trump's CDC chief, Mehmet Oz, went on CNN to promote the shot over the weekend.

Measles was declared eradicated in the U.S.

nearly 30 years ago, but the surge in outbreaks has now put the country at risk of losing its designation as measles-free.

And finally, a few other stories we're following.

Yesterday on Capitol Hill, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick admitted that he had in fact maintained contact with Jeffrey Epstein, contradicting his own previous statements.

Lutnick insisted last October he was, quote, never in the room with his old Manhattan neighbor after 2005.

But in a congressional hearing yesterday, he said this.

The planned visit took place in 2012.

During the Senate hearing, Letnick was grilled by Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen.

During a briefing, White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt told reporters that Trump continues to fully support Lutnick, calling him a very important member of the president's team.

A newly unsealed federal affidavit on Tuesday revealed the legal basis for a recent search of an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia.

It also showed that Kurt Olson, a former Trump campaign lawyer who had pushed voter fraud conspiracies in the past, sparked the recent FBI probe.

A U.S.

District Judge and Trump nominee had ruled to unseal the document to provide more information on the raid of the center, which took place in late January.

During the search, agents seized 700 boxes containing ballots and other materials to investigate Trump's claims that there was voter fraud during the 2020 election.

According to the affidavit, the FBI is looking into potential violations of federal laws and deficiencies and defects in vote tallies like alleged instances of duplicate ballots, though many of the irregularities raised have already been debunked.

Fulton County repeatedly maintains that its elections have been conducted lawfully and efficiently.