The New Republic's live blog reports that the CDC confirmed 5,182 measles infections across 45 states, the highest U.S. case load since 1991, while acknowledging just four deaths that Pennsylvania, New York, and Wisconsin health agencies contradict, and judges that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has refused to fight the outbreak with vetted science. It also covers House Democrats' planned probes of Trump-allied firms, county-level leftward shifts in the 2026 midterms, Doug Burgum's AI investments, and Vivek Ramaswamy's smear advert against Amy Acton.