President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday halting federal funds for schools that require students to be vaccinated against coronavirus before attending classes in person. The order prohibits federal funding for schools with Covid vaccine mandates, with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy stating that the decision to vaccinate should be up to the student’s parents. Currently, Covid vaccines are no longer required in K-12 schools nationwide. Trump’s administration has already taken steps to end coronavirus vaccine requirements at the federal level, including for green card applicants and reinstated service members discharged for refusing the vaccine. On the campaign trail, Trump pledged to strip funding for schools with vaccine and mask mandates and clarified this only applies to Covid vaccines. Trump’s health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine critic, was sworn in with a promise to address chronic disease epidemics and monitor vaccine side effects more closely. In another executive order signing, Trump established a new energy council to ramp up domestic oil and gas production and boost prices. He also mentioned meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and praised Vice President JD Vance’s speech in Europe, referring to it as “brilliant.” On the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement, Trump said the outcome depends on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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