Four vaccines drop off the all-children list
President Trump signed an executive order on August 10 that recommends eleven immunizations for every American child. Hepatitis B, rotavirus, influenza and Covid move out of that column, into high-risk or shared decision-making with a doctor. The order also directs that measles, mumps and rubella be given as three separate shots once single-disease products are available in the United States. No vaccine comes off the market, and task force plans are not due until early November.
Foreign drones now carry a 100 percent tariff
A proclamation signed August 13 sets a 100 percent tariff on imported drones over 25 kilograms maximum take-off weight, on docking stations and on certain listed components. Lighter drones draw 25 percent, and both rates hit goods entered on or after September 3. The Commerce Department found domestic drone makers rely on foreign motors, batteries and speed controllers.
Foreign yards can build the Navy's first two hulls
A memorandum dated August 13 lets up to three ship classes, drawn from surface combatants, replenishment tankers and roll-on roll-off vessels, have their first two hulls built abroad. A foreign yard qualifies only by buying or building an American shipyard, hiring Americans and sourcing here. No contract may be signed until 30 days after Congress is notified.
Judge throws out the antisemitism case against Harvard
Judge Richard Stearns dismissed the federal antisemitism suit against Harvard, finding only three incidents after the 2023-2024 school year, all in March 2025, too episodic to show continuing noncompliance. Stearns is the same judge who let the Kestenbaum lawsuit proceed in August 2024. The Education Department opened investigations in March, the Justice Department in July.
- A plan due in 60 days would swap CVN-81's electromagnetic catapults and weapons elevators for steam and hydraulics. The White House →
- A federal judge lifted the stay on Somali Temporary Protected Status on August 14, after a Supreme Court ruling. Washington Examiner →
- A judge refused to halt border wall work on the Tohono O'odham Nation, which borders Mexico for 62 miles. Washington Examiner →