President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday halting federal funds for schools that require students to be vaccinated against coronavirus before attending in-person classes. The order prohibits federal funding for schools with Covid vaccine mandates, clarifying discrepancies in existing policies. Trump’s administration has already taken steps to end coronavirus vaccine requirements at the federal level and reinstated service members discharged for refusing the vaccine. The decision to vaccinate should be up to a student’s parents, according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. Trump had pledged to strip funding for schools that require vaccines and masks for students, but clarified that he was specifically referring to Covid vaccines. His health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vocal vaccine critic, has promised to monitor vaccine side effects closely. Additionally, Trump signed an executive order to establish a new energy council to ramp up domestic oil and gas production, aiming to end what his nominee for commerce secretary called the “nanny state.” Trump also mentioned plans to meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and praised a speech by Vice President JD Vance in Europe. Regarding the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement, Trump stated that the outcome depends on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and mentioned negotiations for the release of hostages by Hamas.
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