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Measles cases explode amid declining vaccination rates

NBC News’ Erin McLaughlin traveled to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, which is the epicenter of a deadly measles outbreak. The investigative report for the NBC News series “The Vaccine Divide” finds 75% of U.S. counties have vaccination rates that are now below the level needed for herd immunity.

House votes to block motion to impeach Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth

The Republican-led House narrowly rejected a push to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over how he has carried out the war in Iran and other military hostilities in Yemen, Venezuela and the Caribbean. NBC News' Sahil Kapur and Courtney Kube discuss the tactic the GOP used to send the motion to the House Judiciary…