1.8.26 CDC’s new childhood vaccine schedule, U.S.-China relations, and Haitian migrants’ Temporary Protected Status

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🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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The reduced vaccine recommendations, U.S.-China relations, and the end of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian migrants. Plus, the oldest woman to complete the Appalachian Trail, Cal Thomas on the coming congressional showdown over Venezuela, and the Thursday morning newsSupport The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donateAdditional support comes from Commuter Bible, the Bible podcast series that matches weekly schedules. On podcast apps and commuterbible.org. Annual plans begin this week.From Dordt University. Dordt’s online Master of Social Work program equips students for faithful service in their local communities – until all is made new.And from the Free Lutheran Bible College (FLBC), Plymouth, MN, preparing students to live out their calling through the study of God's Word in authentic community since 1964. At FLBC, biblical truth isn’t an elective course—it’s the foundation of our academic study. Through the study of God’s Word in authentic, Christ-centered community, you’ll form a biblical worldview that gives you clarity and confidence for whatever comes next—college, career, family, or ministry. Learn more at flbc.edu/world

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0:00.0	Good morning. Today, the turf war over controversial changes to the childhood vaccine schedule.
0:12.0	Don't let them pump your baby up with the largest pile of stuff you've ever seen in your life.
0:17.0	Also today, how the U.S. military operation in Venezuela may affect relations with China,
0:22.2	and the next phase of immigration enforcement coming to Springfield, Ohio.
0:26.7	I mean, look, everybody's known what the terms were for quite a while now.
0:39.6	It's Thursday, January 8th.
0:43.8	This is the world and everything in it from listeners-supported World Radio.
0:44.9	I'm Merna Brown.
0:46.1	And I'm Mary Reichert.
0:46.6	Good morning.
0:51.9	Up next, Kent Covington with today's news.
1:01.6	The United States seized two more oil tankers linked to Venezuela Wednesday, after U.S. officials say they were found illegally operating on the high seas.
1:10.2	These are the first tankers seized since the U.S. captured and extradited Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Murdo to the United States on drug trafficking charges.
1:15.1	And U.S. officials are now making new oil deals with the country's interim government.
1:17.1	Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.
1:19.9	We are going to take between 30 and 50 million barrels of oil.
1:21.5	We're going to sell it in the marketplace.
1:28.3	At market rates, that money will then be handled in such a way that we will control how it is dispersed in a way that benefits the Venezuelan people, not corruption, not the regime.
1:31.7	The U.S. has now seized a total of four oil tankers within the last month for violating
1:36.0	sanctions. It's part of an ongoing pressure campaign aimed at keeping the Venezuelan regime
1:41.1	in line. In Minnesota, a federal agent shot and killed a woman during an immigration enforcement
1:48.4	operation in Minneapolis Wednesday.
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