{
  "id": 3731325,
  "title": "RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/rfk-jr-lied-in-senate-confirmation-hearings-newly-revealed-documents-3731325",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T12:00:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Health",
    "slug": "guardian-health",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/27/rfk-jr-senate-confirmation-hearing-testimony-vaccines"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Letters obtained by Guardian and AP contradict testimony that 2019 visit to Samoa had ‘nothing to do with vaccines’ Newly obtained documents indicate that the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, lied during two congressional hearings last year, telling lawmakers who held the key to his confirmation that a 2019 visit to Samoa had “nothing to do with vaccines”. Letters obtained by the…",
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        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/rfk-jr-lied-in-senate-confirmation-hearings-newly-revealed-documents",
        "published": "2026-08-27T12:00:14.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}