Gov. Jeff Landry said in a statement that the goal of Amendment 2 was to create better opportunities for Louisiana residents and draw more people to the state, while other officials released statements praising the public's decision to reject the four proposed amendments.

Kennedy Jr. over “disturbing” new reports that he pushed out a top vaccine expert and instead tapped an anti-vax lawyer to lead a national study on vaccines and autism. On Wednesday, news broke that Kennedy had appointed David Geier—who doesn’t even have a medical degree—to oversee a new study commissioned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) searching for a link between autism It fits in with a "politics of cruelty" that's been running rampant in the White House.