Live updates: RFK Jr. to testify to Congress on Trump's budget

NBC News is an established national news organization with professional reporting standards and an identified reporter. The brief live-update excerpt includes attributed remarks and cited CDC figures.

• ▸Source type — Established national news outlet.
• ▸Editorial standards — The outlet has an established newsroom and editorial process.
• ▸Author attribution — A reporter is identified.
• ▸Sourcing — Statements are attributed, and vaccine-effectiveness figures are attributed to the CDC.

The excerpt clearly attributes the officials’ statements and supplies specific vaccine-effectiveness figures with CDC attribution. It is a narrow update, however, and offers little broader context or independent discussion of the military policy.

The update includes Kennedy's defense and response as well as Murray's challenge and CDC effectiveness figures. It does not provide further explanation from Hegseth or a fuller account of the policy's rationale.

• ▸Counterarguments presented — Kennedy defends the decision, while Murray questions its monitoring implications.
• ▸Source diversity — The excerpt includes two officials' remarks and CDC figures, but no broader range of sources.
• ▸Omitted context — The update does not explain Hegseth's rationale or give further detail about military outbreak monitoring.
• ▸Loaded language — The main evaluative description, 'backwards policy,' is attributed to Murray.

The update uses mostly factual language but places Kennedy’s effectiveness claim alongside CDC figures that provide important qualification. The description that Murray said he was not answering her question adds a mild critical edge toward Kennedy.

• ▸Language tone — Mostly neutral wording, with Kennedy's claim attributed and his response described as not answering Murray's question.
• ▸Framing — The reported CDC figures qualify Kennedy's broad statement about flu-shot effectiveness.
• ▸Source selection — The excerpt includes statements from both officials and CDC figures.