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Mark Barden remembers the last days he spent with his seven-year-old son, Daniel in December of 2012.

“We were decorating the tree and I had to run to the hardware store for something, and he peeled off from Jackie and his siblings to come with me to the hardware store rather than pick out treats, because he didn't want me to be alone,” Barden said.

Days later, his son would be one of the 26 students and educators killed in the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.

As the federal government rolls back guidance on immunizations, Connecticut officials are pushing back, defending the safety of vaccines and encouraging residents not to be swayed.

Connecticut Senate Democrats on Friday criticized a decision by an advisory committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to end a 34-year-old universal vaccination recommendation for hepatitis B and replace it with a recommendation to vaccinate newborns only if the mother tests positive or has not been tested for the virus.

Multiple members of Connecticut's congressional delegation are calling for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to resign or be fired amid controversies involving air strikes on Venezuelan boats and the sharing of classified information through a messaging app.

HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - Connecticut lawmakers are calling for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s resignation following a Pentagon Inspector General report detailing his use of unsecured communications and other alleged security breaches.