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NPR speaks with Debra Houry, the CDC's former chief medical officer, about her decision to leave her post and her concerns over Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine decisions.

Susan Monarez, the ousted director of the CDC, testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday that the health secretary pressured her to rubber stamp vaccine policies without reviewing scientific evidence.

The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate for the first time this year, but President Trump is demanding bigger rate cuts.

The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate for the first time this year, but President Trump is demanding bigger rate cuts.

UC Berkeley told 160 faculty, staff and students that their names were included in files shared with the federal government related to "alleged antisemitic incidents." We hear from one of them.

The new federal restrictions on who can get the new COVID-19 vaccines are causing anxiety, frustration and anger around the country as people scramble to navigate the confusing patchwork of rules.

NPR speaks with author and journalist Kyle Spencer about Turning Point USA and the right-wing youth movement Charlie Kirk started right out of high school.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker about NATO's response to the Russian drones shot down over Polish airspace.

Though the FDA narrowed criteria for the shots, many people still want them, to avoid illness and protect vulnerable family members. Some are turned down at the pharmacy or have to jump through hoops.

The artist, best known for her portrait of Michelle Obama, said the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery wanted to keep her portrait of a trans woman out of the exhibition American Sublime.