Taylor Wilson
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You mentioned like this clunky early rollout, right? And the issues with fire trucks. What are some of the downsides at this point still?
I do just want to mention drivers themselves here for a second. I mean, folks who drive for a living, be it in cabs or these ride share services like Uber. I can't imagine that the shift is necessarily landing well with them, though. I guess we're also still in a moment where both driver and driverless services can coexist. Right. Do you hear anything from that side of the coin?
In terms of the what's next, I guess it is just a matter of getting to more cities at this point, right?
Elizabeth Weiss is a national correspondent with USA Today. Thank you, Beth.
And tomorrow morning, the pro-natalism movement encourages people to have more kids. But could incentives like a baby bonus also be used to influence American culture?
That's Karen Guzzo, a sociologist at the University of North Carolina. She spoke with my colleague Dana Taylor about pronatalism and how it might reshape the country. You can hear that conversation right here, beginning at 5 a.m. Eastern Time. Thanks for listening to The Excerpt. You can get the podcast wherever you get your audio. And if you're on a smart speaker, just ask for The Excerpt.
As always, if you have any comments or concerns, you can email us at podcasts at usatoday.com. I'm Taylor Wilson. I'll be back Monday with more of The Excerpt from USA Today.
Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Thursday, May 15th, 2025. This is The Excerpt. Today we break down a fiery hearing over health and RFK Jr. 's plans, plus international college students bring billions to the U.S. That may change, and how Republican state houses are joining Trump's fight to root out DEI. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
defended the president's proposed cuts to top health agencies as committee members in the House and Senate peppered him with questions on a number of health topics and spending. Many questions revolved around the secretary's response to a measles epidemic, which last week crossed the 1,000 cases mark in the U.S., the largest single outbreak in 25 years.
The outbreak has also recently spread to both Mexico and Canada. If you had a child today, would you vaccinate that child for measles?
That was Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan from Wisconsin. When pressed on whether he would vaccinate his children for chickenpox and polio, Kennedy once again dodged the question and said he didn't want to be giving advice. Republican Rep.
Mike Simpson from Idaho, a dentist, expressed concerns to Kennedy about the fluoride issue, noting that the Food and Drug Administration, an agency of the HHS, announced it had begun removing ingestible fluoride supplements for children. Fluoride is a mineral that occurs naturally in water, soil, and air, and has been demonstrated to prevent dental cavities and tooth decay.
For decades, it's been added to community water supplies and dental products like toothpaste. Utah has become the first state to remove fluoride from its drinking water, a ban that went into effect earlier this month. Florida and Ohio are also considering bans.
Congressman also criticized the decision by the National Institutes of Health, which Kennedy oversees, to cut programs that research critical medical issues like maternal health, Alzheimer's treatment, and youth mental health. You can read more with a link in today's show notes. International students bring billions to the U.S., but that may be changing.
I spoke with USA Today education reporter Zach Shermaly to learn more. Hello, Zach. Hey, Taylor. Thanks for having me. Thanks for hopping on. So just starting here, kind of backtracking a little bit. What actions have we seen really from the Trump administration as it pertains to foreign students?
So just in terms of how big a deal this might be, losing this block of students for the university, Zach, I mean, it seems like a massive deal.
You mentioned other countries earlier, Zach. I mean, are other countries stepping in to try and maybe lure international students to their own schools? Of course, this has always happened, but even more so in this moment.
Strong words. We'll see where this conversation goes next. Zach Shurmley covers education for USA Today. Thank you, Zach. Thanks, Taylor. Higher education is not alone in pushing back against the Trump administration's immigration policies. Another fiery hearing on Capitol Hill yesterday involved Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
She accused a House Democrat of defending a terrorist after he suggested she was ignoring a court order to return a Salvadoran immigrant who was mistakenly deported. Representative Dan Goldman asked Noem at a House Homeland Security Committee meeting what she had done to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S. after his removal in March as an alleged member of MS-13.
Garcia denies gang membership and had an immigration court order protecting him from deportation, which the administration acknowledged was an administrative error. Meanwhile, Harvard scientist Ksenia Petrova has been charged with smuggling as the Russian national fights for her freedom from immigration detention.
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