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Why does the Trump‑nominated Fed candidate want to stay on the Council of Economic Advisors?

Janine Herbst 0:00

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. President Trump's nominee to fill a vacancy on the Federal Reserve says he doesn't plan to leave his position as chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors if he gets the job. At his Senate banking confirmation hearing, Stephen Myron says there's precedent for his decision.

Stephen Myron 0:21

I have received advice from council that uh what is required is an unpaid leave of absence from the Council of Economic Advisors. And so considering the term for which I'm being nominated is a little bit uh more than four months, that is what I will be taking.

Janine Herbst 0:35

But Democratic Senator Jack Reed, a member of the committee, slammed the idea.

Unknown 0:40

You're gonna be employee of the President of the United States on leave, so he can call you up in his capacity as president said here. I want you to do this, this and this. Well, uh I guess I have to do it since I'm an employee of the president.

What whistleblower allegations say the Trump administration targeted NIH scientists over vaccines?

Unknown 0:51

This that is absolutely ridiculous.

Janine Herbst 0:53

Trump nominated Myron last month to finish out the term of former Fed Governor, Adriana Kugler's fourteen year term, which ends in January. Two former top officials at the National Institutes of Health have filed a whistleblower complaint, charging the Trump administration retaliated against them for resisting attempts to undermine vaccines and other scientific research. And Piers Robstein has more.

Angela Perryman 1:19

The former director of the NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Gene Murazzo, filed the complaint along with the former director of the NIH's Fogerty International Center, Dr. Kathleen New Zeal. In the filing with the Independent Office of Special Counsel, the pair charged the Trump administration illegally retaliated against them for pushing back against the cancellation of critical research. of research, politicizing scientific studies and taking hostile moves against vaccines.

Why are top Silicon Valley CEOs attending a White House dinner with President Trump?

Angela Perryman 1:50

In a statement, HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon defended the administration's actions. Rob Stein NPR News.

Janine Herbst 1:58

Silicon Valley's top executives will be heading to the White House tonight for a dinner with the president. As MPR's Bobby Allen reports, it comes as the Trump administration pursues multiple antitrust cases against big tech.

Bobby Allen 2:13

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Apple's Tim Cook, and Google's Sundar Pachai are set to join President Trump. It's a photo op the industry wants. Regulation-wary tech leaders playing nice with the Trump administration. In federal courts around the country, the administration's tone is far more combative. Trump's federal agencies are pressing on with cases against Meta, Apple, Google, and Amazon seeking to rein in big tech's market power.

Which new albums and artists are breaking into the Billboard Top Ten this week?

Bobby Allen 2:36

Some analysts have asked what exactly Is the tech industry getting by cozying up to the Trump administration? One person who won't be asked that is billionaire Elon Musk, the former White House advisor who was not invited to the dinner.

Janine Herbst 2:50

Wall Street higher by the closing bell, the Dow up three hundred fifty points, NASDAQ up two hundred nine, that's up one percent, the SP five hundred up fifty three. You're listening to NPR News. There's a flood of new music on this week's Billboard charts. And Pierre Steven Thompson brings us some of the highlights.

Stephen Thompson 3:09

This week four new albums crack the Billboard Top Ten for the first time, led by the K-pop boy band Stray Kids at No. It is.

How did fashion legend Giorgio Armani’s career shape modern style before his death?

Stephen Thompson 3:22

It is. Three very different albums round out this week's top ten debuts. Rapper Big X The Plug has a country album. There's a new record by the hard rock band Deftones. And though you don't usually hear her immediately after Deft Tones, the singer Leve scores her first ever top 10 album.

Janine Herbst 3:49

Oh what a curse it is to be of.

Stephen Thompson 3:54

Steven Thompson, NPR News.

Janine Herbst 3:58

Legendary fashion designer Giorgio Armani has died. No cause of death was given, but he had been sick for some time and canceled his appearance at Milan's men's fashion week in June.

What are the key takeaways from today’s NPR News roundup?

Janine Herbst 4:09

That was the first time he missed one of his catwalk events. Ronnie founded his company in nineteen seventy five, and three years later he designed the outfit Diane Keaton wore to the Oscars in nineteen seventy eight.