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Why was former CDC director Susan Monares fired and what does she say about the vaccine schedule changes?
Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens. Former CDC director Susan Menares is offering new details on her firing last month. Menara says she clashed with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy junior over his demands for changes to the vaccine schedule for children. N VR's Will Stone reports on her testimony at a Senate hearing today.
Monares was confirmed in late July after receiving broad support from Republicans. At the time, Kennedy himself stated she had unimpeachable scientific credentials. But Monaras says that she soon found herself at odds with Kennedy. She says she refused to back Kennedy's efforts to overhaul a vaccine advisory committee or pre-approve its recommendations, and that came to a head in late August.
He said that the childhood vaccine schedule would be changing starting in September, and I needed to be on board with it.
How did Vice President JD Bance defend the administration’s policies on tax breaks and the National Guard deployment?
Kennedy has accused Monarch of lying about the reason she was fired. The CDC vaccine committee, which includes a new roster of members, some with a history of being critical of vaccines, meets in Atlanta on Thursday. Will Stone N PR News.
Vice President JD Bance defended the administration's policies today during a gathering of Republicans at a metal factory in Michigan. Alex McClennan of Member Station WDET has the story.
Speaking from the podium, Vance talked up Republican tax breaks as well as the White House's efforts to quote take back American streets. The vice president defended the use of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. and Memphis, calling it one of Trump's proudest achievements in office.
We deserve to be safe in our communities again, and that's what the president is making happen.
Fans told the crowd he would be happy to see the National Guard deployed in Detroit.
What happened during the domestic shooting incident in York County, Pennsylvania, and how are officials responding?
That's despite crime rates in the city trending down in recent years. For MPR News, I'm Alex McClunnon in Detroit.
During a domestic call in York County, Pennsylvania. From member station, WESA Tom Reese has the story.
Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Colonel Christopher Paris said five officers were shot while responding to a domestic related situation. A suspect is also dead. The scene is in rural York County, where another police officer was killed in February after responding to an active shooter inside a hospital. Paris said that incident is still fresh in officers' minds.
In being here today with our law enforcement family for the second time in 2025, I'd just like to say on a very personal note, our hearts and prayers go out to them.
For NPR News, I'm Tom Reese in Harrisburg.
Why did ABC pull the Jimmy Kimmel Show and what are the FCC’s concerns about the controversy?
ABC has pulled the Jimmy Kimmel show from its airwaves indefinitely. The move coming days after Kimmel commented on the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. FCC chairman Brendan Carr has condemned Kimmel's late night show. You're listening to NPR. Palestinian health officials say the death toll from the war in Gaza now surpasses the sixty five thousand mark. At least sixteen Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks overnight Tuesday. Thousands of others are heeding warrants to flee Gaza City as the Israeli Defense Forces expand their ground offensive in the territory. The Genaian government is denying claims that it is holding four men who were deported from the US. The four were among fourteen migrants sent to Ghana, as NPR's Emmanuel Akinvotu reports.
Ghana's presidential spokesperson Felix Kwache Ofosu told the Associated Press that thirteen Nigerian migrants have been sent back home by bus and one Gambian was flown back to his country.
What is the latest death toll in Gaza and how are the latest Israeli ground operations affecting civilians?
The spokesman denies claims by lawyers for the four men who say their clients are being held in a detention camp in Ghana after they challenge their deportation to their home country. Kwache Ofosu said, quote, Nobody is being held in any camp and nobody's rights have been abused. The confusion around their situation comes amid a wave of deportations of migrants from the US to third-party countries, which their lawyers say curtail their rights and put them at risk. Government has also faced criticism from opposition groups for accepting the deported migrants.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why was former CDC director Susan Monares fired and what does she say about the vaccine schedule changes?
0:01–0:53
2
How did Vice President JD Bance defend the administration’s policies on tax breaks and the National Guard deployment?
0:53–1:47
3
What happened during the domestic shooting incident in York County, Pennsylvania, and how are officials responding?
1:47–2:40
4
Why did ABC pull the Jimmy Kimmel Show and what are the FCC’s concerns about the controversy?
2:40–3:45
5
What is the latest death toll in Gaza and how are the latest Israeli ground operations affecting civilians?
3:45–4:39