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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.
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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.
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An advisory committee meets Thursday to recommend vaccine policies, the Fed lowers interest rates for the first time this year, ABC takes Jimmy Kimmel off air for comments on Charlie Kirk's killing.
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Oliver Darcy, author of Status, a nightly newsletter about the corridors of media power, explains ABC's decision to take Jimmy Kimmel off air following his comments on the killing of Charlie Kirk.
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Oliver Darcy, author of Status, a nightly newsletter about the corridors of media power, explains ABC's decision to take Jimmy Kimmel off air following his comments on the killing of Charlie Kirk.
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The University of California Berkeley told about 160 faculty, staff and students that they were included in files shared with the government related to "alleged antisemitic incidents."
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The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate for the first time this year, but President Trump is demanding bigger rate cuts.
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The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate for the first time this year, but President Trump is demanding bigger rate cuts.
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NPR talks with Stacey Vanek Smith, a reporter at Bloomberg, about the effect the Federal Reserve's decision to cut interest rates could have.
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Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, talks about her new book "Why Fascists Fear Teachers."