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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.

Shanahan, a wealthy California attorney and Kennedy’s running mate, made the comments on a podcast episode posted Tuesday.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. investigates the family history of Roy Wood, Jr. and Lewis Black.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all the people serving on a national vaccine advisory board. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Edwin Asturias, one of the doctors who was sacked.

Senators want to speak to Donald Trump Jr. about his meeting with a Russian lawyer; the Venezuelan government tries to gain more power; and an important decision for family of a British infant.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Eddie Glaude Jr., the chair of the department of African-American studies at Princeton University, about Trump's victory and the U.S.'s apparent shift to the right.

A pilot program to give cash directly to people in poverty is launching in the Atlanta neighborhood where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lived. King was an early promoter of guaranteed basic income.

Wood says performing in comedy clubs in the South and Midwest prepared him for The Daily Show. Sara Saedi describes her 18-year-long path to U.S. citizenship. Justin Chang reviews Ready Player One.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Donna Angelini, whose firefighter husband, Joe, died saving others at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. This piece includes tape that could be disturbing to some.

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