RFK Jr. tore up vaccine policy. Now for a Senate showdown.
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<p>Vaccine policy is changing at a rapid rate as Florida and some Western states take drastically different paths on access and recommendations. <a href="https://apple.news/ATehkS02TSPeN9Zd3pXCiCg">Bloomberg</a>’s Jessica Nix joins to discuss how the situation has become so confusing.</p> <p>Victims of Jeffrey Epstein spoke at a press conference on Capitol Hill yesterday in support of a bill in the House that would require the release of documents related to the case. <a href="https://apple.news/A3elB6Av5SD6_Lmv1ZEA7yQ">NBC News</a> interviews one of the victims.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AFtyUs4ACQCq_8ZjdW_JtmA">CNN</a> reporter Holmes Lybrand breaks down why courts in Washington, D.C., are struggling with increased caseloads as a result of Trump’s crime crackdown.</p> <p>Plus, a court ordered Trump to <a href="https://apple.news/AuTictFndTi6rUaLQWWI6VQ">unfreeze</a> grants for Harvard, what presidents Xi and Putin talk about when they think <a href="https://apple.news/AiW_IUEpxSe-X3LWy9IJj9g">no one is listening</a>, and the 2025 <a href="https://apple.news/ABbH451dNQkixxBWLWoUBJA">NFL</a> season is about to kick off.</p> <p>Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.</p>
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