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The Federal Reserve’s meeting this week features a freshly confirmed Trump appointee and a governor the White House tried to remove. With interest rates expected to be cut, this encounter tests the Fed’s independence in ways we haven’t seen in decades.

Former CDC Director Susan Monarez alleges she was fired after refusing to “preapprove” vaccine recommendations pushed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Her testimony before the Senate highlights a growing clash between science and politics, with profound implications for vaccine policy and public trust.