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Support for NPR and the following message come from the Limelson Foundation, working to harness the power of invention and innovation to accelerate climate action and improve lives around the world. Learn more at limelson.org. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens. Former CDC director Susan Menares is offering new details on her firing last month. Menares says she clashed with House Secretary Robert of Kennedy Jr. over his demands for changes to the vaccine schedule for children. NPR's Will Stone reports on her testimony at a Senate hearing today. Monars was confirmed in late July after receiving broad support from Republicans. At the time, Kennedy himself stated she had unimpeachable scientific credentials. But Monars 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. Kennedy has accused Monares 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 and PR News. Vice President J.D. Vance defended the administration's policies today during a gathering of Republicans at a metal factory in Michigan. Alex McLennan 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. That's despite crime rates in the city trending down in recent years. For NPR News, I'm Alex McClellan in Detroit. Three police officers were killed and two others are injured 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. Pennsylvania police said they're investigating with the FBI. For NPR News, I'm telling you. Tom Reese in Harrisburg. 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 65,000 mark. At least 16 Palestinians were Kimmel. in Israeli attacks overnight Tuesday. Thousands of others are heating warings to flee Gaza City as the Israeli defense forces expand their ground offensive in the territory. The Ghanaian government is denying claims that it is holding four men who were deported from the U.S.

The four were among 14 migrants sent to Ghana, as NPR's Emmanuel Akimutu reports. Ghana's presidential spokesperson, Felix Quaché Afosu, told the Associated Press that 13 Nigerian migrants have been sent back home by bus and one Gambian was flown back to his country. 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 challenged their deportation to their home country. Quachit Afosu 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 could tell their rights and put them at risk. Ghana's government has also faced criticism from opposition groups for accepting the deported migrants.

Emmanuel Akimoto, NPR News, Lagos. President Trump received a royal welcome alongside King Charles as he begins his two-day state visit to Great Britain. Trump's visit began with a welcome from Prince William and Kate as well. He is set to meet with Britain's Prime Minister Kier-Starmer on Thursday. US futures edged higher after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates a quarter point. This is NPR News. This message comes from Wise, the app for using money around the globe.

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