Plus, a Chinese coffee giant comes to America.
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On Today’s Episode:
States Go Their Own (and Contradictory) Ways on Vaccine Policy, by Emily Baumgaertner Nunn
Kennedy Faces Senate Grilling After Vaccine Changes and C.D.C. Shake-Up, by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Megan Mineiro
Trump Administration Says Boat Strike Is Start of Campaign Against Venezuelan Cartels, by Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper, Alan Feuer, Charlie Savage and Edward Wong
White House Orders Agencies to Escalate Fight Against Offshore Wind, by Maxine Joselow, Lisa Friedman and Brad Plumer
As Starbucks Slumps, a Chinese Coffee Giant Sees an Opening in New York, by Tim Balk
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Special thanks to Megan Mineiro and Alan Blinder.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg covers health policy for The Times from Washington. A former congressional and White House correspondent, she focuses on the intersection of health policy and politics.