Florida Moves to End Vaccine Mandates, and Trump Battles Wind Farms

Plus, a Chinese coffee giant comes to America. 

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

What We Know About the Funicular Crash in Lisbon, by Francesca Regalado

As Starbucks Slumps, a Chinese Coffee Giant Sees an Opening in New York, by Tim Balk

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