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CDC Meeting On Vaccines, Fed Rate Cuts, Kimmel Suspended

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:13:31
Publish Date: 2025-09-18 09:48:44
Description: Vaccine advisers to the CDC meet today to decide on COVID boosters and childhood shots, with new members raising doubts about long-settled science. The Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by a quarter point to shore up a slowing job market, even as President Trump pushes for deeper cuts. And ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show after his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s killing.

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