Democratic States Band Together to Counter RFK Jr.

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🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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A.M. Edition for Oct. 15. Governors from 15 mainly blue states are forming a shadow public-health alliance, in a sign of growing resistance to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agenda. Plus, with the fight against Israel on pause, Hamas launches a violent crackdown on rival militias, seeking to assert its authority in Gaza. The WSJ’s Benoit Faucon explains how the infighting could complicate a peace plan that Israel has conditioned on Hamas disarming. And Beijing plays hardball on trade, in a bet that President Trump will fold before launching new tariffs that would roil markets. Caitlin McCabe hosts. Want to know how changes to 2026 Medicare plans could affect you? Check out our explainer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:19.0	Pete Hegseth joins NATO's defense ministers to discuss bolder action to combat aerial threats from Russia.
0:26.6	Plus, as Israeli forces pullback in Gaza, Hamas begins a violent crackdown in a show of authority.
0:34.9	And blue states banned together to counter RFK Jr.
0:39.3	Governors have formed this alliance because they're worried that federal funding cuts and policy
0:44.9	changes, like changes to vaccine policy, they're worried that they are putting citizens
0:49.4	at risk and forcing the governors to find alternatives. It's Wednesday, October 15th.
0:55.2	I'm Caitlin McCabe for the Wall Street Journal,
0:57.3	and here is the AM edition of What's News,
1:00.0	the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
1:04.8	NATO is discussing new rules that can make it easier to shoot down Russian fighter jets.
1:10.8	Changing NATO's rules of engagement is one of to shoot down Russian fighter jets.
1:15.3	Changing NATO's rules of engagement is one of several moves to improve its defenses following recent incursions into the bloc's airspace.
1:19.0	Here's the Lithuanian defense minister, Dovile, Shakalienne.
1:22.3	Lithuania has changed legislation to ensure that there is no need for political permission for each time
1:31.6	that an object needs to be neutralized.
1:34.3	I'm hoping that all other countries will ensure that exceptions that prevent immediate
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