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President Trump's pick to be Health and Human Services Secretary was on Capitol Hill today for the start of his confirmation hearings.

Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee

seem largely supportive of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. while Democrats pose tough questions about his past

disavowels of vaccines. Here's NPR's Lexi Shepiddle. Throughout the three and a half hour hearing,

Kennedy sought to assure Democratic senators that he supports vaccines and would not discourage their use as HHS secretary.

But Democrats repeatedly confronted Kennedy with his past statements calling vaccines unsafe and ineffective.

Democratic Senator Sheldon White House told Kennedy he needs to dig out of a pretty deep hole.

We've just had a measles case in Rhode Island, the first since 2013.

And frankly, you frighten people.

Kennedy has pushed misleading claims about vaccines for decades, including as the chair

of an anti-vaccine nonprofit.

Lexi Shepiddle and PR News, the Capitol.

The Office of Management and Budget has rescinded its controversial order calling for a pause on federal assistance programs.

NPR's Mara Lyssen with details.

The order had caused confusion in Washington and chaos around the country as federal agencies struggled to understand exactly what the White House wanted them to do and which programs were and were not covered by the memo. Now the Trump administration has abandoned the blanket

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