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President-elect Donald Trump has picked one of his fiercest loyalist, Cash Patel, to lead the FBI.

NPR's Mara Liason reports. Patel was a national FBI. NPR's Mara Lysen reports.

Patel was a national security official in Trump's first term. He's devoted to Trump's stated goal of revenge and retribution against the government agency's Trump feels targeted him unfairly,

including the FBI. Patel has threatened to go after what he calls conspirators in the media and government,

and he's published a, quote, deep state target list of individuals he wants to fire. If confirmed,

he'd be a leader in Trump's effort to radically reshape the federal government. In order to get him

appointed, Trump would have to fire the current FBI director, Christopher Ray, who Trump

appointed, but whose 10-year term doesn't expire until 2027. Mara Liason, NPR News.

The Supreme Court hears arguments tomorrow in a case testing how the Food and Drug Administration

regulates vaping. E-cigarettes, as they are known, contain addictive nicotine,

but are not as dangerous as tobacco products. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports their popularity

has taken off with young people. In 2009, Congress enacted a law aimed at regulating nicotine

products marketed for minors. The good news is that the agency succeeded in dramatically driving down cigarette use by high school kids to 2%.

The bad news is that e-cigarettes first marketed in 2006 took up a lot of that slack, and by

23, the FDA survey showed 30% of high schoolers were vaping e-cigarettes,

which the agency considers a gateway to smoking more damaging cigarettes.

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