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

<p>Plus, a Chinese coffee giant comes to America. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/us/rfk-jr-vaccines-western-health-alliance.html" target="_blank"><strong>States Go Their Own (and Contradictory) Ways on Vaccine Policy</strong></a>, <i>by Emily Baumgaertner Nunn</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/politics/kennedy-senate-hearing-vaccines-cdc.html" target="_blank"><strong>Kennedy Faces Senate Grilling After Vaccine Changes and C.D.C. Shake-Up</strong></a>, <i>by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Megan Mineiro</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/us/politics/hegseth-venezuela-drug-strike.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Administration Says Boat Strike Is Start of Campaign Against Venezuelan Cartels</strong></a>, <i>by Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper, Alan Feuer, Charlie Savage and Edward Wong</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/climate/trump-administration-offshore-wind.html" target="_blank"><strong>White House Orders Agencies to Escalate Fight Against Offshore Wind</strong></a>, <i>by Maxine Joselow, Lisa Friedman and Brad Plumer</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/world/europe/lisbon-funicular-crash-gloria.html" target="_blank"><strong>What We Know About the Funicular Crash in Lisbon</strong></a>, <i>by Francesca Regalado</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/nyregion/luckin-coffee-nyc-starbucks.html" target="_blank"><strong>As Starbucks Slumps, a Chinese Coffee Giant Sees an Opening in New York</strong></a>, <i>by Tim Balk</i></p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </p>
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