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Jeanine Hurst (0:00)
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Stephen Thompson (0:36)
I have received advice from council that what is required is an unpaid leave of absence from the Council of Economic Advisors. And so considering the term for which I'm being nominated is a little bit more than four months, that is what I will be taking.
Jeanine Hurst (0:50)
But Democratic Senator Jack Reid, a member of the committee, slammed the idea you're.
Rob Stein (0:55)
Going to be employee of the president of the United States on Lee so he can call you up in his capacity as president, said here, I want you to do this, this and this. Well, I guess I have to do it since I'm an employee of the president. That is absolutely ridiculous.
Jeanine Hurst (1:08)
Trump nominated Myron last month to finish out the term of former Fed governor Adriana Kugler's 14 year term, which ends in January. Two former top officials at the National Institutes of Health have filed a whistleblower complaint charging the Trump administration retaliated against them for resisting attempts to undermine vaccines and other scientific research. NPR's Rob Stein has more.
Rob Stein (1:33)
The former director of the NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Jean Marrazo, filed the complaint along with the former director of the NIH's Fogerty International Center, Dr. Kathleen Nuzil. In the filing with the independent Office of Special Counsel, the pair charged the Trump administration illegally retaliated against them for pushing back against the cancellation of critical research, politicizing scientific studies and taking hostile moves against vaccines. In a statement, HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon defended the administration's actions. Rob Stein, NPR News.
Jeanine Hurst (2:13)
Silicon Valley's top executives will be heading to the White House tonight for a dinner with the president. As NPR's Bobby Allen reports, it comes as the Trump administration pursues multiple antitrust cases against big tech.