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Trump's Racist Somali Remarks, Signalgate Report, CDC Vaccine Meeting

December 4, 2025

12 min episode · 2 min read

Greg Myrie,Mara Liasson

Episode

12 min

Read time

2 min

AI-Generated Summary

Published Dec 7, 2025

What It Covers

Trump delivers racist attacks on Somali Americans, Pentagon inspector general criticizes Hegseth's Yemen communications, CDC vaccine advisors reconsider childhood immunization recommendations.

Notable Moment

Pentagon inspector general finds Defense Secretary Hegseth shared classified Yemen strike details through Signal app, inadvertently including Atlantic journalist Jeffrey Goldberg.

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