NPR News: 01-29-2025 8PM EST

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President Donald 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 seemingly largely supportive of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., while Democrats posed tough questions about his past disavowals of vaccines. Here's NPR's Lexi Shapiro.