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Vaccine controversy and Epstein accusers' stories dominate week in politics

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published September 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM CDT

On the Friday politics roundtable, Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with NBC’s Sahil Kapur and Politico’s Rachel Bade about how COVID-19 vaccine politics fueled heated exchanges at a Senate hearing on Thursday, and whether lawmakers will heed calls for action made this week by survivors of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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