WHAT TO KNOW

* Susan Monarez’s lawyer pushed back on the White House’s insistence that she had been terminated as the director of the CDC. Only the president can fire her, the lawyer said. * Russia’s overnight strikes were the most significant to hit Kyiv since Trump intensified his efforts to end the Kremlin’s war. Among the dead, four children. * Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook overcame many obstacles before being appointed to the central bank’s governing board. Her supporters expect her to keep fighting as Trump tries to remove her. She has sued to keep her position. * Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker told The Associated Press that Chicago does not want or need military intervention to fight crime.

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