WHAT TO KNOW

* The Trump administration will tap Jim O’Neill — a deputy of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — as acting head of the CDC after the firing of director Susan Monarez, who had refused to resign under pressure. Her departure prompted at least four top officials to exit the CDC. * Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook filed a lawsuit against Trump today to have her attempted firing declared “unlawful,” beginning a landmark legal fight involving the independence of what is considered the world’s most important central bank. * Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said that Chicago does not want or need military intervention to fight crime as Trump continued to tease deploying National Guard troops to the city.

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