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EPISODE · Feb 26, 2026 · 16 MIN

Meet the MAHA influencer Trump wants as the “nation’s doctor”

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President Trump’s nominee to be the next surgeon general appeared before the Senate health committee. NBC News’s Aria Bendix breaks down the testimony. The Pentagon is at odds with Anthropic, the company that built the only AI model approved for classified military use. Dave Lawler of Axios joins to discuss the ultimatum Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued the company. A whistleblower who recently trained ICE recruits testified to Congress about how the agency is cutting corners on instruction. The Washington Post’s David Nakamura explains why concerns are rising over how fast some agents are being put into the field. Plus, officials in Cuba said its coast guard killed four people on a Florida-registered speedboat, economist Larry Summers is stepping down as a Harvard professor over his connections to Jeffrey Epstein, and how Rolex created one of the hardest schools to get into. Today’s episode was hosted by Cecilia Lei.

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