Trump administration fires CDC director Susan Monarez and other agency leaders resign

Monarez’s lawyers said she was targeted by the Trump White House for standing up for science. The director of the nation’s top public health agency has been fired after less than one month in the job, and several top agency leaders have resigned.Susan Monarez isn’t “aligned with” President Donald Trump’s agenda and refused to resign, so the White House terminated her, spokesman Kush Desai said Wednesday night.Her lawyers said she was targeted for standing up for science.The U.S....