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The Guardian - US
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Oliver Milman

Trump administration faces rare bipartisan pushback for firing CDC director

CDC Susan Monarez Robert F. Kennedy Jr United States Donald Trump Demetre Daskalakis Bernie Sanders Bill Cassidy Karoline Leavitt Susan Collins
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Current and former CDC workers and supporters gather to greet recently resigned CDC leaders Daniel Jernigan, Debra Houry and Demetre Daskalakis outside the entrance to the US Centers For Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia on 28 August 2025. Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA

The Trump administration is facing rare bipartisan pushback for firing the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), amid turmoil at the US’ top infectious disease agency that prompted dozens of staff to walk out of its headquarters in protest on Thursday.

The White House has said Susan Monarez, who was confirmed as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just a month ago, was fired as she was “not aligned with the president’s agenda” – only for Monarez to refuse to depart. The official’s lawyers have said that, as a Senate-confirmed appointee, only Donald Trump himself can remove her.

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