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Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald had "complex financial interests," according to a statement from the Department of Health and Human Services. News reports say she bought tobacco stock while CDC director.

Only around 15 percent of adults in America smoke — but that still leaves 40 million people who smoke cigarettes, and many of them belong to the most vulnerable population groups.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Ronna Romney McDaniel, chair of the Republican National Committee, about President Trump's State of the Union.

Also: A Russia intelligence official reportedly meets U.S. officials, despite sanctions; Bill Nye the Science Guy attends Trump's speech; and secret documents turn up in an Australian thrift store.

In case you missed the State of the Union address, here's what you need to know.

It is true that Trump's tone and manner were more restrained than his famously rousing style on the stump. But a somewhat more sedate delivery does not, in itself, constitute a conciliatory speech.

Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen presided over her last policy meeting this week. After a two-day meeting, the Fed kept its target for a key interest rate unchanged, as analysts had expected.

The president's new order reverses one issued by Obama in his first days in office. During his campaign, Trump had promised to keep the facility open and to "load it up with some bad dudes."

Other towns were similarly inundated, in a state that now has the highest rate of drug overdose deaths. In 2008, one wholesaler provided 5,624 pills for every man, woman and child in Kermit, W.Va.

Early Wednesday morning brought a lunar event that hadn't been seen since 1866. Scientists say data gathered during the event could help them figure out where to land a rover on the moon.