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Dr. Paul Offit, a co-inventor of a rotavirus vaccine and director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, for years has sparred with Kennedy over vaccines.

At a City Council hearing Tuesday, he sparred with city leaders who challenged the department’s relationship with federal authorities.

We did wrestling training, we did boxing training, we sparred.

Los Angeles City Council members sparred with Police Chief Jim McDonnell on Tuesday over the LAPD’s handling of protests against President Trump’s immigration crackdown, with some challenging the department’s relationship with its federal counterparts.

Her halting initial response to the fires triggered fierce criticism, and she sparred with her then fire chief and her own recovery czar.