Plus, what we didn’t know about sharks. 

On Today’s Episode: 

Musk and Aides Try Charm Offensive in Fox News Interview, by Tyler Pager

Forgoing Oversight, Republicans Resort to Personal Appeals to Head Off DOGE Cuts, by Maya C. Miller

Top Senate Republican Protests Trump Bid to Withhold Spending, by Carl Hulse

Kennedy Turns to a Discredited Vaccine Skeptic for Autism Study, by Christina Jewett, Emily Baumgaertner Nunn and Sheryl Gay Stolberg

Global Sea Ice Hits a New Low, by Austyn Gaffney

A Shark Breaks Its Silence With Some Clicking Sounds, by Yan Zhuang

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