Musk’s Secretive Team Goes on TV, and RFK Jr. Hires a Vaccine Skeptic

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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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