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

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

The Headlines
Mar 28, 2025 8 min
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<p>Plus, what we didn’t know about sharks. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode: </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/politics/elon-musk-fox-interview-doge.html" target="_blank"><strong>Musk and Aides Try Charm Offensive in Fox News Interview</strong></a>, <i>by Tyler Pager</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/us/politics/congress-republicans-doge.html" target="_blank"><strong>Forgoing Oversight, Republicans Resort to Personal Appeals to Head Off DOGE Cuts</strong></a>, <i>by Maya C. Miller</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/politics/susan-collins-appropriations-trump.html" target="_blank"><strong>Top Senate Republican Protests Trump Bid to Withhold Spending</strong></a>, <i>by Carl Hulse</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/health/rfk-jr-autism-vaccines.html" target="_blank"><strong>Kennedy Turns to a Discredited Vaccine Skeptic for Autism Study</strong></a>, <i>by Christina Jewett, Emily Baumgaertner Nunn and Sheryl Gay Stolberg</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/climate/global-sea-ice-record-low.html" target="_blank"><strong>Global Sea Ice Hits a New Low</strong></a>, <i>by Austyn Gaffney</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/science/shark-sounds-recording.html" target="_blank"><strong>A Shark Breaks Its Silence With Some Clicking Sounds</strong></a>, <i>by Yan Zhuang</i></p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>

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