Trump’s Controversial Pick to Oversee U.S. Intelligence, and a Surge in Preventable Diseases
6/3/202610 min
Plus, how Marcia Lucas was "the heart" behind "Star Wars."
Here’s what we’re covering:
Iran War Live Updates, by The New York Times
Order Shielding Trump Family From I.R.S. Audits Will Remain, Blanche Says, by Andrew Duehren and Alan Feuer
Trump Names Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence, by Maggie Haberman, Julian E. Barnes and Matthew Goldstein
Trump Signs Executive Order Seeking Oversight of A.I. Models, by Sheera Frenkel and Tripp Mickle
Hospitals See Diseases Resurge as Vaccinations Decline, by Maggie Astor and Dani Blum
Marcia Lucas, Oscar-Winning ‘Star Wars’ Editor, Dies at 80, by Alex Traub
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Tracy Mumford· Host0:29
[instrumental music] From The New York Times, it's the headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Today's Wednesday, June 3rd. Here's what we're covering.
Speaker 20:39
Just to get to where they were six months ago.
Speaker 30:44
Mr. Rubio, you keep telling us how we're winning this war. The president keeps saying- Well, the war is over now ... completely an- annihilated. The war is not over, and yet the American people see how we're losing at the pump and with their costs, and yet this thing still hasn't been resolved.
Tracy Mumford· Host0:58
On Capitol Hill yesterday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio sparred with Democratic senators over the war in Iran as he offered a murky timeline about when there might be a deal between the two countries.
Speaker 21:10
There is the prospect before us, which could happen today, it could happen tomorrow, it could happen next week.
Tracy Mumford· Host1:15
Rubio said the US and Iran are continuing to try and hammer out an initial agreement that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz, among other things, saying, quote, "We're hopeful." At the White House, my colleague David Sanger has been digging into what's dragging out