Why Trump is threatening to block his own party’s agenda
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<p>Iran faced another intense day of bombing. The <a href="https://apple.news/AyZtI-dIrRSG9WzJQOCr36Q">BBC</a> reports attacks on minelaying ships near a vital shipping route.</p> <p>Republicans gathered in Florida for their annual retreat to hash out policy priorities ahead of the midterms. Mia McCarthy of <a href="https://apple.news/AJxxGNmnZSMmkyBw2PlcdEQ">Politico</a> joins to discuss the top issues on the GOP’s agenda.</p> <p>Alabama’s governor commuted the death sentence of a man convicted of a murder he didn’t commit. <a href="https://apple.news/AYodrXQAoRb-NtsPS9EDTEw">AL.com</a>’s Savannah Tryens-Fernandes breaks down the case.</p> <p>Plus, a <a href="https://apple.news/AGTngebxeQXm-5itWbsY86w">whistleblower</a> says a former DOGE employee took highly sensitive social security data with him to another employer, two candidates emerge in the <a href="https://apple.news/AMTAYIQeORReAcnWfnQe9Cg">race</a> to succeed Marjorie Taylor Greene, and how a modern-day <a href="https://apple.news/AMm71vPT8Q064fYfYpL1g2w">treasure</a> hunter ended up in prison.</p> <p>Today’s episode was hosted by Cecilia Lei.</p>
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