Lindsey Graham’s Unexpected Death, and How Marco Rubio Is Running Venezuela

Your morning listen, all in about 10 minutes
Here’s what we’re covering:
Lindsey Graham, Republican Senator and Staunch Trump Ally, Dies at 71, by Robert Jimison, Zachary Woolfe and Amelia Nierenberg
How Trump Failed to Secure the Strait of Hormuz in His Iran Deal, by Edward Wong, Michael Crowley and Eric Schmitt
What’s in the Housing Bill That Just Became Law, by Conor Dougherty
Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media, by Michael M. Grynbaum
How Marco Rubio Is Running Venezuela From Afar, by Tyler Pager and Anatoly Kurmanaev
Sam Neill, New Zealand Screen Actor and Leading Man, Dies at 78, by The New York Times
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