Plus, what we didn’t know about sharks. On Today’s Episode: Musk and Aides Try Charm Offensive in Fox News Interview, by Tyler PagerForgoing Oversight, Republicans Resort to Personal Appeals to Head Off DOGE Cuts, by Maya C. MillerTop Senate Republican Protests Trump Bid to Withhold Spending, by Carl HulseKennedy Turns to a Discredited Vaccine Skeptic for Autism Study, by Christina Jewett, Emily Baumgaertner Nunn and Sheryl Gay StolbergGlobal Sea Ice Hits a New Low, by Austyn GaffneyA Shark Breaks Its Silence With Some Clicking Sounds, by Yan ZhuangTune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, download the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and sign up for our weekly newsletter.Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com.  Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.