How lawmakers are responding to rising political threats

立法者如何应对日益加剧的政治威胁

Apple News Today

2025-06-18

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Political violence appears to be on the rise in the U.S. Aaron Blake with CNN unpacks what that says about the state of partisanship. Israel says Iran was very close to getting nuclear weapons. Now Trump agrees. The Washington Post has been assessing Iran’s capabilities. Maanvi Singh with The Guardian describes the chaotic aftermath of sweeping federal raids on immigrant communities in L.A. — and what it’s been like for lawyers and families to try to communicate with people who were detained. Plus, the baby of a brain-dead Georgia mom has been delivered, ICE arrested another elected official, and the American icons getting honorary Oscars. Today’s episode was hosted by Gideon Resnick.
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  • Good morning. It's Wednesday, June 18th.

  • I'm Gideon Resnick in for Shamita Basu.

  • This is Apple News Today.

  • On today's show, how Israeli strikes have impacted Iran's nuclear program,

  • the aftermath of federal immigration raids in Los Angeles,

  • and a beloved American icon that is one step closer to an EGOT.

  • But first, the targeted political killings in Minneapolis over the weekend

  • are still reverberating across the state and in Washington, D.C.

  • Colleagues of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman,

  • who was shot and killed alongside her husband,

  • are continuing to grieve and to highlight her legacy.

  • A memorial at the state capitol is littered with notes attesting to her career

  • and the respect that she drew across the aisle.

  • In the nation's capital,

  • there has been a bipartisan push for more funding for security

  • while members are in Washington and at their district homes.

  • One House member told the Notice News website she felt as though she could be,

  • quote, one vote away from losing her life.

  • Erin Blake is a senior reporter for CNN

  • who has been examining the recent spate of political violence