Tough, principled, and kind — the legacy of a slain Minnesota lawmaker

坚韧不拔,原则性强,仁慈善良——一位遇刺明尼苏达州立法者的遗产

Apple News Today

2025-06-27

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Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman — along with her husband, Mark, and their golden retriever, Gilbert — will lie in the Minnesota state Capitol on Friday ahead of a private funeral on Saturday. Patrick Coolican with the Minnesota Reformer tells us about her political legacy. Alicia Victoria Lozano from NBC lays out what to know about the detention of Iranians in the U.S. Plus, how a larger turnout might have affected the 2024 election, Anna Wintour gives up the editor’s chair at Vogue, and we speak to the creators of ‘F1 The Movie.’ Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.
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  • Good morning. It's Friday, June 27th.

  • I'm Shamita Basu.

  • This is Apple News Today.

  • On today's show, remembering Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman,

  • what happened when ICE agents targeted Iranian Christian asylum seekers,

  • and Anna Wintour ends her decades-long run as the editor-in-chief of Vogue.

  • Let's start in Minnesota.

  • Lawmaker Melissa Hortman, along with her husband, Mark, and their golden retriever,

  • Gilbert, will lie in state today at the Minnesota State Capitol.

  • A private funeral will be held tomorrow that will also be live-streamed.

  • The Minnesota House Speaker Emerita and her husband were assassinated earlier this month in their home.

  • Their dog was severely injured in the attack and later euthanized.

  • The suspected gunman also attacked Democratic State Senator John Hoffman and his wife,

  • who were both wounded but survived.

  • Hortman was known as a principled legislator and a tough negotiator,

  • an unusually generous and skilled public servant.

  • In her personal time,

  • she led Girl Scout troops and Sunday school classes and volunteered with a group that trained service dogs.

  • In the days and weeks since the attack,

  • Minnesota lawmakers have expressed their grief and shared stories about their friend and colleague.