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

Plus, Sam Neill of “Jurassic Park” fame dies at 78.

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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