U.S. Economy Under Stress, and a Behind-the-Scenes Look at DOGE

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<p>Plus, Gene Hackman’s everyman legacy. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode: </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/business/trump-tariffs-spending-cuts-economy.html" target="_blank"><strong>U.S. Economy Shows Signs of Strain From Trump’s Tariffs and Spending Cuts</strong></a>, <i>by Alan Rappeport</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/politics/egg-prices-us-imports.html" target="_blank"><strong>Agriculture Department Looks to Import Eggs as Prices Soar</strong></a>, <i>by Linda Qiu</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/27/us/politics/doge-staff-list.html" target="_blank"><strong>The People Carrying Out Musk’s Plans at DOGE</strong></a>, <i>by The New York Times</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/politics/trump-usaid-foreign-aid.html" target="_blank"><strong>Chief Justice Allows U.S. to Continue Freeze on Foreign Aid Payments</strong></a>, <i>by Zach Montague, Michael Crowley and Adam Liptak</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/26/us/organ-transplants-waiting-list-skipped-patients.html" target="_blank"><strong>Organ Transplant System ‘in Chaos’ as Waiting Lists Are Ignored</strong></a>, <i>by Brian M. Rosenthal, Mark Hansen and Jeremy White</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/obituaries/gene-hackman-dead.html" target="_blank"><strong>Gene Hackman, Hollywood’s Consummate Everyman, Dies at 95</strong></a>, <i>by Robert Berkvist</i></p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>