The Secret Deals Behind Trump’s Crypto Firm, and a Revenge Porn Ban

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<p>Plus, let’s hear your best sea gull.</p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/politics/trump-crypto-world-liberty-financial.html" target="_blank"><strong>Secret Deals, Foreign Investments, Presidential Policy Changes: The Rise of Trump’s Crypto Firm</strong></a>, <i>by Eric Lipton, David Yaffe-Bellany and Ben Protess</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/climate/national-climate-assessment-authors-dismissed.html" target="_blank"><strong>All Authors Working on Flagship U.S. Climate Report Are Dismissed</strong></a>, <i>by Brad Plumer and Rebecca Dzombak</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/us/politics/trump-doj-civil-rights.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Recasts Mission of Justice Dept.’s Civil Rights Office, Prompting ‘Exodus,’</strong></a> <i>by Devlin Barrett</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/us/politics/house-revenge-porn-bill.html" target="_blank"><strong>House Passes Bill to Ban Sharing of Revenge Porn, Sending It to Trump</strong></a>, <i>by Michael Gold and Cecilia Kang</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/28/world/canada-election" target="_blank"><strong>Mark Carney Wins New Term as Canada’s Prime Minister on Anti-Trump Platform</strong></a>, <i>by Matina Stevis-Gridneff</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/science/amazon-kuiper-launch-ula.html" target="_blank"><strong>Amazon Launches First 27 Project Kuiper Internet Satellites</strong></a>, <i>by Karen Weise and Kenneth Chang</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/world/europe/seagull-screeching-competition-europe.html" target="_blank"><strong>To Win This Contest, Just Squawk Like a Seagull</strong></a>, <i>by Amanda Holpuch</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>