Brown University Shooting Suspect Found Dead, and Trump Eases Marijuana Restrictions

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<p>Plus, your Friday news quiz.</p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/us/brown-mit-shootings-what-we-know.html" target="_blank">What We Know About the Shootings at Brown and M.I.T.</a> by Francesca Regalado</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/health/trump-gender-affirming-care-funding.html" target="_blank">Trump Moves to End Gender-Related Care for Minors, Threatening Hospitals That Offer It</a> by Azeen Ghorayshi, Amy Harmon and Reed Abelson</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/us/politics/trump-marijuana-reclassify-order.html" target="_blank">Trump Signs Order to Ease Restrictions on Marijuana</a> by Luke Broadwater and Ashley Southall</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/us/trump-address-warrior-dividend-military-check-1776.html" target="_blank">Trump’s ‘Warrior Dividend’ for Troops Will Be Paid for by Pentagon Housing Funds</a> by John Ismay and Ali Watkins</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/us/politics/dnc-2024-autopsy-democrats-ken-martin.html" target="_blank">The D.N.C. Is Scrapping Its Report on What Went Wrong in 2024</a> by Shane Goldmacher</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/world/europe/russia-eu-ukraine-frozen-assets.html" target="_blank">Europe to Lend $105 Billion to Ukraine, Without Touching Russian Funds</a> by Jeanna Smialek</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/science/lemon-planet-pulsar-webb.html" target="_blank">Lemon-Shaped World Is the Most Stretched-Out Planet Ever Seen</a> by Jonathan O’Callaghan</p><p>Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com">theheadlines@nytimes.com</a>.</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>