What to Know About the Latest Epstein Files, and a Flood of U.S. Guns to Canada

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<p>Plus, a day of Waymo chaos in San Francisco. </p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/us/politics/epstein-files-takeaways.html" target="_blank">What to Know on the Initial Release of Materials From the Epstein Files</a> by Alan Feuer and Devlin Barrett</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/us/politics/us-coast-guard-venezuela-oil-tankers.html" target="_blank">U.S. Coast Guard Pursues Oil Tanker Linked to Venezuela</a> by Nicholas Nehamas, Christiaan Triebert, Tyler Pager, Anatoly Kurmanaev and Eric Schmitt</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/health/kennedy-childhood-vaccine-schedule-denmark.html" target="_blank">R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s</a> by Apoorva Mandavilli</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/world/americas/canada-gun-violence-us.html" target="_blank">As U.S. Guns Pour Into Canada, the Bodies Pile Up</a> by Norimitsu Onishi</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/us/waymo-suspended-service-in-san-francisco-after-problems-during-power-outage.html" target="_blank">Waymo Suspended Service in San Francisco After Its Cars Stalled During Power Outage</a> by Sonia A. Rao, Christina Morales and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon</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>