Deaths in ICE Custody Are Growing, and Trump Defends Ballroom Plans

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<p>Plus, a three-minute, multimillion-dollar art heist. </p> <p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/us/politics/iran-leaders-trump-war.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Iran’s Fractured Leadership Is Struggling to Coordinate, Officials Say</a>, by Julian E. Barnes, Adam Goldman and Ronen Bergman</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/world/middleeast/lebanon-un-peacekeepers.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Two More U.N. Peacekeepers Are Killed in Southern Lebanon</a>, by Euan Ward</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/us/ice-detention-deaths-immigrants.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Deaths in ICE Custody Are Growing. ‘They Let Him Rot in There.,’</a> by Jazmine Ulloa, Allison McCann and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/29/upshot/white-house-ballroom.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trump’s Ballroom Design Has Barely Been Scrutinized</a>, by Emily Badger, Junho Lee and Larry Buchanan</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/world/europe/parma-art-heist-renoir-matisse-cezanne-italy.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse Paintings Are Stolen in 3-Minute Museum Heist, Police Say</a>, by Ali Watkins and Josephine de La Bruyère</p> <p>Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">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>