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Bishop Asks Trump to ‘Have Mercy,’ and Hegseth Faces New Accusations

Bishop Asks Trump to ‘Have Mercy,’ and Hegseth Faces New Accusations

The Headlines
Jan 22, 2025 9 min
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<p>Plus, snow on Florida’s beaches.  </p><p> </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/us/trump-birthright-citizenship.html" target="_blank"><strong>Twenty-two States Sue to Stop Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order</strong></a>, <i>by Mattathias Schwartz and Mike Baker</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/us/politics/trump-bishop.html" target="_blank"><strong>Bishop Asks Trump to ‘Have Mercy’ on Immigrants and Gay Children</strong></a>, <i>by Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Tim Balk and Erica L. Green</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/us/politics/hegseth-senators-affidavit.html" target="_blank"><strong>Hegseth Ex-Sister-in-Law Tells Senators He Was ‘Abusive’ to Second Wife</strong></a>, <i>by Karoun Demirjian and Sharon LaFraniere</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/world/middleeast/gaze-destruction.html" target="_blank"><strong>One Family in Gaza Returned Home. But Home Was Gone</strong></a>, <i>by Vivian Yee and Bilal Shbair</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/21/weather/snow-winter-storm-texas-louisiana" target="_blank"><strong>Rare Snowfall Snarls Cities as Deadly Cold Stalks the South</strong></a>, <i>by J. David Goodman</i></p><p> </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>

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