D.C. Shooting Kills 2 at Jewish Museum, and House Passes Trump's 'Beautiful' Bill

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<p>Plus, breakfast cereals are getting less healthy. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode: </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/politics/israel-embassy-staffers-killed.html" target="_blank"><strong>2 Israeli Embassy Aides Are Fatally Shot Outside Event in Washington</strong></a>, <i>by Maggie Haberman, Glenn Thrush and Chris Cameron</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/politics/trump-ramaphosa-south-africa-visit.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Lectures South African President in Televised Oval Office Confrontation</strong></a>, <i>by Erica L. Green and Zolan Kanno-Youngs</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/politics/one-big-beautiful-bill-house-trump.html" target="_blank"><strong>House G.O.P. Presses Ahead on Tax and Spending Bill, With Votes Uncertain</strong></a>, <i>by Catie Edmondson and Michael Gold</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/politics/qatar-plane-trump-air-force-one.html" target="_blank"><strong>U.S. Formally Accepts Luxury Jet From Qatar for Trump</strong></a>, <i>by Eric Lipton and Eric Schmitt</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/trump-police-consent-decrees.html" target="_blank"><strong>Justice Dept. to End Oversight of Local Police Accused of Abuses</strong></a>, <i>by Jacey Fortin, Devlin Barrett, Ernesto Londoño and Shaila Dewan</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/health/cereal-nutrients-unhealthy.html" target="_blank"><strong>American Breakfast Cereals Are Becoming Less Healthy, Study Finds</strong></a>, <i>by Andrew Jacobs</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>