New Pushback to Trump’s Deportations, and Climate Research Under Threat

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<p>Plus, a capybara controversy in Argentina. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode: </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/trump-probable-cause-contempt-deportation-flights.html" target="_blank"><strong>Judge Threatens Contempt Proceedings Over Deportation Flights to El Salvador</strong></a>, <i>by Alan Feuer</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/maryland-el-salvador-senator-van-hollen-abrego-garcia-deportation.html" target="_blank"><strong>Maryland Senator Unable to Secure Meeting With Deported Immigrant in El Salvador</strong></a>, <i>by Robert Jimison</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/trump-israel-iran-nuclear.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Waved Off Israeli Strike After Divisions Emerged in His Administration</strong></a>, <i>by Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt, Maggie Haberman and Ronen Bergman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/gold-card-visa-trump-musk.html" target="_blank"><strong>Musk’s Team Is Building a System to Sell ‘Gold Card’ Immigrant Visas</strong></a>, <i>by Ryan Mac and Hamed Aleaziz</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/well/trump-nih-cuts-climate-change-health.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Cuts Likely to Curtail Study of Climate Change’s Health Effects</strong></a>, <i>by Maggie Astor</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/california-trump-tariffs-lawsuit-newsom-bonta.html" target="_blank"><strong>California Is Taking Trump to Court to Stop His Tariffs</strong></a>, <i>by Shawn Hubler and Soumya Karlamangla</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/us/texas-trump-private-school-vouchers.html" target="_blank"><strong>Texas Is Poised to Create a $1 Billion Private School Voucher Program</strong></a>, <i>by Dana Goldstein and J. David Goodman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/world/americas/argentina-capybaras-vasectomies.html" target="_blank"><strong>One Town Says, Yes, You Can Have Too Many Capybaras</strong></a>, <i>by Jack Nicas</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>