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White House Defends Pardon, and Israel and Hezbollah Trade Fire

White House Defends Pardon, and Israel and Hezbollah Trade Fire

The Headlines
Dec 3, 2024 8 min
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<p>Plus, mail trucks get a “goofy” upgrade.</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">download</a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio">sign up</a> for our weekly newsletter. </p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/us/politics/biden-pardon-criticized-democrats.html" target="_blank"><strong>Pardoning Hunter Complicates the Legacy That Biden Envisioned</strong></a>, <i>by Peter Baker</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/us/politics/hunter-biden-pardon-president.html" target="_blank"><strong>Broad Pardon for Hunter Biden Troubles Experts</strong></a>, <i>by Kenneth P. Vogel</i></p><p><a href="https://nytimes.com/2024/12/03/us/supreme-court-ethics-rules.html" target="_blank"><strong>Inside the Supreme Court Ethics Debate: Who Judges the Justices?</strong></a>, <i>by Jodi Kantor and Abbie VanSickle</i></p><p><a href="https://nytimes.com/2024/12/03/world/middleeast/israel-hezbollah-cease-fire-violations.html" target="_blank"><strong>Why Israel and Hezbollah Are Still Firing Amid a Cease-Fire</strong></a>, <i>by Ephrat Livni</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/us/usps-new-mail-trucks.html" target="_blank"><strong>Yes, It ‘Looks Like a Duck,’ but Carriers Like the New Mail Truck</strong></a>, <i>by Michael Levenson</i></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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