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Biden Pardons His Son Hunter in U-Turn, and Syrian Rebels’ Surprise Advance

Biden Pardons His Son Hunter in U-Turn, and Syrian Rebels’ Surprise Advance

The Headlines
Dec 2, 2024 9 min
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<p>Plus, Oxford’s word of the year is …. </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.<br /> </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/2024/12/01/us/politics/biden-pardon-son-hunter.html" target="_blank"><strong>Biden Issues a ‘Full and Unconditional Pardon’ of His Son Hunter Biden</strong></a>, <i>by Michael D. Shear and Zolan Kanno-Youngs</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/us/politics/trump-defiance-appointees.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Doubles Down on Defiance After the Collapse of the Matt Gaetz Selection</strong></a>, <i>by Peter Baker</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/world/middleeast/syria-rebels-bashar-al-assad.html" target="_blank"><strong>Syria’s Rebels Struck When Assad’s Allies Were Weakened and Distracted</strong></a>, <i>by Raja Abdulrahim</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/world/americas/mexico-fentanyl-chemistry-students.html" target="_blank"><strong>Mexican Cartels Lure Chemistry Students to Make Fentanyl</strong></a>, <i>by Natalie Kitroeff and Paulina Villegas</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/arts/brain-rot-oxford-word.html" target="_blank"><strong>Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year Is…</strong></a>, <i>by Jennifer Schuessler</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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