Skip to content
Download
George Santos to Be Sentenced, and the Real Cost of DOGE’s Cuts

George Santos to Be Sentenced, and the Real Cost of DOGE’s Cuts

The Headlines
Apr 25, 2025 9 min
Open in Clue

About this episode

<p>Plus, the fight over pop hits that celebrate cartels. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/nyregion/george-santos-sentencing-prison.html" target="_blank"><strong>George Santos, Expelled From House, Now Faces Sentencing</strong></a>, <i>by Grace Ashford and Michael Gold</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/us/politics/musk-cuts.html" target="_blank"><strong>What Elon Musk Didn’t Budget For: Firing Workers Costs Money, Too</strong></a>, <i>by Elizabeth Williamson</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/pete-hegseth-phone-signal.html"><strong>Hegseth’s Personal Phone Use Created Vulnerabilities, Analysts Say</strong></a>, <i>by Helene Cooper, Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt and Christiaan Triebert</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/world/europe/pope-francis-cardinals-conclave-vatican.html" target="_blank"><strong>Cardinals Gather in Vatican to Fine Tune Preparations for Pope’s Funeral</strong></a>, <i>by Emma Bubola</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/world/americas/mexico-narcocorridos-ban.html" target="_blank"><strong>Odes to Mexican Drug Lords Are Pop Hits, but the Law Is Turning Against Them</strong></a>, <i>by James Wagner</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>

Listen to this episode in English to learn English

Podcast episodes are one of the highest-density ways to absorb English at native pace. George Santos to Be Sentenced, and the Real Cost of DOGE’s Cuts from The Headlines gives you natural dialogue, unscripted speech, and vocabulary that actually appears in real conversations.

In the Clue app, every word in the transcript is tappable. Tap an unknown word, see the translation in your language instantly, and keep listening without breaking flow.

Episodes to Learn English

More podcasts in English