A China War Briefing for Musk, and London’s Heathrow Shuts Down

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<p>Plus, one of the most problem-plagued movies in Disney history. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/21/world/heathrow-airport-power-outage-fire" target="_blank"><strong>Fire Halts Operations at London’s Heathrow Airport, Throwing Global Travel Into Disarray</strong></a>, <i>by Megan Specia, Qasim Nauman, John Yoon and Joy Dong</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/politics/musk-pentagon-briefing-china-war-plan.html" target="_blank"><strong>Pentagon Set Up Briefing for Musk on Potential War With China</strong></a>, <i>by Eric Schmitt, Eric Lipton, Julian E. Barnes, Ryan Mac and Maggie Haberman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/politics/trump-education-department.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Signs Order Aimed at Eliminating Education Department ‘Once and for All’</strong></a>, <i>by Michael C. Bender, Erica L. Green and Alan Blinder</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/politics/trump-deportation-venezuela-tren-de-aragua.html" target="_blank"><strong>Administration’s Details on Deportation Flights ‘Woefully Insufficient,’ Judge Says</strong></a>, <i>by Alan Feuer</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/politics/intelligence-trump-venezuelan-gang-alien-enemies.html" target="_blank"><strong>Intelligence Assessment Said to Contradict Trump on Venezuelan Gang</strong></a>, <i>by Charlie Savage and Julian E. Barnes</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/world/middleeast/hamas-attack-tel-aviv-israel-gaza.html" target="_blank"><strong>Israel Expands Gaza Ground Offensive as Hamas Fires Rockets at Tel Aviv</strong></a>, <i>by Aaron Boxerman, Adam Rasgon and Patrick Kingsley</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/business/snow-white-movie-controversies.html" target="_blank"><strong>Snow White and the Seven Kajillion Controversies</strong></a>, <i>by Brooks Barnes</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>