The Worst Stock Market Drop in Years, and Dr. Oz’s New Government Job

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<p>Plus, what's so hard about building trains? </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/business/trump-tariffs-global-stock-markets.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trade War Sets Off ‘Max Pessimism’ in Global Markets as Stocks Plunge</strong></a>, <i>by Joe Rennison, Danielle Kaye, River Akira Davis and Eshe Nelson</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/dining/grocery-shoppers-will-feel-the-tariffs-first-in-the-produce-aisle.html" target="_blank"><strong>Grocery Shoppers Will Feel the Tariffs First in the Produce Aisle</strong></a>, <i>by Kim Severson</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/politics/trump-meeting-laura-loomer.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Fires 6 N.S.C. Officials After Oval Office Meeting With Laura Loomer</strong></a>, <i>by Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan and Ken Bensinger</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/health/dr-mehmet-oz-senate-confirmation.html" target="_blank"><strong>Senate Confirms Dr. Oz to Oversee Medicare and Medicaid</strong></a>, <i>by Reed Abelson and Susanne Craig</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/business/trump-law-firms-lawsuits.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump’s Not-So-Subtle Purpose in Fighting Big Law Firms</strong></a>, <i>by David Enrich</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/travel/brightline-florida-rail-trains-america.html" target="_blank"><strong>What’s So Hard About Building Trains?</strong></a>, <i>by Michael Kimmelman</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>