A Major New Experiment in Voting, and the World’s Most Polluted Air

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<p>Plus, your Friday news quiz. </p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/us/politics/shutdown-reopen-museums.html" target="_blank">Federal Agencies Return to Work After Longest Shutdown in History</a> by Eileen Sullivan</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/us/politics/trump-drug-boat-strike-caribbean.html" target="_blank">U.S. Strike Kills 4 on Boat Trump Says Was Smuggling Drugs</a> by Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/us/politics/boat-strikes-doj-memo-trump.html" target="_blank">Memo Blessing Boat Strikes Is Said to Rely on Trump’s Claims About Cartels</a> by Charlie Savage and Julian E. Barnes</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/us/politics/trump-mortgage-fraud-eric-swalwell.html" target="_blank">Swalwell Denies Allegations of Fraud and Says Trump is Targeting Him</a> by John Yoon</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/us/politics/alaska-phone-voting-anchorage.html" target="_blank">Will People Trust Voting by Phone? Alaska Is Going to Find Out</a> by Nick Corasaniti</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/business/india-pollution-clean-air.html" target="_blank">An Escape From India’s Air Pollution for Those Who Can Afford It</a> by Alex Travelli</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/science/blue-origin-launch-rocket.html" target="_blank">Blue Origin Lands Booster After Rocket Launch and Matches SpaceX’s Feat</a> by Kenneth Chang</p><p>Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com">theheadlines@nytimes.com</a>.</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>