Judges Warn of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ and Universities Reject Trump Offer

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<p>Plus, a drastic drop in peanut allergies. </p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/us/appeals-court-national-guard-troops-portland-trump.html" target="_blank">Appeals Court Lifts Block on Trump’s Oregon Troop Deployment</a> by Anna Griffin and Mattathias Schwartz</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/us/politics/judicial-crisis-supreme-court-trump.html" target="_blank">Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders</a> by Mattathias Schwartz and Zach Montague</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/us/politics/trump-gaza-israel-netanyahu.html" target="_blank">White House Works to Preserve Gaza Deal Amid Concerns About Netanyahu</a> by Katie Rogers and Luke Broadwater</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/us/politics/shutdown-air-traffic-controllers-pay.html" target="_blank">Air Traffic Controllers Could Soon Be Getting No Pay</a> by Karoun Demirjian</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/us/politics/universities-funding-compact.html" target="_blank">All but 2 Universities Decline a Trump Offer of Preferential Funding</a> by Alan Blinder</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/us/politics/trump-white-house-east-wing-demolition-ballroom.html" target="_blank">Part of White House Is Reduced to Rubble. Trump’s Ballroom Will Rise in Its Place</a> by Shawn McCreesh</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/well/peanut-allergy-drop.html" target="_blank">Peanut Allergies Have Plummeted in Children, Study Shows</a> by Simar Bajaj</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/science/space/george-f-smoot-dead.html" target="_blank">George F. Smoot, Who Showed How the Cosmos Began, Is Dead at 80</a> by Katrina Miller</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>