Mamdani at the White House, and the Coast Guard’s New Policy on Swastikas and Nooses

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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/2025/11/20/nyregion/mamdani-trump-meeting.html" target="_blank">Trump and Mamdani Are Meeting for the First Time. Will They Play Nice?</a> by Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Jeffery C. Mays</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/us/politics/trump-democrats-sedition-death-punishment.html" target="_blank">Trump Accuses Democrats of Sedition, ‘Punishable by Death,’ Over Message to the Military</a> by Shawn McCreesh</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/climate/trump-offshore-drilling-leases.html" target="_blank">Trump Plans to Open More Than a Billion Acres of U.S. Waters to Drilling</a> by Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/us/politics/coast-guard-hate-crimes.html" target="_blank">Coast Guard Says Swastika and Noose Displays Are No Longer Hate Incidents</a> by John Ismay and Minho Kim</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/world/europe/ukraine-russia-trump-peace-talks.html" target="_blank">Zelensky Says Ukraine Ready to ‘Honestly’ Engage With U.S. Peace Plan</a> by Andrew E. Kramer and Lara Jakes</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/business/media/warner-discovery-bids-paramount-netflix-comcast.html" target="_blank">Netflix, Comcast and Paramount Submit Warner Bros. Discovery Bids</a> by Benjamin Mullin, Lauren Hirsch and Nicole Sperling</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>