How Netanyahu Prolonged the Gaza War, and the F.B.I.’s Loyalty Test

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<p>Plus, your Friday news quiz.</p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="http://nytimes.com/2025/07/11/magazine/benjamin-netanyahu-gaza-war.html" target="_blank"><strong>How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power</strong></a>, <i>by Patrick Kingsley, Ronen Bergman and Natan Odenheimer</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/us/ice-raid-california-cannabis-farm.html" target="_blank"><strong>Federal Agents Clash With Protesters During Immigration Raid at California Farm</strong></a>, <i>by Livia Albeck-Ripka</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/nyregion/ice-agents-masks-lawmakers-ban.html" target="_blank"><strong>Lawmakers in Liberal States Want ICE Agents to Show Their Faces</strong></a>, <i>by Ana Ley</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/politics/fbi-polygraph-kash-patel.html" target="_blank"><strong>The F.B.I. Is Using Polygraphs to Test Officials’ Loyalty</strong></a>, <i>by Adam Goldman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/health/transgender-medicine-minors-trump-subpoena.html" target="_blank"><strong>Justice Dept. Demands Patient Details From Trans Medicine Providers</strong></a>, <i>by Azeen Ghorayshi and Glenn Thrush</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/ketanji-brown-jackson-democracy.html" target="_blank"><strong>Justice Jackson Says ‘the State of Our Democracy’ Keeps Her Up at Night</strong></a>, <i>by Abbie VanSickle</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/technology/nvidia-4-trillion-market-value.html" target="_blank"><strong>Nvidia Becomes First Public Company Worth $4 Trillion</strong></a>, <i>by Tripp Mickle</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/climate/psychedelic-sonoran-desert-toad.html" target="_blank"><strong>These Toads Have Psychedelic Powers, but They’d Prefer to Keep It Quiet</strong></a>, <i>by Rachel Nuwer</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>