The Mass Purge of Immigration Judges, and Melania Trump’s Surprise Epstein Remarks

About this episode

<p>Plus, your Friday news quiz. </p> <p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/us/politics/trump-miller-immigration-judges-purge.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How Trump Purged Immigration Judges to Speed Up Deportations</a>, by Nicholas Nehamas, Allison McCann, Steven Rich, Jazmine Ulloa and Hamed Aleaziz</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/us/politics/vance-iran-talks.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vance Faces a High-Profile Test of His Negotiating Skills With Iran Talks</a>, by Katie Rogers and Tyler Pager</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/middleeast/lebanon-israel-iran-war-airstrikes.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lebanon Mourns After Israeli Onslaught Kills More Than 300 People</a>, by Euan Ward, Hwaida Saad and Christina Goldbaum</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/us/politics/melania-trump-jeffrey-epstein.html?nl=the-world&segment_id=217993" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Melania Trump Says She Was Not Associated With Jeffrey Epstein</a>, by Shawn McCreesh</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/business/furniture-stores-housing-market-crisis.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">America’s Furniture Stores Struggle to Survive a Frozen Housing Market</a>, by Kim Bhasin</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/well/car-crashes-streaming-friday-harvard.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Is a Big Album Dropping? You Might Want to Watch the Road.</a>, by Adeel Hassan</p> <p>Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">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>