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Trump Blames Ukraine, and More Americans Identify as L.G.B.T.Q.

Trump Blames Ukraine, and More Americans Identify as L.G.B.T.Q.

The Headlines
Feb 20, 2025 9 min
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<p>Plus, please don’t ski down the volcano.  </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="http://nytimes.com/2025/02/19/us/politics/trump-zelensky-russia-ukraine-war.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Flips the Script on the Ukraine War, Blaming Zelensky Not Putin</strong></a>, <i>by Peter Baker</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/world/europe/bucha-russia-massacre-trump.html" target="_blank"><strong>Bucha Has a Question: Does Trump Remember the Russian Massacre?</strong></a>, <i>by Kim Barker</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/nyregion/trump-congestion-pricing-nyc.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Administration Moves to End New York’s Congestion Pricing Tolls</strong></a>, <i>by Ana Ley, Stefanos Chen, Winnie Hu and Benjamin Oreskes</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/us/politics/trump-king-image.html" target="_blank"><strong>‘Long Live the King’: Trump Likens Himself to Royalty on Truth Social</strong></a>, <i>by Benjamin Oreskes</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/upshot/lgbtq-survey-results.html" target="_blank"><strong>Nearly One in 10 U.S. Adults Identifies as L.G.B.T.Q.</strong></a>, <i>by Claire Cain Miller and Francesca Paris</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/world/middleeast/hamas-to-hand-bodies-of-4-hostages-back-to-israel.html" target="_blank"><strong>Hamas Hands Bodies of 4 Hostages Back to Israel</strong></a>, <i>by Aaron Boxerman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/world/americas/us-migrants-panama-jungle-camp.html" target="_blank"><strong>Migrants, Deported to Panama Under Trump Plan, Detained in Remote Jungle Camp</strong></a>, <i>by Julie Turkewitz, Farnaz Fassihi, Hamed Aleaziz and Annie Correal</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/world/canada/delta-plane-crash-toronto-30000.html" target="_blank"><strong>Delta Offers $30,000 to Passengers on Plane That Crashed in Toronto</strong></a>, <i>by Yan Zhuang</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/world/europe/mount-etna-tourists-eruption.html" target="_blank"><strong>As Tourists Swarm Erupting Mount Etna, Italian Authorities Warn Them Away</strong></a>, <i>by Eve Sampson</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>

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