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F.B.I. Chief to Step Out of ‘the Fray,’ and Housing’s Terrible Year

F.B.I. Chief to Step Out of ‘the Fray,’ and Housing’s Terrible Year

The Headlines
Dec 12, 2024 9 min
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<p>Plus, a labor fight that could upend reality TV.  </p><p> </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><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/us/politics/wray-trump-fbi-director.html" target="_blank"><strong>Christopher Wray Says He’ll Step Down as F.B.I. Director</strong></a>, <i>by Adam Goldman and Devlin Barrett</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/us/colleges-international-students-trump-travel-ban.html" target="_blank"><strong>Colleges Warn Foreign Students to Get to Campus Before Trump Takes Office</strong></a>, <i>by Sharon Otterman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/realestate/housing-market-2024-2025.html" target="_blank"><strong>Can the U.S. Climb Out of Its ‘Unprecedented’ Housing Crisis?</strong></a>, <i>by Ronda Kaysen</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/world/africa/sudan-gold-rush-heart-civil-war.html" target="_blank"><strong>The Gold Rush at the Heart of a Civil War</strong></a>, <i>by Declan Walsh</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/arts/television/love-is-blind-nlrb-employees-union.html" target="_blank"><strong>Labor Board Classifies ‘Love Is Blind’ Contestants as Employees</strong></a>, <i>by Julia Jacobs</i></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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