Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis, and Why Ukraine is Seeing a Surge of Violence

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<p>Plus, one school district’s big A.I. experiment. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/us/politics/biden-prostate-cancer.html" target="_blank"><strong>Biden Is Diagnosed With an Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer</strong></a>, <i>by Tyler Pager and Gina Kolata</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/russia-ukraine-truce-talks.html" target="_blank">As Trump Prepares to Speak With Putin, Here’s Where Ukraine Cease-Fire Talks Stand</a>, <i>by Anton Troianovski, Andrew E. Kramer, Marc Santora and Paul Sonne</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/world/europe/russia-beefs-up-forces-near-finlands-border.html" target="_blank"><strong>Russia Beefs Up Bases Near Finland’s Border</strong></a>, <i>by Jeffrey Gettleman, Amelia Nierenberg and Johanna Lemola</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/us/politics/house-republicans-budget-vote-trump-agenda.html" target="_blank"><strong>Key Panel Approves Trump’s Megabill, but Conservatives Hold Out for More Cuts</strong></a>, <i>by Catie Edmondson</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/us/tornadoes-storms-central-us.html" target="_blank"><strong>What to Know About the Tornadoes That Ripped Through the Central U.S.</strong></a>, <i>by Rachel Nostrant</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/us/palm-springs-bombing-fertility-clinic-suspect.html" target="_blank"><strong>Suspect in Palm Springs Bombing Died in Blast, Officials Say</strong></a>, <i>by Laurel Rosenhall, Shawn Hubler, Jesus Jiménez and Maggie Miles</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/technology/ai-miami-schools-google-gemini.html" target="_blank"><strong>How Miami Schools Are Leading 100,000 Students Into the A.I. Future</strong></a>, <i>by Natasha Singer</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>