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What a Shutdown Could Look Like, and a ‘Healthy’ Food Fight

What a Shutdown Could Look Like, and a ‘Healthy’ Food Fight

The Headlines
Dec 20, 2024 9 min
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<p>Plus, real estate’s trendiest mash-up: the “barndo.”  </p><p> </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/us/politics/government-shutdown-funding.html" target="_blank"><strong>Here’s What Could Happen in a Government Shutdown</strong></a>, <i>by Noah Weiland</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/us/politics/trump-johnson-spending-bill-shutdown.html" target="_blank"><strong>Government Lurches Toward Shutdown After House Tanks Trump’s Spending Plan</strong></a>, <i>by Catie Edmondson</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/us/fani-willis-georgia-trump-case.html" target="_blank"><strong>Appeals Court Disqualifies Fani Willis From Prosecuting Georgia Trump Case</strong></a>, <i>by Danny Hakim and Richard Fausset</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/health/fda-healthy-foods-label.html" target="_blank"><strong>What Are ‘Healthy’ Foods? The F.D.A. Updates the Labeling Terms</strong></a>, <i>by Christina Jewett</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/technology/connected-cars-roads-data.html" target="_blank"><strong>How Your Car Might Be Making Roads Safer</strong></a>, <i>by Kashmir Hill</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/realestate/barndominium-home-design.html" target="_blank"><strong>The Design Trend Taking Over Rural America</strong></a>, <i>by Colette Coleman</i></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><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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