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A Breakthrough Government Shutdown Vote, and New Tax Cuts for the Ultrarich

A Breakthrough Government Shutdown Vote, and New Tax Cuts for the Ultrarich

The Headlines
Nov 10, 2025 10 min
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<p>Plus, a house-size spider web. </p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/us/politics/government-shutdown-senate-vote.html" target="_blank">Senate Moves Toward Ending Shutdown After Democratic Defectors Relent</a> by Catie Edmondson and Michael Gold</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/business/airport-flights-cancellations.html" target="_blank">Airport Disruptions May Get Worse This Week</a> by Niraj Chokshi</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/business/trump-administration-tax-breaks-wealthy.html" target="_blank">How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy</a> by Jesse Drucker</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/world/europe/bbc-resignations.html" target="_blank">Two Top BBC Leaders Quit Over Editing of Trump Documentary</a> by Stephen Castle</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/world/middleeast/iran-water-rationing-drought.html" target="_blank">As Aquifers Dry Up, Tehran Rations Water and Calls for Rain Prayers</a> by Sanam Mahoozi and Erika Solomon</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/science/biggest-spiderweb-sulfur-cave.html" target="_blank">Stinking, Spongy, Dark, Huge: A Spider Web Unlike Any Seen Before</a> by Adeel Hassan</p><p>Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com">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>

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