Gaetz Ethics Report Blocked, and the Trial That’s Horrified France

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<p>Plus, a $6.2 million piece of fruit.  </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/2024/11/20/us/politics/matt-gaetz-house-ethics-report.html" target="_blank"><strong>House Republicans Block the Release of an Ethics Committee Report on Matt Gaetz</strong></a>, <i>by Annie Karni, Robert Draper and Maya C. Miller</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/us/politics/matt-gaetz-venmo-payments-sex.html" target="_blank"><strong>Federal Inquiry Traced Payments From Gaetz to Women</strong></a>, <i>by Michael S. Schmidt</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/us/politics/mike-johnson-transgender-women-ban-capitol-bathrooms.html" target="_blank"><strong>Johnson Says He Will Bar Transgender Women From Capitol Bathrooms</strong></a>, <i>by Annie Karni</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/us/politics/senate-israel-weapons.html" target="_blank"><strong>Democrats Split as Senate Rejects Bills to Block Weapons Transfers to Israel</strong></a>, <i>by Karoun Demirjian</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/world/europe/france-rape-trial-gisele-pelicot.html" target="_blank"><strong>As French Rape Trial Nears End, Wife Speaks of ‘Banality’ and ‘Cowardice,’</strong></a><strong> </strong><i>by Catherine Porter</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/technology/google-search-remedies-doj.html" target="_blank"><strong>U.S. Proposes Breakup of Google to Fix Search Monopoly</strong></a>, <i>by David McCabe</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/arts/design/cattelan-banana-sothebys-auction.html" target="_blank"><strong>Who’s Laughing Now? Banana-as-Art Sells for $6.2 Million at Sotheby’s</strong></a>, <i>by Zachary Small</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>