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Wildfires Roar Through L.A., and Trump Floats U.S. Expansion

Wildfires Roar Through L.A., and Trump Floats U.S. Expansion

The Headlines
Jan 8, 2025 9 min
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<p>Plus, the end of Facebook fact-checking.  </p><p> </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/08/us/california-wildfire-la-palisades" target="_blank"><strong>Fierce Winds Whip Up Devastating Wildfires in Southern California</strong></a>, <i>by Yan Zhuang, Corina Knoll and Soumya Karlamangla</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/us/politics/trump-panama-canal-greenland.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Floats Using Force to Take Greenland and the Panama Canal</strong></a>, <i>by David E. Sanger and Michael D. Shear</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/technology/meta-fact-checking-facebook.html" target="_blank"><strong>Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term</strong></a>, <i>by Mike Isaac and Theodore Schleifer</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/arts/music/peter-yarrow-dead.html" target="_blank"><strong>Peter Yarrow, the Peter of Peter, Paul and Mary, Dies at 86</strong></a>, <i>by Jim Farber</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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