Kristi Noem’s Firing, and the Boom of American Billionaires

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<p>Plus, your Friday news quiz. </p> <p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/06/world/iran-war-trump-israel-lebanon" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Israel Pummels Beirut, Intensifying Strikes on Hezbollah</a>, by Ephrat Livni, Abdi Latif Dahir, Farnaz Fassihi, Euan Ward, Erika Solomon and Dayana Iwaza</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/world/middleeast/iran-school-us-strikes-naval-base.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base</a>, by Malachy Browne and Aaron Boxerman</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/world/middleeast/israel-evacuation-lebanon-iran-trump.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Israel Begins Assault in Southern Beirut, Raising Fears of Wider Incursion</a>, by Euan Ward, Aurelien Breeden, Erika Solomon and Thomas Fuller</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/us/politics/kristi-noem-markwayne-mullin-trump.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trump Announces He Is Replacing Noem With Oklahoma Senator</a>, by Michael C. Bender, Michael Gold, Hamed Aleaziz and Maggie Haberman</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/us/billionaire-boom-takeaways.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">5 Takeaways on America’s Boom in Billionaires</a>, by Katie Benner and Steven Rich</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7081033/2026/03/05/paralympics-2026-winter-history-growth-progress-future/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Athletes Reflect on 50 Years of Winter Paralympics Growth and the Work Still to Do</a>, by Liam Tharme</p> <p>Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">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>