Trump’s Billion-Dollar Tech Deals, and a Military Buildup at the Border

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<p>Plus, the Friday news quiz. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/business/economy/trump-chips-ai-uae.html" target="_blank"><strong>Outsourcer in Chief: Is Trump Trading Away America’s Tech Future?</strong></a>, <i>by Tripp Mickle and Ana Swanson</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/us/politics/national-guard-immigration.html" target="_blank"><strong>D.H.S. Requests 20,000 National Guard Members to Help With Immigration Crackdown</strong></a>, <i>by Hamed Aleaziz and Eric Schmitt</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/us/politics/trump-border-military.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump’s Military Buildup at the Border Expands</strong></a>, <i>by Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/05/16/us/air-traffic-control-staffing-newark.html" target="_blank"><strong>Newark’s Air Traffic Control Staffing Crisis Is Dire. It’s Also Not Unique</strong></a>. <i>By Aaron Krolik, Elena Shao and Emily Steel</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/health/gene-editing-personalized-rare-disorders.html" target="_blank"><strong>Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment</strong></a>, <i>by Gina Kolata</i></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">download</a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio">sign up</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>