Trump’s Crypto Dinner, the End of the Penny, a Friday News Quiz

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<p>Plus, an escalation with Harvard. <br /><br /><strong>On Today’s Episode: </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/politics/trump-memecoin-dinner.html" target="_blank"><strong>Hundreds Join Trump at ‘Exclusive’ Dinner, With Dreams of Crypto Fortunes in Mind</strong></a>, <i>by David Yaffe-Bellany and Eric Lipton</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/politics/trump-harvard-international-students.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Administration Says It Is Halting Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students</strong></a>, <i>by Michael S. Schmidt and Michael C. Bender</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/politics/trump-international-student-visas.html" target="_blank"><strong>Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Revoking Student Visas</strong></a>, <i>by Chris Cameron</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/politics/kennedy-trump-maha-report.html" target="_blank"><strong>Kennedy and Trump Paint Bleak Picture of Chronic Disease in U.S. Children</strong></a>, <i>by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Dani Blum</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/climate/deforestation-wri-report.html" target="_blank"><strong>Global Forest Loss Hit a Record Last Year as Fires Raged</strong></a>, <i>by Hiroko Tabuchi and Harry Stevens</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/politics/penny-manufacturing.html" target="_blank"><strong>End of the Penny Grows Near</strong></a>, <i>by Alan Rappeport and Karoun Demirjian</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"><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>