The Trump Family’s Saudi Business Ties, and Hundreds of Gazans on Mystery Flights

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<p>Plus, a vote on the Epstein files.</p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/world/middleeast/saudi-prince-mbs-washington.html" target="_blank">Too Powerful to Ignore, Saudi Prince Returns to Washington’s Embrace</a> by Vivian Nereim and Ismaeel Naar</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/us/politics/trump-f35-jets-saudi-arabia.html" target="_blank">Trump Says U.S. Will Sell F-35s to Saudis, Despite Pentagon Concerns</a> by Karoun Demirjian</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/politics/house-is-expected-to-vote-on-tuesday-to-release-epstein-files.html" target="_blank">House Is Expected to Vote on Tuesday to Release Epstein Files</a> by Annie Karni</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/us/politics/trump-epstein-files-congress.html" target="_blank">Trump Has the Power to Release the Epstein Files, With or Without Congress</a> by Luke Broadwater</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/world/middleeast/un-security-council-gaza-peace-plan.html" target="_blank">In Major Breakthrough, U.N. Security Council Adopts U.S. Peace Plan for Gaza</a> by Farnaz Fassihi</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/world/middleeast/us-israel-gaza-base-palestinians.html" target="_blank">Inside the American-Run Base Helping Plan the Future of Gaza</a> by Aaron Boxerman, Adam Rasgon, Natan Odenheimer and David M. Halbfinger</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/world/africa/gaza-palestinians-south-africa-flights.html" target="_blank">After Hundreds of Gazans Arrive on Mystery Flights, South Africa Asks How</a> by John Eligon and Zimasa Matiwane</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/science/monarch-butterfly-migration-tracking-sensor.html" target="_blank">We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation</a> by Dan Fagin</p><p>Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com">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>