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Midnight Deadline for Federal Workers, and Anti-Trump Protests Across U.S.

Midnight Deadline for Federal Workers, and Anti-Trump Protests Across U.S.

The Headlines
Feb 6, 2025 9 min
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<p>Plus, the N.F.L.’s first fashion editor.  </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/us/politics/trump-musk-federal-workers.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Administration Deepens Pressure on Federal Workers to Resign</strong></a>, <i>by Michael C. Bender, Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Christopher Flavelle</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/05/world/israel-gaza-netanyahu-trump?smid=url-share#trump-officials-walk-back-plan-to-take-over-gaza" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Officials Walk Back Plan to Take Over Gaza</strong></a>, <i>by Luke Broadwater and Michael Crowley</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/us/politics/trump-order-transgender-athletes-womens-sports.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Signs Order Barring Transgender Student-Athletes From Women’s Sports</strong></a>, <i>by Zach Montague</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/us/politics/trump-protests-50501-project-2025.html" target="_blank"><strong>Thousands Protest Trump Policies Across the U.S.</strong></a>, <i>by Sara Ruberg</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/climate/earth-hottest-january.html" target="_blank"><strong>Global Temperatures Shattered Records in January</strong></a>, <i>by Raymond Zhong</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/style/nfl-fashion-editor-kyle-smith.html" target="_blank"><strong>Did You Know the N.F.L. Has a Fashion Editor?</strong></a>, <i>by Chantel Tattoli</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>

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