The Senate Surrenders on Spending, and Trump’s New Epstein Strategy

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<p>Plus, paying people to quit meth.</p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/us/politics/senate-vote-trump-bill-pbs-npr-foreign-aid.html" target="_blank"><strong>Senate Approves Trump’s Bid to Cancel Foreign Aid and Public Broadcast Funds</strong></a>, <i>by Catie Edmondson</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/politics/trump-powell-firing-letter.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Has Draft of Letter to Fire Fed Chair. He Asked Republicans if He Should Send It.</strong></a>, <i>by Maggie Haberman and Colby Smith</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/politics/trump-epstein-attacks-supporters.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump’s New Strategy on Epstein Fallout: Blame the Democrats</strong></a>, <i>by Luke Broadwater and Erica L. Green</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/health/meth-addiction-treatment-contingency-management.html" target="_blank"><strong>Upended by Meth, Some Communities Are Paying Users to Quit</strong></a>, <i>by Jan Hoffman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/fyre-fesival-sold-ebay.html" target="_blank"><strong>Scandal-Ridden Fyre Festival Is Sold for $245,000 on eBay</strong></a>, <i>by Neil Vigdor</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>