Trump ‘Wants His Own People’ in Charge of Jobs Data, and the Ex-Fox Host Turned U.S. Attorney

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<p>Plus, why airlines are making everything “premium.”</p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/us/texas-democrats-walkout-redistricting-map-gop.html" target="_blank"><strong>Texas Democrats Leave State to Block G.O.P. From Redrawing Political Map</strong></a>, <i>by J. David Goodman and Julie Bosman</i></p><p><a href="http://nytimes.com/2025/08/04/us/politics/democrats-redistricting.html" target="_blank"><strong>Democratic Group Calls on Blue States to Draw New House Maps</strong></a>, <i>by Nick Corasaniti</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/business/trump-bls-firing-economic-reports.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Fired America’s Economic Data Collector. History Shows the Perils</strong></a>, <i>by Ben Casselman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/us/politics/trump-nuclear-submarines-russia.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Says He Ordered Subs Repositioned in Rare Nuclear Threat to Russia</strong></a>, <i>by David E. Sanger</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/us/politics/ghislaine-maxwell-prison-texas.html" target="_blank"><strong>Ghislaine Maxwell Moved to Minimum-Security Women’s Prison in Texas</strong></a>, <i>by Alan Feuer</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/us/politics/senate-confirmation-jeanine-pirro-us-attorney.html" target="_blank"><strong>Senate Confirms Jeanine Pirro as U.S. Attorney for D.C.</strong></a>, <i>by Traci Carl</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/world/asia/china-passports-civil-servants.html" target="_blank"><strong>No Passports, No Study Abroad: China Limits Public Employees’ Travel</strong></a>, <i>by Vivian Wang</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/business/dealbook/premium-airfare.html" target="_blank"><strong>Why Even Basic Airline Seats Keep Getting More ‘Premium,’</strong></a> <i>by Amrita Khalid</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>