Millions of Federal Workers Offered Payouts, and Kennedy’s Senate Test

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<p>Plus, Mona Lisa makes moves.  </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/us/politics/trump-buyouts-federal-workers.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Administration Offers Millions of Federal Workers Payouts to Resign</strong></a>, <i>by Chris Cameron, Madeleine Ngo and Erica L. Green</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/us/politics/trump-freeze-funding.html" target="_blank"><strong>Judge Stays Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze, but Disruption to Medicaid Sows Fear</strong></a>, <i>by Michael D. Shear</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/us/politics/rfk-jr-confirmation-hearing.html" target="_blank"><strong>Kennedy, Polarizing Pick for Health Secretary, Makes His Senate Debut</strong></a>, <i>by Sheryl Gay Stolberg</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/us/reading-skills-naep.html" target="_blank"><strong>American Children’s Reading Skills Reach New Lows</strong></a>, <i>by Dana Goldstein</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/arts/design/mona-lisa-louvre-macron.html" target="_blank"><strong>Mona Lisa to Get Her Own Room as the Overcrowded Louvre Expands</strong></a>, <i>by Aurelien Breeden</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>