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A Showdown on Ukraine, and a Judge Says DOGE Might Be Unconstitutional

<p>Plus, Roberta Flack remembered.  </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode: </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/world/middleeast/us-un-russia-ukraine-war.html" target="_blank"><strong>U.S. and European Allies Split Sharply at the U.N. Over Ukraine</strong></a>, <i>by Farnaz Fassihi</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/us/politics/trump-macron-ukraine.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump and Macron Display Old Friendship but Split on the Ukraine War</strong></a>, <i>by Peter Baker</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/world/europe/ukraine-us-mineral-wealth-deal.html" target="_blank"><strong>Ukraine Nears a Deal to Give U.S. a Share of Its Mineral Wealth</strong></a>, <i>by Constant Méheut</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/us/politics/doge-elon-musk-lawsuits.html" target="_blank"><strong>Judge Questions Constitutionality of Musk’s Cost-Cutting Operation</strong></a>, <i>by Alan Feuer</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/world/asia/north-korea-china-fishing-boats.html" target="_blank"><strong>On Chinese Tuna Boats, North Koreans Trawl for Cash for Kim Jong-un</strong></a>, <i>by Choe Sang-Hun and Muktita Suhartono</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/arts/music/roberta-flack-dead.html" target="_blank"><strong>Roberta Flack, Virtuoso Singer-Pianist Who Ruled the Charts, Dies at 88</strong></a>, <i>by Giovanni Russonello</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>

Republicans Face Backlash, and the Dangers of Fake A.I. Therapists

<p>Plus, is the daytime soap opera back?  </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/us/politics/republicans-congress-town-halls-trump.html" target="_blank"><strong>Republicans Face Angry Voters at Town Halls, Hinting at Broader Backlash</strong></a>, <i>by Robert Jimison</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/us/politics/elon-musk-email-federal-workers.html" target="_blank"><strong>Some Trump Officials Push Back Against Musk’s Ultimatum to Workers</strong></a>, <i>by Chris Cameron and Maggie Haberman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/upshot/doge-musk-trump-errors.html" target="_blank"><strong>DOGE’s Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes</strong></a>, <i>by Aatish Bhatia, Emily Badger, David A. Fahrenthold, Josh Katz, Margot Sanger-Katz and Ethan Singer</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/world/europe/takeaways-germany-election.html" target="_blank"><strong>5 Takeaways From Germany’s Election</strong></a>, <i>by Christopher F. Schuetze and Jim Tankersley</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/world/europe/pope-francis-health.html" target="_blank"><strong>Pope Francis Suffering From Kidney Failure in Addition to Pneumonia</strong></a>, <i>by Elisabetta Povoledo</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/health/ai-therapists-chatbots.html" target="_blank"><strong>Human Therapists Prepare for Battle Against A.I. Pretenders</strong></a>, <i>by Ellen Barry</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/arts/television/beyond-the-gates.html" target="_blank"><strong>A New Soap Opera Looks to Rekindle the Past While Breaking New Ground</strong></a>, <i>by Jonathan Abrams</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>

The F.B.I.’s New Boss, and the Foreign Aid Fallout

<p>Plus, a James Bond takeover.  </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:  </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/health/usaid-freeze-hiv-tb-nutrition.html" target="_blank"><strong>Emergency Food, TB Tests and H.I.V. Drugs: Vital Health Aid Remains Frozen Despite Court Ruling</strong></a>, <i>by Stephanie Nolen</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/world/asia/trump-usaid-vietnam-agent-orange.html" target="_blank"><strong>Agent Orange Twisted Her Limbs. The U.S. Is Abandoning a Vow to Help</strong></a>, <i>by Damien Cave</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-hostages-bodies.html" target="_blank"><strong>With Coffins and Taunts, Hamas Hands Dead Hostages to Israel</strong></a>, <i>by Aaron Boxerman and Rawan Sheikh Ahmad</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/world/middleeast/bus-explosions-israel-tel-aviv.html" target="_blank"><strong>Multiple Bus Explosions in Israel Put Country on Terrorism Alert</strong></a>, <i>by Ephrat Livni</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/us/politics/kash-patel-trump-fbi-senate.html" target="_blank"><strong>Senate Confirms Patel as Next F.B.I. Director</strong></a>, <i>by Adam Goldman and Devlin Barrett</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/us/politics/mitch-mcconnell-retire.html" target="_blank"><strong>McConnell Announces He Won’t Seek Re-election</strong></a>, <i>by Annie Karni</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/us/planned-parenthood-clinics.html" target="_blank"><strong>Botched Care and Tired Staff: Planned Parenthood in Crisis</strong></a>, <i>by Katie Benner</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/business/amazon-james-bond-franchise.html" target="_blank"><strong>Amazon Gains Creative Control Over the James Bond Franchise</strong></a>, <i>by Brooks Barnes</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>

Trump Blames Ukraine, and More Americans Identify as L.G.B.T.Q.

<p>Plus, please don’t ski down the volcano.  </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="http://nytimes.com/2025/02/19/us/politics/trump-zelensky-russia-ukraine-war.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Flips the Script on the Ukraine War, Blaming Zelensky Not Putin</strong></a>, <i>by Peter Baker</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/world/europe/bucha-russia-massacre-trump.html" target="_blank"><strong>Bucha Has a Question: Does Trump Remember the Russian Massacre?</strong></a>, <i>by Kim Barker</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/nyregion/trump-congestion-pricing-nyc.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Administration Moves to End New York’s Congestion Pricing Tolls</strong></a>, <i>by Ana Ley, Stefanos Chen, Winnie Hu and Benjamin Oreskes</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/us/politics/trump-king-image.html" target="_blank"><strong>‘Long Live the King’: Trump Likens Himself to Royalty on Truth Social</strong></a>, <i>by Benjamin Oreskes</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/upshot/lgbtq-survey-results.html" target="_blank"><strong>Nearly One in 10 U.S. Adults Identifies as L.G.B.T.Q.</strong></a>, <i>by Claire Cain Miller and Francesca Paris</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/world/middleeast/hamas-to-hand-bodies-of-4-hostages-back-to-israel.html" target="_blank"><strong>Hamas Hands Bodies of 4 Hostages Back to Israel</strong></a>, <i>by Aaron Boxerman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/world/americas/us-migrants-panama-jungle-camp.html" target="_blank"><strong>Migrants, Deported to Panama Under Trump Plan, Detained in Remote Jungle Camp</strong></a>, <i>by Julie Turkewitz, Farnaz Fassihi, Hamed Aleaziz and Annie Correal</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/world/canada/delta-plane-crash-toronto-30000.html" target="_blank"><strong>Delta Offers $30,000 to Passengers on Plane That Crashed in Toronto</strong></a>, <i>by Yan Zhuang</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/world/europe/mount-etna-tourists-eruption.html" target="_blank"><strong>As Tourists Swarm Erupting Mount Etna, Italian Authorities Warn Them Away</strong></a>, <i>by Eve Sampson</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>

Trump Pivots Toward Putin, and R.F.K. Jr. Says ‘Nothing’ Is Off Limits

<p>Plus, an asteroid alert (for 2032).  </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/us/politics/trump-russia-putin.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump’s Pivot Toward Putin’s Russia Upends Generations of U.S. Policy</strong></a>, <i>by Peter Baker</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/us/trump-executive-order-sec-ftc-fcc.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Issues Order to Expand His Power Over Agencies Congress Made Independent</strong></a>, <i>by Charlie Savage</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/climate/army-corps-engineers-fossil-fuel-permits.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Administration Moves to Fast-Track Hundreds of Fossil Fuel Projects</strong></a>, <i>by Lisa Friedman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/us/politics/rfk-speaks-hhs.html" target="_blank"><strong>Kennedy Says ‘Nothing’ Off Limits in Scrutinizing Chronic Disease</strong></a>, <i>by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Christina Jewett</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/climate/trump-layoffs-park-and-forest-service-workers.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump’s Cuts Could Make Parks and Forests More Dangerous, Employees Say</strong></a>, <i>by Austyn Gaffney</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/18/us/trump-news#musk-teams-next-target-is-probationary-pentagon-employees" target="_blank"><strong>Musk Team’s Next Target Is Probationary Pentagon Employees</strong></a>, <i>by Eric Schmitt and John Ismay</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/world/europe/pope-francis-health.html" target="_blank"><strong>Pope Francis, Hospitalized, Has Pneumonia, Vatican Says</strong></a>, <i>by Elisabetta Povoledo</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/science/asteroid-2024-yr4-impact.html" target="_blank"><strong>Will That Asteroid Strike Earth? Risk Level Rises to Highest Ever Recorded</strong></a>, <i>by Robin George Andrews</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>

Plane Flips Over in Toronto, and Migrants Trapped in Panama Hotel

<p>Plus, meat raffles: like bingo, but with beef.  </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/world/canada/toronto-plane-crash-delta.html" target="_blank"><strong>What We Know About the Toronto Plane Crash</strong></a>, <i>by Tiffany May and Neil Vigdor</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/world/americas/trump-migrant-deportation-panama.html" target="_blank"><strong>As Trump ‘Exports’ Deportees, Hundreds Are Trapped in Panama Hotel</strong></a>, <i>by Julie Turkewitz, Hamed Aleaziz, Farnaz Fassihi and Annie Correal</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/us/politics/education-dept-race-based-programs.html" target="_blank"><strong>Education Dept. Gives Schools Two Weeks to Eliminate Race-Based Programs,</strong></a><strong> </strong><i>by Zach Montague</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/us/politics/social-security-musk-team-access.html" target="_blank"><strong>Top Social Security Official Leaves After Musk Team Seeks Data Access</strong></a>, <i>by Alan Rappeport, Andrew Duehren and Nicholas Nehamas</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/us/politics/trump-musk-protests-50501-presidents-day.html" target="_blank"><strong>Thousands Gather on Presidents’ Day to Call Trump a Tyrant</strong></a>, <i>by Minho Kim, Stephanie Saul and Winnie Hu</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/world/middleeast/west-bank-palestinian-displacement.html" target="_blank"><strong>Palestinian Displacement in the West Bank Is Highest Since 1967, Experts Say</strong></a>, <i>by Fatima AbdulKarim and Patrick Kingsley</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/nyregion/meat-raffles-buffalo.html" target="_blank"><strong>Like Bingo, but With Beef: Why Meat Raffles Are Blowing Up</strong></a>, <i>by David Andreatta</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>

Supreme Court Considers Trump’s Power, and Musk’s Team Wants Access to I.R.S. Records

<p>Plus, how to remember everything.  </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/world/europe/europe-us-russia-ukraine-talks.html" target="_blank"><strong>Left Out of Ukraine Talks, Europe Races to Organize a Response</strong></a>, <i>by Andrew E. Kramer</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/us/trump-supreme-court-special-counsel.html" target="_blank"><strong>First Test of Trump’s Power to Fire Officials Reaches Supreme Court</strong></a>, <i>by Adam Liptak</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/business/musk-irs-doge.html" target="_blank"><strong>Musk Team Seeks Access to I.R.S. System With Taxpayers’ Records</strong></a>, <i>by Alan Rappeport, Andrew Duehren and Maggie Haberman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/us/kentucky-flooding-death.html" target="_blank"><strong>At Least 10 Dead in South After Rainstorm Pounds the Region</strong></a>, <i>by Tim Balk, Amanda Holpuch and Austyn Gaffney</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/science/vishvaa-rajakumar-memory-techniques.html" target="_blank"><strong>Meet the Champion Who Memorized 80 Numbers in 13.5 Seconds</strong></a>, <i>by Michael S. Rosenwald</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>

Mass Government Layoffs Begin, and New Abortion Fight Takes Shape

<p>Plus, why crafters are in mourning.  </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/13/us/trump-news#elon-musk-doge-lawsuits" target="_blank"><strong>14 States Sue to Challenge Musk’s ‘Unchecked Power,’</strong></a><strong> </strong><i>by Madeleine Ngo</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/us/politics/court-trump-foreign-aid-freeze.html" target="_blank"><strong>Judge Orders Trump Administration to Resume Foreign Aid Spending</strong></a><strong>, </strong><i>by Michael Crowley</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/us/trump-trans-youth-health-providers.html" target="_blank"><strong>Judge Temporarily Stops Trump’s Plan to End Funds for Trans Youths’ Health Providers</strong></a>, <i>by Amy Harmon and Juliet Macur</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/us/politics/emil-bove-doj-trump.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Official’s Demand in Adams Case Forces Justice Dept. Showdown</strong></a>, <i>by Glenn Thrush, Devlin Barrett and Adam Goldman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/us/politics/trump-tariffs-global-trade.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Is Newly Unleashed on Trade, With Global Consequences</strong></a>, <i>by Ana Swanson</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/us/politics/trump-federal-personnel-layoffs.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Officials Escalate Layoffs, Targeting Most of 200,000 Workers on Probation</strong></a>, <i>by Madeleine Ngo, Chris Cameron, Nicholas Nehamas and Mattathias Schwartz</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/us/rfk-jr-hhs-senate-confirmation.html" target="_blank"><strong>Senate Confirms Kennedy, a Prominent Vaccine Skeptic, as Health Secretary</strong></a>, <i>by Sheryl Gay Stolberg</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/world/europe/trump-europe-tariffs-ukraine-nato.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump’s Whirlwind Now Blows Through Europe</strong></a>, <i>by David E. Sanger</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/health/texas-new-york-abortion-pills-lawsuit.html" target="_blank"><strong>Texas Judge Fines New York Doctor and Orders Her to Stop Sending Abortion Pills to Texas</strong></a>, <i>by Pam Belluck and Mary Beth Gahan</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/style/joann-bankruptcy-reactions.html" target="_blank"><strong>Joann Is More Than a Chain Store to ‘Heartbroken’ Regulars</strong></a>, <i>by Alex Vadukul</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>

Trump’s Call with Putin, and Ozempic’s Effect on Drinking

<p>Plus, the hidden cost of a Valentine’s bouquet. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/us/politics/trump-putin-call-russia-ukraine-war.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Says Call With Putin Is Beginning of Ukraine Peace Negotiations</strong></a>, <i>by Maggie Haberman, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Anton Troianovski</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/us/gitmo-migrants-trump.html" target="_blank"><strong>Some Migrants Sent by Trump to Guantánamo Are Being Held by Military Guards</strong></a>, <i>by Carol Rosenberg and Charlie Savage</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/world/americas/luis-castillo-venezuela-migrant-guantanamo-bay-trump.html" target="_blank"><strong>Family of Venezuelan Migrant Sent to Guantánamo: ‘My Brother Is Not a Criminal,’</strong></a><strong> </strong><i>by Julie Turkewitz and Hamed Aleaziz</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/us/politics/tulsi-gabbard-senate-confirmation-vote.html" target="_blank"><strong>Gabbard Sworn In as Top Intelligence Official</strong></a>, <i>by Julian E. Barnes and Robert Jimison</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/us/politics/trump-federal-workers-buyout.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump’s Federal Resignation Program Moves Ahead After Court Win</strong></a>, <i>by Chris Cameron, Karoun Demirjian and Madeleine Ngo</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/us/politics/trump-tesla-musk-cybertruck.html" target="_blank"><strong>State Dept. Plans $400 Million Purchase of Armored Tesla Cybertrucks</strong></a>, <i>by Jack Ewing</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/us/politics/trump-spending-republicans-agriculture-research.html" target="_blank"><strong>Republicans Love Trump’s Spending Cuts. Just Not in Their States</strong></a>, <i>by Maya C. Miller and Catie Edmondson</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/well/ozempic-alcohol-use.html" target="_blank"><strong>Ozempic Can Curb Drinking, New Research Shows</strong></a>, <i>by Dani Blum</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/climate/valentine-bouquets-airplane-emissions.html" target="_blank"><strong>How Can My Valentine’s Flowers Show the Earth Love, Too?</strong></a>, <i>by Selena Ross</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>

Musk’s Growing Power, and Russia Releases American Teacher

<p>Plus, who isn’t in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.  </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/us/politics/trump-musk-doge-federal-workers.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Orders Plans for ‘Large Scale’ Work Force Cuts and Expands Musk’s Power</strong></a>, <i>by Theodore Schleifer and Madeleine Ngo</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/podcasts/the-headlines/elon-musk-lithium-ion-batteries.html" target="_blank"><strong>Johnson ‘Wholeheartedly’ Agrees With Trump’s Spending Cuts, Undermining Congress</strong></a>, <i>by Karoun Demirjian and Maya C. Miller</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/us/politics/marc-fogel-teacher-released-russia.html" target="_blank"><strong>Russia Releases U.S. Prisoner After Talks With Trump Envoy</strong></a>, <i>by Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, Julian E. Barnes and Anton Troianovski</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-ceasefire-hostages.html" target="_blank"><strong>Gaza Cease-Fire Imperiled as Netanyahu Threatens to Resume ‘Intense Fighting,’</strong></a><strong> </strong><i>by Lara Jakes, Patrick Kingsley, Ronen Bergman and Thomas Fuller</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/us/california-battery-plant-fire.html" target="_blank"><strong>A California Battery Plant Burned. Residents Have Gotten Sick, and Anxious</strong></a>, <i>by Orlando Mayorquín</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/11/style/westminster-dog-show-results" target="_blank"><strong>Monty, a Dignified Giant Schnauzer, Wins Best in Show at Westminster</strong></a>, <i>by Sarah Lyall and Callie Holtermann</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/arts/music/rock-hall-nominees-chubby-checker-phish-outkast.html" target="_blank"><strong>Chubby Checker, Phish and Outkast Among Rock Hall Nominees</strong></a>, <i>by Ben Sisario</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>

Trump’s Ultimatum to Hamas, and Nonstop Quakes on Greek Island

<p>Plus, a surprise animated hit.  </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/us/trump-unfreezing-federal-grants-judge-ruling.html" target="_blank"><strong>White House Failed to Comply With Court Order, Judge Rules</strong></a>, <i>by Mattathias Schwartz</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/nyregion/eric-adams-mayor-primary.html" target="_blank"><strong>Adams May Get His Charges Dropped, but His Re-election Fight Remains</strong></a>, <i>by Dana Rubinstein, Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Jeffery C. Mays</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/world/middleeast/hamas-hostages-israel-ceasefire.html" target="_blank"><strong>Hamas Postpones Release of More Hostages “Until Further Notice,”</strong></a><strong> </strong><i>by Lara Jakes, Ronen Bergman, Adam Rasgon and Johnatan Reiss</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/us/politics/trump-jordan-egypt-gaza-development.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Says He May Cut Aid to Jordan and Egypt if They Don’t Take Gazans</strong></a>, <i>by Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Shawn McCreesh</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/world/europe/greece-santorini-earthquakes.html" target="_blank"><strong>Nonstop Quakes Leave a Tourist Island Empty and Its Residents on Edge</strong></a>, <i>by Niki Kitsantonis</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/business/china-box-office-ne-zha-2.html" target="_blank"><strong>Who Needs Hollywood? Chinese Animated Film Shatters Box Office Records</strong></a>, <i>by Claire Fu and Daisuke Wakabayashi</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>

Vance Challenges Courts’ Power, and Trump Targets the Penny

<p>Plus, why golden retrievers keep losing.</p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/us/politics/one-more-stop-on-a-busy-presidential-day-the-super-bowl.html" target="_blank"><strong>Busy Presidential Day Ends at the Super Bowl</strong></a>, <i>by Erica L. Green</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/us/politics/trump-stop-minting-pennies.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Orders Treasury Secretary to Stop Minting Pennies</strong></a>, <i>by Yan Zhuang and Erica L. Green</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/business/vought-cfpb-musk-trump.html" target="_blank"><strong>36 Hours After Russell Vought Took Over Consumer Bureau, He Shut Its Operations</strong></a>, <i>by Stacy Cowley</i></p><p><a href="http://nytimes.com/2025/02/09/us/politics/vance-trump-federal-courts-executive-order.html" target="_blank"><strong>Vance Says ‘Judges Aren’t Allowed to Control’ Trump’s “Legitimate Power</strong></a>,” <i>by Charlie Savage and Minho Kim</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/us/trump-federal-courts-lawsuits.html" target="_blank"><strong>Why Federal Courts May Be the Last Bulwark Against Trump</strong></a>, <i>by Mattathias Schwartz</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/world/europe/israel-gaza-netzarim.html" target="_blank"><strong>Israeli Troops Withdraw From Key Zone Bisecting Gaza</strong></a>, <i>by Lara Jakes, Natan Odenheimer and Ephrat Livni</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/business/media/la-fires-gofundme.html" target="_blank"><strong>How GoFundMe Became a $250 Million Lifeline After the L.A. Fires</strong></a>, <i>by Ken Bensinger and Jeremy Singer-Vine</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/style/westminster-preview-golden-retrievers.html" target="_blank"><strong>Can a Golden Retriever Win at Westminster? History Says No</strong></a>, <i>by Sarah Lyall</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>

Trump’s Attack on Foreign Aid, and Disappearing Bird Flu Data

<p>Plus, New Orleans’ Super Bowl makeover.  </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/us/politics/usaid-job-cuts.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Administration to Lay Off Nearly All of U.S. Aid Agency’s Staff</strong></a>, <i>by Karoun Demirjian and Aishvarya Kavi</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/health/usaid-clinical-trials-funding-trump.html" target="_blank"><strong>Abandoned in the Middle of Clinical Trials, Because of a Trump Order</strong></a>, <i>by Stephanie Nolen</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/us/politics/trump-federal-workers-resignation-offer.html" target="_blank"><strong>Judge Delays Program Offering Federal Workers Incentives to Quit</strong></a>, <i>by Zach Montague and Madeleine Ngo</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/us/politics/federal-election-commission-weintraub-trump.html" target="_blank"><strong>Federal Election Commission Chair Says Trump Has Moved to Fire Her</strong></a>, <i>by Chris Cameron</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/us/politics/ncaa-transgender-athletes-ban.html?smid=url-share" target="_blank"><strong>N.C.A.A., Following Trump’s Order, Excludes Transgender Athletes From Women’s Sports</strong></a>, <i>by Juliet Macur</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/us/politics/russell-vought-omb-senate-vote.html" target="_blank"><strong>Senate Confirms Russell Vought as Office of Management and Budget Director</strong></a>, <i>by Alan Rappeport</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/health/cdc-bird-flu-cats-people.html" target="_blank"><strong>C.D.C. Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Spread Between Cats and People</strong></a>, <i>by Apoorva Mandavilli and Emily Anthes</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/us/new-orleans-super-bowl-security.html" target="_blank"><strong>After Attack, New Orleans Is Rattled but Ready for the “Biggest Show on Earth,”</strong></a> <i>by Rick Rojas</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>

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

<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>

Trump’s Gaza Takeover Plan, and Making Gods of Gamers

<p>Plus, how tariffs will hit small businesses.  </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/us/politics/trump-gaza-netanyahu-takeover.html" target="_blank"><strong>With Gaza Plan, an Unbound Trump Pushes an Improbable Idea</strong></a>, <i>by Peter Baker</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/us/trump-federal-law-power.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Brazenly Defies Laws in Escalating Executive Power Grab</strong></a>, <i>by Charlie Savage</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/business/china-us-usps-de-minimis.html" target="_blank"><strong>U.S. Postal Service Halts Parcel Service From China as Trump’s Trade Curbs Begin</strong></a>, <i>by Keith Bradsher, Ana Swanson and Jordyn Holman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/us/trump-tariffs-china-consumer-costs.html" target="_blank"><strong>Small-Business Owners Say Tariffs Will Squeeze Them, and Their Customers</strong></a>, <i>by Danielle Kaye</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/arts/the-sims-25th-anniversary-will-wright.html" target="_blank"><strong>The Sims Turned Players Into Gods. And Farmers. And Vampires. And Landlords</strong></a>, <i>by Zachary Small</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>

Inside Musk’s Government Takeover, and Frantic Tariff Negotiations

<p>Plus, “Onyx Storm” smashes onto shelves.  </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/business/economy/trump-tariffs-china.html" target="_blank"><strong>China Swiftly Counters Trump’s Tariffs With a Flurry of Trade Curbs</strong></a>, <i>by Ana Swanson and Chris Buckley</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/musk-federal-government.html" target="_blank"><strong>Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government</strong></a>, <i>by Jonathan Swan, Theodore Schleifer, Maggie Haberman, Kate Conger, Ryan Mac and Madeleine Ngo</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/state-farm-california-rate-increase.html" target="_blank"><strong>State Farm Seeks an Urgent Increase in California Rates After Fires</strong></a>, <i>by Soumya Karlamangla</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/books/rebecca-yarros-onyx-storm.html" target="_blank"><strong>Rebecca Yarros’s ‘Onyx Storm’ Is the Fastest-Selling Adult Novel in 20 Years</strong></a>, <i>by Alexandra Alter</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>

Trump&apos;s Trade War Heats Up, and Government Websites Go Dark

<p>Plus, Beyoncé’s long-awaited win.  </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/world/us-tariffs-canada-china-mexico.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trade War Heats Up After Trump Orders Tariffs and Canada Retaliates</strong></a>, <i>by Matina Stevis-Gridneff, Keith Bradsher and Susan Hopkins</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/us/politics/trump-venezuela-temporary-protected-status.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Administration Moves to End Protections for Venezuelans in the U.S.</strong></a>, <i>by Hamed Aleaziz and Maggie Haberman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/upshot/trump-government-websites-missing-pages.html" target="_blank"><strong>Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday</strong></a>, <i>by Ethan Singer</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/us/dc-plane-crash-washington-helicopter.html" target="_blank"><strong>Crews Move Closer to Recovering All Bodies in D.C. Crash</strong></a>, <i>by Campbell Robertson</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/arts/music/beyonce-best-country-album-grammys-2025.html" target="_blank"><strong>Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Wins Grammy for Best Country Album</strong></a>, <i>by Ben Sisario</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>

Plane Crash Clues, and a New Way to Treat Pain

<p>Plus, 82,000 gallons of blue paint. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/business/dc-plane-helicopter-crash-cause.html" target="_blank"><strong>Washington Crash Renews Concerns About Air Safety Lapses</strong></a>, <i>by Sydney Ember, Emily Steel, Mark Walker, Kate Kelly and Niraj Chokshi</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/us/politics/from-anguish-to-aggression-trump-goes-on-offense-after-midair-collision.html" target="_blank"><strong>From Anguish to Aggression: Trump Goes on Offense After Midair Collision</strong></a>, <i>by Peter Baker</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/world/asia/trump-usaid-freeze.html" target="_blank"><strong>How the World Is Reeling From Trump’s Aid Freeze</strong></a>, <i>by Sui-Lee Wee, Declan Walsh and Farnaz Fassihi</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/health/fda-journavx-suzetrigine-vertex-opioids.html" target="_blank"><strong>F.D.A. Approves Drug to Treat Pain Without Opioid Effects</strong></a>, <i>by Gina Kolata</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/theater/blue-man-group-new-york-closing-off-broadway.html" target="_blank"><strong>82,150 Gallons of Paint Later, a Blue Man Group Farewell</strong></a>, by<strong> </strong><i>Melena Ryzik</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>

A Plane Crash Near Washington, and 3 Contentious Senate Hearings

<p>Plus, Hamas releases more hostages. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/29/us/plane-crash-washington-dc" target="_blank"><strong>Many Deaths Feared After Plane Collides With Army Helicopter Near Washington</strong></a>, <i>by Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Minho Kim, Chris Cameron, John Yoon and Jin Yu Young</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/us/politics/trump-rfk-patel-gabbard-confirmation-hearings.html" target="_blank"><strong>Three Contentious Trump Nominees Will Appear Before the Senate</strong></a>, <i>by Chris Cameron</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/us/trump-executive-orders-local-control-schools.html" target="_blank"><strong>With Sweeping Executive Orders, Trump Tests Local Control of Schools</strong></a>, <i>by Dana Goldstein</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/us/politics/trump-funding-freeze-rollout.html" target="_blank"><strong>Inside the Chaotic Rollout of Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze</strong></a>, <i>by Jonathan Swan and Zolan Kanno-Youngs</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/30/world/israel-hamas-hostage-release-gaza" target="_blank"><strong>Hamas Is Releasing 8 Israeli and Thai Hostages</strong></a>, <i>by Aaron Boxerman and Adam Rasgon</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/science/nasa-bennu-asteroid-molecules.html" target="_blank"><strong>Lurking Inside an Asteroid: Life’s Ingredients</strong></a>, <i>by Carl Zimmer</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>

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

<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>

Trump’s Firing Spree, and an ‘Invisible Threat’ in L.A.

<p>Plus, DeepSeek’s shock to the top.  </p><p> </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/us/politics/white-house-pauses-federal-grants.html?smid=url-share" target="_blank"><strong>White House Budget Office Orders Pause in All Federal Loans and Grants</strong></a>, <i>by Chris Cameron</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/health/pepfar-trump-freeze.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries</strong></a>, <i>by Apoorva Mandavilli</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/technology/what-is-deepseek-china-ai.html" target="_blank"><strong>What to Know About DeepSeek and How It Is Upending A.I.</strong></a>, <i>by Cade Metz</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/climate/los-angeles-wildfires-lead-chlorine-air-quality.html" target="_blank"><strong>Airborne Lead and Chlorine Levels Soared as L.A. Wildfires Raged</strong></a>, <i>by Hiroko Tabuchi and Mira Rojanasakul</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/dining/scotland-haggis-macsween-burns-night.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" target="_blank"><strong>Crafting a Haggis for American Tastes (and Import Restrictions)</strong></a>, <i>by Remy Tumin</i></p><p> </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>

Gazans Trek Home, and Trump&apos;s Tariff Spat With Colombia

<p>Plus, a Super Bowl three-peat?  </p><p> </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/world/middleeast/gaza-lebanon-israel-ceasefire.html" target="_blank"><strong>Gaza and Lebanon Truces Are Fragile, but All Sides May Keep Them Going</strong></a>, <i>by Patrick Kingsley</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/world/americas/colombia-us-deportation-flights.html" target="_blank"><strong>Colombia Agrees to Accept Deportation Flights After Trump Threatens Tariffs</strong></a>, <i>by Genevieve Glatsky, Simon Romero and Annie Correal</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/world/europe/auschwitz-liberation-80th-anniversary.html" target="_blank"><strong>At Auschwitz, a Solemn Ceremony at a Time of Rising Nationalism</strong></a>, <i>by Andrew Higgins</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/us/california-fires-rain-mudslides.html" target="_blank"><strong>Southern California Rainstorms Raise Risks of Mudslides</strong></a>, <i>by Tim Balk</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6090255/2025/01/26/nfl-super-bowl-chiefs-eagles-odds-projections/" target="_blank"><strong>Super Bowl LIX Projections: Chiefs Meet Eagles in Rematch</strong></a>, <i>by Jeff Howe and Austin Mock</i></p><p> </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>

Trump’s First Presidential Trip, and an American Egg Crisis

<p>Plus, how Kidz Bop grew up.  </p><p> </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/us/politics/trump-north-carolina-california-disaster-aid.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump to Visit North Carolina and California, With Disaster Aid an Open Question</strong></a>, <i>by Zolan Kanno-Youngs</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/us/politics/judge-blocks-birthright-citizenship.html" target="_blank"><strong>Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Plan to End Birthright Citizenship</strong></a>, <i>by Mike Baker and Mattathias Schwartz</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/technology/trump-crypto-executive-order.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Issues Executive Order to Support the Growth of Cryptocurrencies</strong></a>, <i>by David Yaffe-Bellany</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/business/egg-shortage-prices.html" target="_blank"><strong>Egg Prices Are High. They Will Likely Go Higher</strong></a>, <i>by Julie Creswell</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/arts/music/kidz-bop-50.html" target="_blank"><strong>Don’t Look Now, but Kidz Boppers Have Graduated From College</strong></a>, <i>by Sopan Deb</i></p><p> </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>

How Republicans Will Try to Pay for Trump’s Agenda, and a New A.D.H.D. Study

<p>Plus, an A.I. judge at the X Games.  </p><p> </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/us/politics/trump-biden-white-house-nsc.html" target="_blank"><strong>White House to Old Staff: Go Home. Don’t Call Us. We’ll Call You</strong></a>, <i>by Michael Crowley and David E. Sanger</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/us/politics/trump-order-discrimination-federal-hiring.html" target="_blank"><strong>Federal Workers Ordered to Report on Colleagues Over D.E.I. Crackdown</strong></a>, <i>by Erica L. Green and Hamed Aleaziz</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/us/politics/trump-tax-cuts-immigration-house-republicans.html" target="_blank"><strong>House G.O.P. Floats Medicaid Cuts and More to Finance Trump’s Huge Agenda</strong></a>, <i>by Catie Edmondson and Andrew Duehren</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/world/middleeast/why-israel-targeting-jenin.html" target="_blank"><strong>Why Is Israel Targeting Jenin, in the West Bank?</strong></a>, <i>by Ephrat Livni</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/health/adhd-life-expectancy.html" target="_blank"><strong>People With A.D.H.D. Are Likely to Die Significantly Earlier Than Their Peers, Study Finds</strong></a>, <i>by Ellen Barry</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/sports/skiing/x-games-ai-judging.html" target="_blank"><strong>Was That a 900 or 1080 on the Halfpipe? X Games Can Now Ask A.I.</strong></a>, <i>by Victor Mather</i></p><p> </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>

Bishop Asks Trump to ‘Have Mercy,’ and Hegseth Faces New Accusations

<p>Plus, snow on Florida’s beaches.  </p><p> </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/us/trump-birthright-citizenship.html" target="_blank"><strong>Twenty-two States Sue to Stop Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order</strong></a>, <i>by Mattathias Schwartz and Mike Baker</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/us/politics/trump-bishop.html" target="_blank"><strong>Bishop Asks Trump to ‘Have Mercy’ on Immigrants and Gay Children</strong></a>, <i>by Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Tim Balk and Erica L. Green</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/us/politics/hegseth-senators-affidavit.html" target="_blank"><strong>Hegseth Ex-Sister-in-Law Tells Senators He Was ‘Abusive’ to Second Wife</strong></a>, <i>by Karoun Demirjian and Sharon LaFraniere</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/world/middleeast/gaze-destruction.html" target="_blank"><strong>One Family in Gaza Returned Home. But Home Was Gone</strong></a>, <i>by Vivian Yee and Bilal Shbair</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/21/weather/snow-winter-storm-texas-louisiana" target="_blank"><strong>Rare Snowfall Snarls Cities as Deadly Cold Stalks the South</strong></a>, <i>by J. David Goodman</i></p><p> </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>

What Trump Did on Day 1, and Biden’s Final Acts

<p>Plus, an Olympic medal fail.  </p><p> </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/us/politics/trump-first-day-recap.html" target="_blank"><strong>What Trump Did on Day 1: Tracking His Biggest Moves</strong></a>, <i>by Chris Cameron</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-pardons-jan-6.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Grants Sweeping Clemency to All Jan. 6 Rioters</strong></a>, <i>by Alan Feuer</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/biden-pardons-fauci-milley-cheney-jan-6.html" target="_blank"><strong>Biden in Final Hours Pardons Relatives and Others to Thwart Trump Reprisals</strong></a>, <i>by Peter Baker and Michael D. Shear</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/business/return-to-office-is-back.html" target="_blank"><strong>C.E.O.s, and President Trump, Want Workers Back in the Office</strong></a>, <i>by Emma Goldberg</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/business/medals-paris-olympics-lvmh.html" target="_blank"><strong>Paris Olympics Medals Are Tarnishing, Putting LVMH in the Spotlight</strong></a>, <i>by Tariq Panja and Liz Alderman</i></p><p> </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>

Trump Takes Office, and the TikTok Roller Coaster

<p>Plus, women’s history on the National Mall.  </p><p> </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/us/politics/trump-return-power.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Aims for Show of Strength as He Returns to Power</strong></a>, <i>by Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/world/middleeast/gazans-and-israelis-dare-to-hope-as-cease-fire-takes-hold.html" target="_blank"><strong>Gazans and Israelis Dare to Hope as Cease-Fire Takes Hold</strong></a>, <i>by Aaron Boxerman, Bilal Shbair, Hiba Yazbek, Isabel Kershner and Christopher Maag</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/us/politics/tiktoks-shutdown-notice-trump.html" target="_blank"><strong>TikTok Engineered Its Shutdown to Get Saved. But Trump’s Solution May Fall Short</strong></a><strong>, </strong><i>by David E. Sanger</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/arts/womens-suffrage-national-monument.html" target="_blank"><strong>How a Monument to Women Finally Won a Place on the National Mall</strong></a>, <i>by</i> <i>Jennifer Schuessler</i></p><p> </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>

Cease-Fire Expected to Move Forward, and a Last-Ditch Pitch to Save TikTok

<p>Plus, remembering David Lynch’s weirdness.  </p><p> </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/17/world/israel-hamas-gaza-ceasefire/israel-hamas-gaza-cease-fire?smid=url-share" target="_blank"><strong>Israel and Hamas Work Out Differences Over Deal, Netanyahu Says</strong></a>, <i>by Ephrat Livni</i></p><p><a href="https://nytimes.com/2025/01/17/technology/tiktok-ban-lobbying-washington.html" target="_blank"><strong>TikTok Makes Last-Minute Push as Supreme Court Is Poised to Rule on Ban</strong></a>, <i>by David McCabe, Adam Liptak and Sapna Maheshwari</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/us/la-fires-evacuations-homes.html" target="_blank"><strong>More Than a Week After the Fires, Los Angeles Evacuees Remain in Limbo</strong></a>, <i>by Kellen Browning, Jesus Jiménez and Jennifer Medina</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/us/politics/biden-commute-sentences-drug-offenders.html" target="_blank"><strong>Biden to Commute Sentences of Nearly 2,500 Drug Offenders</strong></a>, <i>by Erica L. Green and Zolan Kanno-Youngs</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/climate/panama-canal-invasive-fish.html" target="_blank"><strong>The Panama Canal’s Newest Voyagers: Fishy Intruders From Two Oceans</strong></a>, <i>by Raymond Zhong</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/movies/david-lynch-dead.html" target="_blank"><strong>David Lynch, Maker of Florid and Unnerving Films, Dies at 78</strong></a>, <i>by J. Hoberman</i></p><p> </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>

What to Know About the Cease-Fire Deal, and Biden Warns the Nation

<p>Plus, Drake sues his own music label.  </p><p> </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/world/middleeast/gaza-cease-fire.html" target="_blank"><strong>Negotiators Agree to Long-Awaited Cease-Fire and Hostage Deal for Gaza</strong></a>, <i>by Patrick Kingsley, Adam Rasgon, Aaron Boxerman, Ronen Bergman, Isabel Kershner and Peter Baker</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/16/world/israel-hamas-gaza-cease-fire" target="_blank"><strong>Updates on the Cease-Fire Agreement</strong></a>, <i>by Adam Rasgon and Aaron Boxerman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/us/politics/biden-farewell-address.html" target="_blank"><strong>In Farewell Address, Biden Warns of an ‘Oligarchy’ Taking Shape in America</strong></a>, <i>by Erica L. Green</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/16/science/blue-origin-new-glenn-launch/whats-happening-on-the-launchpad?smid=url-share" target="_blank"><strong>Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn Rocket Lifts Off on First Flight</strong></a>, <i>by Kenneth Chang</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/arts/music/drake-kendrick-lamar-lawsuit-not-like-us.html" target="_blank"><strong>Drake Sues His Label, Calling Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Defamatory</strong></a>, <i>by Joe Coscarelli</i></p><p> </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>

Gaza Cease-Fire ‘Right on the Brink,’ and the S.E.C. Sues Elon Musk

<p>Plus, who gets a quinceañera?  </p><p> </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/world/middleeast/gaza-ceasefire-what-we-know.html" target="_blank"><strong>What We Know About the Proposed Gaza Cease-Fire Agreement</strong></a>, <i>by The New York Times</i></p><p><a href="https://nytimes.com/2025/01/15/us/politics/biden-farewell-address.html" target="_blank"><strong>Biden to Deliver Farewell Address, Capping a 5-Decade Political Career</strong></a>, <i>by Erica L. Green</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/us/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing-takeaways.html" target="_blank"><strong>Four Takeaways From Hegseth’s Confirmation Hearing</strong></a>, <i>by Sharon LaFraniere</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/technology/sec-elon-musk-securities-violations.html" target="_blank"><strong>S.E.C. Sues Elon Musk Over Twitter-Related Securities Violations</strong></a>, <i>by Matthew Goldstein and Kate Conger</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/world/asia/south-korea-yoon-detain.html" target="_blank"><strong>South Korea’s President Is Detained for Questioning</strong></a>, <i>by Choe Sang-Hun, Jin Yu Young and Victoria Kim</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/us/quinceanera-boys-quinceanero.html" target="_blank"><strong>Meet the Latino Boys Decked Out for Their Version of the Quinceañera</strong></a>, <i>by Christina Morales</i></p><p> </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>