The Dramatic House Budget Vote, and a New ‘Gold Card’ for Immigrants

Plus, how microphones changed music. 

On Today’s Episode: 

House Passes G.O.P. Budget Teeing Up Enormous Tax and Spending Cuts, by Catie Edmondson, Andrew Duehren, Maya C. Miller and Robert Jimison

Trump Administration Plans to Require Undocumented Immigrants to Register, by Hamed Aleaziz and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Trump Plans ‘Gold Card’ Alternative to Green Cards for ‘High Level People,’ by Shawn McCreesh

Judge Blocks Trump Executive Order to Suspend Refugee Program, by Mattathias Schwartz

To Identify Suspect in Idaho Killings, F.B.I. Used Restricted Consumer DNA Data, by Mike Baker

Christianity’s Decline in U.S. Appears to Have Halted, Major Study Shows, by Ruth Graham

100 Years Ago Recording Studios Got a New Tool: Microphones, by Ludovic Hunter-Tilney

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