Plus, two astronauts’ long wait for a ride home. On Today’s Episode: In No Hurry for Cease-Fire, Putin Demands Numerous Ukrainian Concessions , by Anton Troianovski Schumer Will Clear the Way for G.O.P. Spending Bill, Breaking With His Party , by Carl Hulse and Catie Edmondson Trump Administration Must Rehire Thousands of Fired Workers, Judges Rule , by Zach Montague Trump Wants to Speed Up Deportations With Alien Enemies Act: What to Know , by Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Hamed Aleaziz and Maggie Haberm...
Mar 14, 2025•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, an explosive new Facebook memoir. On Today’s Episode: E.P.A. Targets Dozens of Environmental Rules as It Reframes Its Purpose , by Lisa Friedman and Hiroko Tabuchi DOGE Makes Its Latest Errors Harder to Find , by David A. Fahrenthold and Jeremy Singer-Vine Senate Democrats Balk at Funding Extension, Raising the Risk of a Shutdown , by Carl Hulse Columbia Activist Has Not Been Allowed to Speak Privately With Lawyers , by Jonah E. Bromwich and Anusha Bayya U.S. Inflation Eased More Than Expe...
Mar 13, 2025•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, who can do the Daffy Duck voice? On Today’s Episode: Education Department Fires 1,300 Workers, Gutting Its Staff , by Michael C. Bender and Dana Goldstein E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices , by Lisa Friedman Ukraine Supports 30-Day Cease-Fire as U.S. Says It Will Resume Military Aid , by Andrew E. Kramer and Alan Rappeport House G.O.P. Passes Bill to Avert a Shutdown, Daring the Senate to Accept It , by Catie Edmondson Trump’s Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Go Into Eff...
Mar 12, 2025•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, a D.O.J. dust-up over Mel Gibson. On Today’s Episode: House Republicans Unveil Spending Bill to Avert Shutdown at Week’s End , by Catie Edmondson and Carl Hulse Trump, With More Honey Than Vinegar, Cements an Iron Grip on Republicans , by Annie Karni and Jonathan Swan Trump Promised Americans Booming Wealth. Now He’s Changing His Tune , by Tyler Pager Justice Dept. Official Says She Was Fired After Opposing Restoring Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights , by Devlin Barrett Ukraine Bombards Russia, Forc...
Mar 11, 2025•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, the Oscar film that pets are watching. On Today’s Episode: Trump Declines to Rule Out Recession as Tariffs Begin to Bite , by Luke Broadwater, Colby Smith and Ana Swanson Banker Mark Carney Wins Race to Lead Liberal Party, and Canada , by Matina Stevis-Gridneff Immigration Authorities Arrest Pro-Palestinian Activist at Columbia , by Eliza Shapiro White House Cancels $400 Million in Grants and Contracts to Columbia , by Sharon Otterman and Liam Stack Chaos Sweeps Coastal Syria , by Christin...
Mar 10, 2025•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, how to win the lottery. On Today’s Episode: Trump Whipsaws on Tariffs, Giving Mexico and Canada Reprieve , by Ana Swanson and Alan Rappeport Trump’s Policies Have Shaken a Once-Solid Economic Outlook , by Ben Casselman and Colby Smith How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious , by Matina Stevis-Gridneff Trump Administration Prepares to Revive and Expand Travel Bans , by Charlie Savage and Edward Wong U.S. and Ukrainian Officials to Meet Next Week About Path to ...
Mar 07, 2025•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, Dolly Parton’s love story. On Today’s Episode: Frustration Grows Inside the White House Over Pace of Deportations , by Hamed Aleaziz and Zolan Kanno-Youngs Trump to Pause Auto Tariffs for One Month as Other Levies Continue , by Ana Swanson and Jack Ewing Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Bid to Freeze Foreign Aid , by Adam Liptak Veterans Are Caught Up in Trump’s and Musk’s Work Force Overhaul , by Eileen Sullivan and Maya C. Miller U.S. and Hamas Hold Direct Talks on Hostages in Gaza, Officia...
Mar 06, 2025•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, the sky-high cost of concert tickets. On Today’s Episode: 6 Takeaways From Trump’s Address to Congress , by Tyler Pager Warning That Trump Will ‘Make You Pay,’ Slotkin Gives Democratic Response , by Annie Karni Republican House Members Told to Stop Holding In-Person Town Halls , by Catie Edmondson Trump’s Trade War Could Be His Biggest Economic Gamble , by Alan Rappeport and Ana Swanson ‘Final Mission’ for Education Dept. Begins Now, McMahon Says , by Michael C. Bender Zelensky Offers Term...
Mar 05, 2025•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, women’s rugby gets a boost. On Today’s Episode: Beijing Retaliates After Trump Sets Steep Tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China , by Keith Bradsher and Ana Swanson Trump Suspends Military Aid to Ukraine After Oval Office Blowup , by Erica L. Green, Eric Schmitt, David E. Sanger and Julian E. Barnes In Speech to Congress, Trump Is Expected to Boast About DOGE Cuts and Ukraine , by Luke Broadwater and Michael D. Shear How a Plan for Reparations Became a Debt Trap for Marijuana Retailers , by A...
Mar 04, 2025•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, “Anora” has a big night at the Oscars. On Today’s Episode: Rubio Attacks Zelensky, Firmly Defending Trump and Vance , by Minho Kim Europe Races to Repair a Split Between the U.S. and Ukraine , by Mark Landler and Stephen Castle With Cease-Fire Shaky, Israel and Hamas Weigh Diplomatic and Military Options , by Adam Rasgon and Iyad Abuheweila Federal Officials Underplaying Measles Vaccination, Experts Say , by Teddy Rosenbluth Best and Worst Moments From the 2025 Oscars , by The New York Tim...
Mar 03, 2025•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, Conan O’Brien on hosting the Oscars. On Today’s Episode: Iowa Lawmakers Pass Bill to Eliminate Transgender Civil Rights Protections , by Mitch Smith After Insults and False Claims, Trump to Host Zelensky for Minerals Deal , by Peter Baker Trump Says Canada and Mexico Tariffs Will Go Into Effect Next Week , by Ana Swanson Mexico Transfers Dozens of Cartel Operatives to U.S. Custody , by Alan Feuer Netanyahu Sends Team to Cairo as Days Dwindle in Gaza Truce , by Aaron Boxerman In Syria, Come...
Feb 28, 2025•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, Gene Hackman’s everyman legacy. On Today’s Episode: U.S. Economy Shows Signs of Strain From Trump’s Tariffs and Spending Cuts , by Alan Rappeport Agriculture Department Looks to Import Eggs as Prices Soar , by Linda Qiu The People Carrying Out Musk’s Plans at DOGE , by The New York Times Chief Justice Allows U.S. to Continue Freeze on Foreign Aid Payments , by Zach Montague, Michael Crowley and Adam Liptak Organ Transplant System ‘in Chaos’ as Waiting Lists Are Ignored , by Brian M. Rosent...
Feb 27, 2025•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Ide...
Feb 26, 2025•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, Roberta Flack remembered. On Today’s Episode: U.S. and European Allies Split Sharply at the U.N. Over Ukraine , by Farnaz Fassihi Trump and Macron Display Old Friendship but Split on the Ukraine War , by Peter Baker Ukraine Nears a Deal to Give U.S. a Share of Its Mineral Wealth , by Constant Méheut Judge Questions Constitutionality of Musk’s Cost-Cutting Operation , by Alan Feuer On Chinese Tuna Boats, North Koreans Trawl for Cash for Kim Jong-un , by Choe Sang-Hun and Muktita Suhartono R...
Feb 25, 2025•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, is the daytime soap opera back? On Today’s Episode: Republicans Face Angry Voters at Town Halls, Hinting at Broader Backlash , by Robert Jimison Some Trump Officials Push Back Against Musk’s Ultimatum to Workers , by Chris Cameron and Maggie Haberman DOGE’s Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes , by Aatish Bhatia, Emily Badger, David A. Fahrenthold, Josh Katz, Margot Sanger-Katz and Ethan Singer 5 Takeaways From Germany’s Election , by Christopher F. Schuetze and Jim Tankersley Pope ...
Feb 24, 2025•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, a James Bond takeover. On Today’s Episode: Emergency Food, TB Tests and H.I.V. Drugs: Vital Health Aid Remains Frozen Despite Court Ruling , by Stephanie Nolen Agent Orange Twisted Her Limbs. The U.S. Is Abandoning a Vow to Help , by Damien Cave With Coffins and Taunts, Hamas Hands Dead Hostages to Israel , by Aaron Boxerman and Rawan Sheikh Ahmad Multiple Bus Explosions in Israel Put Country on Terrorism Alert , by Ephrat Livni Senate Confirms Patel as Next F.B.I. Director , by Adam Goldm...
Feb 21, 2025•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, please don’t ski down the volcano. On Today’s Episode: Trump Flips the Script on the Ukraine War, Blaming Zelensky Not Putin , by Peter Baker Bucha Has a Question: Does Trump Remember the Russian Massacre? , by Kim Barker Trump Administration Moves to End New York’s Congestion Pricing Tolls , by Ana Ley, Stefanos Chen, Winnie Hu and Benjamin Oreskes ‘Long Live the King’: Trump Likens Himself to Royalty on Truth Social , by Benjamin Oreskes Nearly One in 10 U.S. Adults Identifies as L.G.B.T...
Feb 20, 2025•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, an asteroid alert (for 2032). On Today’s Episode: Trump’s Pivot Toward Putin’s Russia Upends Generations of U.S. Policy , by Peter Baker Trump Issues Order to Expand His Power Over Agencies Congress Made Independent , by Charlie Savage Trump Administration Moves to Fast-Track Hundreds of Fossil Fuel Projects , by Lisa Friedman Kennedy Says ‘Nothing’ Off Limits in Scrutinizing Chronic Disease , by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Christina Jewett Trump’s Cuts Could Make Parks and Forests More Danger...
Feb 19, 2025•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, meat raffles: like bingo, but with beef. On Today’s Episode: What We Know About the Toronto Plane Crash , by Tiffany May and Neil Vigdor As Trump ‘Exports’ Deportees, Hundreds Are Trapped in Panama Hotel , by Julie Turkewitz, Hamed Aleaziz, Farnaz Fassihi and Annie Correal Education Dept. Gives Schools Two Weeks to Eliminate Race-Based Programs, by Zach Montague Top Social Security Official Leaves After Musk Team Seeks Data Access , by Alan Rappeport, Andrew Duehren and Nicholas Nehamas Th...
Feb 18, 2025•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, how to remember everything. On Today’s Episode: Left Out of Ukraine Talks, Europe Races to Organize a Response , by Andrew E. Kramer First Test of Trump’s Power to Fire Officials Reaches Supreme Court , by Adam Liptak Musk Team Seeks Access to I.R.S. System With Taxpayers’ Records , by Alan Rappeport, Andrew Duehren and Maggie Haberman At Least 10 Dead in South After Rainstorm Pounds the Region , by Tim Balk, Amanda Holpuch and Austyn Gaffney Meet the Champion Who Memorized 80 Numbers in 1...
Feb 17, 2025•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, why crafters are in mourning. On Today’s Episode: 14 States Sue to Challenge Musk’s ‘Unchecked Power,’ by Madeleine Ngo Judge Orders Trump Administration to Resume Foreign Aid Spending , by Michael Crowley Judge Temporarily Stops Trump’s Plan to End Funds for Trans Youths’ Health Providers , by Amy Harmon and Juliet Macur Trump Official’s Demand in Adams Case Forces Justice Dept. Showdown , by Glenn Thrush, Devlin Barrett and Adam Goldman Trump Is Newly Unleashed on Trade, With Global Cons...
Feb 14, 2025•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, the hidden cost of a Valentine’s bouquet. On Today’s Episode: Trump Says Call With Putin Is Beginning of Ukraine Peace Negotiations , by Maggie Haberman, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Anton Troianovski Some Migrants Sent by Trump to Guantánamo Are Being Held by Military Guards , by Carol Rosenberg and Charlie Savage Family of Venezuelan Migrant Sent to Guantánamo: ‘My Brother Is Not a Criminal,’ by Julie Turkewitz and Hamed Aleaziz Gabbard Sworn In as Top Intelligence Official , by Julian E. Barn...
Feb 13, 2025•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, who isn’t in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. On Today’s Episode: Trump Orders Plans for ‘Large Scale’ Work Force Cuts and Expands Musk’s Power , by Theodore Schleifer and Madeleine Ngo Johnson ‘Wholeheartedly’ Agrees With Trump’s Spending Cuts, Undermining Congress , by Karoun Demirjian and Maya C. Miller Russia Releases U.S. Prisoner After Talks With Trump Envoy , by Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, Julian E. Barnes and Anton Troianovski Gaza Cease-Fire Imperiled as Netanyahu Threatens to Re...
Feb 12, 2025•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, a surprise animated hit. On Today’s Episode: White House Failed to Comply With Court Order, Judge Rules , by Mattathias Schwartz Adams May Get His Charges Dropped, but His Re-election Fight Remains , by Dana Rubinstein, Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Jeffery C. Mays Hamas Postpones Release of More Hostages “Until Further Notice,” by Lara Jakes, Ronen Bergman, Adam Rasgon and Johnatan Reiss Trump Says He May Cut Aid to Jordan and Egypt if They Don’t Take Gazans , by Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Shawn Mc...
Feb 11, 2025•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, why golden retrievers keep losing. On Today’s Episode: Busy Presidential Day Ends at the Super Bowl , by Erica L. Green Trump Orders Treasury Secretary to Stop Minting Pennies , by Yan Zhuang and Erica L. Green 36 Hours After Russell Vought Took Over Consumer Bureau, He Shut Its Operations , by Stacy Cowley Vance Says ‘Judges Aren’t Allowed to Control’ Trump’s “Legitimate Power ,” by Charlie Savage and Minho Kim Why Federal Courts May Be the Last Bulwark Against Trump , by Mattathias Schwa...
Feb 10, 2025•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, New Orleans’ Super Bowl makeover. On Today’s Episode: Trump Administration to Lay Off Nearly All of U.S. Aid Agency’s Staff , by Karoun Demirjian and Aishvarya Kavi Abandoned in the Middle of Clinical Trials, Because of a Trump Order , by Stephanie Nolen Judge Delays Program Offering Federal Workers Incentives to Quit , by Zach Montague and Madeleine Ngo Federal Election Commission Chair Says Trump Has Moved to Fire Her , by Chris Cameron N.C.A.A., Following Trump’s Order, Excludes Transge...
Feb 07, 2025•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, the N.F.L.’s first fashion editor. On Today’s Episode: Trump Administration Deepens Pressure on Federal Workers to Resign , by Michael C. Bender, Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Christopher Flavelle Trump Officials Walk Back Plan to Take Over Gaza , by Luke Broadwater and Michael Crowley Trump Signs Order Barring Transgender Student-Athletes From Women’s Sports , by Zach Montague Thousands Protest Trump Policies Across the U.S. , by Sara Ruberg Global Temperatures Shattered Records in January...
Feb 06, 2025•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, how tariffs will hit small businesses. On Today’s Episode: With Gaza Plan, an Unbound Trump Pushes an Improbable Idea , by Peter Baker Trump Brazenly Defies Laws in Escalating Executive Power Grab , by Charlie Savage U.S. Postal Service Halts Parcel Service From China as Trump’s Trade Curbs Begin , by Keith Bradsher, Ana Swanson and Jordyn Holman Small-Business Owners Say Tariffs Will Squeeze Them, and Their Customers , by Danielle Kaye The Sims Turned Players Into Gods. And Farmers. And V...
Feb 05, 2025•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, “Onyx Storm” smashes onto shelves. On Today’s Episode: China Swiftly Counters Trump’s Tariffs With a Flurry of Trade Curbs , by Ana Swanson and Chris Buckley Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government , by Jonathan Swan, Theodore Schleifer, Maggie Haberman, Kate Conger, Ryan Mac and Madeleine Ngo State Farm Seeks an Urgent Increase in California Rates After Fires , by Soumya Karlamangla Rebecca Yarros’s ‘Onyx Storm’ Is the Fastest-Selling Adult Novel in 20 Years , by Al...
Feb 04, 2025•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, Beyoncé’s long-awaited win. On Today’s Episode: Trade War Heats Up After Trump Orders Tariffs and Canada Retaliates , by Matina Stevis-Gridneff, Keith Bradsher and Susan Hopkins Trump Administration Moves to End Protections for Venezuelans in the U.S. , by Hamed Aleaziz and Maggie Haberman Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday , by Ethan Singer Crews Move Closer to Recovering All Bodies in D.C. Crash , by Campbell Robertson Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Wins ...
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