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Plus, payouts for finding pandemic fraud.  

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On Today’s Episode:

Trump’s Cabinet: Many Ideologies Behind the Veil of ‘America First,’ by David E. Sanger

Trump Is Running His Transition Team on Secret Money, by Ken Bensinger and David A. Fahrenthold

On the Outskirts of Beirut, a Crowd Watches the War, and Waits for Its End, by Christina Goldbaum

How Universities Cracked Down on Pro-Palestinian Activism, by Isabelle Taft

They Investigated Pandemic Fraud, Then Earned Thousands, by Madeleine Ngo