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Mar 2025
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Inside Trump’s Deportation Push, and the...

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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, Officials Say, by Adam Rasgon, Aaron Boxerman and Ronen Bergman

Why Some Schools Are Rethinking ‘College for All’, by Dana Goldstein

How Dolly Parton’s Husband, Carl Dean, Inspired ‘Jolene’, by Mike Ives

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