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Mar 2025
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How DOGE Hides Its Work, and Trump Targe...

The New York Times
About this episode

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 Expected in February, by Colby Smith

Meta Seeks to Block Further Sales of Ex-Employee’s Scathing Memoir, by Mike Isaac

Maker of Pokémon Go Agrees to Sell Unit to Saudi Fund, by Yan Zhuang

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