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Apr 2025
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Harvard vs. Trump, and Your (Shrinking) ...

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Plus, black market Lego. 

On Today’s Episode: 

Trump Administration Will Freeze $2 Billion After Harvard Refuses Demands, by Vimal Patel

El Salvador’s Leader Says He Won’t Return Wrongly Deported Maryland Man, by Zolan Kanno-Youngs

What to Know About the Mistaken Deportation of a Maryland Man to El Salvador, by Alan Feuer

Why I.R.S. Audits, Already at Their Lowest Levels, May Fall Further, by Ben Blatt

This Kidney Was Frozen for 10 Days. Could Surgeons Transplant It?, by Gina Kolata

Worth Thousands on the Black Market, Lego Kits Are Now a Target of Thieves, by Aimee Ortiz

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