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<p>Plus, your Friday news quiz. </p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/nyregion/mamdani-trump-meeting.html" target="_blank">Trump and Mamdani Are Meeting for the First Time. Will They Play Nice?</a> by Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Jeffery ... Show More

<p>Plus, a surge in meat allergies caused by ticks. </p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/technology/nvidia-earnings.html" target="_blank">Nvidia’s Profit Jumps 65% to $31.9 Billion. Is It Enough for ... Show More

<p>Plus, young men are flocking to the Orthodox Church. </p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/politics/house-vote-epstein-files.html" target="_blank">Congress Overwhelmingly Approves Releasing Epstein Files</a> by Annie Karni</p>< ... Show More

<p>Elon Musk and his team have taken a hacksaw to the federal bureaucracy one agency at a time, and the question has become whether he’s on a crusade that will leave the government paralyzed or deliver a shake-up it has needed for years.</p><p>Jonathan Swan, a White House reporte ... Show More

Gone are the days of pussy hats and massive protests. Where is the resistance to Donald Trump’s second term?Lydia Polgreen and David French join this week to talk about the muted outcry to Trump and Musk’s plans to upend the federal government and where the most effective forms o ... Show More

<p>The Trump administration on Tuesday bypassed the traditional system of vaccine guidance and abruptly ended the government’s recommendation that two key groups of Americans receive vaccinations against Covid.</p><p>Apoorva Mandavilli, a science and global health reporter at The ... Show More

<p>Elon Musk has been on a slash-and-burn tear through the federal government — gaining access to I.T. systems, dismantling U.S.A.I.D. and unleashing a firehose of attacks on his platform, X, accusing the bureaucracy of various conspiratorial crimes.</p><p>As this all unfolds bef ... Show More

<p>On paper, the election in Wisconsin on Tuesday is about who should control the state’s highest court. In reality, it has become a referendum on Elon Musk, his agenda in Washington and his willingness to flood American politics with his money.</p><p>Reid J. Epstein, who has bee ... Show More

Whether amplifier of far-right voices or dogged defender of free speech, Elon Musk divides opinion. But what’s led the one-time political liberal to come out for Donald Trump and a raft of conservative causes? This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of Th ... Show More

Good morning LemonNation! Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is the latest company to cater toward Trump's agenda, donating $1 million dollars to his inaugural fund while also removing fact-checking on their platforms in the name of "free speech." With Dana White also joining Meta's board, h ... Show More

Elon Musk says he’s stepping back from his role at DOGE and refocusing on Tesla after the electric car firm reported a huge drop in profit and sales for the start of this year. We look at whether he could be on his way out completely.Donald Trump meanwhile says he’ll be attending ... Show More

The tech investor Marc Andreessen and his fellow Silicon Valley giant Elon Musk weren’t always the Donald Trump supporters they are today. In this episode, Ross asks Andreessen, a founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, about what led to Silicon Valley’s rightwar ... Show More