
Brown University Shooting Suspect Found Dead, and Trump Eases Marijuana Restrictions
19/12/2025 | 13 min
Plus, your Friday news quiz.Here’s what we’re covering:What We Know About the Shootings at Brown and M.I.T. by Francesca RegaladoTrump Moves to End Gender-Related Care for Minors, Threatening Hospitals That Offer It by Azeen Ghorayshi, Amy Harmon and Reed AbelsonTrump Signs Order to Ease Restrictions on Marijuana by Luke Broadwater and Ashley SouthallTrump’s ‘Warrior Dividend’ for Troops Will Be Paid for by Pentagon Housing Funds by John Ismay and Ali WatkinsThe D.N.C. Is Scrapping Its Report on What Went Wrong in 2024 by Shane GoldmacherEurope to Lend $105 Billion to Ukraine, Without Touching Russian Funds by Jeanna SmialekLemon-Shaped World Is the Most Stretched-Out Planet Ever Seen by Jonathan O’CallaghanTune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: [email protected]. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

Trump’s Combative Prime Time Speech, and the Growing Right-to-Die Movement
18/12/2025 | 8 min
Plus, don’t blame the dogs in strollers. Here’s what we’re covering:A Bellicose Trump Points Fingers in Defending His Record on the Economy by David E. SangerRepublicans Clinch Democratic Bid to Force Vote on Health Subsidies by Michael GoldDan Bongino Says He Will Step Down From F.B.I. in January by Glenn Thrush, Maggie Haberman and Adam GoldmanTrump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship by Hamed AleazizN.Y. Governor Will Sign Right-to-Die Bill for the Terminally Ill by Grace AshfordBirthrates Are Falling, but Don’t Blame Dogs in Strollers by Amanda TaubTune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: [email protected]. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

Mike Johnson Shuts Door on Key Health Care Vote, and a Dangerous New Drug Hits U.S. Cities
17/12/2025 | 8 min
Plus, the subway stop that’s also a museum. Here’s what we’re covering:Johnson Rules Out House Vote to Extend Health Insurance Subsidies by Michael Gold and Carl HulseTrump Expands Travel Ban and Restrictions to 20 More Countries by Tyler Pager and Hamed AleazizTrump Orders Blockade of Some Oil Tankers to and From Venezuela by Edward Wong, Simon Romero, Charlie Savage and Julian E. BarnesWhite House Shrugs Off Rise in Unemployment Rate by Tony RommTrump Dangles Cash Payments to Buoy Voters’ Views of the Economy by Tony Romm and Andrew DuehrenA Powerful New Drug Is Creating a ‘Withdrawal Crisis’ in Philadelphia by Jan HoffmanAt Rome’s New Stations, Peruse Ancient Relics While Catching a Train by Elisabetta PovoledoTune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: [email protected]. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

ISIS ‘Ideology’ Is Linked to Australia Killings, and Trump Files New $10 Billion Lawsuit
16/12/2025 | 9 min
Plus, how foreign patients are paying for U.S. organs. Here’s what we’re covering:Sydney Gunmen Were Motivated by ISIS, Australia’s Leader Says by Victoria Kim, Jin Yu Young, Yan Zhuang and Livia Albeck-RipkaBondi Suspects Were in Southern Philippines, Where ISIS Is Active by Jason Gutierrez and Sui-Lee WeePolice Share New Images of Man Sought in Deadly Shooting at Brown by Mark Arsenault, Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Jacey Fortin and Mitch SmithTrump Files $10 Billion Suit Against BBC Over Documentary by Michael D. ShearJustice Dept. Charges Four in Los Angeles Over Left-Wing Bomb Plot by Devlin BarrettBorn Deaf and Blind, She’s Caught in Trump’s Anti-Diversity Crusade by Sonia A. RaoNick Reiner’s Struggles With Drugs Left His Parents “Desperate” by Julia Jacobs and Nicole SperlingTransplant Hospitals Court Patients Overseas Despite Organ Shortage by Brian M. Rosenthal and Mark HansenHow the Pandemic Lockdowns Changed a Songbird’s Beak by Emily AnthesTune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: [email protected]. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

A Massacre in Australia, and Rob Reiner Is Found Dead in ‘Apparent Homicide’
15/12/2025 | 8 min
Plus, the hunt for the gunman in a shooting at Brown University. Here’s what we’re covering:Australian Police Plan to Charge Suspect in Bondi Massacre by Victoria Kim, Yan Zhuang, Jin Yu Young and Livia Albeck-RipkaPolice Say They Are Still Searching for Brown University Gunman by Mitch Smith, Qasim Nauman, Mark Arsenault and Thomas Gibbons-NeffRob Reiner, Actor Who Went on to Direct Classic Films, Dies at 78 by Julia JacobsImmigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort by Hamed AleazizCanadians Rush to Buy Stockpiles of Boycotted U.S. Liquor by Michael LevensonTune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: [email protected]. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.



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