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This is what the news should sound like. The biggest stories of our time, told by the best journalists in the world. Hosted by Michael Barbaro, Rachel Abrams and Natalie Kitroeff. Twenty minutes a day, five days a week, ready by 6 a.m. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts a...
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Sunday Special: The Best Music of 2025
As 2025 comes to an end, The Sunday Special is looking back on the year in culture.
This week, we’re listening to the songs and albums that defi...
'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump
The current and former lawmakers get candid about bipartisan politics, party leadership and the state of the Senate.
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Trump’s Plan to Reorder the World
President Trump has overseen an aggressive foreign policy, including harsh words about Europe and a lethal military campaign in the Caribbean.
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The Cracking of the Trump Coalition
In the year since President Trump roared back to power, one of the most surprising story lines of his second term has been a series of public ruptures...
The Liberal Justices Aren’t as United as You Might Think
The Supreme Court’s liberal minority has voted, over and over again, to oppose the court’s conservative majority in what might look like a united fron...
Netflix vs. Paramount: Inside the Epic Battle Over Warner Brothers
Netflix announced plans on Friday to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business, in a deal that would send shock waves through Hol...
Trump Sent Them to a Notorious Prison. Torture Followed.
Warning: This episode mentions suicide.
In March, the U.S. government sent more than 200 Venezuelan men to a maximum-security prison in El Salva...
Sunday Special: ’Tis the Season for Cookies
The first week of December at The New York Times is known as “Cookie Week.” Every day, for seven days, our cooking team highlights a new holiday cooki...
'The Interview': Kristen Stewart Wants to Show Us a Different Kind of Sex
The actress and director says the world of filmmaking needs a “full system break.”
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The Lonely Work of a Free-Speech Defender
Warning: This episode contains strong language and mentions of suicide.
Over the past year, the federal government has taken a series of actions...
Trump Rants: ‘Let Them Go Back to Where They Came From’
President Trump on Tuesday delivered blatantly xenophobic public remarks, which included attacking Somali immigrants in Minnesota and calling them “ga...
Did a U.S. Boat Strike Amount to a War Crime?
Over the past three months, the U.S. military has been firing on boats from South America, killing more than 80 people and prompting Democrats to rais...
The ‘Clean’ Technology That’s Poisoning People
Lead is an essential but toxic element of car batteries. The U.S. auto industry promotes the recycling of it as an environmental success story. An inv...
The Fallout From the National Guard Shooting
What began as a horrific shooting of two National Guard members in downtown Washington last week has now led to a set of far-reaching changes to the U...
Sunday Special: Gifting Books for the Holidays
The holiday season is here, which means it’s the time to think of great gifts for everyone on your list. While it can feel like a daunting task to cho...
'The Interview': Simon Cowell Is Sorry, Softer and Grieving Liam Payne
The competition-TV judge changed the music industry. Now he says he’s changed too.
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Eating What You Kill This Thanksgiving
Here at “The Daily,” we take our annual Thanksgiving episode very seriously.
A few years ago, we rang up an expert from the Butterball Turkey Ta...
The Ukrainian Peace Plan Written by ... Russia?
When President Trump’s peace plan to end the war in Ukraine was leaked last week, many felt as though Russia had written the proposal, and to a large...
A Disastrous Day in Court for Trump
A federal judge on Monday tossed out separate criminal charges against the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey and New York’s attorney general, Leti...
The Autism Diagnosis Problem
Once primarily limited to severely disabled people, autism began to be viewed as a spectrum that included children and adults far less impaired. Along...
Sunday Special: Wicked, Good?
“Wicked” was one of the biggest movies of 2024. It was culturally ubiquitous, a box office smash and an Oscar nominee for Best Picture. Now, a year la...
'The Interview': John Green Knows That No One Really Loves You on the Internet
The writer and YouTube star on trying to get back to the experiences that make us feel alive.
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Parenting a Trans Kid in Trump’s America
Since starting his second term, President Trump has thrown the full weight of the federal government behind the denying the idea of transgender identi...
Is There an A.I. Bubble? And What if It Pops?
After years of soaring optimism and colossal investment, Wall Street has begun to seriously question whether the frenzy for A.I. is justified.
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Congress Orders Trump to Release the Epstein Files
Congressional Republicans on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill to release all of the files related to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — a bill t...
The Future of Energy Has Arrived — Just Not in the U.S.
For the first time in 30 years, the annual U.N. conference on climate change is taking place without top government representation from the United Sta...
Unpacking Trump’s 50-Year Mortgage Proposal
When President Trump proposed the introduction of a 50-year mortgage, he challenged a bedrock of the American housing market and financial system. He...
Sunday Special: A Sea of Streaming Docs
There was once a time when documentaries could be found only on public television or in art-house cinemas. But today, documentaries are more popular a...
'The Interview': Tina Brown on Epstein, the Über-Rich and Her Most Burning Resentments
The longtime editor and chronicler of the elite says she’s liberated and is letting it rip.
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Ozempic for All?
Drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound have revolutionized weight loss. And starting next year, the drugs are going to become more affordable for Americans b...
‘He Knew’: What Epstein Said About Trump in New Emails
Thousands of pages of newly released emails between Jeffrey Epstein and his associates have put the convicted sex offender’s relationship with Preside...
An Interview With the Man Behind Trump’s Current Immigration Crackdown
Warning: This episode contains strong language.
As the Trump administration ramps up its crackdown on illegal immigration, it has turned to Greg...
The Messy Politics of the Democratic Shutdown Deal
On Monday night, a small group of Senate Democrats broke from their colleagues and struck a deal with Republicans to try to end the government shutdow...
The Gold Rush Behind a Civil War
Twenty years ago, a genocidal campaign in the Darfur region of Sudan shocked the world. Now, videos and images of new atrocities have captured global...
From Serial: 'The Preventionist'
The story of how this extraordinary situation in the Lehigh Valley came to light — because it almost didn’t.
In the summer of 2023, reporter Dya...
'The Interview': Fox News Wanted Greg Gutfeld to Do This Interview. He Wasn’t So Sure.
The pugnacious conservative late-night host on his "hierarchy of smears" and the risks of being a scold.
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Trump's Bad Week
Over the past few days, Republicans have suffered some major losses at the ballot box, Supreme Court justices have expressed skepticism about tariffs...
Supreme Court Seems Skeptical of Trump’s Tariffs
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments about whether President Trump had the authority to impose the highest tariffs that the United States h...
A Good Night for Democrats
In the first big elections of the new Trump era, Democrats triumphed in New York City, Virginia and New Jersey. They also won up and down the ballot a...
The Millions of Poor Americans at the Mercy of the Shutdown
Tens of millions of Americans depend on the food-stamp program known as SNAP. Without federal assistance, many of them do not know how they will provi...