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Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.339108
In a ceremony made for prime-time television, President Trump announced his Supreme Court nominee: Neil M. Gorsuch, a conservative judge with a sterling résumé. We spent the night at The New York T...
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Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.290354
Who is influencing our new president’s views of Islam and radical Islamic terrorism? Are we seeing the beginning of a Tea Party for the Left? And why are its leaders looking to Republicans for insp...
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Friday, Feb. 3, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.286377
The biggest story in sports meets the biggest story in politics. And a bloody mission in Yemen reminds us that a new administration doesn’t always mean a new start.
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Monday, Feb. 6, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.280231
What single figure connects the 2008 financial crisis, the creation of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, the Tea Party movement, Donald J. Trump’s election and, now, the potential dismantling of the biggest...
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Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.278871
Why the nomination of Betsy DeVos for secretary of education is President Trump’s most controversial appointment in an already controversial cabinet. Plus: the meaning of four hardback chairs in th...
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Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.277556
The travel ban litigation, live-streamed. And why the 60-year-old words of the novelist James Baldwin captured in the film “I Am Not Your Negro” are so resonant right now.
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Thursday, Feb. 9. 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.276202
Is Senator Warren actually a danger to the Democratic party? And what does Trump’s election mean for the markets? We discuss.
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Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.189746
In his speech to Congress on Tuesday night, President Trump tells the story of America. It’s a story that looks back, but it also looks forward with an optimistic view of where we’ll be nine years ...
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Thursday, March 2, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.188600
Public assassinations. Chemical weapons in international airports. Open threats of nuclear war. Is North Korea’s strategy so crazy that it just might work? And what we know about President Trump’s ...
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Friday, March 3, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.187258
What was Jeff Sessions, the new attorney general, doing meeting with the Russian ambassador two months before election day? And who is this mysterious Russian ambassador who has caused so much trou...
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Monday, March 6, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.186021
We bring you two newly revealed stories about the transition of power from one president to the next. One is a story of warning; the other a story of accusation. Guests: David E. Sanger and William...
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Tuesday, March 7, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.184648
The Trump administration issued a new ban on travel from predominantly Muslim countries. Has the policy changed — or just the message? And a slow-paced television drama about a bygone era in Russia...
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Wednesday, March 8, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.178303
Why are Republicans revolting against the plan to replace the Affordable Care Act they so hated? We look to history. Then we call Newt Gingrich. Guests: Margot Sanger-Katz, who has been reporting o...
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Thursday, March 9, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.171982
The sanctuary city movement can be traced to a single Presbyterian minister in 1980s Arizona. We tell the story. Guests: Scott Michels, a producer at Retro Report. For more information on today’s e...
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Monday, April 3, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.083772
Inside the New York Times investigation into accusations of harassment and other inappropriate behavior by Bill O’Reilly, and the lengths to which Fox News went to to keep the allegations quiet. Gu...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.082366
In 2013, Republicans in the Senate warned Democrats that they would soon regret a decision so extreme that it’s called “going nuclear.” That prediction may prove true this week, as Republicans prep...
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Wednesday, April 5, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.079580
President Trump treats the Syrian president as a potential ally. Will Tuesday’s deadly chemical weapons attack change that? Plus: the story of one village election that has become as much about Mr....
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Thursday, April 6, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.078136
President Trump sits down for an exclusive interview with The New York Times. How a conversation about infrastructure veered off into allegations of spying, new thinking on the chemical attacks in ...
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Friday, April 7, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.074311
The United States has launched 59 tomahawk missiles at an air base in Syria — a swift and decisive response to the Syrian government’s chemical weapons attack this week. And we navigate a historic ...
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Monday, May 1, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.042659
My colleague gives the view from inside Venezuela and describes his cross-country road trip there that captures the story of a country on the brink of collapse. Guest: Nicholas Casey, an internatio...
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Tuesday, May 2, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.041490
President Trump shocked his own team when he invited the authoritarian leader of the Philippines to visit the White House. Now he says he’s open to meeting the leader of North Korea. Why does he do...
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Wednesday, May 3, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.040319
The lines being drawn in Washington aren’t entirely partisan. Are Democrats and Republicans in Congress banding together to block the president? Plus: We discuss the White House’s on-again off-agai...
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Thursday, May 4, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.038863
Our reporter describes being inside the room as James B. Comey, the director of the F.B.I., gave his first public remarks about his handling of Hillary Clinton’s emails, saying he was “mildly nause...
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Friday, May 5, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.037614
To win France’s presidential election on Sunday, Marine Le Pen must show she has rejected the man who founded her party. The problem is, it’s her father. Plus: Thursday’s health care vote, explaine...
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Monday, May 8, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:12.036008
Free speech on college campuses: why conservatives say they’re the ones being silenced. Plus: Why Marine Le Pen’s resounding defeat in the French presidential election could be seen as a victory fo...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.986821
President Barack Obama said not to hire him. The attorney general said he was susceptible to blackmail. We discuss two new accounts of when Donald J. Trump was warned about Michael T. Flynn — and d...
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Thursday, June 1, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.938873
President Trump is to announce today whether he’ll withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement. What would it mean for the biggest carbon polluter in history to abandon the most amb...
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Friday, June 2, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.937576
The president says he’s putting Pittsburgh ahead of Paris, and announced the withdrawal of the United States from the global climate agreement. We discuss the months leading up to that remarkable d...
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Monday, June 5, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.936157
What we know and don’t know about the attack in London on Saturday; a discussion of the political context; and what role the Islamic State might have played. Plus: a brief history of back channels....
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Tuesday, June 6, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.894617
We go back to 2008, when the Republican candidate for president campaigned on a plan to fight global warming. How, in just nine years, did the G.O.P. go from combating climate change to arguing it ...
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Wednesday, June 7, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.799611
Afghanistan was barely mentioned in last year’s election. But while U.S. attention has turned from the Taliban to the Islamic State, the Taliban are back, stronger than ever, and the government is ...
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Thursday, June 8, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.798182
James Comey goes before the Senate Intelligence Committee today. We talk through his prepared remarks, and look at what President Trump might have meant when he said “we had that thing you know.” A...
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Friday, June 9, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.796971
James Comey’s testimony on Thursday reveals that the leak of a James Comey memo was orchestrated by ... James Comey. We discuss why the former F.B.I. director leaked the memo, and the sequence of e...
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Wednesday, July 5, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.765624
When Medicaid was created in 1965, it was barely discussed. But now it’s so big — and so popular — that a proposal to roll it back could sink the Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act. ...
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Thursday, July 6, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.763956
North Korea’s test of a missile that could potentially strike Alaska has crossed a line, and underscores a dilemma for President Trump and his national security team. Also, how the battle over heal...
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Friday, July 7, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.761900
Donald J. Trump’s life and career have been defined by his legal battles. But what will they mean for his presidency? Guest: Jonathan Mahler, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine; Jay Goldb...
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Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.734630
He burned fast and bright. A play-by-play of the brief and tumultuous tenure of Anthony Scaramucci. And how President Putin’s bet on a Trump presidency backfired spectacularly. Guests: Glenn Thrush...
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Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.691764
An expansion of power. A rewriting of the Constitution. Is democracy coming to an end in Venezuela? Plus: What does it mean for a retired four-star general to enter a chaotic White House? Guests: N...
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Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.690365
President Trump is threatening to undermine the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s signature legislation. But what if the real threat to Obamacare was put there by Mr. Obama himself — an...
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Friday, Aug. 4, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.689176
In 2013, Abigail Fisher sued the University of Texas, saying she had been discriminated against for being white. Now, some students are suing Harvard, saying they were discriminated against for bei...
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Monday, Aug. 7, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.688071
As a teenager, Noura Jackson was convicted of killing her mother, and then spent nine years in prison. But from the start, prosecutors possessed a document that could have set her free. Why the omi...
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Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.686616
Why Vice President Mike Pence is denouncing New York Times reporting about his political future and publicly stating his allegiance to the president. And the stolen childhoods of young Syrians who ...
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Wednesday, Aug 9, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.685451
From his golf course in New Jersey on Tuesday, President Trump threatened North Korea “fire and fury” and warned that the country “best not make any more threats to the United States.” How should w...
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Bonus: Senator Jeff Flake Interview from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.648087
“The Daily” is taking a long Labor Day weekend and will be back on Tuesday. For today, here’s an episode of a new series we’re working on called “The New Washington,” where Times political reporter...
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Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.646601
Kris Ford-Amofa and her husband had spent six years saving for their $180,000 home in Houston. During Harvey, they gathered with Kris’s youngest sister and their combined six children, watching as ...
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Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.645305
How the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, is being framed as a legal matter — and how the Obama administration allowed that to happen. Guests: Peter Baker, w...
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Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.644035
Senator Richard J. Durbin spent 16 years trying to pass immigration legislation in Congress. It failed under President George W. Bush. It failed under President Obama. Could the decision to end the...
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Friday, Sept. 8, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.642504
President Trump has called Representative Nancy Pelosi “incompetent” and called Senator Chuck Schumer a “loser.” Now he’s striking deals with Ms. Pelosi and Mr. Schumer, the two most powerful Democ...
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Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.458763
Across the United States, the case could be made that American voters are not choosing their representatives so much as representatives are choosing their voters. As the Supreme Court opens a new s...
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Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.457670
A lone gunman booked a suite at a Las Vegas hotel, took aim at a crowd below and committed one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history. At least 59 people are dead, and more than 500 wo...
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Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.456597
Every mass shooting in the United States is inevitably followed by a call for gun control, but major legislation never passes. We look at how the National Rifle Association became a powerful lobbyi...
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Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.455569
At least 12 of the weapons found in the hotel suite used by the gunman who killed 58 people in Las Vegas on Sunday had been modified. He used a device called a bump stock, which enables a semiautom...
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Friday, Oct. 6, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.454259
A New York Times investigation has found three decades of sexual harassment allegations against the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. In response to that reporting, Mr. Weinstein released the fo...
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Monday, Oct. 9, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.453157
Two months after a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., turned violent, 200 employees of the American Civil Liberties Union have signed a letter saying that the organization’s “rigid st...
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Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.400052
The question of collusion seemed to be at the heart of the special counsel’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Does it matter that there may now be evidence of it? Plus, Fac...
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Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.397905
The man charged in the deadly truck attack in Manhattan on Tuesday entered the United States seven years ago through a lottery program intended to diversify the country. President Trump has pressed...
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Friday, Nov. 3, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.378153
When a waiter at an Iraqi restaurant in Portland, Ore., was attacked, the eatery’s owner saw it as an act of hate. But as details emerged about the man who did it, the story became far more complic...
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Monday, Nov. 6, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.377037
A gunman walked into a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Tex., on Sunday and opened fire. At least 26 people were killed — 7 percent of the town’s population. Guests: Manny Fernandez, The New Y...
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Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.375998
A domestic violence conviction should have stopped Devin P. Kelley from purchasing guns, including the rifle used in a shooting that left at least 26 people dead at a church in Sutherland Springs, ...
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Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.374626
A 16-year-old boy who sometimes wore skirts and makeup to school was killed in Iowa. Then the Justice Department sent a federal hate-crimes lawyer to aid in the prosecution. The trial has become pa...
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Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.373551
The results of Tuesday’s elections are being called a rejection of President Trump. But Stephen K. Bannon, the president’s former chief strategist, says that’s all wrong. Also, the man who helped T...
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Friday, Dec. 1, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.356219
On Thursday, the Republican tax bill seemed to have all the momentum it needed. But a vote was delayed after a report found the calculations were off by a trillion dollars. Also, the White House ha...
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Special Edition: Flynn Pleads Guilty from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.354909
Michael Flynn pleaded guilty this morning to lying to the F.B.I., and said he’s cooperating with the Mueller investigation. What does it tell us that prosecutors have a former senior member of the ...
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Monday, Dec. 4, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.353656
With less than a month from proposal to passage, the Republicans rushed their tax plan through the Senate with a flurry of last-minute side deals and a 2 a.m. vote. What else made it into the bill,...
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Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.352466
A baker in Colorado refused to create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. After he was charged with discrimination, he argued that his First Amendment right to free speech was being violated. The...
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Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.351046
President Trump has said that a peace plan for Israelis and Palestinians would be the “ultimate deal.” But he is now putting that prospect at risk for the sake of a campaign promise. We also look a...
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Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.349942
The Arab world was agreed that by officially recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, President Trump has sabotaged the chance of peace between Israel and the Palestinians. But had Arab lead...
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Friday, Dec. 8, 2017 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.348898
Senator Al Franken, a Democrat, reluctantly announced on Thursday that he would resign, even as he denied accusations of sexual misconduct. What does it tell us that his own party pushed for him to...
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Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.283196
It’s 2018, and the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election is nowhere near complete — as the Trump administration had predicted it would be. Instead, new reporting on ...
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Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.266381
On New Year’s Day, the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, surprisingly called for direct talks with South Korea. How could that dialogue shift the dynamics among the North, the South and the United ...
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Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.249348
A new tell-all book about the first year of the Trump administration has the White House in a fury. Its key source is Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s former chief strategist, who disparages th...
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Friday, Jan. 5, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.248137
After eight days, the largest protests in Iran in years appear to be winding down, calmed, at least in part, by the government. But a closer look at what ignited the outrage in the first place sugg...
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Monday, Jan. 8, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.246618
Five days after the release of the tell-all book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” President Trump defended his mental health, calling himself a “very stable genius.” And Stephen K. Ba...
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Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.245420
In 2001, the United States granted Temporary Protected Status to people from El Salvador, after two deadly earthquakes ravaged their country. Nearly 20 years later, that protection seemed to be per...
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Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.185548
Republicans insist that their push to release a secret memo that is said to question the conduct of the F.B.I. and the Justice Department in the early stages of the Russia investigation is not an a...
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Friday, Feb. 2, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.184373
Almost from the moment that he was appointed to head the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt has been cast by environmentalists as an ideologue on a mission to destroy the very agency he ...
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Monday, Feb. 5, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.183054
President Trump has claimed credit for a booming U.S. economy. But is it actually booming, and to what extent is he responsible? Guest: Peter S. Goodman, who writes about the economy for The New Yo...
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Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.181938
The Republican push to release a classified memo has brought attention to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and to the long battle to determine when national security concerns outweigh civ...
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Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.180892
When Republicans handed out large tax cuts to corporations, most economists rejected lawmakers’ claims that the benefits would trickle down to working Americans. So why do many companies seem to be...
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Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.179824
Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm on Sept. 20, flooding neighborhoods and villages and cutting power to 3.4 million people. More than four months later, much of the isl...
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Friday, Feb. 9, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.178472
Hurricane Maria pummeled Puerto Rico with great fury, but the government there said that just 64 people had been killed by the storm. The hundreds of bodies showing up at morgues across the island ...
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Thursday, Mar. 1, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.161687
President Trump stunned lawmakers on Wednesday with calls for gun control and jabs at the National Rifle Association. “They have great power over you people,” he said of the N.R.A. “They have less ...
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Friday, Mar. 2, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.160627
When we spoke with Representative Tom Rooney, a Florida Republican, in July, he said he was starting to feel defeated by the state of politics in Washington. Nine months later, we check back in, an...
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Monday, Mar. 5, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.159574
In the days since the shooting in Parkland, Fla., a group of teenagers has risen to national prominence for their activism and calls for gun control. But more than 3,000 students attend Stoneman Do...
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Tuesday, Mar. 6, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.158285
The New York Times has a new five-part podcast series that tries to solve a real-life problem with a surprising story. So today, instead of or usual show, we offer “Change Agent,” hosted by Charles...
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Wednesday, Mar. 7, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.157214
South Korea says that the North is willing to talk about giving up its atomic arsenal. What happened to the threat of nuclear war? Guest: Mark Landler, a White House correspondent for The New York ...
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Thursday, Mar. 8, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.156192
In announcing new protections on steel and aluminum imports, President Trump said he was acting in the interest of national security. But could the real threat be the tariffs themselves? Guest: Pe...
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Friday, Mar. 9, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.154963
Hush money. Catch-and-kill deals. The threat of blackmail. An elaborate system has developed to silence women who level accusations against powerful men. One of those women is Stephanie Clifford, a...
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Monday, Apr. 2, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.136972
President Trump’s son-in-law wants to overhaul the prison system. The president’s attorney general bitterly opposes such a move. That has set the scene for a highly personal battle inside the White...
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Tuesday, Apr. 3, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.135293
The Second Amendment is just 27 words long. But those 27 words are among the most cryptic and divisive in the United States Constitution — and they are at the heart of one of the most contentious d...
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Wednesday, Apr. 4, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.092064
It started with a report on Fox News, and ended with calls for United States troops at the border with Mexico. We look at how President Trump’s approach to immigration transformed over just 72 hour...
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Thursday, Apr. 5, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.090516
Many farmers across the Midwest voted for Donald J. Trump in the 2016 election but hoped he would never follow through on his threats to impose tariffs on China. They feared that they would suffer ...
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Friday, Apr. 6, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.089280
On local TV stations across the United States, news anchors have been delivering the exact same message to their viewers. “Our greatest responsibility,” they begin by saying, “is to serve our commu...
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Monday, Apr. 9, 2018 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.088131
President Trump has warned that there will be a “big price to pay” after yet another suspected chemical weapons attack on Syrians. But the suspicion that the Assad regime continues to use those wea...
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Mueller’s Questions for Trump from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.067066
The New York Times has obtained the list of questions that Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel looking into Russia’s election interference, wants to ask President Trump. The wide-ranging que...
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The Taxi Driver's Plight from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.051765
A New York City taxi driver, Nicanor Ochisor, took his own life in March. His family says he grew increasingly hopeless as ride-hailing services like Uber took over the industry. Mr. Ochisor’s suic...
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Sexual Harassment's Toll on Careers from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.050422
In a case that highlights the economic consequences of sexual harassment and retaliation, Ashley Judd is suing Harvey Weinstein for the damage he did to her career after she rebuffed his advances. ...
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The Hunt for the Golden State Killer from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.049326
An investigator was on the verge of retirement, having never completed his decades-long mission to catch the Golden State Killer. Then he had an idea: Upload DNA evidence to a genealogy website. Gu...
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The Daily Presents “Caliphate,” Chapter 3 from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.048231
The New York Times has introduced a documentary audio series that follows Rukmini Callimachi, who covers terrorism for The Times, on her quest to understand ISIS. Today, as a special episode of “Th...
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The Return of Rudy Giuliani from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.046939
Since joining President Trump’s legal team, Rudolph W. Giuliani has repeatedly made attention-grabbing TV appearances in which he has antagonized Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel overseei...
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Gina Haspel and the Shadow of Torture from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.045877
The Central Intelligence Agency is waging an unusual campaign to make Gina Haspel its next leader, despite her polarizing past. Why do officers see her most controversial quality as her greatest as...
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The Breakdown of the Iran Nuclear Deal from 2022-02-22T04:08:11.044726
President Trump has withdrawn the United States from the Iran nuclear deal, calling it “decaying and rotten.” Why did President Barack Obama sign it in the first place? Guest: Mark Landler, a White...
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When Democratic Newcomers Challenge the Party Line from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.975216
Alarm over the election of Donald Trump spurred dozens of first-time candidates to run for Congress. Some of those candidates now present a problem for the Democratic Party. Guests: Mai Khanh Tran,...
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The Daily Presents “Caliphate,” Chapter 7 from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.973949
The New York Times has introduced a documentary audio series that follows Rukmini Callimachi, who covers terrorism for The Times, on her quest to understand ISIS. Today, as a special episode of “Th...
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“Charm City,” Part 1: Baltimore After Freddie Gray from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.972925
“The Daily” presents a five-part series about the life and death of a Baltimore teenager known as Nook, who was fatally shot by a police officer a year after the killing of Freddie Gray. Nook’s fam...
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“Charm City,” Part 2: The Legacy of Zero-Tolerance Policing from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.971887
Relations between the police and the community in Baltimore weren’t always so troubled. But as job loss and drugs tore through the city, the policing idea of so-called zero tolerance, transplanted ...
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“Charm City,” Part 3: The Lure of the Streets from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.970613
Nook spent the first few years of his life in an affluent suburb, a world away from the streets of Baltimore. But the city drew him back, and he and his friends became part of a generation caught b...
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“Charm City,” Part 4: The Police Scandal That Shook Baltimore from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.969576
As the Baltimore Police Department tried to repair its public image, a corruption trial exposed the startling depths of misconduct and delivered a fresh blow to the community’s trust. An elite grou...
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“Charm City,” Part 5: What’s Behind the Black Box? from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.968543
The relatives of a Baltimore teenager think they know the name of the police officer who killed him. But when the police show his mother the surveillance video that captured his final moments, a ne...
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The Daily Presents “Caliphate,” Chapter 8 from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.967485
The New York Times has introduced a documentary audio series that follows Rukmini Callimachi, who covers terrorism for The Times, on her quest to understand ISIS. Today, as a special episode of “Th...
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Susan Collins on Roe v. Wade and the Next Justice from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.875562
When Justice Anthony M. Kennedy announced last week that he would retire this summer, attention immediately turned to the few senators who are willing to break from their parties on major issues — ...
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Assigning Blame in the Opioid Epidemic from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.874155
United States prosecutors are looking to hold people criminally accountable for overdose deaths. They’re settling on unexpected targets: other users. Guests: Annie Brown, a producer for “The Daily,...
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How the Opioid Crisis Started from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.872971
Prosecutors, seeking to hold someone accountable for the opioid epidemic, have been targeting doctors, dealers and users themselves. But those who made billions of dollars from sales of OxyContin, ...
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One Family’s Reunification Story from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.871815
Since President Trump ended the practice of separating migrant children from their parents, very few families have been reunited. Those that have are becoming national symbols. Guest: Annie Correal...
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Trump’s Supreme Court Finalists from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.870395
President Trump is scheduled to announce his pick for a new Supreme Court justice at 9 p.m. Eastern. Here’s a look at the top candidates to replace Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. Guest: Adam Liptak, w...
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The Fight Over 3-D-Printed Guns from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.784904
Blueprints for making a variety of plastic guns, including AR-15-style rifles, on 3-D printers were scheduled to be posted online today. Who is the man behind their planned release, and why is the ...
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The Strange Case of QAnon from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.773483
How did an outlandish conspiracy theory born on the fringes of the internet end up in the spotlight at a rally for President Trump? Guest: Kevin Roose, who writes about technology for The New York ...
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How Paul Manafort’s Plans Backfired from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.772412
The trial of Paul Manafort, a former chairman of the Trump campaign, is the first one to result from charges brought by Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel overseeing the investigation into ...
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The Rise of Michael Avenatti from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.771411
How did the lawyer for Stephanie Clifford, the pornographic film actress known as Stormy Daniels, become a household name and the new face of Democratic opposition to President Trump? Guest: Matthe...
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A Scorched-Earth Strategy in Ohio from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.770151
Republicans have found themselves unexpectedly scrambling to hold a House seat in a special election in Ohio on Tuesday. The race has become a symbol of what may lie ahead for the party in the midt...
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Paul Ryan’s Exit Interview from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.769154
Why would the House speaker — and the third most powerful Republican in Washington — walk away at the age of 48? Guest: Mark Leibovich, who recently interviewed Paul Ryan for The New York Times Mag...
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A New Path for Presidential Pardons from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.768145
For decades, getting a presidential pardon in the United States required a cumbersome petition process and a long legal review. But those seeking pardons from President Trump are using a very diffe...
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A 30-Year Plan to Transform the Courts from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.747723
Republicans have created a pipeline of conservative lawyers to help carry out a sweeping reconfiguration of the federal judiciary. Guest: Jason Zengerle, a contributing writer for The New York Time...
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A Chaotic Opening Day for Brett Kavanaugh from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.746309
On the first day of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings, battle lines were drawn around the issues of abortion, the withholding of documents and executive power. Guest: Adam...
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The Anonymous Senior Administration Official from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.745105
The New York Times published an account by an unnamed member of the Trump administration about resistance figures operating inside the government. “I would know,” the official wrote. “I am one of t...
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The Kavanaugh Documents from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.743984
All week, Senate Democrats have furiously protested the decision by Republicans to protect thousands of documents related to Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court...
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The Anguish of Jeff Flake from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.685201
Senator Jeff Flake’s last-minute demand for an F.B.I. investigation into Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh has single-handedly held up the confirmation vote for the Supreme Court nominee. Here’s the story b...
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Kavanaugh’s Classmates Speak Out from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.684083
The F.B.I. investigation into Judge Brett Kavanaugh is underway. More of his former classmates are now coming forward with personal stories — but it’s unclear whether the inquiry will take those st...
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How Trump Really Got Rich from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.682840
President Trump has long sold himself as a self-made billionaire. But after spending a year studying tens of thousands of pages of confidential records, our New York Times colleagues uncovered new ...
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The F.B.I.’s Kavanaugh Investigation from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.681821
As the F.B.I. shares the results of its investigation into Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh with the Senate, we look at what the scope of the inquiry may mean for his confirmation vote — and why Republican...
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What the F.B.I. Found (and Didn’t Find) from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.680811
The agency has delivered its report on Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Senate. Republicans say it reveals nothing new — but Democrats say it was specifically designed to reveal nothing new. Guest: ...
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A Supreme Court With Justice Kavanaugh from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.679780
Judge Kavanaugh is now Justice Kavanaugh. We look at what the last few weeks mean for the future of the Supreme Court. Guest: Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times. For m...
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The Dilemma for Red-State Democrats from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.678410
Democratic senators in states that President Trump won had concluded that their best path to re-election was to campaign on local issues. Then came the confirmation fight over Justice Brett M. Kava...
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“I Am Not an Internet Troll” from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.658391
A Russian news organization with ties to the 2016 election interference operation started a website called USAReally. Its stated purpose was for Americans to get uncensored news about their own cou...
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The Problem With Polls from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.657276
Two years ago, news organizations including The New York Times were accused of having misled the country with voting projections. Here’s what we’re doing differently this time. Guest: Nate Cohn, wh...
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White, Evangelical and Worried About Trump from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.655966
Two of the key groups that helped elect Donald J. Trump in 2016 were white women and evangelicals. Now, in the midterm elections, white women are turning away from the president and his party, whil...
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A Field Guide to Today’s Elections from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.654640
As the country heads to the polls, here are four themes and four races to watch. Guest: Alexander Burns, who covers national politics for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode...
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What Happened in the Midterm Elections from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.653539
The results are in: Democrats gained control of the House, even as Republicans strengthened their hold in the Senate. What does this mean for the next two years? Guest: Alexander Burns, who covers ...
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Why Trump Is Firing Sessions Now from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.651752
After more than a year of mocking his attorney general, President Trump has forced Jeff Sessions to resign. The timing — only hours after the midterm elections — is not a coincidence. Guest: Michae...
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How the Democrats Flipped the House from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.596211
In this year’s midterm elections, Democrats were battling for House seats in a range of districts. We look at how the party’s leaders came up with a winning strategy to use across vastly different ...
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The Legacy of George Bush from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.580683
George Bush rode the Reagan revolution to the White House, where he had one of the highest approval ratings of any president, and where he successfully oversaw the end of the Cold War. So why was h...
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What the West Got Wrong About China, Part 1 from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.579576
From the very beginning, the West was certain that China would not pull off its economic experiment. That certainty came from a set of assumptions about how societies function and political freedom...
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What the West Got Wrong About China, Part 2 from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.578355
When China first began experimenting with capitalism in the 1980s, the West was certain the experiment would fail. But two of its assumptions — that government controls stifle economic growth, and ...
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Watering Down Democrats’ Power in Wisconsin from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.577291
Across the country, Democratic candidates for governor and attorney general won seats that had long been held by Republicans. But Republican-controlled legislatures in some states are resisting tha...
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The Photo of the Yemeni Girl from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.576128
In the three years that Saudi Arabia, supported by the United States, has been at war with the Houthis in Yemen, very few journalists have been allowed into the country to document what’s happening...
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What Will Democrats Do With Their New Power? from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.558527
Democrats have waited two years for a chance to investigate President Trump on their own terms. Starting tomorrow, they can. We look at how they plan to use — and not use — that power. Guest: Jason...
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Chuck Schumer on the Wall, the Shutdown and the Era of Divided Government from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.557503
On the 12th day of the government shutdown, the Democratic congressional leaders went to the White House and proposed that the president reopen the government while the two sides ironed out differe...
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Day 1 of a Democratic Majority from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.556422
The 116th Congress has been sworn in. With that, Democrats have taken control of the House, and Representative Nancy Pelosi has reclaimed her position as its leader. Here’s the scene on Capitol Hil...
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Trump’s Plan to Withdraw Troops From Syria from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.504564
President Trump’s decision to withdraw American troops from Syria surprised allies and enemies alike, and prompted public disagreement from military and civilian leaders. But the ensuing debate abo...
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Is There a Crisis at the Border? from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.502998
President Trump plans to address the nation tonight about what he calls “the humanitarian and national security crisis on our southern border.” But much of that chaos could be a result of the admin...
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Trump’s Prime-Time Address from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.501646
Millions of Americans watched on Tuesday night as President Trump made his case for a wall on the southern border, and as Democratic leaders dismissed his talk of crisis. Guests: Michael M. Grynbau...
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The President and the Publisher from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.482556
On Thursday in the Oval Office, the president of the United States debated the publisher of The New York Times about the role of a free press. Guest: A. G. Sulzberger, The Times’s publisher, sat do...
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Making Peace With the Taliban from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.480995
Nearly 18 years ago, the United States declared war on the Taliban, promising to drive it from power in Afghanistan. Here’s a look at why American officials are now offering peace to the same group...
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What Motivates Mitch McConnell? from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.477261
Over the past decade, the Senate Republican leader has emerged as a skilled legislative warrior, obstructing President Barack Obama’s agenda and enabling President Trump’s. But what does Mitch McCo...
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What Past State of the Union Speeches Tell Us About the Future from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.475866
In his first State of the Union address since losing control of Congress, the president repeatedly spoke of bipartisan unity. But a history of these speeches suggests that it’s everything else he s...
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The Overlooked Scandal of Priests Sexually Abusing Nuns from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.473347
The pope acknowledged for the first time the persistent problem of sexual abuse of nuns by priests. We look at why it took the Catholic Church so long to recognize this group of victims. Guest: Lau...
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Democrats Wanted Zero Tolerance for Misconduct. Then Came Virginia. from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.472402
Democrats have adopted a policy of zero tolerance for misconduct, past or present, by members of their own party. The growing political crisis in Virginia is testing that approach. Guest: Jonathan ...
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Why the North Korea Deal Fell Apart (Again) from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.383419
President Trump was so confident thahe would reach a nuclear pact with North Korea that he scheduled a signing ceremony before an agreement had even been struck. Here’s how it all unraveled. Guest:...
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Part 1: What to Expect When You’re Expecting (the Mueller Report) from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.382156
There have only been a handful of investigations into possible criminal conduct by a sitting president of the United States. Each time, an outside investigator has been appointed under a set of rul...
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What Happened to Lindsey Graham? from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.381159
Two years ago, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina called Donald Trump a “kook,” a “bigot,” “crazy” and “unfit for office.” Now he lavishes praise on the president at every turn. What’s going ...
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Silicon Valley’s Military Dilemma from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.380149
Across Silicon Valley, tech companies are pursuing contracts with the Defense Department. But seemingly lucrative deals can come with hidden costs. To explain, we look at a company that sold someth...
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Promise and Peril of the Green New Deal from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.378915
From the moment it was unveiled, a sweeping plan for tackling climate change called the Green New Deal has divided Democrats and handed a political weapon to Republicans. Here’s a look at the plan’...
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Reckoning With the Real Michael Jackson from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.377941
For decades, despite a swirl of allegations around him, Michael Jackson earned the world’s admiration, bewilderment and pity. A New York Times culture critic reflects on the moment the spell broke ...
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The Agony of Being Theresa May from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.356191
After months of trying and failing to pass a deal on Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May had one final thing to offer: herself. Guest: Ellen Barry, chief intern...
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Why Did New York’s Most Selective Public High School Admit Only 7 Black Students? from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.354948
Nearly 900 students have been offered admission to one of New York City’s most elite public high schools. Just seven of those students are black. Guest: Eliza Shapiro, who covers New York City educ...
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Trump Wanted to Scrap Obamacare. His Party Didn’t. from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.353944
President Trump has backed away from his call to replace the Affordable Care Act with a Republican alternative. Why did his own party talk him out of it? Guest: Alexander Burns, who covers national...
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New Insights Into the Mueller Report from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.352816
The special counsel’s team sent its report to the attorney general, William P. Barr, who sent a summary of that report to Congress. But some members of the special counsel’s team have told associat...
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The Battle to Control the Murdoch Media Empire from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.292506
Through his media empire, Rupert Murdoch has reshaped the politics of countries across the English-speaking world, pushing their governments to the right. We look inside the struggle over who will ...
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A Russian Assassin Tells His Story from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.291574
Under President Vladimir Putin, Russia has carried out a brazen campaign of state-sponsored assassinations. Our colleague tracked down one of the hitmen. Guest: Michael Schwirtz, an investigative r...
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The Brief, Controversial Tenure of Kirstjen Nielsen from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.290380
Kirstjen Nielsen was forced out as secretary of homeland security, even after carrying out and defending President Trump’s hard-line immigration policies. We look at why that wasn’t enough. Guest: ...
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A Dictator’s Fall in Sudan from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.243097
After a brutal 30-year reign, President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan has been deposed by his own generals. The story of one of those generals and his son could signal what comes next for the coun...
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The Senate Testimony of William Barr from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.241594
In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General William Barr defended his handling of the Mueller report, saying he did not misrepresent its findings. We spoke with our colleag...
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A Secret Dossier in Venezuela from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.240117
After mass protests and international pressure failed to unseat President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, it became clear that it would take defections from within his own government to remove him fro...
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The Chinese Surveillance State, Part 1 from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.238283
Under President Xi Jinping, China is pioneering a new form of governance by surveillance. In the first of a two-part series, we look at how China tested that system by targeting one minority group....
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The Chinese Surveillance State, Part 2 from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.236773
In Part 2 of our series, we tell the story of an American citizen whose family members have been detained in Chinese re-education camps for Uighurs and members of other Muslim minority groups. We l...
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$1 Billion in Losses: A Decade of Trump’s Taxes from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.234181
In October, The New York Times published an investigation into the tax returns of President Trump’s father, revealing the president’s past involvement in tax evasion and stark inconsistencies in hi...
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Holding the Attorney General in Contempt from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.189716
The House Judiciary Committee voted to recommend holding Attorney General William Barr in contempt after President Trump asserted executive privilege over the full Mueller report. But little is lik...
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The Legacy of Rachel Held Evans from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.152238
In a brief but prolific career, a young writer asked whether evangelical Christianity could change. In doing so, she changed it. Guests: Elizabeth Dias, who covers religion for The Times, in conver...
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How a Secret U.S. Cyberweapon Backfired from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.150533
A criminal group has held computer systems for the city of Baltimore hostage for nearly a month — paralyzing everything from email to the real estate market to the payment of water bills. But what ...
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This Drug Could End H.I.V. Why Hasn’t It? from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.148923
Dr. Robert Grant developed a treatment — a daily pill known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP — that could stop the AIDS crisis. We look at why that hasn’t happened. Guests: Dr. Grant, who has b...
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A New Way to Solve a Murder, Part 1: The Genetic Detectives from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.100644
A year after police used a genetic database to help identify a suspect in the Golden State Killer case, the same technique has been used to arrest dozens of people. Now, for the first time, one of ...
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A New Way to Solve a Murder, Part 2: The Future of Genetic Privacy from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.097673
The police identified a suspect in a double murder after combing through DNA profiles on a website designed to connect family members. We look at what his trial will tell us about the future of gen...
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Inside the Migrant Detention Center in Clint, Tex. from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.063047
Federal courts have ruled that migrant children inside the United States must be housed in “safe and sanitary” accommodation. So what explains the conditions at a Border Patrol station in Clint, Te...
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What Iran Is Learning From North Korea from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.061573
President Trump made history over the weekend when he became the first sitting American president to step into North Korea. But the biggest impact of that gesture may have been on Iran. Guest: Davi...
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Joe Biden’s Record on Race from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.060097
In the contest to become the Democratic candidate for president, Joseph R. Biden Jr. is being asked to confront his record on race, including past positions that some in his party now see as outdat...
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When a G.M. Plant Shut Down in Ohio from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.057432
In 2016, Lordstown, Ohio, helped deliver the presidency to Donald J. Trump, betting that he would fulfill his promise to save its auto industry. Our colleague went there to examine the political fa...
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The Trial of a Navy SEAL Chief from 2022-02-22T04:08:10.056071
The trial of Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, a decorated member of the Navy SEALs, offered rare insight into a culture that is, by design, difficult to penetrate. Our colleague tells us ...
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United States v. Jeffrey Epstein from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.984592
Prosecutors in New York have accused the billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls and of asking them to recruit others. We spoke with our colleague about w...
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The Economy Is Booming. Or Is It? from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.868987
The United States economy is in the middle of a record-long expansion. So why is the government deploying an economic weapon it last used during the 2008 financial crisis? Guest: Ben Casselman, who...
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How the Democratic Debates Narrow the Field from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.868020
Twenty Democratic presidential candidates have appeared on the debate stage for the last time. That’s in part because the Democratic National Committee has introduced a set of rules explicitly desi...
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Two Days, Two Cities, Two Massacres from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.866725
In two days, in two cities — El Paso and Dayton, Ohio — two mass shootings have left at least 29 people dead. We look at two stories from one of those shootings. Guests: Simon Romero, a national co...
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Shutting Down 8chan from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.865458
At least three mass shootings this year — including one in El Paso — have been announced in advance on the online message board 8chan, often accompanied by racist writings. We look at the battle ov...
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Osama bin Laden’s Successor from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.864051
In the years before his death, Osama bin Laden seemed to be grooming a successor to lead Al Qaeda: his own son. Here’s what we learned this week about those plans. Guest: Rukmini Callimachi, who co...
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Two Cities in Mourning from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.859873
President Trump traveled on Wednesday to Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, where mass shootings killed 31 people. Our colleagues described the scene in both cities. Guests: Mitch Smith, who covers the Mid...
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The Crackdown on Kashmir from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.858610
India has guaranteed a degree of autonomy to the people of Kashmir, a disputed territory between India and Pakistan, since 1947. Why did India unilaterally erase that autonomy this week? Guest: Jef...
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A Potential Peace Deal With the Taliban from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.836472
After months of negotiations in Qatar, the United States appeared to have reached an agreement with the Taliban that could take a step to end America’s longest-running war. We spoke with our collea...
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The Sudden-Death Phase of the Democratic Primary from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.835069
The Democratic presidential race has entered a phase that is specifically designed to reward front-runners and push out lesser-known candidates. We look at how that will influence the campaign. Gue...
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Walmart Enters the Gun Control Debate from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.795777
A month after a gunman killed 22 people at a Walmart store in El Paso, the nation’s largest retailer, said that it would stop selling ammunition used for handguns and military-style weapons and cal...
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The Secret Push to Strike Iran from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.794582
For almost two decades, the United States and Israel have tried to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Israeli leaders — including the current prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu — have pushe...
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‘1619,’ Episode 3: The Birth of American Music from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.793498
Today on “The Daily,” we present Episode 3 of “1619,” a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones. You can find more information about it at nytimes.com/1619podcast.
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Parliament Strikes Back in Britain from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.792295
In a battle over what kind of democracy would prevail in Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson seemed to have gained the upper hand by cutting Parliament out of Brexit — until last week. Guest: Mar...
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The Impeachment Dilemma for Republicans from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.765852
Three past American presidents have confronted the possibility that members of their own party would support their impeachment. Only one, Richard M. Nixon, left office because of it, when Republica...
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Pageantry in Beijing. Firebombs in Hong Kong. from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.764803
As China celebrated 70 years of Communist Party rule, scenes of pageantry, pride and unity in Beijing contrasted with the firebombs, rubber bullets and mass protests in Hong Kong. We look at what t...
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How Rudy Giuliani’s Ukraine Operation Backfired from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.763820
In 2018, President Trump hired Rudolph W. Giuliani, his longtime friend and the former New York City mayor, to In 2018, President Trump hired Rudolph W. Giuliani, his longtime friend and the former...
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When #MeToo Went on Trial from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.762494
The investigation of Harvey Weinstein that helped give rise to the #MeToo movement had seemed, for a moment, to unite the country in redefining the rules around sex and power. But as a backlash eme...
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‘1619,’ Episode 5: The Land of Our Fathers, Part 1 from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.761400
Today on “The Daily,” we present Episode 5, Part 1 of “1619,” a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones. You can find more information about it at nytimes.com/1619podcast.
A ‘Crazy’ Plan: How U.S. Diplomats Discussed the Pressure on Ukraine from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.760277
The House Democrats leading the impeachment inquiry of President Trump called their first witness: Kurt Volker, a top American diplomat involved in the negotiations with Ukraine. We look at what Mr...
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Is the U.S. Betraying Its Kurdish Allies? from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.758996
President Trump vowed to withdraw United States troops from the Syrian border with Turkey. But such a move could harm one of America’s most loyal partners in the Middle East, the Kurds, who have be...
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The Freshmen: Elissa Slotkin Confronts the Impeachment Backlash from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.757985
Days after moderate House Democrats announced they would support an impeachment inquiry against President Trump, a recess began and they returned home to their swing districts. Now they would face ...
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A Vote on Impeachment from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.684346
The House of Representatives voted to begin the next phase of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump — one which will be open to public scrutiny. Two Democrats in the House broke ranks and vo...
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The Democratic Showdown in Iowa from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.682934
In just three months, the first election of the Democratic presidential race will be held in Iowa.
Over the weekend, the party held its most important political event yet in the prelude to...
Who’s Actually Electable in 2020? from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.665478
The New York Times and Siena College conducted a major new poll, tackling the biggest questions about the 2020 presidential race: How likely is President Trump to be re-elected and which Democrat i...
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How Impeachment Consumed a Governor’s Race from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.651812
Kentucky’s unpopular Republican governor, Matthew G. Bevin, was facing a losing battle. So he turned to President Trump, and a polarized political landscape, for help. Today, we look at why Tuesday...
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‘Because of Sex’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.650383
In 2013, Aimee Stephens watched her boss read a carefully worded letter.
“I have felt imprisoned in a body that does not match my mind. And this has caused me great despair and loneliness,...
The Saga of Gordon Sondland from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.644969
Gordon D. Sondland, the United States ambassador to the European Union, told impeachment investigators he knew “nothing” about a quid pro quo in Ukraine.
Now Mr. Sondland, a blunt-spoken ...
Why So Many Hospitals Are Suing Their Patients from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.582625
For decades, hospitals could assume that patients with jobs and health insurance would pay their medical bills. That’s no longer the case. We speak to one woman about her skyrocketing medical costs...
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A Deadly Crackdown in Iran from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.574307
Behind the curtain of an internet blackout, the Islamic Republic’s security forces have killed at least 180 unarmed protesters.
Natalie Kitroeff speaks to Farnaz Fassihi about Iran’s dead...
A Louder, Messier Phase of Impeachment from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.573091
The House Intelligence Committee has released its impeachment report to the Judiciary Committee, signaling the end of one phase of impeachment and the beginning of another. Today, we break down the...
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The Latest: But Is It Impeachable? from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.571799
The House Judiciary Committee opened a new phase of the impeachment inquiry by tackling a fundamental constitutional question: What is an impeachable offense? All the witnesses testifying in today’...
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America’s Education Problem from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.570660
For decades, the U.S. spent billions of dollars trying to close its education gap with the rest of the world. New data shows that all that money made little difference. Today, we investigate how th...
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The Latest: ‘Do You Hate the President?’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.569554
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced this morning that the House of Representatives would draft articles of impeachment against President Trump. But what our colleague found most striking today happened ...
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The Candidates: Bernie Sanders from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.568350
Today: Part 2 of our series on pivotal moments in the lives of the 2020 Democratic presidential contenders. Michael Barbaro speaks with Bernie Sanders, the democratic socialist senator from Vermont...
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A Woman’s Journey Through China’s Detention Camps from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.566960
A last-minute booking, a furtive cab ride and a spy in the window. For the past year, Paul Mozur has been investigating the story of a son determined to free his mother from a repressive system of ...
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Boeing’s Broken Dreams from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.446732
This week, “The Daily” is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of 2019 and checking in on what has happened since they first appeared. Today, we return to our conversation with the whistle-blow...
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The Killing of General Qassim Suleimani from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.445476
Iran has promised “severe revenge” against the United States for the killing of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani. But what made the high-ranking military leader an American target in the first place? Gue...
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Why Iran Is in Mourning from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.444276
The killing of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, Iran’s most formidable military and intelligence leader, displayed the fault lines in a fractious region. From Iraq to Israel, many victims of the command...
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Pelosi’s Impeachment Gamble from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.442672
John R. Bolton, the former White House national security adviser, has announced that he is willing to give evidence in the impeachment trial of President Trump. The question is: Will the Senate — a...
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The Case Against Harvey Weinstein, Part 1 from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.441352
Note: This episode contains descriptions of sexual violence.
The story of Harvey Weinstein is a story of patterns. Scores of women — more than 80 — have given eerily similar accounts of a...
The Latest: No Witnesses from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.380234
In a 51-to-49 vote, Republicans shut down an effort by Democrats to bring new witnesses and documents into the Senate impeachment trial. As they cleared a path toward acquittal, some Republicans st...
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The Field: Iowa’s Electability Complex from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.378982
With Iowa voters making their choice and the 2020 election getting underway, we’re introducing a new show: one covering the country and its voters in the lead up to Nov. 3. In our first episode of ...
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A Very Long Night In Iowa from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.377979
The kickoff to the 2020 voting was undercut Monday night by major delays in the reporting of the Iowa caucus results. We traveled to Johnston, Iowa, to tell the story of the day — from the perspect...
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The Latest: What Happened in Iowa? from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.376998
After a night of chaos and confusion at the Iowa caucuses, and nearly a full day since the results were initially expected, the state’s Democratic Party has announced only partial numbers, from 62 ...
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The State of the Union from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.375866
Hours after Iowa kicked off the process to choose President Trump’s 2020 opponent, and just a day before the verdict is expected in his Senate impeachment trial, the president gave his third State ...
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Mitt Romney’s Lonely Vote from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.374418
President Trump was acquitted by the Senate on Wednesday of both articles of impeachment. While the vote largely fell along party lines, one senator crossed the aisle to vote to convict him. Today,...
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The Woman Defending Harvey Weinstein from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.373189
Note: This episode contains descriptions of sexual violence.
In the trial of Harvey Weinstein, six women have taken the stand, each making similar accusations of rape and sexual assault ag...
Joe Biden’s Big Win from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.353474
For more than 30 years, over three presidential runs, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been waiting to notch a victory like the one he received in the South Carolina primary this weeke...
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Inside the Mind of a Super Tuesday Voter from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.351884
In the weeks leading up to Super Tuesday, Senator Bernie Sanders was the only candidate to win across multiple states. With his more moderate competitors splitting the vote, his success was built o...
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How Super Tuesday Unfolded from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.300472
The results of Super Tuesday make clear that the race for the Democratic presidential nomination is increasingly a battle between former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Senator Bernie Sander...
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The Coronavirus Outbreak in Washington State from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.299514
A strategy of containment was supposed to protect Washington State from the coronavirus. It didn’t. So what led to the first major outbreak of the pathogen in the United States?
Guests: Mi...
The Almost-Peace Deal from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.298265
After years of false starts, the United States has signed a landmark deal with the Taliban to end the war in Afghanistan. We traveled to the front lines of the war — and to the signing ceremony in ...
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A Test for Abortion Rights from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.297098
A case before the Supreme Court is the first big test of abortion rights since President Trump created a conservative majority among the justices. We traveled to the Louisiana health clinic at the ...
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The Race for a Vaccine from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.189100
Scientists are racing to make a vaccine for the coronavirus, collaborating across borders in what is usually a secretive and competitive field. But their cooperation has been complicated by nationa...
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A Conversation With Dr. Anthony Fauci from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.188094
Today, we speak with Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases, about his experience in the trenches of the government’s response to the coronavirus crisis. “We are i...
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The Return of the Governor from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.186728
In recent years, governors have sat on the sidelines as the federal government has commanded most of the attention and airtime. Today, we explore how the pandemic has generated a revival of state a...
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A Bit of Relief: Introducing 'Sugar Calling' from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.185562
Today, we’re sharing an excerpt from a new Times audio series called “Sugar Calling,” hosted by the best-selling author Cheryl Strayed. Each week, Cheryl will call a writer she admires in search of...
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The Sunday Read: 'The Battle Over the Sea-Monkey Fortune' from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.184336
On this week’s “Sunday Read,” the magazine writer Jack Hitt introduces his story of how one 1960s bondage-film actress waged legal combat with a toy company for ownership over her husband’s mail-or...
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A Historic Unemployment Crisis from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.183258
To contain the pandemic, the U.S. government has brought the economy to a halt. Today, we explore one result of their containment efforts: one of the worst unemployment crises in American history. ...
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Wisconsin's Pandemic Primary from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.182051
Against the advice of public health officials and the wishes of its own governor, Wisconsin will hold its Democratic primary today — in the middle of a pandemic. So how did that happen? Guest: Aste...
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A Crisis Inside the Navy from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.181052
Note: This episode contains strong language.
The upheaval and anguish caused by the pandemic led to a series of actions that cost both the captain of an aircraft carrier and the head of th...
The Latest: Bernie Sanders Drops Out from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.180027
Bernie Sanders has suspended his 2020 presidential campaign, marking the end of a quest to the White House that began five years ago. We look at why Sanders is calling his campaign an ideological v...
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On the Front Lines in New Orleans from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.178834
The outbreak of the coronavirus in Louisiana has become one of the most explosive in the country. Today, we explore how New Orleans became a petri dish for the virus, why Mardi Gras was likely to h...
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Tilly Remembers Her Grandfather from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.153267
Climbing on the roof to look at stars in the middle of summer. Making French toast and popcorn. Kind eyes. These are some of the memories 12-year-old Tilly Breimhorst has of her grandfather, Craig....
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A Bit of Relief: Tea and Toast from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.152205
In this week’s episode of “A Bit of Relief,” we turn to tea and toast for comfort. First, Kim Severson, a food writer at The Times, shares her love for buttered toast sprinkled in cinnamon and suga...
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'Rabbit Hole,' Episode 3: Mirror Image from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.150928
Note: This episode contains strong language.
Today, we’re sharing Episode 3 of “Rabbit Hole,” a New York Times audio series with the tech columnist Kevin Roose.
In this episode, ...
The Sunday Read: 'Alone at Sea' from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.149889
For Aleksander Doba, pitting himself against the wide-open sea — storms, sunstroke, monotony, hunger and loneliness — is a way to feel alive in old age. Today, listen to the story of one man who ch...
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One Meat Plant. One Thousand Infections. from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.148276
One of the largest coronavirus outbreaks in the United States has been inside the Smithfield pork factory in Sioux Falls, S.D. Today, we speak with a worker at the plant, a refugee who survived civ...
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Bursting the College Bubble from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.146950
Universities across the United States have long prided themselves on bridging the differences between their students. How the coronavirus has instead reinforced inequalities that campus life can hi...
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A Socially Distanced Senate from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.145870
The congressional doctor expressed reservations about whether it was safe for the House and Senate to reconvene. Instead, only senators have returned to Capitol Hill, bringing our new normal — elbo...
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The Chinese Lab Theory from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.144824
Everyone wants to know where the coronavirus came from. In the absence of a clear explanation, several theories are circulating — including one, pushed by the Trump administration, that the pandemi...
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The Arrival of the ‘Murder Hornet’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.143781
It came to the United States from Asia and first appeared in Washington State. The country was slow to recognize it. Deaths mounted as it circulated for weeks undetected. And now, if it’s not stopp...
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A Bit of Relief: Rick Steves' Travel Dreams from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.142348
Rick Steves is a travel evangelist, always in motion, traversing faraway places and inspiring others to do the same. So when the world shuts down, and Rick Steves can no longer travel, then who is ...
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'Rabbit Hole,' Episode 4: Headquarters from 2022-02-22T04:08:09.140522
Note: This episode contains strong language.
Today, we’re sharing Episode 4 of “Rabbit Hole,” a New York Times audio series with the tech columnist Kevin Roose.
In this episode,...
A Weekend of Pain and Protest from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.900772
This episode contains strong language.
Demonstrations have erupted in at least 140 cities across the United States in the days since George Floyd, a black man, died in police custody in Mi...
The Systems That Protect the Police from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.899803
The Minneapolis police officer whose tactics led to George Floyd’s death had a long record of complaints against him. So why was he still on patrol? Guest: Shaila Dewan, a national reporter coverin...
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The Mayor of Minneapolis from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.898361
As nationwide protests about the death of George Floyd enter a second week, we speak with the leader of the city where they began. Guest: Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis. For more information on to...
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The Showdown at Lafayette Square from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.891391
This episode contains sounds of explosives and descriptions of violence.
Today, we go inside a high-stakes White House debate over how President Trump should respond to reports that he was...
Why They're Protesting from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.890161
This episode includes disturbing language including racial slurs.
They came together to protest the killing of George Floyd — and because what happened to him had echoes in their own exper...
'Rabbit Hole,' Episode 8: 'We Go All' from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.889251
Note: This episode contains strong language.
Today, we’re sharing the series finale of “Rabbit Hole,” a Times podcast with the tech columnist Kevin Roose.
In this episode, we fo...
The Sunday Read: 'The Condition of Black Life Is One of Mourning’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.888308
Today on “The Sunday Read,” listen to Claudia Rankine reflect on the precariousness of being black in America. Her words were written five years ago after avowed white supremacist Dylann Roof kille...
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Why Are Police Attacking Protestors? from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.887083
This episode contains strong language.
Across the country, the police have responded to protests over police brutality with more force. Today, we listen in on confrontations at demonstrati...
The Case For Defunding the Police from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.886028
This episode contains strong language.
Several major U.S. cities are proposing ways to defund and even dismantle their police departments. But what would that actually look like? Guest: Jo...
A Russian Plot to Kill U.S. Soldiers from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.853884
A New York Times investigation has revealed evidence of a secret Russian operation to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan — and of the failure of the Trump administration to act on that intelligence....
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What Went Wrong in Brazil from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.852353
Brazil has a long, distinguished history of successfully navigating public health crises. But in recent weeks, it has emerged as one of the world’s most severe coronavirus hot spots, second only to...
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Four New Insights About the Coronavirus from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.851410
Infection rates broke records across the United States over the holiday weekend, with many of the most severe surges in areas that reopened fastest. One thing that seems to have played a factor: tr...
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‘Their Goal Is the End of America’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.850117
What President Trump’s divisive speech at Mount Rushmore reveals about his re-election campaign.
Guest: Maggie Haberman, who covers the White House for The New York Times.
For mor...
Counting the Infected from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.849182
For months, the U.S. government has been quietly collecting information on hundreds of thousands of coronavirus cases across the country. Today, we tell the story of how The Times got hold of that ...
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A Missed Warning About Silent Coronavirus Infections from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.848155
At the end of January, long before the world understood that seemingly healthy people could spread the coronavirus, a doctor in Germany tried to sound the alarm. Today, we look at why that warning ...
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The Sunday Read: 'On Female Rage' from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.791770
In this episode, Leslie Jamison, a writer and teacher, explores the potentially constructive force of female anger — and the shame that can get attached to it.
This story was recorded by A...
Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.790367
Facial recognition is becoming an increasingly central component of police departments’ efforts to solve crimes. But can algorithms harbor racial bias?
Guest: Annie Brown, a producer for T...
Is the U.S. Ready to Vote by Mail? from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.783333
The United States is preparing to hold its first ever socially distant presidential election. But will it actually work?
Guest: Reid J. Epstein, who covers campaigns and elections for The ...
‘Stay Black and Die’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.782143
Demonstrations against police brutality are entering their third month, but meaningful policy action has not happened. We speak with one demonstrator about her journey to the front lines of recent ...
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The Day That Shook Beirut from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.781220
A mangled yellow door. Shattered glass. Blood.
A devastating explosion of ammonium nitrate stored at the port in Beirut killed at least 135 people and razed entire neighborhoods on Tuesday...
Jack Dorsey on Twitter's Mistakes from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.780270
It’s been four years since the 2016 election laid bare the powerful role that social media companies have come to play in shaping political discourse and beliefs in America.
Since then, th...
The Sunday Read: 'A Speck in the Sea' from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.779371
John Aldridge fell overboard in the middle of the night, 40 miles from shore, and the Coast Guard was looking in the wrong place. This is a story about isolation — and our struggle to close the spa...
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Joe Biden’s Rebuttal from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.749576
Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s plan for winning the presidential election relies on putting together African-American voters of all ages, including younger Black people who are less enthusiastic about him, ...
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A High-Stakes Standoff in Belarus from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.748531
Aleksandr Lukashenko came to office in Belarus in the 1990s on a nostalgic message, promising to undo moves toward a market economy and end the hardship the country had endured after gaining indepe...
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Jimmy Lai vs. China from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.747490
This episode contains strong language.
Jimmy Lai was born in mainland China but made his fortune in Hong Kong, starting as a sweatshop worker and becoming a clothing tycoon. After the Tian...
Bringing the Theater Back to Life from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.746131
Three months into Broadway’s shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, Michael Paulson, a theater reporter for The New York Times, got a call from a theater in western Massachusetts — they plan...
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What Happened to Daniel Prude? from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.744944
This episode contains strong language.
In March, Daniel Prude was exhibiting signs of a mental health crisis. His brother called an ambulance in the hopes that Mr. Prude would be hospitali...
The Killing of Breonna Taylor, Part 1 from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.743860
At the beginning of 2020, Breonna Taylor posted on social media that it was going to be her year. She was planning a family with her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker; she had a new job and a new car. She ...
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A User’s Guide to Mail-In Voting from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.677773
The pandemic will mean that many more Americans vote by mail this year.
All 50 states require people to register before they can cast a mail-in vote. But from there, the rules diverge wild...
The Field: The Fight For Voting Rights in Florida from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.676788
This episode contains strong language.
During much of this election cycle, Julius Irving of Gainesville, Fla., spent his days trying to get former felons registered to vote.
He w...
Special Edition: The Pandemic Reaches the President from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.675711
He assured the country the coronavirus would “disappear” soon. Then he tested positive. We explore how President Trump testing positive for the coronavirus could affect the last days of the 2020 ra...
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One Million Lives from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.674454
They came from Tel Aviv, Aleppo and a “small house by the river.” They were artists, whiskey drinkers and mbira players. They were also fathers, sisters and best friends.
Today, we hear pe...
The Latest on the President’s Health from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.673297
On Saturday morning, the doctors treating President Trump for the coronavirus held a news conference outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center — a show of strength, aimed at reassuring t...
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How a Small Bar Battled to Survive the Coronavirus from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.671986
This episode contains strong language.
Jack Nicas, a technology reporter for The New York Times, moved to Oakland, Calif., five years ago. When he arrived, he set out to find a bar of cho...
Where Is This Pandemic Headed? from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.664064
The pandemic has killed more than one million people around the world, at least 210,000 in the United States alone. The illness has infiltrated the White House and infected the president.
...
Plexiglass and Civility: The Vice-Presidential Debate from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.662757
During most campaigns, the job of the vice-presidential candidates focuses on boosting the person heading the ticket. Proving their suitability for the top job is secondary.
But this year ...
The Field: The Battle for Pennsylvania’s White Working Class from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.661647
This episode contains strong language.
Over the summer, Dave Mitchko started a makeshift pro-Trump sign operation from his garage. By his estimate he has handed out around 26,000 signs, pu...
The Sunday Read: ‘Kamala Harris, Mass Incarceration and Me’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.639024
At 16, Reginald Dwayne Betts was sent to prison for nine years after pleading guilty to a carjacking, to having a gun, and to an attempted robbery.
“Because Senator Kamala Harris is a pros...
A Viewer’s Guide to Election Night from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.637198
There are many permutations of the U.S. presidential election — some messier than others.
Joe Biden’s lead in national polls suggests he has a number of paths to victory. If states like Fl...
Special Announcement: The Daily's Live Election Day Broadcast from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.554318
The Daily is going live today! Join us at 4 p.m. Eastern time for our first-ever Election Day broadcast. You can listen at nytimes.com/thedaily and on The New York Times iPhone app.
Micha...
The Field: On Election Day, 'Two Different Worlds' from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.474404
This episode contains strong language.
At the heart of one race for the Wisconsin State Assembly are some of the same political cracks splitting the U.S. as a whole. Some believe keeping b...
An Unfinished Election from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.469444
The U.S. presidential election is a lot closer than the polls indicated. Millions of votes, many in key battleground states, are yet to be counted.
Florida — which went for President Trump...
Joe Biden Takes the Lead from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.466513
By the end of election night, the results in six key states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — were still to be called.
On Wednesday, as mail-in ballots wer...
The President’s Damaging Lie from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.461149
When President Trump took to the podium in the White House briefing room Thursday evening to give a statement on the election count, he lied about the legality of the votes against him in key battl...
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Special Episode: Joe Biden Wins the Presidency from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.460153
After days of uncertainty, Joe Biden has been elected president, becoming the first candidate in more than a quarter of a century to beat an incumbent. His running mate, Kamala Harris, is the first...
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The Sunday Read: ‘Lost in the Deep’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.458949
On the afternoon of Sept. 15, 1942, the U.S.S. Wasp, an aircraft carrier housing 71 planes, 2,247 sailors and a journalist, was hit by torpedoes fired by a Japanese submarine, sending it more than ...
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Celebration and Sorrow: Americans React to the Election from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.457989
This episode contains strong language.
The sound of victory was loud. It was banging pots, honking horns and popping corks as supporters of President-elect Joe Biden celebrated his win.
Biden’s Cabinet Picks, Part 1: Janet Yellen from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.438992
Janet Yellen, who is poised to become secretary of the Treasury, will immediately have her work cut out for her. The U.S. economy is in a precarious state and Congress is consumed by partisan polit...
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Biden’s Cabinet Picks, Part 2: Antony Blinken from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.438016
What kind of foreign policy is possible for the United States after four years of isolationism under President Trump?
Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for secretary of stat...
‘Something Terrible Has Happened’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.437008
This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault.
When the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy this year, it created a final window for claims of sexual abuse against the organi...
The President and Pre-Emptive Pardons from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.435355
The power to pardon criminals or commute their sentences is one of the most sacred and absolute a president has, and President Trump has already used it to rescue political allies and answer the pl...
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The Sunday Read: ‘The Social Life of Forests’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.375551
Foresters once regarded trees as solitary individuals: They competed for space and resources, but were otherwise indifferent to one another.
The work of the Canadian ecologist Suzanne Sima...
‘It Has All Gone Too Far’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.374377
The state of the 2020 U.S. election is, still, not a settled matter in Georgia. For weeks, conservatives have been filing lawsuits in state and federal courts in an effort to decertify results that...
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Trump Shut the Door on Migrants. Will Biden Open It? from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.373287
Caitlin Dickerson, an immigration reporter for The Times, says there is one word that sums up the Trump administration’s approach to border crossing: deterrence. For nearly four years, the U.S. gov...
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The Beginning of the End of the Pandemic from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.371912
In Britain, news that the country had become the first to start administering a fully tested coronavirus vaccine was met with hope, excitement — and some trepidation.
Amid the optimism tha...
The Georgia Runoffs, Part 1: ‘We Are Black Diamonds.’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.192664
A strong Black turnout will be integral to Democratic success in the U.S. Senate races in Georgia this week.
In the first of a two-part examination of election strategies in the Georgia ru...
The Georgia Runoffs, Part 2: ‘I Have Zero Confidence in My Vote’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.191701
Since the presidential election was called for Joe Biden, President Trump has relentlessly attacked the integrity of the count in Georgia. He has floated conspiracy theories to explain away his los...
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A Historic Night in Georgia from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.190364
The long fight for control of the U.S. Senate is drawing to a close in Georgia, and the Democrats appear set to win out — the Rev. Raphael Warnock is the projected winner of his race against Senato...
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An Assault on the Capitol from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.183899
This episode contains strong language.
It was always going to be a tense day in Washington. In the baseless campaign to challenge Joe Biden’s victory, Wednesday had been framed by Presiden...
How They Stormed Congress from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.182651
This episode contains strong language.
The pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol on Wednesday made their plans in plain sight. They organized on social media platforms and spoke openly o...
The GameStop Rebellion from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.161192
This episode contains strong language.
GameStop can feel like a retailer from a bygone era. But last week, it was dragged back into the zeitgeist when it became the center of an online war betw...
Assessing Biden’s Climate Plan from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.160244
President Biden’s plans for curbing the most devastating impacts of a changing climate are ambitious.
His administration is not only planning a sharp U-turn from the previous White House — form...
‘Please, Give Me Back My Daughter’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.159345
When her daughter Karen was kidnapped in 2014, Miriam Rodríguez knew the Zetas, a cartel that ran organized crime in her town of San Fernando, Mexico, were responsible.
From the hopelessness th...
The End of Democracy in Myanmar from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.158171
Rumors had been swirling for days before Myanmar’s military launched a coup, taking back power and ousting the civilian leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
Myanmar’s experiment with democracy, howeve...
The $2.7 Billion Case Against Fox News from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.157190
“The Earth is round. Two plus two equals four. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the 2020 election for president and vice president of the United States.” So begins the 280-page complaint filed by Sm...
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The Sunday Read: 'The Many Lives of Steven Yeun' from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.156004
Jay Caspian Kang, the author and narrator of this week’s Sunday Read, spoke with the actor Steven Yeun over Zoom at the end of last year. The premise of their conversations was Mr. Yeun’s latest st...
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Liz Cheney vs. Marjorie Taylor Greene from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.154657
The departure of President Donald Trump and the storming of the Capitol have reignited a long-dormant battle over the future of the Republican Party.
Today, we look at two lawmakers in the Repu...
A Guide to the (Latest) Impeachment Trial from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.153755
The second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump will begin today.
This time, the case against Mr. Trump is more straightforward: Did his words incite chaos at the Capitol on Jan. ...
Texas After the Storm from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.083483
Even as the cold has lifted and the ice has melted in Texas, the true depth of the devastation left by the state’s winter storm can be difficult to see.
Today, we look at the aftermath through ...
The $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.082300
The Senate is preparing to vote on another stimulus bill — the third of the pandemic.
The bill has the hallmarks of a classic stimulus package: money to help individual Americans, and aid to lo...
Can Bill Gates Vaccinate the World? from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.081348
When the coronavirus pandemic hit, the Microsoft founder Bill Gates was the most powerful and provocative private individual operating within global public health.
Today, we look at the role he...
How Close Is the Pandemic’s End? from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.080476
It’s been almost a year since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.
And the virus is persisting: A downward trend in the U.S. caseload has stalled, an...
Biden’s Dilemmas, Part 1: Punishing Saudi Arabia from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.079049
Joe Biden has had harsh words for the Saudis and the kingdom’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
It appeared that the period of appeasement toward the Saudis in the Trump ...
The Sunday Read: 'The Lonely Death of George Bell' from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.077775
Thousands die in New York every year. Some of them alone. The city might weep when the celebrated die, or the innocent are slain, but for those who pass in an unwatched struggle, there is no one to...
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Biden's Dilemmas, Part 2: Children at the Border from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.076622
The number of unaccompanied children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border is growing — and, with it, anxiety in the Biden administration.
Newer concerns have mixed with longstanding ones to ...
A Safety Net for American Children from 2022-02-22T04:08:08.075221
Even as recently as a year ago, even the most cleareyed analysts thought it was a long shot. But this week, a child tax credit is expected to be passed into law, as part of the economic stimulus bi...
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A Union Drive at Amazon from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.968646
Since its earliest days, Amazon has been anti-union, successfully quashing any attempt by workers to organize.
A group of workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., just might chang...
Inside the Biden Infrastructure Plan from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.967171
President Biden is pushing the boundaries of how most Americans think of infrastructure.
In a speech on Wednesday, he laid out his vision for revitalizing the nation’s infrastructure in br...
The Sunday Read: ‘The Beauty of 78.5 Million Followers’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.965923
During the pandemic, cheerleader-ish girls performing slithery hip-hop dances to rap music on TikTok has been the height of entertainment — enjoyed both genuinely and for laughs.
Addison R...
A Military That Murders Its Own People from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.964749
Two months ago, Myanmar’s military carried out a coup, deposing the country’s elected civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and closing the curtains on a five-year experiment with democracy.
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A Vast Web of Vengeance from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.963609
How one woman with a grudge was able to slander an entire family online, while the sites she used avoided blame.
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Targeting Overseas Tax Shelters from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.962208
The I.R.S. says that Bristol Myers Squibb, America’s second-largest drug company, has engaged a tax-shelter setup that has deprived the United States of $1.4 billion in tax revenue.
The Bi...
The Case Against Derek Chauvin from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.961086
In Minneapolis, the tension is palpable as the city awaits the outcome of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer accused of murdering George Floyd last summer.
The court proceeding...
Odessa, Part 3: The Band Bus Quarantine from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.959934
Last fall, as Odessa High School brought some students back to campus with hybrid instruction, school officials insisted mask wearing, social distancing and campus contact tracing would keep studen...
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Introducing: ‘The Improvement Association,’ From the Makers of Serial from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.854496
For at least a decade, allegations of cheating have swirled around elections in rural Bladen County, N.C. Some people point fingers at a Black advocacy group, the Bladen County Improvement Assoc...
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The Sunday Read: ‘He Wants to Save Classics From Whiteness. Can the Field Survive?’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.845195
For years, Dan-el Padilla Peralta, a Dominican-born teacher of classics at Princeton, has spoken openly about the harm caused by the discipline’s practitioners in the two millenniums since antiquit...
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A Vast Web of Vengeance, Part 2 from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.842744
Inside the world of complaint sites and what can be done about the “the bathroom wall of the internet.”
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A Population Slowdown in the U.S. from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.682957
The latest census revealed that the United States had seen the second-slowest decade of population growth since 1790, when the count began.
The country may be entering an era of substantia...
A Shrinking Society in Japan from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.681417
Japan is the “grayest” nation in the world. Close to 30 percent of the population is over 65. The reason is its low birthrate, which has caused the population to contract since 2007.
With ...
A Major Ruling From Facebook’s ‘Supreme Court’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.679943
Was Facebook right to indefinitely bar former President Donald J. Trump from the platform after the Capitol riot?
The company’s oversight board, which rules on some of the thorniest speech...
Why Herd Immunity Is Slipping Away from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.678115
From the earliest days of the pandemic, herd immunity has consistently factored into conversations about how countries can find their way out of lockdowns and restrictions.
Now, many exper...
From The Sunday Read Archive: ‘The Accusation’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.675894
In this episode of The Sunday Read, we revisit a story from our archives.
When the university told one woman about the sexual-harassment complaints against her wife, they knew they weren’t...
The Burning of Black Tulsa from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.456972
This episode includes disturbing language including racial slurs.
In the early 20th century, Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was an epicenter of Black economic influence in the United States...
Joe Manchin’s Motivations from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.455852
Representing a vanishing brand of Democratic politics that makes his vote anything but predictable, Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia has become the make-or-break legislator of the Biden era.
Inside the Texas Legislature from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.454350
Over the weekend, months of tension in the Texas Legislature came to a head. A group of Democratic lawmakers got up and left the building before a vote — an act of resistance amid the most conserva...
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Day X, Part 2: In the Stomach from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.447925
Franco A. visited the workplaces of two of his alleged targets. We meet both targets to hear the stories of two Germanies: One a beacon of liberal democracy that has worked to overcome its Nazi pas...
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Bonus: Ezra Klein Talks to Obama About How America Went From ‘Yes We Can’ to ‘MAGA’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.446576
On this episode of The Ezra Klein Show, former President Barack Obama discusses Joe Biden, aliens and what he got right and wrong during his two terms in office.
Each Tuesday and Friday fo...
The Sunday Read: ‘The Native Scholar Who Wasn't’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.445455
Andrea Smith had long been an outspoken activist and academic in the Native American community. Called an icon of “Native American feminism,” she was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for her advoc...
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Will Netanyahu Fall? from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.444300
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has always sold himself as a peerless defender of his country. In the minds of many Israelis, he has become a kind of indispensable leader for the nation...
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Who is Hacking the U.S. Economy? from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.442406
In the past few weeks, some of the biggest industries in the U.S. have been held up by cyberattacks.
The first big infiltration was at Colonial Pipeline, a major conduit of gas, jet fuel a...
The Bill That United the Senate from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.404745
The Senate passed the largest piece of industrial policy seen in the U.S. in decades on Tuesday, directing about a quarter of a trillion dollars to bolster high-tech industries.
In an era ...
A New Era in College Sports from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.343038
Throughout its 115-year history, the N.C.A.A.’s bedrock principle has been that student-athletes should be amateurs and not allowed to profit off their fame.
This week, after years of agit...
The Debate Over Critical Race Theory from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.341840
In Loudoun County, Va., a fierce debate has been raging for months inside normally sleepy school board meetings.
At the heart of this anger is critical race theory, a once obscure academic...
The Rise of Delta from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.340588
The Delta variant of the coronavirus is threatening to put the world in an entirely new stage of the pandemic.
The variant is spreading fast, particularly in places with low vaccination rates —...
'Some Hope Is Better Than Having No Hope' from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.339173
When the F.D.A. approved the drug Aduhelm, the first Alzheimer’s treatment to receive the agency’s endorsement in almost two decades, it gave hope to many.
But the decision was contentious; som...
The End of America’s 20-Year War from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.337918
After a 20-year war, the United States has effectively ended its operations in Afghanistan with little fanfare.
In recent weeks, the Americans have quietly vacated their sprawling military base...
The Assassination of Haiti’s President from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.335973
Early on Wednesday morning, a group of men killed President Jovenel Moïse of Haiti in his residence on the outskirts of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
It was a brazen act. Very rarely is a n...
The Sunday Read: ‘Is There a Right Way to Act Blind?’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.242205
Activists slammed the TV show “In the Dark” for casting a sighted actress in a blind lead role. But what if blindness is a performance of its own?
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A New Chapter of the Coronavirus from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.240703
Recent data from the C.D.C. has found that not only can vaccinated people get infected with the Delta variant of the coronavirus, though instances are rare, but they also can potentially spread the...
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Stories From the Great American Labor Shortage from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.238590
This episode contains strong language.
Bartenders, sous chefs, wait staff — at the moment, managers in the U.S. hospitality industry are struggling to fill a range of roles at their estab...
Trouble in Tunisia from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.236419
Tunisia was supposed to be the success story of the Arab Spring — the only democracy to last in the decade since revolutions swept the region.
Recently, after mass protests, President Kais...
The End of Andrew Cuomo? from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.166739
This episode contains descriptions of sexual harassment.
After accusations of sexual harassment against Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York surfaced early this year, an independent investigation...
Voices of the Unvaccinated from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.165488
Don, a 38-year-old single father from Pittsburgh, doesn’t want to be lumped into the “crazy anti-vax crowd.”
Jeannie, a middle school teacher, has never vaccinated her teenage son and says...
The Sunday Read: ‘The Man Who Filed More Than 180 Disability Lawsuits’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.164239
For much of America’s history, a person with a disability had few civil rights related to their disability. That began to change when, in the 1980s, a group of lawmakers started to agitate for swee...
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Back to School Amid the Delta Variant from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.162412
To ensure students’ safe return to in-person learning amid a surge in the Delta variant of the coronavirus, some school districts plan to institute mask mandates.
Yet that move isn’t neces...
The Education Lost to the Pandemic from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.053553
The closure of schools because of the pandemic and the advent of widespread virtual learning has impacted students of all ages — but particularly the youngest children.
Research suggests t...
New Orleans in the Aftermath of Hurricane Ida from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.052255
After Hurricane Ida hit New Orleans, leaving destruction in its wake, comparisons with Hurricane Katrina were made.
There are, however, big differences between the two disasters — namely that t...
How Texas Banned Almost All Abortions from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.049264
In a way, the new Texas law that has effectively banned abortions after six weeks is typical — many other Republican-led states have sought to ban abortions after six, 10 or 15 weeks.
But...
How Will the Taliban Rule This Time? from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.047286
Since the Taliban took over Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, last month, many have wondered what kind of rulers they will be.
The memory of the Taliban of the 1990s — the public executions, the wh...
The Summer of Delta from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.045658
This summer was supposed to be, in the words of President Biden, the “summer of freedom” from the coronavirus. What we saw instead was the summer of the Delta variant.
The surge driven by Delta...
‘I’m Part of Something That’s Really Evil’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:07.043920
This episode contains strong language.
Terry Albury joined the F.B.I. just before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, drawn in by the bureau’s work fighting child exploitation. His role quickly...
‘They Don’t Understand That We’re Real People’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.849502
This episode contains strong language.
A month ago, Texas adopted a divisive law which effectively banned abortions in the state. Despite a number of legal challenges, the law has survived...
The Sunday Read: ‘I Had a Chance to Travel Anywhere. Why Did I Pick Spokane?’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.847648
Jon Mooallem, the author of today’s Sunday Read, had a bad pandemic.
“I began having my own personal hard time,” he writes. “The details aren’t important. Let’s just say, I felt as if I we...
What’s Behind the Ivermectin Frenzy? from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.834381
Ivermectin is a drug that emerged in the 1970s, used mainly for deworming horses and other livestock.
But during the pandemic, it has been falsely lauded in some corners as a kind of mirac...
The Most Important Supreme Court Term in Decades from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.797617
The latest term of the U.S. Supreme Court will include blockbuster cases on two of the most contentious topics in American life: abortion and gun rights.
The cases come at a time when the ...
The Facebook Whistle-Blower Testifies from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.796357
The Senate testimony of Frances Haugen on Tuesday was an eagerly awaited event.
Last month, Ms. Haugen, a former Facebook product manager, leaked internal company documents to The Wall Str...
The State of the Pandemic from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.794881
The coronavirus seems to be in retreat in the United States, with the number of cases across the country down about 25 percent compared with a couple of weeks ago. Hospitalizations and deaths are a...
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A Troubling C.I.A. Admission from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.793615
The C.I.A. sent a short but explosive message last week to all of its stations and bases around the world.
The cable, which said dozens of sources had been arrested, killed or turned again...
Why Do So Many Traffic Stops Go Wrong? from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.743153
This episode contains strong language and scenes of violence.
Over the past five years, police officers in the United States have killed more than 400 unarmed drivers or passengers — a ra...
The Perilous Politics of Rising Inflation from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.741894
Inflation in the United States is rising at its fastest rate so far this century. At 4 percent, according to one index, it is double the Federal Reserve’s target.
We look at why prices are...
A Last Chance to Avert Climate Disaster? from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.740609
In a giant conference hall in Glasgow, leaders from around the world have gathered for the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Climate Change Convention, or COP26. This is the 26th such ses...
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A Rough Election Night for the Democrats from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.739088
On a major night of elections across the United States on Tuesday, the Republican Glenn Youngkin claimed an unexpected victory over his Democratic opponent, Terry McAuliffe, to win the governor’s r...
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The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.737802
This episode contains strong language and scenes of violence.
Last summer, as the country reeled from the murder of George Floyd, another Black man, Jacob Blake, was shot by police in Keno...
The Sunday Read: ‘I Fell in Love With Motorcycles. But Could I Ever Love Sturgis?’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.736416
Like many other Americans, Jamie Lauren Keiles, the author of this week’s Sunday Read, bought their first motorcycle during the coronavirus pandemic.
“I thought I was just purchasing a mod...
A Case That Could Transform America’s Relationship With Guns from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.733993
The U.S. Supreme Court is gearing up to rule on an area of the law that it has been silent on for over a decade: the Second Amendment.
The case under consideration will help decide whether...
A Conversation With a Virginia Democrat from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.695900
In a bipartisan win for President Biden, Democrats and Republicans have passed a trillion-dollar infrastructure plan. Now comes the difficult part — trying to win approval for a $2 trillion social ...
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Amazon and the Labor Shortage from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.588487
Amazon is constantly hiring. Data has shown that the company has had a turnover rate of about 150 percent a year.
For the founder, Jeff Bezos, worker retention was not important, and the c...
The Supreme Court Considers the Future of Roe from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.586644
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard a case that was a frontal challenge to Roe v. Wade, the nearly 50-year-old decision that established a constitutional right to abortion.
The case in f...
The Life and Legacy of Stephen Sondheim from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.566410
Stephen Sondheim died last week at his home in Roxbury, Conn. He was 91.
For six decades, Mr. Sondheim, a composer-lyricist whose works include “Sweeney Todd” and “Into the Woods,” transfo...
The Sunday Read: ‘The Emily Ratajkowski You’ll Never See’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.560546
In her book, “My Body,” Emily Ratajkowski reflects on her fraught relationship with the huge number of photographs of her body that have come to define her life and career.
Some essays rec...
The Trial of Ghislaine Maxwell from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.559015
This episode contains descriptions of self-harm and alleged sexual abuse.
When Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in a federal jail, dozens of his alleged victims lost their chance to bring h...
A New Strategy for Prosecuting School Shootings from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.557765
Last week, after a shooting at Oxford High School in the suburbs of Detroit that left four teenagers dead, local prosecutors decided on a novel legal strategy that would extend criminal culpability...
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Why Ukraine Matters to Vladimir Putin from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.556522
The Russian military is on the move toward the border with Ukraine, with American intelligence suggesting that Moscow is preparing for an offensive involving some 175,000 troops.
Could the...
‘Kids Are Dying. How Are These Sites Still Allowed?’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.554956
This episode contains details about suicide deaths and strong language.
A few years ago, a website about suicide appeared. On it, not only do people talk about wanting to die, but they sh...
Why Omicron Is Counterintuitive from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.375971
The Omicron variant is fueling record-breaking cases across the world and disrupting life. But it may not present as great a danger of hospitalization and severe illness as earlier variants. We exp...
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Investigating the Prenatal Testing Market from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.370359
For more information on today's episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. About a decade ago, companies began offering pregnant women tests that promised to detect rare genetic disorders in their fetuse...
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Jan. 6, Part 1: ‘The Herd Mentality’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.365070
Who exactly joined the mob that, almost a year ago, on Jan. 6, breached the walls of the U.S. Capitol in a bid to halt the certification of President Biden’s election victory?
Members of f...
Jan. 6, Part 2: Liz Cheney’s Battle Against the 'Big Lie' from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.363788
This episode contains strong language.
In the aftermath of the 2020 election, Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming was the only Republican leader calling on President Donald Trump to move...
Jan. 6, Part 3: The State of American Democracy from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.362114
After the election on Nov. 3, 2020, President J. Donald Trump and his allies tested the limits of the U.S. election system, launching pressure and legal campaigns in competitive states to have vote...
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The Sunday Read: ‘What if There’s No Such Thing as Closure?’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.360245
In her new book, “The Myth of Closure: Ambiguous Loss in a Time of Pandemic and Change,” Pauline Boss considers what it means to reach “emotional closure” in a state of unnamable grief.
Ha...
Did Democrats Make Inflation Worse? from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.142590
Inflation in the United States has been getting worse. In December, prices were up 7 percent from the previous year — the fastest rise in 40 years.
Americans feel terrible about the econo...
The Trump Plan to Seize Voting Machines from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.100934
Since the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a clearer picture has emerged of the steps that President Donald J. Trump and his allies took to try to keep him in power and overturn the 2020 el...
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Is ISIS Back on the Rise? from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.099630
A recent ISIS attack on a prison in northeastern Syria became the biggest confrontation between the terrorist group and the United States and its allied forces since 2019. The attack raises a quest...
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A ‘Zero Covid’ Olympics from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.098112
Reporters from The Times are joining athletes from around the world as they descend on Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics, where they are encountering the strictest and most wide-ranging health r...
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The Sunday Read: ‘How A.I. Conquered Poker’ from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.096778
If you didn’t think poker and artificial intelligence could be bedfellows, think again. Keith Romer delves into the history of man’s pursuit of the perfect game of poker, and explains how the use o...
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Who Else Is Culpable in George Floyd’s Death? from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.094481
This episode contains depictions of violence
Almost two years ago, a shocking nine-minute video was released showing a Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, fatally kneeling on the neck of...
Is Russia Bluffing? from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.087815
If Russia invades Ukraine, it would be the largest and potentially deadliest military action in Europe since World War II.
So why is there so much division between the U.S. and its Europea...
A Movement to Fight Misinformation... With Misinformation from 2022-02-22T04:08:06.086318
Birds Aren’t Real, a conspiracy theory with an apparently absurd premise, has become surprisingly popular in the past few years.
But its followers were in on the joke: The movement’s aim w...
‘Somebody’s Got to Save Us, While We’re Saving Everybody Else’ from 2022-02-18T10:45
As hospitals in the United States battled another coronavirus wave in the past few months, another crisis was steadily growing more acute: a shortage of nurses.
We speak to some of the “fo...
Why U.S. Soldiers Won’t Come to Ukraine’s Rescue from 2022-02-17T10:45
Since the beginning of the standoff with Moscow over Ukraine, President Biden has been clear that he will not allow American troops to come into direct combat with Russians.
Why has the U....
An American-Style Protest in Canada from 2022-02-16T10:55
Canada has employed strict restrictions in its efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic. But unlike in the United States, such measures have received very little pushback or politicization — until...
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How Ukrainians View This Perilous Moment from 2022-02-15T10:55
Officials in the United States say that Russia could invade Ukraine as early as this week, which raises the question: Should an attack come, how will the Ukrainian people respond?
The ans...
The Rule at the Center of the N.F.L. Discrimination Lawsuit from 2022-02-14T10:50
As the N.F.L. season comes to a close, we’re looking at a class-action lawsuit that Brian Flores, a former head coach of the Miami Dolphins, has filed against the league.
At the heart of t...
The Sunday Read: ‘Animals That Infect Humans Are Scary. It’s Worse When We Infect Them Back’ from 2022-02-13T11:00
There’s a working theory for the origins of Covid-19. It goes like this: Somewhere in an open-air market in Wuhan, China, a new coronavirus, growing inside an animal, first made the jump to a human...
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Introducing ‘The Trojan Horse Affair’ from 2022-02-12T11:00
A mysterious letter detailing a supposed plot by Islamic extremists to take over schools shocked Britain in 2014. But who wrote it? From Serial Productions and The New York Times, “The Trojan Horse...
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The Saga of Joe Rogan from 2022-02-11T10:50
Joe Rogan, a former comedian and host of the hit podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” has come under scrutiny in recent weeks for promoting Covid-19 misinformation. Spotify, which owns exclusive ri...
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Why Democratic Governors Are Turning Against Mask Mandates from 2022-02-10T10:45
One by one, blue states across the United States have been rolling back their Covid-19 restrictions, going against C.D.C. guidelines that are still backed by the White House.
Why are gover...
We Need to Talk About Covid, Part 2: A Conversation with Dr. Fauci from 2022-01-31T10:45
America, it seems, might be at a turning point in how we think about and respond to the pandemic. Yet, the U.S., at this moment, is still in the midst of crisis — thousands of people are in hospita...
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The Sunday Read: ‘The Joys (and Challenges) of Sex After 70’ from 2022-01-30T11:00
Today, Maggie Jones explores the overlooked topic of geriatric sex. Profiling older couples for whom it is still important, she considers the obstacles and joys of having sex over the age of 70, an...
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‘Who Do You Want Controlling Your Food?’ from 2022-01-28T10:45
During the pandemic, the price of beef shot up. Wholesale beef prices increased more than 40 percent — more than 70 percent for certain cuts of steak.
The conventional wisdom was that pri...
Biden Gets a Supreme Court Pick from 2022-01-27T10:45
On Wednesday, it was revealed that Justice Stephen Breyer, the senior member of the Supreme Court’s liberal wing, will retire from the bench.
Democrats, and many on the left, will have br...
We Need to Talk About Covid, Part 1 from 2022-01-26T10:45
It appears that the United States may be at a turning point in the pandemic. The contagiousness of the Omicron variant has many people resigned to the fact that they probably will be infected; this...
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How Partying Could Be Boris Johnson’s Undoing from 2022-01-25T10:45
When allegations first emerged in November about parties held at 10 Downing Street, the residence and offices of the British prime minister, during a strict Covid lockdown, Prime Minister Boris Joh...
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Documenting a Death by Euthanasia from 2022-01-24T10:45
This episode contains strong language.
Marieke Vervoort was a champion Paralympic athlete from Belgium. In 2016, Vervoort, who had a progressive disease, announced her retirement from pro...
The Sunday Read: ‘How Disgust Explains Everything’ from 2022-01-23T11:00
What is “disgust”? Molly Young, a journalist with The New York Times, considers the evolutionary and social uses of this “universal aspect of life” to identify the impact of disgust in its physical...
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What the ‘Djokovic Affair’ Revealed About Australia from 2022-01-21T10:45
Novak Djokovic, the world No. 1 player in men’s tennis, had a lot at stake going into this year’s Australian Open. A win there would have made him the most decorated male tennis player in history.<...
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Microsoft and the Metaverse from 2022-01-20T10:50
Microsoft announced this week that it was acquiring Activision Blizzard, the maker of video games such as Call of Duty and Candy Crush, in a deal valued at nearly $70 billion.
Microsoft, the ow...
A Last-Gasp Push on Voting Rights from 2022-01-19T10:45
It’s a big week in the Senate for voting rights. Democrats have two bills that include measures to bolster and protect elections.
But the bills are almost certain to fail.
Why has it proved...
The Civilian Casualties of America’s Air Wars from 2022-01-18T10:50
Four years ago, Azmat Khan, an investigative reporter for The Times Magazine, told us the story of Basim Razzo, whose entire family was killed in a U.S.-led airstrike in Iraq. His story helped reve...
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The Sunday Read: ‘This Isn’t the California I Married’ from 2022-01-16T11:00
Elizabeth Weil, the author of today’s Sunday Read, writes that, in her marriage, there was a silent third spouse: California.
“The state was dramatic and a handful,” Weil writes. “But she ...
The Life and Legacy of Sidney Poitier from 2022-01-14T10:45
Sidney Poitier, who was Hollywood’s first Black matinee idol and who helped open the door for Black actors in the film industry, died last week. He was 94.
For Wesley Morris, a Times cultu...
‘The Kids Are Casualties in a War’ from 2022-01-13T10:45
As the highly infectious Omicron variant surged, a high-stakes battle played out between Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago and the city’s teachers’ union about how to keep schools open and safe.
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Russia and the U.S. Face Off Over Ukraine from 2022-01-12T10:45
The diplomatic talks in Geneva this week are of a kind not seen in a long time: an effort to defuse the possibility of a major war in Europe.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has amas...
This Covid Surge Feels Different from 2022-01-11T10:45
The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has a reputation for causing mild illness, yet it’s fueling a staggering rise in hospitalizations across the country.
In some of the early hot spots...
The Rise and Fall of the Golden Globes from 2022-01-10T10:45
This year’s Golden Globes ceremony was muted. Instead of a celebrity-filled evening, broadcast on NBC, the results were live tweeted from a room in the Beverly Hilton.
It was the culminat...
Texas After the Storm: An Update from 2021-12-31T11:00
This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran.
With most natural disasters, the devasta...
A Nursing Home’s First Day Out of Lockdown: An Update from 2021-12-30T11:00
This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran.
The Good Shepherd Nursing Home in West V...
A Conversation With a Dogecoin Millionaire: An Update from 2021-12-29T11:00
This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran.
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A Capitol Officer Recounts Jan. 6: An Update from 2021-12-28T11:00
This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran.
When Officer Harry Dunn reported for wor...
Stories from the Great American Labor Shortage: An Update from 2021-12-27T11:00
This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran.
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The Year in Sound from 2021-12-23T10:55
A year that started with the mass introduction of Covid vaccines and the astonishing scenes of rioting at the Capitol is ending with concern about new virus variants and fears about the effects of ...
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A Covid Testing Crisis, Again from 2021-12-22T10:50
By the end of last year, if you needed a coronavirus test, you could get one. But when vaccines arrived, focus shifted.
Many of the vaccinated felt like they didn’t need tests and demand t...
Has Manchin Doomed the Build Back Better Plan? from 2021-12-21T10:55
Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia was always going to be the last Democrat to get on board with President Biden’s $2.2 trillion climate, social spending and tax bill. But the White House was con...
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‘The Decision of My Life’: Part 2 from 2021-12-20T10:50
This episode contains references to suicide and abuse that may be upsetting to some listeners.
A few months ago, we told the story of N, a teenager in Afghanistan whose family was trying t...
The Sunday Read: ‘What Does It Mean to Save a Neighborhood?’ from 2021-12-19T11:00
Nearly a decade after the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, which destroyed piers and damaged riverside social housing projects, residents of Lower Manhattan are still vulnerable to floods.
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What to Expect From the Next Phase of the Pandemic from 2021-12-17T10:50
The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is incredibly contagious — it is able to infect people with even greater frequency than the Delta variant, and it is skilled at evading the immune system’s de...
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The Future of America’s Abortion Fight from 2021-12-16T10:50
Anti-abortion activists across the country are optimistic that they might be on the cusp of achieving a long-held goal of the movement: overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that...
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An Economic Catastrophe in Afghanistan from 2021-12-15T10:50
The economic situation in Afghanistan is perilous. Banks have run out of cash. In some areas, Afghans are selling their belongings in ad hoc flea markets. Parents wait around hospitals and clinics ...
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Why Was Haiti’s President Assassinated? from 2021-12-14T10:50
In July, a group of men stormed the presidential compound in Haiti and assassinated the country’s president, Jovenel Moïse. Months later, the case remains unresolved.
Investigating the kil...
The Outsize Life and Quiet Death of the Steele Dossier from 2021-12-13T10:50
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The Steele Dossier — compiled by Christopher Steele, a British former spy — was born out of opposition research on Donald J. Trump, then a president...
The Sunday Read: ‘How the Real Estate Boom Left Black Neighborhoods Behind’ from 2021-12-12T11:00
In Memphis, as in America, the benefits of homeownership have not accrued equally across race.
Housing policy in the United States has leaned heavily on homeownership as a driver of househ...
The Censoring of Peng Shuai from 2021-12-10T10:50
In November, Peng Shuai — one of China’s most popular tennis stars — took to Chinese social media to accuse Zhang Gaoli, who was a member of China’s seven-member ruling committee, of sexually assau...
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What We Know About the Omicron Variant from 2021-11-30T10:45
The story of the Omicron variant began a week ago, when researchers in southern Africa detected a version of the coronavirus that carried 50 mutations.
When scientists look at coronavirus...
A Prosecutor’s Winning Strategy in the Ahmaud Arbery Case from 2021-11-29T10:55
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Heading into deliberations in the trial of the three white men in Georgia accused of chasing down and killing Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed Black man, i...
The Farmers Revolt in India from 2021-11-24T10:50
After a landslide re-election in 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s control over India seemed impossible to challenge.
But a yearlong farmers’ protest against agricultural overhauls has ...
Righting the Historical Wrong of the Claiborne Highway from 2021-11-23T10:50
In the 1950s and ’60s, the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, one of the oldest African-American neighborhoods in the United States, was a vibrant community.
But the construction of the Cl...
The Acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse from 2021-11-22T10:50
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On Aug. 25, 2020, Kyle Rittenhouse, a teenager, shot three men, two of them fatally, during street protests in Kenosha, Wis., over the shooting of a ...
The Sunday Read: ‘Did Covid Change How We Dream?’ from 2021-11-21T11:00
As the novel coronavirus spread and much of the world moved toward isolation, dream researchers began rushing to design studies and set up surveys that might allow them to access some of the most i...
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How Belarus Manufactured a Border Crisis from 2021-11-19T10:50
For three decades, President Aleksandr Lukashenko of Belarus, a former Soviet nation in Eastern Europe, ruled with an iron fist. But pressure has mounted on him in the past year and a half. After a...
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The Economy Is Good. So Why Do We Feel Terrible About It? from 2021-11-18T10:45
The U.S. economy is doing better than many had anticipated. Some 80 percent of jobs lost during the pandemic have been regained, and people are making, and spending, more.
But Americans se...
The School Board Wars, Part 2 from 2021-11-17T10:50
This episode contains strong language.
In Bucks County, Pa., what started out as a group of frustrated parents pushing for schools to reopen devolved over the course of a year and half int...
The School Board Wars, Part 1 from 2021-11-16T10:50:32
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A new battleground has emerged in American politics: school boards. In these meetings, parents increasingly engage in heated — sometimes violent — fi...
How the U.S. Hid a Deadly Airstrike from 2021-11-15T10:50
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In March 2019, workers inside an Air Force combat operations center in Qatar watched as an American F-15 attack jet dropped a large bomb into a group...
The Sunday Read: ‘The Untold Story of Sushi in America’ from 2021-11-14T11:00
In 1980, when few Americans knew the meaning of toro and omakase, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church, spoke to dozens of his followers in the Grand Ballroom of the New Y...
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An Interview With Dr. Anthony Fauci from 2021-11-12T10:50
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, described the current status of the pandemic in the United States as a “mixed bag” that is leaning more toward the positive than th...
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The Public Health Officials Under Siege from 2021-11-11T10:50
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When the coronavirus hit the United States, the nation’s public health officials were in the front line, monitoring cases and calibrating rules to co...
‘How Did We Let People Die This Way?’ from 2021-11-10T10:50
Over the past year, a record 2,000 migrants from Africa have drowned trying to reach Spain.
Many of these migrants make the journey in rickety vessels, not much bigger than canoes, that of...
The Sunday Read: 'Fear on Cape Cod as Sharks Hunt Again' from 2021-10-31T10:00
Over the past decade, the waters around Cape Cod have become host to one of the densest seasonal concentrations of adult white sharks in the world. Acoustic tagging data suggest the animals trickle...
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A Delicate Compromise in the Capitol from 2021-10-29T09:50
President Biden and Democratic leaders say they have an agreement on a historic social spending bill that they have spent months negotiating. But liberals in Congress demanded assurances that the p...
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The Trial Over Ahmaud Arbery's Killing from 2021-10-28T09:55
In the coming days, a trial will begin to determine whether the fatal shooting of Amaud Arbery, an unarmed Black man, by two armed white men is considered murder under Georgia state law. Today, we ...
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The Story of Kyrsten Sinema from 2021-10-27T09:50
As congressional Democrats dramatically scale back the most ambitious social spending bill since the 1960s, they’re placing much of the blame on moderates who have demanded changes.
One se...
Why Spending Too Little Could Backfire on Democrats from 2021-10-26T09:45
When Democrats first set out to expand the social safety net, they envisioned a piece of legislation as transformational as what the party has achieved in the 1960s. In the process, they hoped that...
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A Threat to China’s Economy from 2021-10-25T09:55
Every once in a while a company grows so big and messy that governments fear what would happen to the broader economy if it were to fail. In China, Evergrande, a sprawling real estate developer, is...
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The Sunday Read: ‘Who Is the Bad Art Friend?’ from 2021-10-24T10:00
On June 24, 2015, Dawn Dorland, an essayist and aspiring novelist, did perhaps the kindest, most consequential thing she might ever do in her life. She donated one of her kidneys — and elected to d...
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Qaddafi's Son is Alive, and He Wants to Take Back Libya from 2021-10-22T09:45
Before the Arab Spring, Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, the second son of the Libyan dictator Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, was establishing himself as a serious figure internationally. Then, the Arab Spring ...
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A Showdown in Chicago from 2021-10-21T09:45
Chicago is in the midst of a crime wave — but there is also a question about whether police officers will show up for work.
That’s because of a showdown between the mayor, Lori Lightfoot, ...
How a Single Senator Derailed Biden’s Climate Plan from 2021-10-20T09:45
The Clean Electricity Program has been at the heart of President Biden’s climate agenda since he took office.
But passage was always going to come down to a single senator: Joe Manchin of ...
The Life and Career of Colin Powell from 2021-10-19T09:50
Colin Powell, who in four decades of public service helped shape U.S. national security, died on Monday. He was 84.
Despite a stellar career, Mr. Powell had expressed a fear that he would ...
Why Are All Eyes on the Virginia Governor’s Race? from 2021-10-18T09:55
In 2020, Virginia epitomized the way in which Democrats took the White House and Congress — by turning moderate and swing counties.
But President Biden’s poll numbers have been waning, and...
The Sunday Read: ‘Laurie Anderson Has a Message for Us Humans’ from 2021-10-17T10:00
When the Hirshhorn Museum told Laurie Anderson that it wanted to put on a big, lavish retrospective of her work, she said no.
For one thing, she was busy and has been for roughly 50 years....
The Great Supply Chain Disruption from 2021-10-15T09:50
Throughout the pandemic, businesses of all sizes have faced delays, product shortages and rising costs linked to disruptions in the global supply chain. Consumers have been confronted with an exper...
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‘No Crime Is Worth That’ from 2021-10-14T09:45
This episode contains strong language and descriptions of violence.
A Times investigation has uncovered extraordinary levels of violence and lawlessness inside Rikers, New York City’s main...
‘The Decision of My Life’ from 2021-10-13T09:45
This episode contains descriptions of violence and a suicide attempt.
When the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August, our producer started making calls. With the help of colleagues, she ...
Is Child Care a Public Responsibility? from 2021-10-12T09:45
Many Americans pay more for child care than they do for their mortgages, even though the wages for those who provide the care are among the lowest in the United States.
Democrats see the i...
Which Towns Are Worth Saving? from 2021-10-11T09:50:42
An enormous infusion of money and effort will be needed to prepare the United States for the changes wrought by the climate crisis.
We visited towns in North Carolina that have been regula...
The Sunday Read: ‘He Was the “Perfect Villain” for Voting Conspiracists’ from 2021-10-10T10:00
Over the past decade, Eric Coomer has helped make Dominion Voting Systems one of the largest providers of voting machines and software in the United States.
He was accustomed to working lo...
The Democrats Who Might Block Biden’s Infrastructure Plan from 2021-09-30T09:45
The first year of a Congress is usually the best time for a president to put forward any sort of ambitious policy. For President Biden, whose control of Congress is fragile, the urgency is particul...
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Controlling Britney Spears from 2021-09-29T09:45
Britney Spears is one of the biggest celebrities on the planet — she makes millions of dollars performing, selling perfumes and appearing on television. At the same time, however, her life is heavi...
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A Conversation With an Afghan General from 2021-09-28T10:10
This episode contains strong language.
Brig. Gen. Khoshal Sadat, a former Afghan deputy minister for security, has held some of the highest ranks in the Afghan security forces and government. <...
Another Crisis at the Border from 2021-09-27T09:55
Increasing numbers of Haitian migrants have been traveling to the border town of Del Rio, Texas, recently, in the hope of entering the United States.
Border Patrol took action — in some ca...
The Sunday Read: ‘Why Was Vicha Ratanapakdee Killed?’ from 2021-09-26T10:00
Throughout 2020, multiple strangers came at Monthanus Ratanapakdee seemingly out of nowhere. An old man yelled at her in Golden Gate Park — something about a virus and going back to her country. Wh...
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Germany, and Europe, After Merkel from 2021-09-24T09:50
After 16 years in power, Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany, is walking out of office one of the most popular politicians in the country.
In those years, Ms. Merkel has not only serv...
Redrawing the Map in New York from 2021-09-23T09:45
New York, like many other states, is enmeshed in the process of redrawing legislative districts.
The outcome of the reconfiguring could be crucial in determining which party takes control ...
Submarines and Shifting Allegiances from 2021-09-22T09:45
The recent U.S.-British deal to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines might look relatively inconsequential. But it signifies a close alliance between the three countries to face off ag...
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A ‘Righteous Strike’ from 2021-09-21T09:50
When he visited the site of an American drone strike in Kabul, Matthieu Aikins, a Times journalist, knew something wasn’t adding up. He uncovered a story that was quite different from the one offer...
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One Family’s Fight Against the Dixie Fire from 2021-09-20T09:50
Annie Correal, a reporter for The Times, has family in Indian Valley, in Northern California, roots which extend back to the 1950s.
This summer, as wildfires closed in on the area, she rep...
The Sunday Read: ‘The Composer at the Frontier of Movie Music’ from 2021-09-19T10:00
You have almost certainly heard Nicholas Britell’s music, even if you don’t know his name. More than any other contemporary composer, he appears to have the whole of music history at his command, s...
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A Broadway Show Comes Back to Life from 2021-09-17T09:45
This episode contains strong language.
“Six,” a revisionist feminist British pop musical about the wives of King Henry VIII, was shaping up to be a substantial hit on Broadway after findi...
The United States v. Elizabeth Holmes from 2021-09-16T09:45
When Elizabeth Holmes founded Theranos, the blood testing start-up, she was held up as one of the next great tech innovators.
But her company collapsed, and she was accused of lying about ...
Mexico’s Path to Legalizing Abortion from 2021-09-15T09:50
In a major turn of events in Mexico, which has one of the largest Catholic populations in the world, its Supreme Court last week decriminalized abortions.
The Supreme Court ruling is a mil...
A Hidden Shame in Nursing Homes from 2021-09-14T09:45
For decades, the law has sought to restrain nursing homes from trying to control the behavior of dementia patients with antipsychotic drugs, which are known to have adverse health effects.
An ...
Biden’s Bet on Vaccine Mandates from 2021-09-13T09:45
As recently as a month ago, President Biden appeared to be skeptical about imposing coronavirus vaccine mandates. Now that skepticism has given way to a suite of policies that aim to force the hand...
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Special Episode: What Does It Mean to 'Never Forget'? from 2021-09-11T10:00
Two planes hijacked by Al Qaeda pierced the north and south towers of the World Trade Center. A third slammed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. A fourth crashed in an open field outside Shanksvil...
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‘We’re Going to Take Over the World’ from 2021-09-10T09:45
On the internet, there are bizarre subcultures filled with conspiracy theorists — those who believe the coronavirus is a hoax or that the 2020 election was stolen, or even that Hillary Clinton is a...
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America’s Final Hours in Afghanistan from 2021-08-31T09:45
On Monday night, after a 20-year war that claimed 170,000 lives, cost over $2 trillion and did not defeat the Taliban, the United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan.
As the ...
The Tale of California’s Recall Election from 2021-08-30T09:45
Almost from the moment Gavin Newsom was elected governor of California, there were attempts to remove him from office. Initially, a recall election against him seemed highly unlikely — but the pand...
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The Sunday Read: ‘How Long Can We Live?’ from 2021-08-29T10:00
Jeanne Calment lived her entire life in the South of France. She filled her days with leisurely pursuits, enjoying a glass of port, a cigarette and some chocolate nearly every day. In 1997, Ms. Cal...
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The Bombings at the Kabul Airport from 2021-08-27T09:55
For days, many dreaded an attack on Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, as Western forces scrambled to evacuate tens of thousands of people from Afghanistan. On Thursday, those fears were ...
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Biden’s Border Dilemma from 2021-08-26T09:45
Early on in the Biden administration, it rolled out a two-pronged migration plan: A reversal of the most punitive elements of Donald Trump’s policy and rooting out the causes of migration from Cent...
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The Race to Evacuate Kabul from 2021-08-25T09:45
Since the fall of Kabul to the Taliban last week, everything and everyone has been focused on Hamid Karzai International Airport and the massive military operation to get thousands of Americans and...
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Why Mexico Is Suing U.S. Gunmakers from 2021-08-24T09:50
For years, Mexico has been gripped by horrific violence as drug cartels battle each other and kill civilians. In the last 15 years alone, homicides have tripled. The violence, the Mexican governmen...
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Children and Covid: Your Questions, Answered from 2021-08-23T09:57
As the number of coronavirus infections in the United States surges, and school districts begin to reopen for in-person learning, some parents are apprehensive and full of questions.
Recen...
The Sunday Read: ‘The Case of the Vanishing Jungle’ from 2021-08-22T10:00
In 2002, a survey revealed there were just 1.6 Sumatran tigers per 100 square kilometers in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, one of the last habitats for the critically endangered animal. In th...
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Why Apple Is About To Search Your Files from 2021-08-20T09:50
Two years ago, a multipart Times investigation highlighted an epidemic of child sexual abuse material which relied on platforms run by the world’s largest technology companies.
Last week, ...
The Interpreters the U.S. Left Behind in Afghanistan from 2021-08-19T09:50
This episode contains strong language.
Weeks ago, as the Taliban undertook a major military offensive in Afghanistan, the U.S. accelerated its evacuation of Afghans who aided them and fear...
A Devastating Earthquake in Haiti from 2021-08-18T09:45
This weekend, a major earthquake hit Haiti. It is the second crisis to befall the Caribbean nation is just over a month — its president was assassinated in July.
The earthquake’s aftermath...
America’s Miscalculations, Afghanistan’s Collapse from 2021-08-17T09:45
The last few days in Afghanistan have been chaotic as the Taliban retake control of the country.
The debacle can be traced to a number of assumptions that guided the U.S. decision to withd...
The Fall of Afghanistan from 2021-08-16T09:58:24
This episode contains strong language.
On Sunday, the president of Afghanistan fled the country; the Taliban seized control of Kabul, the capital; and the American-backed government colla...
The Sunday Read: ‘I Write About the Law. But Could I Really Help Free a Prisoner?’ from 2021-08-15T10:00
In 2019, Emily Bazelon, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, began communicating with Yutico Briley, an inmate at a prison in Jackson, La.
Mr. Briley first reached out to Ms. Ba...
A ‘Code Red for Humanity’ from 2021-08-13T09:55
This episode contains strong language.
A major new United Nations scientific report has concluded that countries and corporations have delayed curbing fossil-fuel emissions for so long th...
How Washington Now Works from 2021-08-12T09:50
On Tuesday, the United States Senate approved a $1 trillion infrastructure bill — the largest single infusion of federal funds into infrastructure projects in more than a decade. It was a bipartisa...
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The Resignation of Andrew Cuomo from 2021-08-11T09:45
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York announced yesterday that he would resign from office, exactly one week after a searing report found that he sexually harassed 11 women.
What convinced him ...
The Taliban’s Advance from 2021-08-10T09:45
The Taliban have made big moves in the last few days in their bid to take control of Afghanistan.
This weekend, they seized several cities and suddenly claimed a lot of the north. On Mond...
From Opinion: Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates on the Story We Tell About America from 2021-07-31T10:00
You’ve heard the 1619 podcast right here on The Daily. And we’ve covered the backlash to the 1619 Project and the battle over critical race theory that followed. In this interview, Ezra Klein, an O...
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The Story of Simone Biles from 2021-07-30T09:55
This episode contains mentions of sexual abuse.
Simone Biles, 24, showed up on the national stage at 16, when she competed in and won the national championships. She equally impressed at h...
Why Is China Expanding Its Nuclear Arsenal? from 2021-07-29T09:50
For decades, nuclear weapons did not figure prominently in China’s military planning. However, recent satellite images suggest that the country may be looking to quintuple its nuclear arsenal.
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The Saga of Congress’s Jan. 6 Investigation from 2021-07-28T09:50
This episode contains strong language.
The first hearing of the special congressional committee on the Jan. 6 riots was an emotional affair, but it was not quite the investigation that was...
The Vaccine Mandate Conundrum from 2021-07-27T09:50
In the effort to raise America’s vaccination rate, some agencies and private organizations have turned to the last, and most controversial, weapon in the public health arsenal: vaccine mandates.
Breakthrough Infections, Explained from 2021-07-26T09:45
For the past couple of weeks, some Americans have reported a curious phenomenon: They have caught the coronavirus despite being vaccinated.
Vaccines are still doing their job by protecting...
The Sunday Read: ‘The Little Hedge Fund Taking Down Big Oil’ from 2021-07-25T13:00
An activist investment firm won a shocking victory at Exxon Mobil. But can new directors really put the oil giant on a cleaner path?
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Putting a Price on Pollution from 2021-07-23T09:45
Extreme weather across Europe, North America and Asia is highlighting a harsh reality of science and history: The world as a whole is neither prepared to slow down climate change nor live with it.<...
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Who Killed Haiti’s President? from 2021-07-22T09:50
A promise of a well-paying assignment abroad for retired Colombian soldiers. A security company in Miami. An evangelical Haitian American pastor with lofty ideas. Trying to join the dots in the ass...
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Reacting to Chinese Cyberattacks from 2021-07-21T09:45
The Chinese government’s hacking of Microsoft was bold and brazen.
The Biden administration tried to orchestrate a muscular and coordinated response with Western allies. But while the U.S....
Facebook vs. the White House from 2021-07-20T09:45
Is misinformation on Facebook an impediment to ending the pandemic?
President Biden even said that platforms like Facebook, by harboring skepticism about the shots, were killing people.
Do We Need a Third Covid Shot? from 2021-07-19T09:45
The rise of the Delta variant has prompted a thorny question: Do we need a booster dose of the vaccine for Covid-19? Vaccine makers think so, but regulators are yet to be convinced.
Princi...
The Sunday Read: ‘The Mystery of the $113 Million Deli’ from 2021-07-18T13:00
It made headlines around the world: a New Jersey sandwich shop with a soaring stock price. Was it just speculation, or something stranger?
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State-Sponsored Abuse in Canada from 2021-07-16T09:45
This episode contains accounts of physical and sexual abuse.
The residential school system was devised by the Canadian government under the auspices of education, but very little education...
Cubans Take to the Streets from 2021-07-15T09:50
This episode contains strong language.
It was a surprise to many recently when protesters took to the streets in a small town near Havana to express their grievances with Cuba’s authoritar...
The Heat Wave That Hit the Pacific Northwest from 2021-07-14T09:45
The heat wave that hit the usually cool and rainy American Pacific Northwest was a shock to many — Oregon and Washington were covered by a blanket of heat in the triple digits.
After the t...
Will a Top Trump Deputy Flip? from 2021-07-13T09:45
In its investigation of the Trump Organization’s financial affairs, the Manhattan district attorney’s office has zeroed in on Allen Weisselberg, the company’s former finance chief, who spent almost...
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A City’s Step Toward Reparations from 2021-07-12T09:45
For decades, the granting of racial reparations in the United States appeared to be a political nonstarter. But Evanston, Ill., recently became the first city to approve a program of reparations fo...
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From The Sunday Read Archives: ‘Alone at Sea’ from 2021-07-11T13:00
For Aleksander Doba, pitting himself against the wide-open sea — storms, sunstroke, monotony, hunger and loneliness — was a way to feel alive in old age. Today, listen to the story of a man who pad...
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Inside the U.F.O. Report from 2021-06-30T09:45
Recently, the government released a long-awaited report: a look at unexplained aerial phenomena.
We explore the report and what implications it may have. Will it do anything to quell theories o...
The Collapse of Champlain Towers from 2021-06-29T09:45
A few years ago, engineers sounded alarm bells about Champlain Towers, a residential building in Surfside, Fla. Last week, disaster struck and the towers collapsed. At least 11 residents have been ...
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What the Japanese Think of the Olympics from 2021-06-28T09:45
After last year’s postponement, both the International Olympic Committee and the Japanese government are determined that the Tokyo Games will take place this summer.
But the public in Japa...
The Sunday Read: ‘The Woman Who Made van Gogh’ from 2021-06-27T13:00
Neglected by art history for decades, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, the sister-in-law to Vincent van Gogh, is finally being recognized as the force who opened the world’s eyes to his genius.
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From Opinion: Anthony Fauci Is Pissed Off from 2021-06-26T13:00
On this episode of Sway, a podcast from NYT Opinion, America’s chief immunologist responds to the recent leak of his emails, being compared to Hitler, and weighs in on the Wuhan lab-leak theory.
Day X, Part 5: Defensive Democracy from 2021-06-25T09:45
In this episode, we get answers on just how bad the problem of far-right infiltration in the German military and police really is — and how Germany is trying to address it.
We learn about ...
The Struggles of India’s Vaccine Giant from 2021-06-24T09:45
When the coronavirus hit, the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine maker, seemed uniquely positioned to help. It struck a deal with AstraZeneca, promising a billion vaccine doses ...
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Lessons from the Demise of a Voting Rights Bill from 2021-06-23T09:45
The For the People Act, a bill created by House Democrats after the 2018 midterm elections, could have been the most sweeping expansion of voting rights in a generation.
On Tuesday night, ...
Policing and the New York Mayoral Race from 2021-06-22T09:45
In the wake of last year’s Black Lives Matter protests, a central question of the New York City mayoral contest has become: Is New York safer with more or fewer police officers?
Today, we ...
A Crucial Voting Rights Decision from 2021-06-21T10:02:44
How does the 1965 Voting Rights Act work? That is the question in front of the Supreme Court as it rules on a pair of Arizona laws from 2016 — the most important voting rights case in a decade.
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The Sunday Read: ‘Finding My Father’ from 2021-06-20T13:00
During his childhood, Nicholas Casey, Madrid bureau chief for The New York Times, received visits from his father. He would arrive from some faraway place where the ships on which he worked had tak...
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Day X, Part 4: Franco A. from 2021-06-18T09:45
We meet Franco A., an officer in the German military who lived a double life as a Syrian refugee and stands accused of plotting an act of terrorism to bring down the German government.
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The Transformation of Ralph Northam from 2021-06-17T09:45:30
In 2019, it seemed to many that Gov. Ralph Northam’s career was over.
That year, the Democratic governor of Virginia became embroiled in a highly publicized blackface scandal centered on a...
The War in Tigray from 2021-06-16T09:45
This episode contains descriptions of sexual violence.
Just a few years ago, Ethiopia’s leader was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Now, the nation is in the grips of a civil war, with wides...
Why Billionaires Pay So Little Tax from 2021-06-15T09:50
Jeff Bezos, Michael Bloomberg, Elon Musk and George Soros are household names. They are among the wealthiest people in the United States.
But a recent report by ProPublica has found anothe...
Apple’s Bet on China from 2021-06-14T09:50
Apple built the world’s most valuable business by figuring out how to make China work for Apple.
A New York Times investigation has found that the dynamic has now changed. China has figure...
From The Sunday Read Archives: ‘My Mustache, My Self’ from 2021-06-13T13:00
During months of pandemic isolation, Wesley Morris, a critic at large for The New York Times, decided to grow a mustache.
The reviews were mixed and predictable. He heard it described as “...
Day X, Part 3: Blind Spot 2.0 from 2021-06-11T09:45
Franco A. is not the only far-right extremist in Germany discovered by chance. For over a decade, 10 murders in the country, including nine victims who were immigrants, went unsolved. The neo-Nazi ...
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The Unlikely Pioneer Behind mRNA Vaccines from 2021-06-10T09:45
When she was at graduate school in the 1970s, Dr. Katalin Kariko learned about something that would become a career-defining obsession: mRNA.
She believed in the potential of the molecule,...
Day X, Part 1: Shadow Army? from 2021-05-28T09:45
This episode contains strong language.
The mysterious story of a German soldier, a faked Syrian identity and a loaded gun in an airport bathroom cracks the door open to a network of far-right ...
The Saga of Ryanair Flight 4978 from 2021-05-27T09:45
Last week, when the pilots on a commercial flight headed for Lithuania told passengers they were about to make an unexpected landing in the Belarusian capital of Minsk many were confused — except R...
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Why Hamas Keeps Fighting, and Losing from 2021-05-26T09:51:03
After 11 days of fighting over the skies of Israel and Gaza, a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel was announced last week.
The conflict wrought devastation in Gaza. Yet Hamas’s leaders to...
A Cheerleader, a Snapchat Post and the Supreme Court from 2021-05-25T09:50
When Brandi Levy was 14, she posted an expletive-filled video to Snapchat, expressing her dismay at not making the varsity cheerleading squad. It got her suspended from cheerleading entirely for a ...
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The Crumbling of the N.R.A. from 2021-05-24T09:50
It had long appeared that the National Rifle Association was impervious to anything or anyone.
Now, an investigation into financial misconduct accusations led by the New York attorney gene...
The Sunday Read: ‘Neanderthals Were People, Too’ from 2021-05-23T13:00
In the summer of 1856, workers quarrying limestone in a valley outside Düsseldorf, Germany, found an odd looking skull. It was elongated and almost chinless.
William King, a British geolog...
Presenting This American Life: “The Daily” from 2021-05-22T13:00
When our friends at This American Life made an episode called ... wait for it! ... “The Daily,” we knew we wanted to share it with you. It’s about life’s daily practices, and what you learn from do...
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Two Soldiers, Ten Years from 2021-05-21T09:45
This episode contains strong language and scenes of war that some may find distressing.
In 2010, James Dao, then a military affairs reporter for The New York Times, began following a batt...
Netanyahu and Biden: A History from 2021-05-20T09:45
It has been more than a week since the latest escalation between Israel and Hamas, and President Biden has been taking a cautious approach.
The president has stressed Israel’s right to def...
Nine Days in Gaza from 2021-05-19T09:45
“You never get used to the sound of bombings,” Rahf Hallaq tells us on today’s episode.
Ms. Hallaq, an English language and literature student, lives in the northwestern area of Gaza City, wher...
A Strange Moment for the U.S. Economy from 2021-05-18T09:45
Why is the economic recovery from the pandemic so uneven? Why are companies finding it hard to hire? And why are the prices of used cars surging?
Recent economic reports have commentators scrat...
Prosecuting the Capitol Rioters from 2021-05-17T09:45
In the months since a pro-Trump mob breached the walls of the Capitol building, some 420 people have been arrested and charged in connection with the attack. And that number is expected to rise.
From The Sunday Read Archive: ‘Weird Al Yankovic’s Weirdly Enduring Appeal’ from 2021-05-16T13:00
In this episode of The Sunday Read, we revisit a story from our archives.
Sam Anderson claims Weird Al Yankovic is not just a parody singer — he’s “a full-on rock star, a legitimate perfor...
A Conversation With a Dogecoin Millionaire from 2021-05-14T09:45
This episode contains strong language.
What started out as a kind of inside joke in the world of cryptocurrency has quickly become, for some, a very serious path to wealth. Today we explor...
The Israeli-Palestinian Crisis, Reignited from 2021-05-13T09:45
In the past few days, the deadliest violence in years has erupted between Israel and the Palestinians. Hundreds of missiles are streaking back and forth between Gaza and cities across Israel, and t...
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‘Ignoring the Lie Emboldens the Liar’ from 2021-05-12T09:45
Today, Liz Cheney, the No. 3 Republican in the House, is expected to be removed from her leadership position.
She has found herself on a lonely political island by continuing to speak out ...
Apple vs. Facebook from 2021-05-11T09:45
Recently, Apple released a seemingly innocuous software update: a new privacy feature that would explicitly ask iPhone users whether an app should be allowed to track them across other apps and sit...
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Rural Tennessee’s Vaccine Hesitators from 2021-05-10T09:55:14
Vaccine hesitancy is a major reason that many experts now fear the United States will struggle to attain herd immunity against the coronavirus.
And while many initially hesitant demographi...
Odessa, Part 4: Wellness Check from 2021-04-30T09:45
Joanna Lopez, the high school senior we met in our first episode of Odessa, has turned inward: staying in her bedroom, ghosting friends and avoiding band practice. But playing with the marching ban...
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‘We Have to Prove Democracy Still Works’ from 2021-04-29T09:49:12
In his first speech to a joint session of Congress, President Biden set out an expansive vision for the role of American government. He spent much of the address detailing his proposals for investi...
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Fear and Loss: Inside India’s Coronavirus Crisis from 2021-04-28T09:50
At the beginning of this year, many people in India thought the worst of the pandemic was finished there. But in the last few weeks, any sense of ease has given way to widespread fear.
Th...
Can the U.S. Win Back Its Climate Credibility? from 2021-04-27T09:50
During a global climate summit, President Biden signaled America’s commitment to fighting climate change with an ambitious target: The U.S. will cut its economywide carbon emissions by 50 percent o...
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Why Russia Is Exporting So Much Vaccine from 2021-04-26T09:50
In recent years, Russia has tried to reassert its global influence in many ways, from military action in Ukraine to meddling in U.S. elections.
So when Russia developed a coronavirus vacci...
The Sunday Read: ‘The “Herald Square Bomber” Who Wasn’t’ from 2021-04-25T13:00
In summer 2003, Shahawar Matin Siraj, then 21, met Osama Eldawoody, a nuclear engineer twice his age. To Mr. Siraj’s delight they struck up an unlikely friendship — never before had someone this so...
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The Super League That Wasn’t from 2021-04-23T09:46:28
This episode contains strong language.
On Sunday, 12 elite soccer teams in Europe announced the formation of a super league. The plan was backed by vast amounts of money, but it flew in t...
How a ‘Red Flag’ Law Failed in Indiana from 2021-04-22T09:45:50
Last spring, Brandon Hole’s mother alerted the police in Indiana about her son’s worrying behavior. Invoking the state’s “red flag” law, officers seized his firearm.
But Mr. Hole was able to le...
Guilty of All Charges from 2021-04-21T09:48:33
On Tuesday, after three weeks of jury selection, another three weeks of testimony and 10 hours of deliberations, Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was found guilty of murder in th...
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A Wave of Anti-Transgender Legislation from 2021-04-20T09:45
Just four months into 2021 and there have already been more than 80 bills, introduced in mostly Republican-controlled legislatures, that aim to restrict transgender rights, mostly in sports and med...
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A Difficult Diplomatic Triangle from 2021-04-19T09:45
When a nuclear fuel enrichment site in Iran blew up this month, Tehran immediately said two things: The explosion was no accident, and the blame lay with Israel.
Such an independent action by I...
The Sunday Read: ‘Voices Carry’ from 2021-04-18T13:00
The Skagit Valley choir last sang together on the evening of March 10, 2020. This rehearsal, it would turn out, was one of the first documented superspreader events of the pandemic. Of the 61 chori...
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The Agony of Pandemic Parenting from 2021-04-16T09:48:02
This episode contains strong language and emotional descriptions about the challenges of parenting during the pandemic, so if your young child is with you, you might want to listen later.
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The Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Pause Explained from 2021-04-15T09:45
Today, science writer Carl Zimmer explains the decision-making process, how long the suspension might last and the impact it could have not only in the U.S. but around the world.
Guest: Ca...
A Legal Winning Streak for Religion from 2021-04-14T09:45
In a ruling a few days ago, the Supreme Court lifted coronavirus restrictions imposed by California on religious services held in private homes. The decision gave religious Americans another win ag...
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Cryptocurrency’s Newest Frontier from 2021-04-13T09:45
It started with a picture posted on the internet, and ended in an extravagant cryptocurrency bidding war. NFTs, or “nonfungible tokens,” have recently taken the art world by storm. Sabrina Tavernis...
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Europe’s Vaccination Problem from 2021-04-12T09:49:05
Europe’s vaccination process was expected to be well-orchestrated and efficient. So far, it’s been neither. Sabrina Tavernise, a national correspondent for The Times, spoke with our colleague Matin...
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The Sunday Read: ‘The Ghost Writer’ from 2021-04-11T13:00
The author Philip Roth, who died in 2018, was not sure whether he wanted to be the subject of a biography. In the end, he decided that he wanted to be known and understood.
His search for...
A Conversation With Senator Raphael Warnock from 2021-03-31T09:45
Republican-led legislatures are racing to restrict voting rights, in a broad political effort that first began in the state of Georgia. To many Democrats, it’s no coincidence that Georgia — once a ...
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A National Campaign to Restrict Voting from 2021-03-30T09:45
Georgia, a once reliably red state, has been turning more and more purple in recent years. In response, the Republican state legislature has passed a package of laws aimed at restricting voting.
The Trial of Derek Chauvin from 2021-03-29T09:45
On the docket on Monday at a Minneapolis courthouse is the biggest police brutality case in the United States in three decades: the trial of Derek Chauvin, a white former police officer accused of ...
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The Sunday Read: 'Rembrandt in the Blood' from 2021-03-28T13:00
It was in the winter of 2016 that Jan Six, a Dutch art dealer based in Amsterdam, made a discovery that would upend his life. He was leafing through a Christie’s catalog when he spotted a painting ...
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A Nursing Home’s First Day Out of Lockdown from 2021-03-26T09:45
The Good Shepherd Nursing Home in West Virginia lifted its coronavirus lockdown in February.
For months, residents had been confined to their rooms, unable to mix. But with everybody now v...
The State of Vaccinations from 2021-03-25T09:45
The United States has never undertaken a vaccination campaign of the scale and speed of the Covid-19 program. Despite a few glitches, the country appears to be on track to offer shots to all adults...
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Joe Biden’s 30-Year Quest for Gun Control from 2021-03-24T09:45
In less than a week, the United States has seen two deadly mass shootings: one in Boulder, Colo., and another in the Atlanta area.
These events prompted President Biden to address the nation on...
A Food Critic Loses Her Sense of Smell from 2021-03-23T09:45
For Tejal Rao, a restaurant critic for The Times, a sense of smell is crucial to what she does. After she contracted the coronavirus, it disappeared. It felt almost instant.
“If you’re not used...
The Cruel Reality of Long Covid-19 from 2021-03-22T09:45
This episode contains strong language.
Ivan Agerton of Bainbridge Island, Wash., was usually unflappable. A 50-year-old adventure photographer and former marine, he has always been known to be ...
The Sunday Read: 'Beauty of the Beasts' from 2021-03-21T13:00
The bright elastic throats of anole lizards, the Fabergé abdomens of peacock spiders and the curling, iridescent and ludicrously long feathers of birds-of-paradise. A number of animal species posse...
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Bonus: The N-Word is Both Unspeakable and Ubiquitous. 'Still Processing' is Back, and They're Confronting it. from 2021-03-20T10:00
Introducing the new season of “Still Processing.” The first episode is the one that the co-hosts Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morris have been wanting to make for years. They’re talking about the N-wor...
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The Ruthless Rise and Lonely Decline of Andrew Cuomo from 2021-03-19T09:45
Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York is known as a hard-charging, ruthless political operator.
But his power has always come from two sources: legislators’ fear of crossing him and his popularity...
A Murderous Rampage in Georgia from 2021-03-18T09:45
The pandemic has precipitated a rise in anti-Asian violence in the U.S. However, the full extent of this violence may be obscured by the difficulty in classifying attacks against Asian-Americans as...
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The Fight for (and Against) a $15 Minimum Wage from 2021-03-17T09:45
The passage of the stimulus package last week ushered in an expansion of the social safety net that Democrats have celebrated. But one key policy was not included: a doubling of the federal minimum...
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A Wind Farm in Coal Country from 2021-03-16T09:45
Wyoming has powered the nation with coal for generations. Many in the state consider the industry part of their identity.
It is in this state, and against this cultural backdrop, that one of Am...
Life After the Vaccine in Israel from 2021-03-15T09:45
Just a few months ago, Israel was in dire shape when it came to the coronavirus. It had among the highest daily infection and death rates in the world.
Now, Israel has outpaced much of the wor...
The Sunday Read: 'The Case for the Subway' from 2021-03-14T13:00
Long before it became an archaic and filthy symbol of everything wrong with America’s broken cities, the New York subway was a marvel.
In recent years, it has been falling apart.
Odessa, Part 2: Friday Night Lights from 2021-03-12T10:45
In 1988, a high school football team in Odessa, Texas, was so good that it became the inspiration for a book, movie and, eventually, the television series “Friday Night Lights.” And in the decades ...
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Diana and Meghan from 2021-03-11T10:45
This episode contains references to suicide, self-harm and eating disorders.
In 1995, Diana, Princess of Wales, made a decision that was unprecedented for a member of the British royal fam...
‘I Thought I Was Going to Die’: A Capitol Police Officer Recounts Jan. 6 from 2021-03-10T10:45
When Officer Harry Dunn reporter for work at the Capitol on the morning of Jan. 6, he expected a day of relatively normal protests. But the situation soon turned dangerous.
Today, we talk ...
The Sunday Read: ‘Sigrid Johnson Was Black. A DNA Test Said She Wasn’t’ from 2021-02-28T14:00
It all started when Sigrid E. Johnson was 62. She got a call from an old friend, asking her to participate in a study about DNA ancestry tests and ethnic identity. She agreed.
Ms. Johnson ...
Odessa, Part 1: The School Year Begins from 2021-02-26T10:46:49
Odessa is a four-part audio documentary series about one West Texas high school reopening during the pandemic — and the teachers, students and nurses affected in the process.
For the past six m...
Fate, Domestic Terrorism and the Nomination of Merrick Garland from 2021-02-25T10:45
Five years ago, Judge Merrick B. Garland became a high-profile casualty of Washington’s political dysfunction. President Barack Obama selected him to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the d...
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When Covid Hit Nursing Homes, Part 2: ‘They’re Not Giving Us an Ending’ from 2021-02-24T10:48:08
When the pandemic was bearing down on New York last March, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration issued a directive that allowed Covid-19 patients to be discharged into nursing homes in a bid to free ...
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When Covid Hit Nursing Homes, Part 1: ‘My Mother Died Alone’ from 2021-02-23T10:50:54
When New York was the epicenter of the pandemic in the United States, Gov. Andrew Cuomo emerged as a singular, strong leader. Now his leadership is embattled, particularly over the extent of deaths...
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The Legacy of Rush Limbaugh from 2021-02-22T10:45:29
The conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh died last week. He was 70.
For decades, he broadcast mistrust and grievance into the homes of millions. Mr. Limbaugh helped create an entire ecosy...
The Sunday Read: ‘The Man Who Turned Credit Card Points Into an Empire’ from 2021-02-21T14:00
In recent years, travel — cheap travel, specifically — has boomed. Like all booms it has its winners (including influencers and home-sharing platforms like Airbnb) and its losers (namely locals and...
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Kids and Covid from 2021-02-19T10:45
The end of summer 2021 has been earmarked as the time by which most American adults will be vaccinated. But still remaining is the often-overlooked question of vaccinations for children, who make u...
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A Battle for the Soul of Rwanda from 2021-02-18T10:45
The story of how Paul Rusesabagina saved the lives of his hotel guests during the Rwandan genocide was immortalized in the 2004 film “Hotel Rwanda.” Leveraging his celebrity, Mr. Rusesabagina openl...
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The Blackout in Texas from 2021-02-17T10:45
An intense winter storm has plunged Texas into darkness. The state’s electricity grid has failed in the face of the worst cold weather there in decades.
The Texas blackouts could be a glimpse i...
An Impeachment Manager on Trump’s Acquittal from 2021-02-16T10:45:05
There was a sense of fatalism going into former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial. Many felt that it would almost certainly end in acquittal.
Not the Democratic impeachment mana...
The Sunday Read: 'Who's Making All Those Scam Calls?' from 2021-02-14T14:00
The app Truecaller estimates that as many as 56 million Americans have fallen foul to scam calls, losing nearly $20 billion.
Enter L., an anonymous vigilante, referred to here by his midd...
France, Islam and ‘Laïcité’ from 2021-02-12T10:48:17
“Laïcité,” or secularism, the principle that separates religion from the state in France, has long provoked heated dispute in the country. It has intensified recently, when a teacher, Samuel Paty, ...
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A Broken System for Housing the Homeless from 2021-02-11T10:47:04
This episode contains descriptions of sexual violence.
Victor Rivera has framed his life story as one of redemption and salvation. Escaping homelessness and drug addiction, he founded the Bron...
What Will It Take to Reopen Schools? from 2021-02-10T10:48:54
Almost a year into the pandemic and the American education system remains severely disrupted. About half of children across the United States are not in school.
The Biden administration has set...
The Sunday Read: 'The Forgotten Sense' from 2021-01-31T14:00
“Smell is a startling superpower,” writes Brooke Jarvis, the author of today’s Sunday Read. “If you weren’t used to it, it would seem like witchcraft.”
For hundreds of years, smell has bee...
A Conspiracy Theory Is Proved Wrong from 2021-01-29T10:45
This episode contains strong language.
Inauguration Day was supposed to bring vindication for adherents of the pro-Trump conspiracy theory QAnon.
Instead, they watched as Joe Biden took th...
The Fate of the Filibuster from 2021-01-28T10:45
As Democrats and Republicans haggled over how to share power in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, the minority leader, made one key demand: Do not touch the filibuster rule.
Today, we explore the me...
Why Are U.S. Coronavirus Cases Falling? And Will the Trend Last? from 2021-01-27T10:45
The number of new coronavirus cases in the United States is falling, but has the country turned a corner in the pandemic? And what kind of threats do the new variants pose to people and to the vacc...
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‘The Skunk at the Picnic’: Dr. Anthony Fauci on Working for Trump from 2021-01-26T10:45:14
This episode contains strong language.
In many instances while advising the Trump administration on the pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci was faced with a “difficult” situation. Yet he said he had ne...
Aleksei Navalny and the Future of Russia from 2021-01-25T10:49:46
The Russian activist Aleksei Navalny has spent years agitating against corruption, and against President Vladimir Putin.
Last summer he was poisoned with a rare nerve agent linked to the Russi...
The Sunday Read: ‘The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort Of) Rattled the Scientific Community’ from 2021-01-24T14:00
The cultural history of clouds seemed to be shaped by amateurs — the likes of Luke Howard and the Honorable Ralph Abercromby — each of whom projected the ethos of his particular era onto those bill...
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Biden’s Executive Orders from 2021-01-22T10:45
Within hours of assuming the presidency, President Biden signed a flurry of executive orders. He rejoined the Paris climate agreement, repealed the so-called Muslim travel ban and mandated the wear...
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The Inauguration of Joe Biden from 2021-01-21T10:45
Unity was the byword of President Biden’s Inaugural Address.
The speech was an attempt to turn the page. But can this be achieved without, as many in the Democratic coalition believe, a fu...
‘Restoring the First Brick of Dignity’: Biden Supporters on His Inauguration from 2021-01-20T10:47:26
Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States today. Among Democrats, there is a sense of joy and hope, but also of caution and concern.
We speak with a range of Mr. Bid...
'What Kind of Message Is That?': How Republicans See the Attack on the Capitol from 2021-01-19T10:45
Polling in the days since the storming of the Capitol paints a complex picture. While most Americans do not support the riot, a majority of Republicans do not believe that President Trump bears res...
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The Sunday Read: 'The Valve Turners' from 2021-01-17T14:00
Most Americans treat climate change seriously but not literally — they accept the science, worry about forecasts but tell themselves that someone else will get serious about fixing the problem very...
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‘Rankly Unfit’: The View From a Republican Who Voted to Impeach from 2021-01-15T10:50:23
This episode contains strong language.
Three days after being sworn into Congress, Representative Peter Meijer, Republican of Michigan, was sitting in the gallery of the House of Representativ...
Impeached, Again from 2021-01-14T11:19:30
“A clear and present danger.” Those were the words used by Nancy Pelosi to describe President Trump, and the main thrust of the Democrats’ arguments for impeachment on the House floor.
While mo...
Is More Violence Coming? from 2021-01-13T10:45
After the attack on the Capitol, social media platforms sprang into action, deleting the accounts of agitators.
Without a central place to congregate, groups have splintered off into other, dar...
A Swift Impeachment Plan from 2021-01-12T10:45
At the heart of the move to impeach President Trump is a relatively simple accusation: that he incited a violent insurrection against the government of the United States.
We look at the ef...
A Pandemic Update: The Variant and the Vaccine Rollout from 2021-01-11T10:48:39
As 2020 drew to a close, a concerning development in the pandemic came out of Britain — a new variant of the coronavirus had been discovered that is significantly more transmissible. It has since b...
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The Sunday Read: 'A Mother and Daughter at the End' from 2021-01-10T14:00
Without many predators or any prey, rhinos flourished for millions of years. Humans put an end to that, as we hunted them down and destroyed their habitat.
No rhino, however, is doing wors...
Genie Chance and the Great Alaska Earthquake: An Update from 2020-12-31T11:00
This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran.
When Alaska was hit by a devastating ear...
‘Who Replaces Me?’: An Update from 2020-12-30T11:00
This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran.
Scott Watson — a Black police officer in...
A New Way to Mourn: An Update from 2020-12-29T11:00
This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes from this year and checking in on what has happened since the stories first ran.
In our society, the public part of mournin...
How a Small Bar Battled to Survive the Coronavirus: An Update from 2020-12-28T11:00
This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran.
When Jack Nicas, a technology reporter f...
The Sunday Read: 'Cher Everlasting' from 2020-12-27T14:00
The escapism of movies took on a new importance during pandemic isolation. Caity Weaver, the author of this week’s Sunday Read, says that to properly embrace this year’s cinematic achievements, the...
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24 Hours Inside a Brooklyn Hospital: An Update from 2020-12-24T11:00
This episode contains strong language.
This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran.
The Year in Good News from 2020-12-23T10:55
A few weeks ago, we put a callout on The Daily, asking people to send in their good news from a particularly bleak year.
The response was overwhelming. Audio messages poured into our inbox...
The Lives They Lived from 2020-12-22T10:55
It is a very human thing, at the end of a year, to stop and take stock. Part of that involves acknowledging that some remarkable people who were here in 2020 will be not joining us in 2021.
The Sunday Read: 'The Movement to Bring Death Closer' from 2020-12-20T14:00
“If death practices reveal a culture’s values,” writes Maggie Jones, the author of today’s Sunday Read, “we choose convenience, outsourcing, an aversion to knowing or seeing too much.”
Ent...
Evicted During the Pandemic from 2020-12-18T10:55
For years there has been an evictions crisis in the United States. The pandemic has made it more acute.
On today’s episode, our conversations with a single mother of two from Georgia over ...
Should Facebook Be Broken Up? from 2020-12-17T10:56:34
This episode contains strong language.
When the photo-sharing app Instagram started to grow in popularity in the 2010s, the chief executive of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, had two options: b...
Hacked, Again from 2020-12-16T10:55
Undetected for months, sophisticated hackers working on behalf of a foreign government were able to breach computer networks across a number of U.S. government agencies. It’s believed to be the han...
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America’s First Coronavirus Vaccinations from 2020-12-15T11:00:31
North Dakota and New Orleans have been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus.
On today’s episode, we speak to health care workers in both places as they become some of the first to rece...
The U.S. Approves a Vaccine from 2020-12-14T10:55:50
The Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use on Friday, clearing the way for millions of highly vulnerable people to begin receiving the vaccine within da...
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The Sunday Read: 'Lovers in Auschwitz, Reunited' from 2020-12-13T14:00
Amid the death and desperation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, two inmates, David Wisnia and Helen Spitzer, found love.
On today’s episode, the story of how they found each other — fi...
A Guide to Georgia’s Senate Runoffs from 2020-12-11T10:55
In three weeks, an election will take place that could be as important as the presidential vote in determining the course of the next four years.
The Jan. 5 runoff elections in Georgia wil...
Why Did the U.S. Turn Down Vaccine Doses? from 2020-12-10T10:55
From the start of the pandemic, the Trump administration said it was committed to ordering and stockpiling enough potential vaccine doses to end the outbreak in the United States as quickly as poss...
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When and How You’ll Get a Vaccine from 2020-11-30T07:34
For Americans, months of collective isolation and fear could soon be winding down. A coronavirus vaccine may be just weeks away.
According to Dr. Moncef Slaoui, head of Operation Warp Spee...
A Day at the Food Pantry from 2020-11-25T07:35
On a day early this fall, Nikita Stewart, who covers social services for The New York Times, and the Daily producers Annie Brown and Stella Tan spent a day at Council of Peoples Organization, a foo...
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A Failed Attempt to Overturn the Election from 2020-11-24T07:35
Pressure and litigation appear to have been the pillars of President Trump’s response to his general election loss.
His team filed a litany of court cases in battleground states. In some, ...
New York City’s 3 Percent Problem from 2020-11-23T07:35
This week New York City’s public schools will close their doors and students will once again undertake online instruction.
The shutdown was triggered when 3 percent of coronavirus tests in...
The Sunday Read: 'Man to Man' from 2020-11-22T07:36
For years, Wil S. Hylton had been drawn to his cousin’s strength and violence. He was pulled in by the archetype that he embodied and was envious of the power he seemed to command.
Wil des...
When the Pandemic Came to Rural Wisconsin from 2020-11-20T07:36
When the pandemic struck, Patty Schachtner, in her capacity as both a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and chief medical officer for St. Croix County, tried to remain one step ahead. It was an ...
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The Pandemic Economy in 7 Numbers from 2020-11-19T07:37
There are several figures that tell the story of the American economy right now.
Some are surprisingly positive — the housing market is booming — while others paint a more dire picture.
The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of the Taliban from 2020-11-18T07:38
President Trump is pushing the military to accelerate the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, all but guaranteeing a major place for the Taliban in the country’s future.
As a c...
Why Europe Is Flattening the Curve (and the U.S. Isn’t) from 2020-11-17T07:38
As it became clear that Europe was heading into another deadly wave of the coronavirus, most of the continent returned to lockdown. European leaders pushed largely similar messages, asking citizens...
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Division Among the Democrats from 2020-11-16T07:39
For four years, Democrats had been united behind the mission of defeating President Trump.
But after the election of Joe Biden, the party’s disappointing showing in congressional races — l...
The Sunday Read: 'Hard Times' from 2020-11-15T14:00
For the folk duo Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, pandemic isolation brought about a creative boon. In a year that has been defined by uncertainty, they have returned to what they know: songs abou...
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A Non-Transfer of Power from 2020-11-13T10:53:14
Maggie Haberman on why the traditional transfer of power is not happening this year, and the implications of that delay.
Guest: Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for The New Yo...
A Vaccine Breakthrough from 2020-11-12T10:55
It’s a dark time in the struggle with the coronavirus, particularly in the United States, where infections and hospitalizations have surged.
But amid the gloom comes some light: A trial by...
The (Unfinished) Battle for the Senate from 2020-11-11T10:55:01
After the tumult of last week’s voting, one crucial question remains: Who will control the Senate?
The answer lies in Georgia, where two runoff elections in January will decide who has the...
About Those Polls… from 2020-11-10T10:55:31
Nate Cohn, an expert on polling for The New York Times, knows that the predictions for the 2016 presidential election were bad.
But this year, he says, they were even worse.
So, w...
The Field: The Shy Biden Voters Among Florida’s Seniors from 2020-10-30T10:23:28
Florida’s seniors played an important role in President Trump’s victory there in 2016. Older voters, who are mostly conservative, make up around 25 percent of the swing state’s electorate and turn ...
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The Field: The Specter of Political Violence from 2020-10-29T09:58
This episode contains strong language.
With an election in which uncertainty may abound, concerns are swirling around the possibility of political violence. Experts and officials — includi...
A Partisan Future for Local News? from 2020-10-28T10:05:47
Local news in America has long been widely trusted, and widely seen as objective. But as traditional local papers struggle, there have been attempts across the political spectrum to create more par...
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The Shadow of the 2000 Election from 2020-10-27T09:55:27
What does the specter of the 2000 election mean for the upcoming election? The race between George W. Bush and Al Gore that year turned on the result in Florida, where the vote was incredibly close...
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The Field: Why Suburban Women Changed Their Minds from 2020-10-26T09:52:56
In America’s increasingly divided political landscape, it can be hard to imagine almost any voter switching sides. One demographic group has provided plenty of exceptions: white suburban women.
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The Sunday Read: 'My Mustache, My Self' from 2020-10-25T13:00
During months of pandemic isolation, Wesley Morris, a critic at large for The New York Times, decided to grow a mustache.
The reviews were mixed and predictable. He heard it described as “...
Sudden Civility: The Final Presidential Debate from 2020-10-23T09:53:15
At the start of Thursday night’s debate its moderator, Kristen Welker of NBC News, delivered a polite but firm instruction: The matchup should not be a repeat of the chaos of last month’s debate. <...
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A Peculiar Way to Pick a President from 2020-10-22T09:54:27
The winner-take-all system used by the Electoral College in the United States appears nowhere in the Constitution. It awards all of a state’s electors to the candidate with the most votes, no matte...
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A Misinformation Test for Social Media from 2020-10-21T09:55:14
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have invested a significant amount of time and money trying to avoid the mistakes made during the 2016 election.
A test of those new policies came last week, ...
A Pivotal Senate Race in North Carolina from 2020-10-20T09:54:36
In the struggle to control the U.S. Senate, one race in North Carolina — where the Republican incumbent, Thom Tillis, is trying to hold off his Democratic challenger, Cal Cunningham — could be cruc...
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The Field: A Divided Latino Vote in Arizona from 2020-10-19T09:51:31
This episode contains strong language.
In the last decade, elections have tightened in Arizona, a traditionally Republican stronghold, as Democrats gain ground.
According to poll...
The Sunday Read: 'Jim Dwyer, About New York' from 2020-10-18T13:00
Jim Dwyer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The New York Times, died earlier this month. He was 63.
Throughout his nearly 40-year career, Jim was drawn to stories about discriminati...
The Candidates: Joe Biden’s Plans from 2020-10-16T09:55:01
In the second of a two-part examination of the presidential candidates’ policies, we turn to Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s agenda and how he plans to govern a nation wracked by a public health and economic...
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The Candidates: Donald Trump’s Promises from 2020-10-15T09:55:10
In a two-part examination of the policies of the president and of the man seeking to replace him, Joe Biden, we first take a look at what Donald Trump said he would do four years ago — and what he’...
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The Confirmation Hearing of Amy Coney Barrett from 2020-10-14T09:55:34
It was a 12-hour session. Twenty-two senators took turns questioning Judge Amy Coney Barrett on her record and beliefs.
Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, evoked personal ex...
The Politics of Pandemic Relief from 2020-10-13T09:54:08
In March, Congress pushed through a relief package that preserved the U.S. economy during the pandemic. It felt like government functioning at its best.
But now, that money is running out ...
Why the Left Is Losing on Abortion from 2020-10-12T09:58:08
Most Americans say that abortion should be legal with some restrictions, but President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett, signed a statement in a 2006 newspaper advertisement...
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The Sunday Read: 'David's Ankles' from 2020-10-11T13:00
“We are conditioned to believe that art is safe,” Sam Anderson, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, explained in this week’s The Sunday Read. “Destruction happens in a number of ways, f...
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Chaos and Contempt: The First Presidential Debate from 2020-09-30T09:58:43
This episode contains strong language.
Both presidential candidates had clear goals for their first debate on Tuesday.
For Joseph R. Biden Jr., the contest was an opportunity to c...
The President’s Taxes from 2020-09-29T09:55:10
Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig, investigative reporters for The Times, have pored over two decades and thousands of pages of documents on Donald J. Trump’s tax information, up to and including his...
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The Past, Present and Future of Amy Coney Barrett from 2020-09-28T09:54:39
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s pick to fill the empty seat on the Supreme Court, is a product of the conservative legal movement of the 1980s. She clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia, a ...
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The Sunday Read: 'How Climate Migration Will Reshape America' from 2020-09-27T13:00
In August, Abrahm Lustgarten, who reports on climate, watched fires burn just 12 miles from his home in Marin County, Calif.
For two years, he had been studying the impact of the changing ...
The Field: Policing and Power in Minneapolis from 2020-09-25T09:54:35
This episode contains strong language.
In June, weeks after George Floyd was killed by the police, a veto-proof majority of the Minneapolis City Council expressed support for dismantling ...
On the Ground in Louisville from 2020-09-24T10:11:06
This episode contains strong language.
Breonna Taylor’s mother and her supporters had made their feelings clear: Nothing short of murder charges for all three officers involved in Ms. Tayl...
A Historic Opening for Anti-Abortion Activists from 2020-09-23T09:56:33
President Trump appears to be on course to give conservatives a sixth vote on the Supreme Court, after several Republican senators who were previously on the fence said they would support quickly i...
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Swing Voters and the Supreme Court Vacancy from 2020-09-22T09:57:02
This episode contains strong language and descriptions of sexual violence.
The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the ensuing battle to fill her seat is set to dominate American pol...
Part 1: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg from 2020-09-21T09:54:11
When Ruth Bader Ginsburg graduated from law school, she received no job offers from New York law firms, despite being an outstanding student. She spent two years clerking for a federal district jud...
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Part 2: The Battle Over Her Seat from 2020-09-21T09:53:19
In the second episode of a two-part special, we consider the ramifications of Justice Ginsburg’s death and the struggle over how, and when, to replace her on the bench.
The stakes are high...
The Sunday Read: 'The Agency' from 2020-09-20T13:00
According to Ludmila Savchuk, a former employee, every day at the Internet Research Agency was essentially the same.
From an office complex in the Primorsky District of St. Petersburg, emp...
Special Episode: ‘An Obituary for the Land’ from 2020-09-18T19:26:23
“Nothing comes easily out here,” Terry Tempest Williams, a Utah-based writer, said of the American West. Her family was once almost taken by fire, and as a child of the West, she grew up with it.
A Messy Return to School in New York from 2020-09-18T09:55:25
Iolani Grullon teaches dual-language kindergarten in Washington Heights in New York City, where she has worked for the last 15 years.
She, like many colleagues, is leery about a return to ...
The Forgotten Refugee Crisis in Europe from 2020-09-17T09:57:59
Among the olive groves of Moria, on the Greek island of Lesbos, a makeshift city of tents and containers housed thousands of asylum seekers who had fled conflict and hardship in Africa, the Middle ...
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Quarantine on a College Campus from 2020-09-16T09:55:28
This episode contains strong language.
Infected with the coronavirus and separated from their peers in special dorms, some college students have taken to sharing their quarantine experienc...
A Deadly Tinderbox from 2020-09-15T09:54:57
“The entire state is burning.” That was the refrain Jack Healy, our national correspondent, kept hearing when he arrived in the fire zone in Oregon.
The scale of the wildfires is dizzying ...
Inside Trump’s Immigration Crackdown from 2020-09-14T09:55
This episode contains strong language.
After Donald Trump was elected president, two filmmakers were granted rare access to the operations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Since Mr....
The Sunday Read: 'The Children in the Shadows' from 2020-09-13T13:00
Prince is 9 years old, ebullient and bright; he has spent much of the pandemic navigating the Google Classroom app from his mother’s phone.
The uncertainty and isolation of the coronavirus...
A Self-Perpetuating Cycle of Wildfires from 2020-09-11T09:55
When many in California talk about this year’s wildfires, they describe the color — the apocalyptic, ominous, red-orange glow in the sky.
The state’s current wildfires have seen two and a ...
The Killing of Breonna Taylor, Part 2 from 2020-09-10T09:55:45
This episode contains strong language.
“So there’s just shooting, like we’re both on the ground,” Kenneth Walker, Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, said of the raid on her home. “I don’t know w...
‘Who Replaces Me?’ from 2020-08-31T09:59:02
This episode contains strong language.
As a police officer in his hometown of Flint, Mich., Scott Watson has worked to become a pillar of the community, believing his identity has placed h...
The Sunday Read: 'In the Line of Fire' from 2020-08-30T13:00
Many American states use the labor of inmates to help fight its fires, but none so more than California. Using incarcerated firefighters saves the state’s taxpayers an estimated $100 million a year...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Journey to Republican Stardom from 2020-08-28T09:54:55
For much of his life, Donald Trump Jr. has been disregarded by his father. He played only a bit part in the 2016 campaign and when the team departed for Washington, he was left to oversee a largely...
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On the Ground in Kenosha from 2020-08-27T09:55:46
This episode contains strong language.
The shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black father from Kenosha, Wis., by a white police officer has reverberated through the city, fueling protests and unr...
Trump’s Suburban Strategy from 2020-08-26T09:55:17
At the 1968 Republican National Convention, Richard Nixon made an appeal to voters in the suburbs concerned about racial unrest across the United States after the assassination of Martin Luther Kin...
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Where We Stand on the Pandemic from 2020-08-25T09:54:38
In the U.S., emergency-use authorization has been granted for convalescent plasma, the efficacy of which is yet to be robustly tested. For some, this echoes the situation with hydroxychloroquine an...
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A Surge in Shootings from 2020-08-24T09:55
Gun violence is on the rise in New York City. By the end of July, there had been more shootings in 2020 than in all of 2019. Shootings have risen in other metropolises, too, including Atlanta, Chic...
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The Sunday Read: 'Sweatpants Forever' from 2020-08-23T13:00
Much of the fashion industry has buckled under the weight of the coronavirus — it appears to have sped up the inevitable.
This story was written by Irina Aleksander and recorded by Audm. T...
A Pandemic-Proof Bubble? from 2020-08-21T09:53:38
When the coronavirus hit the United States, the N.B.A. was faced with a unique challenge. It seemed impossible to impose social distancing in basketball, an indoor sport with players almost constan...
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Joe Biden’s 30-Year Quest from 2020-08-20T09:53:15
Joseph R. Biden Jr. first ran for president in 1988, when his campaign was cut short after he made a series of blunders. After six terms in the Senate, he tried again in 2008 but failed to gain any...
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The President, the Postal Service and the Election from 2020-08-19T09:53:04
The installation of Louis DeJoy as postmaster general has caused alarm. Since taking up the role in June, he has enacted a number of cuts to the Postal Service: ending overtime for workers, limitin...
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A Dinner and a Deal from 2020-08-18T09:56:16
In March 2018, Mark Landler — then a White House correspondent at The New York Times — attended a dinner party hosted by the United Arab Emirates’ ambassador, Yousef al-Otaiba, at a Washington rest...
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Inside Operation Warp Speed from 2020-08-17T09:51:19
Operation Warp Speed has in some ways lived up to its name: The U.S. government has awarded almost $11 billion to seven different companies to develop vaccines, three of which — Moderna, AstraZenec...
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The Sunday Read: 'Unwanted Truths' from 2020-08-16T13:00
What is the extent of Russia’s interest in the 2020 U.S. election? Last year, a classified report written by intelligence officials tried to answer this question.
In this episode, Robert D...
Protesting Her Own Employer from 2020-08-14T10:01:10
“As a Black woman who works at Adidas my experiences have never been business as usual.”
Julia Bond, an assistant apparel designer at the sportswear giant, says she had resigned herself to...
Why Teachers Aren’t Ready to Reopen Schools from 2020-08-13T09:54:30
With the possibility that millions or tens of millions of American children will not enter a classroom for an entire year, school districts face an agonizing choice: Do the benefits of in-person le...
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A Historic V.P. Decision from 2020-08-12T09:54:56
Joseph R. Biden Jr. picked Senator Kamala Harris of California as his running mate, making her the first Black woman and the first Asian American woman to run for vice president on a major party ti...
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Cancel Culture, Part 2: A Case Study from 2020-08-11T09:55:22
Yesterday on “The Daily,” the New York Times reporter Jonah Bromwich explained how the idea of cancel culture has emerged as a political and cultural force in 2020. In the second of two parts, he r...
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Cancel Culture, Part 1: Where It Came From from 2020-08-10T09:55
In the first of two parts, the New York Times reporter Jonah Bromwich explains the origins of cancel culture and why it’s a 2020 election story worth paying attention to.
Guest: Jonah Eng...
A #MeToo Moment in the Military from 2020-07-31T09:55:30
The remains of Vanessa Guillen, an Army specialist, were discovered last month about 25 miles from Fort Hood in central Texas. She was the victim, officials said, of a fellow soldier. Now her death...
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The Big Tech Hearing from 2020-07-30T09:55:08
The C.E.O.s of America’s most influential technology companies — Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook — were brought before Congress to answer a question: Are they too powerful?
Today, we ta...
Confronting China from 2020-07-29T09:53:27
A cooperative relationship with China has been a pillar of U.S. foreign policy for more than half a century. So why does the Trump administration think it’s time for a change? Guest: Edward Wong, a...
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Why $600 Checks Are Tearing Republicans Apart from 2020-07-28T09:54:03
A fight has erupted among congressional Republicans over how long and how generously the government should help those unemployed during the pandemic. But what is that battle really about? Guest: Ni...
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The Mistakes New York Made from 2020-07-27T09:56:27
A New York Times investigation found that surviving the coronavirus in New York had a lot to do with which hospital a person went to. Our investigative reporter Brian M. Rosenthal pulls back the cu...
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The Sunday Read: 'The Accusation' from 2020-07-26T13:00
When the university told one woman about the sexual-harassment complaints against her wife, they knew they weren’t true. But they had no idea how strange the truth really was.
This story w...
The Battle for a Baseball Season from 2020-07-24T09:55:38
This episode contains strong language.
Today, we go inside the fraught weeks that led up to the opening game of the 2020 professional baseball season — from the perspective of the commissi...
The Showdown in Portland from 2020-07-23T09:53:20
This episode contains strong language.
Federal agents dressed in camouflage and tactical gear have taken to the streets of Portland, Ore., unleashing tear gas, bloodying protesters and pu...
The Science of School Reopenings from 2020-07-22T09:51:02
Around the world, safely reopening schools remains one of the most daunting challenges to restarting national economies. While approaches have been different, no country has tried to reopen schools...
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The Vaccine Trust Problem from 2020-07-21T09:54:19
Public health officials and private researchers have vowed to develop a coronavirus vaccine in record time. But could that rush backfire? Guest: Jan Hoffman, a health reporter for The New York Time...
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The Life and Legacy of John Lewis from 2020-07-20T09:49:23
This episode includes disturbing language including racial slurs.
Representative John Lewis, a stalwart of the civil rights era, died on Friday. We take a look at his life, lessons and leg...
The Sunday Read: 'The Man Who Cracked the Lottery' from 2020-07-19T13:00
When the Iowa Attorney General's office began investigating an unclaimed lottery ticket worth millions, an incredible string of unlikely winners came to light, and a trail that pointed to an inside...
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Tilly Remembers Her Grandfather, Three Months On from 2020-07-17T09:52:10
For the remainder of this week, “The Daily” is revisiting episodes with people we met in the early weeks of the pandemic to hear what’s happened to them since our original conversations were first ...
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Reopening, Warily: Revisiting Jasmine Lombrage from 2020-07-16T09:53:47
For the remainder of this week, “The Daily” is revisiting episodes with people we met in the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic to hear what has happened to them since our original conversatio...
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One Meat Plant, One Thousand Infections: Revisiting Achut Deng from 2020-07-15T09:55:01
For the remainder of this week, “The Daily” is revisiting episodes with people we met in the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic to hear what has happened to them since our original conversatio...
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'It's Like a War.' Revisiting Dr. Fabiano Di Marco. from 2020-07-14T09:50:24
For the remainder of this week, “The Daily” is revisiting episodes with people we met in the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic to hear what has happened to them since our original conversatio...
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A Turning Point for Hong Kong from 2020-07-13T09:54:02
After protests convulsed Hong Kong for much of the last year, the city’s pro-democracy movement has been chilled by a new law that some say may change the semiautomonous territory forever. Today, w...
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The Sunday Read: 'The Decameron Project' from 2020-07-12T13:00
As the coronavirus pandemic swept the world, The New York Times Magazine asked 29 authors to write new short stories inspired by the moment — and by Giovanni Boccaccio’s “The Decameron,” which was ...
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The Fate of Trump's Financial Records from 2020-07-10T09:51:18
The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that President Trump cannot block the release of his financial records. Today, we hear the story behind the cases the justices heard — and the meaning of their dec...
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A Major Ruling on Abortion from 2020-06-30T09:54:33
The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Louisiana law that could have left the state with a single abortion clinic. It was a setback for conservatives in the first major ruling on abortion since ...
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A Conversation With a Police Union Leader from 2020-06-29T09:56:25
In the weeks since George Floyd was killed by the Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Americans have been confronting hard questions about bias and racism within law enforcement — and what th...
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The Sunday Read: 'The Man Who Saw America' from 2020-06-28T13:00
In this episode of The Sunday Read, we look at the complexity, diversity and humanity of America through the eyes of Robert Frank — one of the most influential photographers in history — who, throu...
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A Bit of Relief: The Long Distance Chorus from 2020-06-27T00:58:16
Gregg Breinberg has been directing the chorus at Public School 22 on Staten Island for twenty years. He tells his fourth and fifth grade students that participation is not about whether they can si...
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A Dilemma in Texas from 2020-06-26T09:55:01
Texas has become the latest hot spot in the coronavirus pandemic, forcing its governor to pause the state’s reopening process after a surge of infections and hospitalizations. We speak with our Hou...
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The Voters Trump Is Losing from 2020-06-25T09:55:48
This fall’s presidential race is likely to be decided by a handful of battleground states won by President Trump in 2016. So how do voters in those states view the candidates? Guest: Nate Cohn, who...
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The Epidemic of Unemployment from 2020-06-24T09:54:13
Three months after mass layoffs began across America, 20 million Americans remain out of work because of the pandemic. Federal employment benefits are about to run out, and Congress can’t agree on ...
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The Battle Over the Democratic Party's Future from 2020-06-23T09:55:52
This episode contains strong language.
Today’s Senate primary in Kentucky has been transformed by the outcry over police brutality. What can the election tell us about the future of Democ...
How Facebook Is Undermining Black Lives Matter from 2020-06-22T09:56:49
Companies like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have come out in support of Black Lives Matter and its mission. But are their platforms undermining the movement for racial justice? Guest: Kevin Roose,...
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The Sunday Read: 'Facing the Wind' from 2020-06-21T13:00
In today’s episode of The Sunday Read, Carvell Wallace considers why, for his kids, a global pandemic that shut down the world was not news — it was the opposite of news. It was a struggle that had...
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The History and Meaning of Juneteenth from 2020-06-19T09:55:51
After 155 years, Juneteenth, a celebration of the emancipation of enslaved Americans, is being acknowledged as a holiday by corporations and state governments across the country. Today, we consider...
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The Latest: The Supreme Court Rules on DACA from 2020-06-18T22:59:23
In a 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that President Trump may not shut down Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, the program that shields immigrants brought to the ...
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Who Will Be Joe Biden’s Running Mate? from 2020-06-18T10:00:01
Joseph R. Biden Jr. is looking for a potential vice president in one of the most tumultuous moments in modern American history. His selection committee is attempting to winnow an exceptionally dive...
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The Killing of Rayshard Brooks from 2020-06-17T09:55:44
This episode contains strong language.
Rayshard Brooks fell asleep in his car at a Wendy’s drive-through. Soon afterward, he was shot. We look closely at what happened in the minutes in be...
A Landmark Supreme Court Ruling from 2020-06-16T09:54:30
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a landmark civil rights law protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination. We examine the three words the case hung on; what the written ...
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What We’ve Learned About the Coronavirus from 2020-06-15T09:51:02
States are reopening. Parks are crowded. Restaurants are filling, again, with diners. But is this dangerous? Six months into the pandemic, we reflect on what we’ve learned about the virus — and ask...
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The Sunday Read: 'Getting Out' from 2020-06-14T13:00
In this episode of The Sunday Read, one man reflects on what it was like to go to prison as a child and to attempt to become an attorney upon his release. In doing so, he asks: What is punishment i...
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Special Episode: The Song That Found Me from 2020-06-13T01:14:34
The Times critic Wesley Morris had listened to Patti LaBelle’s live rendition of “If You Don’t Know Me by Now” over a hundred times before. But one recent Sunday, the song came on and he heard some...
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The Struggle to Teach From Afar from 2020-06-12T09:55:39
Ronda McIntyre’s classroom is built around a big rug, where her students crowd together often for group instruction. But since March, when schools across the country shut down because of the corona...
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Georgia's Election Meltdown from 2020-06-11T09:55:58
A full-scale meltdown of new voting systems in Georgia is alarming Democratic leaders — and revealing a new national playing field — ahead of the general election in November. Today, we explore why...
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‘I Want To Touch the World’ from 2020-06-10T09:57
This episode contains strong language.
Nearly 30 years ago, George Perry Floyd Jr. told a high school classmate he would “touch the world” someday. We went to the funeral in Houston of an ...
'Rabbit Hole,' Episode 7: 'Where We Go One' from 2020-05-30T12:00
Note: This episode contains strong language.
Today, we’re sharing Episode 7 of “Rabbit Hole,” a New York Times audio series with the tech columnist Kevin Roose.
In this episode, ...
Special Episode: The Latest From Minneapolis from 2020-05-30T01:29:17
As protests spread over the death of George Floyd, the former officer at the center of the case has been charged with murder. We listen in on the demonstrations, and examine why this tragedy — thou...
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One Hundred Thousand Lives from 2020-05-29T09:57:08
Barbara Krupke won the lottery. Fred Walter Gray enjoyed his bacon and hash browns crispy. Orlando Moncada crawled through a hole in a fence to reach the United States. John Prine chronicled the hu...
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Space Travel, Privatized from 2020-05-28T09:54:12
After nearly a decade on the sidelines of space travel, Cape Canaveral is again launching a shuttle into space. But this time, a private company will be sending NASA astronauts into orbit. What doe...
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Can the Postal Service Survive the Pandemic? from 2020-05-27T09:54:03
The U.S. Postal Service has survived the telegraph, the fax machine and the dawn of the internet. But will it survive coronavirus? Guests: Nicholas Fandos, who covers Congress for The New York Time...
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The Story of Two Brothers From Mexico from 2020-05-26T09:55:04
Two brothers, Javier Morales, 48, and Martin Morales, 39, died of coronavirus within hours of each other in their adopted home of New Jersey. Their last wish was to be buried at home in Mexico, but...
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'Rabbit Hole,' Episode 6: Impasse from 2020-05-23T12:00
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Today, we’re sharing Episode 6 of “Rabbit Hole,” a New York Times audio series with the tech columnist Kevin Roose.
In this episode, ...
Genie Chance and the Great Alaska Earthquake from 2020-05-22T09:54:08
There are moments when the world we take for granted changes instantaneously — when reality is upended and replaced with the unimaginable. Though we try not to think about it, instability is always...
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A Teenager’s Medical Mystery from 2020-05-21T09:53:08
From the earliest days of the coronavirus outbreak, health officials believed that it was largely sparing children and teenagers. But the rise of a mysterious inflammatory syndrome — with symptoms ...
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Why Is the Pandemic Killing So Many Black Americans? from 2020-05-20T10:00:46
Some have called the pandemic “the great equalizer.” But the coronavirus is killing black Americans at staggeringly higher rates than white Americans. Today, we explore why. Guest: Linda Villarosa...
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Trump’s Purge of the Watchdogs from 2020-05-19T09:54:01
It used to be rare for a president to fire an inspector general, a position created within government agencies after Watergate and assigned to fight waste and corruption. Today, we look at what Pre...
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Can Government Spending Save the Economy? from 2020-05-18T09:56
As the American economy plunges toward a recession, economists and policymakers are triaging proposals to stanch the bleeding. All of their ideas will cost money the government doesn’t have. That l...
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The Sunday Read: 'Letters of Recommendation' from 2020-05-17T08:00
Our worlds have contracted; once expansive, our orbits are now measured by rooms and street blocks. But there are still ways to travel. Today, escape to the worlds contained in three letters — one ...
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'Rabbit Hole,' Episode 5: The Accidental Emperor from 2020-05-16T12:00
Note: This episode contains strong language.
Today, we’re sharing Episode 5 of “Rabbit Hole,” a New York Times audio series with the tech columnist Kevin Roose.
In this episode,...
A Bit of Relief: Reruns, Rituals and Restaurants from 2020-05-15T22:46:58
On today’s “A Bit of Relief,” two critics at The Times share the home rituals that they're leaning on for comfort. For the television critic James Poniewozik, it’s binge-watching television with hi...
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Reopening, Warily from 2020-05-15T09:52:20
When Louisiana’s stay-at-home order expires today, restaurants across the state can begin allowing customers back inside, at their own discretion. So how do restaurant owners feel about the decisio...
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The Saga of Michael Flynn from 2020-05-14T09:52:49
Federal prosecutors are asking a court to throw out their own criminal case against the former national security adviser Michael Flynn. We look at what led to that decision. Guest: Mark Mazzetti, a...
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The Constitutional Clash on a Conference Call from 2020-05-13T09:54:12
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court debated the nature of presidential power in two sets of cases regarding demands for President Trump’s personal records: one about his taxes, the other about claims tha...
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Boris Johnson's Change of Heart from 2020-05-12T09:53:13
As Italy, France and Spain entered national lockdowns, Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain was still shaking hands with coronavirus patients in hospitals, and then joking about it on national t...
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The Shooting of Ahmaud Arbery from 2020-05-11T09:54:41
Ahmaud Arbery would have turned 26 on Friday. Instead of celebrating, a crowd of protesters, protected by masks, demanded justice for his death in front of a courthouse in Georgia. So what do we kn...
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The Sunday Read: 'The Iceman in Winter' from 2020-05-10T13:00
He was Batman. He was Iceman. Until he wasn’t. So what happened to Val Kilmer?
In this weird, dark time, Taffy Brodesser-Akner tells a story about how sometimes, in the end, everything is ...
Biden’s Campaign of Isolation from 2020-04-30T09:54:16
Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is the first candidate in American history to wage a presidential campaign in quarantine. From his basement in Delaware, he has struggled to attain the sam...
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The Governor and the Protester from 2020-04-29T09:54:49
She ordered Michigan to stay on lockdown through mid-May. He thinks the measures are too extreme. Today, we speak to them both.
Guests: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Phil Campbell...
The State of Testing from 2020-04-28T09:53:57
Across the United States, governors are weighing the difficult question of when, and how, to begin to lift lockdown restrictions. Without federal coordination, some are looking abroad to see what h...
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A Glut in Oil from 2020-04-27T09:54:32
Something weird happened last week. It was something that millions of people who have faced years of painful prices at the gas pump never expected: The cost of a barrel of oil dropped into the nega...
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The Sunday Read: 'Closing the Restaurant That Was My Life for 20 Years' from 2020-04-26T13:00
On today’s episode of “The Sunday Read,” one restaurateur reflects on closing the kitchen that saw her through 20 years of life — marriage and children and divorce and remarriage, with funerals and...
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'Rabbit Hole,' Episode 2: Looking Down from 2020-04-25T12:00
Note: This episode contains strong language.
Today, we’re sharing Episode 2 of “Rabbit Hole,” a New York Times audio series with the tech columnist Kevin Roose.
In this episode,...
A Bit of Relief: I Forgive You, New York from 2020-04-24T21:12:51
A columnist for The Times reflects on living in a ghostly version of New York, the city with a “hum that never ceases — until it did.” He yearns for the subway soliloquies, wandering tourists, over...
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A New Way to Mourn from 2020-04-24T09:56:31
He was a pastor. She was a poet. They found a second chance at love and traveled the world together, visiting Antarctica, Mount Sinai and Alaska. Today, we hear how he memorialized her life when sh...
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Getting Off Rikers Island from 2020-04-23T09:54:02
Across the United States, jails and prisons have become petri dishes for the coronavirus — dangerously cramped, unsanitary quarters where residents lack the resources to keep safe. This has prompte...
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Who’s Organizing the Lockdown Protests? from 2020-04-22T09:53:08
Across the United States, protests are erupting against orders to remain at home, close nonessential businesses and limit travel. So who is behind these protests? And what do they stand to gain? Gu...
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The Supreme Court Rules From Home from 2020-04-21T09:53:51
This week, the Supreme Court began rolling out a series of major rulings on the jury system, immigration, abortion rights and presidential power. In normal times, this would be a blockbuster week f...
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The Next Year (or Two) of the Pandemic from 2020-04-20T09:50:51
As President Trump urges states to begin reopening their economies, a debate is raging over when and how to end lockdowns across the country. Our reporter spoke to dozens of public health experts t...
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The Sunday Read: 'The Woman Who Might Find Us Another Earth' from 2020-04-19T13:00
On today’s episode of “The Sunday Read,” we tell the story of a woman who has spent her life trying to find the light of other worlds. We hope it can offer an escape when our own feels so dark.
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Introducing 'Rabbit Hole' from 2020-04-17T20:00
What is the internet doing to us? Today, we’re sharing the first episode of a new Times audio series called “Rabbit Hole.”
In the episode, “Wonderland,” we hear from a young man named Cale...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Progressivism and the Pandemic from 2020-04-17T09:54:20
Her mentor and political inspiration has dropped out of the presidential race, and her congressional district has been described as the “epicenter of the epicenter” of the pandemic in New York City...
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Kicked Out of China from 2020-04-16T09:50:04
Note: This episode contains strong language.
The New York Times’s reporters working in China have been expelled by the Chinese government, alongside reporters covering China for The Wall S...
24 Hours Inside a Brooklyn Hospital from 2020-04-15T09:55:02
Note: This episode contains strong language.
More than a month since the onset of the coronavirus crisis, the majority of patients — some of whom are doctors themselves — in Brooklyn Hosp...
Examining the Allegation Against Joe Biden from 2020-04-14T09:55:54
Note: This episode contains descriptions of sexual violence.
A former Senate aide to Joseph R. Biden Jr., the prospective Democratic presidential candidate, has accused him of sexually ass...
Voices of the Pandemic from 2020-04-13T09:52:33
Most of America is entering its second month of lockdown in an ongoing effort to contain the coronavirus. Still, our reporters are — as safely as they can be — spread across the country, doing thei...
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The Sunday Read: 'Weird Al Yankovic’s Weirdly Enduring Appeal' from 2020-04-12T13:00
On this episode of “The Sunday Read,” staff writer Sam Anderson claims Weird Al Yankovic is not just a parody singer — he’s “a full-on rock star, a legitimate performance monster and a spiritual te...
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A Bit of Relief: 'Soup Is Soup' from 2020-04-11T00:19:11
Ali Jaffe and her grandmother Roslyn are self-quarantining 1,200 miles apart. Lately, they’ve been connecting — and coping — by cooking together over FaceTime.
Ali is learning the recipes...
'I Become a Person of Suspicion' from 2020-04-10T09:54:05
Note: This episode contains strong language.
As the death toll from the coronavirus rises in the U.S., so do reports of verbal and physical attacks against Asian-Americans, who say hostile...
Why the U.S. Is Running Out of Medical Supplies from 2020-03-31T09:47:40
States and cities across the United States are reporting dangerous shortages of the vital medical supplies needed to contain the coronavirus. Why is the world’s biggest economy suffering such a scr...
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Back From the Brink from 2020-03-30T09:52:26
Across the United States, many hospitals are confronting their first cases of coronavirus. Today, we speak to New Jersey’s first confirmed coronavirus patient, a medical professional, about what ha...
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The Sunday Read: 'What I Learned When My Husband Got Coronavirus' from 2020-03-29T12:55
After weeks of caring for her sick husband, our colleague wanted to write an essay about her family’s battle against the coronavirus — a warning to those in isolation who haven’t experienced the ra...
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A Bit of Relief: Jody's Playlist from 2020-03-27T23:04:14
Jody Rosen, a writer for The Times Magazine, transports us into his current soundtrack. From Alberta Hunter's “voice of longevity” to the “transfixing performance” of Missy Elliott, Jody shares the...
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A Kids’ Guide to Coronavirus from 2020-03-27T09:54:42
Over the last few weeks, children have called into “The Daily” with a lot of questions about the coronavirus: How did the virus get on earth? What color is coronavirus? And can dogs get it? Today, ...
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A Historic Stimulus Bill from 2020-03-26T09:52:54
To rescue the American economy in the coronavirus crisis, Congress is on the verge of adopting the most expensive stimulus bill in U.S. history. But how much is the battle over this measure being i...
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‘Raring to Go by Easter’ from 2020-03-25T09:53:20
Last week, President Trump called himself a “wartime president” as he faced up to the threat caused by the coronavirus. But only days later — and with the crisis escalating — he has abandoned that ...
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Why the American Approach Is Failing from 2020-03-24T09:54:35
So far, the United States has been losing the battle against the pandemic, with a patchwork of inconsistent measures across the country proving unequal to halting the spread of the virus. Today, we...
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The Pandemic and the Primary from 2020-03-23T09:52:36
Two weeks ago, the biggest story in the country was the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Now, with the dramatic onset of the coronavirus crisis, the primary has largely gone off the...
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The Sunday Read: 'The Mixed-Up Brothers of Bogotá' from 2020-03-22T12:55
One magazine writer reflects on life’s unpredictability and shares her story of a hospital error that scrambled two pairs of Colombian identical twins. This is the story of how the four brothers fo...
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A Bit of Relief: Alone Together from 2020-03-21T00:35:28
Kevin Roose, a tech reporter for The Times, shares what he’s realized after a week in self-isolation: The internet has become kinder. From virtual birthday parties and singalongs, to happy hours an...
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New York City Grinds to a Halt from 2020-03-20T09:55:27
Across America, businesses are scaling back, firing workers and shutting their doors because of the coronavirus. New York’s Chinatown has been experiencing a downturn for weeks as anxiety and discr...
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One City’s Fight to Stop the Virus from 2020-03-19T09:53:15
New Rochelle, a suburb north of New York City, has one of the largest clusters of coronavirus infections in the U.S. We visited the community to find out how the containment measures were being imp...
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo: ‘It’s Making Sure We Live Through This.’ from 2020-03-18T09:52:39
New York was one of the earliest states with confirmed cases of coronavirus, and it now has the most confirmed infections in the U.S. To control the outbreak, the authorities have begun taking incr...
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The Latest: Why President Trump Changed His Tone on the Coronavirus from 2020-03-17T23:04:21
On Monday, President Trump announced sweeping new guidelines to control the spread of the coronavirus. Among them: encouraging Americans to work from home and to avoid gatherings of more than 10 pe...
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‘It’s Like a War’ from 2020-03-17T09:52:50
Italy has become the epicenter of the pandemic’s European migration, with nearly 30,000 infections and more than 2,000 deaths in just a few weeks. These numbers are soaring by the day, even after t...
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Why This Recession Will Be Different from 2020-03-16T09:54:41
In past financial crises, central banks across the world developed a time-tested tool kit to rescue national economies. So why don’t previous interventions seem to be working this time? Guest: Pete...
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The Sunday Read: 'This Tom Hanks Story Will Make You Feel Less Bad' from 2020-03-15T09:55
A magazine writer for The Times reflects on her experience interviewing Tom Hanks last fall — and on the generosity he showed her in a difficult personal moment. In this time of collective stress, ...
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Special Episode: A Bit of Relief from 2020-03-14T00:17:46
We’re in a moment that feels scary, uncertain and unsettling, and may feel this way for a while. While we’ll continue to cover the coronavirus pandemic until it’s over, we realize that this time re...
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Learning to Live With the Coronavirus from 2020-03-13T09:55:50
Now that the coronavirus is a pandemic, with both infections and deaths surging in many places across the world, we return to a reporter who has covered the story from the start and ask him how bes...
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Confronting a Pandemic from 2020-03-12T09:54:32
Global health officials have praised China and South Korea for the success of their efforts to contain the coronavirus. What are those countries getting right — and what can everyone else learn fro...
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Why the U.S. Wasn’t Ready for the Coronavirus from 2020-03-11T09:56:08
Developing a strategy for testing was supposed to be a relatively simple part of preparing for the coronavirus in the United States. So what went wrong? Guests: Sheri Fink, a correspondent for The ...
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The Latest: Joe Biden Takes Command from 2020-03-11T09:50
Last night was a make-or-break moment for Senator Bernie Sanders, who needed a comeback from a loss to former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. in the Super Tuesday primaries. After Mr. Sanders lo...
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The Field: What Happened to Elizabeth Warren? from 2020-03-10T09:52:58
Today, millions of voters across six states will cast their ballots for the two viable Democratic candidates left: former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Senator Bernie Sanders. What began a...
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The Latest: Why Markets Crashed on Monday from 2020-03-10T03:51:30
Within minutes of the U.S. stock market opening on Monday, the S&P 500 sunk so swiftly that it triggered a 15-minute pause in trading, a rare event meant to prevent stocks from crashing. We look at...
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The Field: Biden’s Last Hope from 2020-02-28T10:55:39
Former vice president Joseph R. Biden Jr. was once a clear front-runner in the race for the Democratic nomination. Now, he is fighting back from a string of losses and staking his candidacy on his ...
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The Coronavirus Goes Global from 2020-02-27T10:54:09
What began as a public health crisis in China is well on the way to becoming a pandemic. And while there is a lot of news about the coronavirus, there is also a lack of understanding about the seve...
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Why Russia Is Rooting for Both Trump and Sanders from 2020-02-26T10:47:55
U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that the Russian government is attempting to interfere in the 2020 presidential race — but it is doing so by supporting two very different candidates. So ...
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The Latest: The South Carolina Debate from 2020-02-26T10:30
On the debate stage in Charleston, candidates went after Senator Bernie Sanders, painting his potential nomination as dangerous for the party and questioning his chances of winning against Presiden...
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The Weinstein Jury Believed the Women from 2020-02-25T10:54:55
Harvey Weinstein was found guilty on Monday of two felony sex crimes, and he now faces a possible sentence of between five and 29 years. We asked the reporters who first broke the story about the a...
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Can Corporations Stop Climate Change? from 2020-02-24T10:55:29
In recent weeks, several of the largest and most profitable American companies have introduced elaborate plans to combat climate change. So why are they doing it now? And just how meaningful are th...
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The Field: An Anti-Endorsement in Nevada from 2020-02-21T10:55
Note: This episode contains strong language.
Senator Bernie Sanders is a staunchly pro-union candidate. But he has found himself mired in an escalating battle over health care with the lar...
The Latest: The Nevada Debate from 2020-02-20T11:00
Last night, the Democratic debate in Nevada revealed more open hostility and made more personal attacks than in any of the previous six debates in the race for the nomination. Today, we explore wha...
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A Criminal Underworld of Child Abuse, Part 2 from 2020-02-20T10:52:30
Yesterday on “The Daily,” we heard about the government’s failure to crack down on the explosive growth of child sexual abuse imagery online. In the second half of this series, we look at the role ...
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A Criminal Underworld of Child Abuse, Part 1 from 2020-02-19T10:52:35
Note: This episode contains descriptions of child sexual abuse.
A monthslong New York Times investigation has uncovered a digital underworld of child sexual abuse imagery that is hiding in...
Michael Bloomberg’s Not-So-Secret Weapon from 2020-02-18T10:50:38
Despite being a late entry into the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, Michael R. Bloomberg, the billionaire media tycoon and former mayor of New York City, has surged in the polls an...
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The Post-Acquittal Presidency from 2020-02-14T10:51:14
Since his acquittal in the Senate, President Trump has undertaken a campaign of retribution against those who crossed him during the impeachment inquiry — while extending favors to those who have t...
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Fear, Fury and the Coronavirus from 2020-02-13T10:52:15
Note: This episode contains strong language in both English and Mandarin.
What started as a story about fear of a new and dangerous virus has become a story of fury over the Chinese gover...
The Results From New Hampshire from 2020-02-12T10:57:28
Senator Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire’s Democratic primary last night, with Pete Buttigieg and Senator Amy Klobuchar close behind in second and third. After two candidates once considered front-...
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The Field: The Aftershocks of Iowa in New Hampshire from 2020-02-11T10:52:48
Voters in New Hampshire pride themselves on helping winnow the nomination field. While many polls show Senator Bernie Sanders leading in this year’s primary, the caucus debacle in Iowa meant no sin...
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The End of Privacy as We Know It? from 2020-02-10T10:49:54
A secretive start-up promising the next generation of facial recognition software has compiled a database of images far bigger than anything ever constructed by the United States government: over t...
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The Lessons of 2016 from 2020-01-31T10:51:25
The media’s coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign has come to be criticized for operating under three key assumptions: that Hillary Clinton was certain to be the Democratic nominee, that Donal...
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A Virus’s Journey Across China from 2020-01-30T10:53:36
Nearly two decades ago, China was at the heart of a public health crisis over a deadly new virus. It said it had made lifesaving reforms since. So why is the Wuhan coronavirus now spreading so rapi...
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The Latest: The ‘Public Interest’ from 2020-01-30T05:05:36
In the question-and-answer stage of the Senate impeachment trial, Alan Dershowitz, the celebrity lawyer on President Trump’s legal team, made an argument that stunned many who heard it. Say that Mr...
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Chuck Schumer on Impeachment, Witnesses and the Truth from 2020-01-29T10:53:59
Today, we sit down with Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, to discuss what it’s like to be the leader of a party out of power at this moment in the impeachment trial of President Trump. Fo...
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What John Bolton Knows from 2020-01-28T10:50:41
A firsthand account by John R. Bolton, the former national security adviser, directly linked President Trump to a quid pro quo in the Ukraine affair, undercutting a central plank of the defense’s a...
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A Small Town’s Fight Over America’s Biggest Sport from 2020-01-27T10:55:30
Across the United States, parents and school districts have been wrestling with the question of whether the country’s most popular and profitable sport is too dangerous for children. Today, we expl...
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The Swing Issue That Could Win a Swing State from 2020-01-24T11:02:24
Three Rust Belt swing states are critical to winning the presidency this year — Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania, there is one issue that could be decisive: fracking natural ga...
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Harry and Meghan. (And Why Their Saga Matters.) from 2020-01-23T11:00:11
In a moment of national insecurity, with the future of the United Kingdom seemingly hanging in the balance, a new royal couple offered the vision of a unified, progressive future. But the same forc...
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The Latest: ‘Let Us Begin’ from 2020-01-23T03:43:48
Opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial are underway. For House impeachment managers, that means an opportunity to formally make their case, uninterrupted, for three straight days. For Pr...
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The Moderates’ Impeachment Moment from 2020-01-22T10:50:38
After nearly 12 hours of vicious debate, the Senate voted early Wednesday to adopt the rules that will govern the rest of the impeachment trial. But in a Republican-controlled chamber, why weren’t ...
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Lessons From the Last Impeachment Trial from 2020-01-21T10:55
As President Trump’s impeachment trial resumes this afternoon, we look back two decades to a time when Google was in its infancy, Y2K was stoking anxiety and partisanship in Congress was not quite ...
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Bernie's Big Bet from 2020-01-17T10:55
The Obama coalition has become almost mythic within the Democratic Party for having united first-time voters, people of color and moderates to win the presidency in 2008. This year, Senator Bernie ...
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The Impeachment Trial Begins from 2020-01-16T10:55:05
The impeachment trial of President Trump begins this morning. Today, we answer all of your questions about what will happen next — including how it will work and what is likely to happen. Guest: Ni...
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The Russian Hacking Plan for 2020 from 2020-01-15T10:51:16
At the heart of President Trump’s impeachment is his request that Ukraine investigate how his political rival, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., could be connected to an energy company cal...
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The Escape of Carlos Ghosn from 2020-01-14T10:55:48
Carlos Ghosn’s trial was poised to be one of the most closely watched in Japanese history — a case involving claims of corporate greed, wounded national pride and a rigged legal system. Then the fo...
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Why Australia Is Burning from 2020-01-13T10:57:43
Wildfires are devastating Australia, incinerating an area roughly the size of West Virginia and killing 24 people and as many as half a billion animals. Today, we look at the human and environmenta...
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The Case Against Harvey Weinstein, Part 2 from 2020-01-10T10:59:29
Note: This episode contains descriptions of sexual violence.
Yesterday on “The Daily,” we heard the story of Lucia Evans, whose allegation of sexual violence against Harvey Weinstein help...
Our Fear Facer Makes a New Friend from 2019-12-31T10:55
This week, “The Daily” is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened since they appeared. Today, we introduce Ella Maners, 9, from our kids’ episode o...
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Haunted by the Ghost of Michael Jackson from 2019-12-30T10:55
This week, “The Daily” is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened since the stories first ran. Today, we talk to our critic about his reckoning wit...
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'There's No Going Back' from 2019-12-27T10:55
This week, “The Daily” is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened since the stories first ran. Today: the unexpected story of how family history we...
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Impeachment Through the Eyes of a Child from 2019-12-26T10:55
This week, “The Daily” is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened since the stories first ran. After we sat down with Leo, a third grader, to talk ...
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By Challenging Evangelicals, She Changed Them from 2019-12-24T10:55
This week, “The Daily” is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened since the stories first ran. Today, we return to the story of Rachel Held Evans a...
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Year in Sound from 2019-12-23T10:55
Our first episode of 2019 opened the year with a question: “What will Democrats do with their new power?” One of our last offered the answer: “impeach the president.” This audio time capsule captur...
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The Candidates: Joe Biden from 2019-12-20T10:51:22
He built a career, and a presidential campaign, on a belief in bipartisanship. Now, critics of the candidate ask: Is political consensus a dangerous compromise?
In Part 4 of our series on...
The Impeachment of President Donald J. Trump from 2019-12-19T10:54:08
The House of Representatives has impeached President Trump, charging him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. We traveled to Michigan to understand how a fractious Democratic Party ulti...
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The Latest: Impeachment Vote Update, 5:30 P.M. Eastern from 2019-12-18T22:36:24
The House is expected to vote tonight along party lines to impeach the president. But before that can take place, there must be speeches — lots of them. These speeches are the last chance lawmakers...
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A Fight Over How to Fight Anti-Semitism from 2019-12-18T10:51:49
President Trump has issued an executive order cracking down on anti-Semitism. But some Jewish Americans fear that the plan could end up deepening prejudice instead of curbing it. Guest: Max Fisher,...
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The Latest: The Rules from 2019-12-18T01:47:35
House members are preparing for a vote on two articles of impeachment against President Trump, while their counterparts gear up for the next phase: a trial in the Senate. As the impeachment process...
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Switching Sides in Britain from 2019-12-17T10:54:06
To pull off its landslide victory in last week’s election, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party flipped dozens of districts in the “red wall” of British politics — a gritty stronghold ...
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A Secret History of the War in Afghanistan from 2019-12-16T10:52:34
For nearly two decades, U.S. government officials crafted a careful story of progress to justify their ongoing military campaign in Afghanistan. Newly disclosed documents reveal to what extent that...
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The Latest: Country Over Party from 2019-12-13T20:37:23
As the House Judiciary Committee pushed toward a historic vote to send two articles of impeachment to the full House, lawmakers made their final appeals to the other side. Democrats implored commit...
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The Candidates: Elizabeth Warren from 2019-12-13T10:56:24
In Part 3 of our series on pivotal moments in the lives of the 2020 Democratic presidential contenders, we spoke with Elizabeth Warren about how she came to be known as the blow-it-up candidate. Wi...
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The Fate of Boris and Brexit from 2019-12-12T10:50:31
Britain is voting in a general election today. During his re-election campaign, Prime Minister Boris Johnson hitched his re-election campaign to a promise to “get Brexit done” — while selling banke...
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The Articles of Impeachment from 2019-12-11T10:59:10
House Democratic leaders have introduced two articles of impeachment against President Trump: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. But they did not include obstruction of justice. In today’s...
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‘Absolutely No Mercy’ from 2019-12-10T10:51:53
A trove of private government documents offers an unprecedented look inside China’s highly organized crackdown on Uighur Muslims — revealing Beijing’s systematic detention of as many as one million...
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The Latest: The Mueller Question from 2019-12-10T02:23:47
To mention the Mueller report in articles of impeachment against President Trump, or not? That’s the question Democrats have been asking. Today’s impeachment hearing before the House Judiciary Comm...
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The Jungle Prince, Chapter 3: A House in Yorkshire from 2019-11-28T00:11:51
In a ruined palace in the woods, rummaging through discarded papers, our reporter finds a clue.
For more information, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.
The Jungle Prince, Chapter 2: The Hunting Lodge from 2019-11-28T00:11:28
“Ellen, have you been trying to get in touch with the royal family of Oudh?” Our reporter receives an invitation to the forest.
For more information, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.
The Jungle Prince, Chapter 1: The Railway Station from 2019-11-28T00:10:17
The story passed for years from tea sellers to rickshaw drivers to shopkeepers in Old Delhi. In a forest, they said, in a palace cut off from the city, lived a prince, a princess and a queen, said ...
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What the Bidens Actually Did in Ukraine from 2019-11-27T10:54:25
Yesterday, we looked at the origins of President Trump’s baseless theory that Ukraine, not Russia, meddled in the 2016 election. This theory inspired one of the two investigations he sought from Uk...
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Why Trump Still Believes (Wrongly) That Ukraine Hacked the D.N.C. from 2019-11-26T10:55:09
In the phone call at the center of the impeachment inquiry, President Trump asked Ukraine for two different investigations. Today, we explore the unexpected story behind one of them. Guest: Scott S...
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What Should Happen to the Navy SEAL Chief? from 2019-11-25T10:51:24
An unusual battle has broken out between President Trump and top military commanders over the future of a Navy SEAL commando.
Today, how a high-profile war-crimes investigation has prompte...
The Latest: A Call to ‘Fox & Friends’ from 2019-11-22T23:40:13
President Trump called into ‘Fox & Friends’ this morning to respond to all that has been said over two weeks of public impeachment hearings. The conversation offered a preview of what may become th...
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The Candidates: Pete Buttigieg from 2019-11-22T10:29:33
Today we launch Part One in our series on pivotal moments in the lives of the 2020 presidential front-runners. In studio with “The Daily,” Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., talks about...
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The Latest: The Irregular Channel from 2019-11-21T23:11:45
Throughout the impeachment inquiry, an image has surfaced of the Trump administration’s two policymaking channels on Ukraine — one regular, one not. Today’s testimony from Fiona Hill, President Tru...
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‘We Followed the President’s Orders’ from 2019-11-21T10:55:49
Gordon D. Sondland, the United States ambassador to the European Union, has evolved from a loyal Trump campaign donor to a witness central to the impeachment inquiry. But his testimony has been con...
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The Latest: ‘Everyone Was in the Loop’ from 2019-11-20T23:13:35
In explosive testimony, Gordon D. Sondland, the United States ambassador to the European Union, directly implicated President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and ot...
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What Happened to Kamala Harris? from 2019-11-20T10:54:21
When Senator Kamala Harris started her presidential campaign 10 months ago, she drew a crowd of 20,000 to her kickoff rally — the biggest of any candidate’s. She was talked about as a potential hei...
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The Latest: A Republican Strategy Revealed from 2019-11-20T01:09:25
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, gave public testimony of his alarm at what he heard during President Trump’s July phone call with the leader of ...
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A Broken Promise on Taxes from 2019-11-19T10:49:54
As they lobbied the Trump administration for a $1.5 trillion tax cut, corporations vowed to invest the savings back into the U.S. economy. Today, we investigate whether they made good on that promi...
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The Latest: The Week Ahead in the Impeachment Hearings from 2019-11-19T00:38:17
Four witnesses will appear in tomorrow’s public hearings — three of whom listened directly to the July phone call between President Trump and Ukraine’s president that is now at the center of the im...
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The Spectacular Rise and Fall of WeWork from 2019-11-18T10:59:04
It was one of the most valuable start-ups in the United States, with bold plans to revolutionize how and where people worked around the world. Today, we look at how the dream of WeWork crumbled — a...
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The Latest: ‘It’s Very Intimidating’ from 2019-11-15T22:24:21
Marie Yovanovitch, who was ousted as the ambassador to Ukraine on President Trump’s orders, came before the House Intelligence Committee on the second day of public hearings in the impeachment inqu...
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Capitalism on Trial in Chile from 2019-11-15T10:50:25
Free-market economists once talked about “the miracle of Chile,” praising its policies as Latin America’s great economic success story. But recently, over a million people have flipped the script, ...
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The Latest: A New Word for What Trump Did from 2019-11-14T22:51:53
We’ve been hearing a lot about the “quid pro quo.” But this week, Democrats started using a new term, one that shows up in the impeachment clause of the Constitution, to describe President Trump’s ...
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A Public Hearing, and a Feud Over Ukraine from 2019-11-14T10:55:01
The House of Representatives opened historic impeachment hearings on Wednesday, with William B. Taylor Jr. and George P. Kent, senior career civil servants, caught in the crossfire. Democrats under...
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The Latest: An Ideal Witness for the Democrats from 2019-11-14T02:36:09
On the first day of public hearings in the Trump impeachment inquiry, lawmakers questioned two diplomats, and laid out two competing narratives about the investigation. This is the first episode in...
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A Third Grader’s Guide to the Impeachment Hearings from 2019-11-13T10:52:58
This morning, the House of Representatives begins public hearings in the impeachment inquiry against President Trump. Before those hearings get underway, we sat down with someone who’s unafraid to ...
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A Small Act of Rebellion from 2019-11-12T10:47:20
Today, the Supreme Court begins hearing arguments about whether the Trump administration acted legally when it tried to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The Obama-era program known as DA...
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Why Military Assistance for Ukraine Matters from 2019-11-11T10:55:30
The question of whether President Trump leveraged military assistance to Ukraine for personal gain is at the heart of the impeachment inquiry. Today, we speak with our Ukraine correspondent on why ...
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What Boeing Knew from 2019-10-31T09:54:29
In testimony before a House committee on Wednesday, Dennis A. Muilenburg, Boeing’s chief executive, said, “If we knew everything back then that we know now, we would have made a different decision....
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The Promise and Peril of Vaping, Part 2: The Story of Juul from 2019-10-30T09:51:56
When Juul was created, the company’s founders told federal regulators that its product would save lives. Those regulators were eager to believe them. Today, part two in our series on the promise an...
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The Life and Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi from 2019-10-29T09:55:43
After a five-year international manhunt, the leader of the Islamic State, who at one point controlled a caliphate the size of Britain, was killed in a raid by elite United States forces in Syria ov...
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The Promise and Peril of Vaping, Part 1: A Mystery in Nebraska from 2019-10-28T09:46:11
When John Steffen died, his family had little doubt that a lifetime of cigarette smoking was to blame. Then, the Nebraska Department of Health got an unusual tip.
Today, we begin a two-par...
‘A Prophet’: The Zeal of Bernie Sanders Supporters from 2019-10-25T09:52:10
At a rally in New York City last weekend, Senator Bernie Sanders drew the largest crowd of his presidential campaign — at a moment when his candidacy may be at its most vulnerable. After a heart at...
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A Victim of the Shadow Government from 2019-10-24T09:50:37
Before the career diplomats working in Ukraine discovered a “highly irregular” power structure around President Trump determined to undermine and derail them, a Trump cabinet secretary said the sam...
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The ‘Most Damning’ Impeachment Testimony Yet from 2019-10-23T09:48:05
The Democrats leading the impeachment inquiry are calling testimony from the acting envoy to Ukraine the “most damning” yet, implicating President Trump himself in a quid pro quo over military aid ...
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Trapped in Syria, Part 2: A Plea to Parliament from 2019-10-22T09:57:40
Yesterday on “The Daily,” we met Kamalle Dabboussy, who said his daughter had been tricked by her husband into joining the Islamic State. His daughter and three grandchildren are being held in a Sy...
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Trapped in Syria, Part 1: A Father’s Fight from 2019-10-21T09:57:31
Since the fall of the Islamic State, many of the group’s fighters and their families have been held in prison camps controlled by U.S.-allied Kurdish forces. Parents around the world have been tryi...
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The Week Diplomats Broke Their Silence from 2019-10-18T09:56:39
Members of the American diplomatic corps testified about the state of U.S. foreign policy in private hearings on Capitol Hill this week. According to our national political correspondent, their tes...
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A Foreseen Calamity in Syria from 2019-10-17T09:53:48
The presence of U.S. troops in northern Syria was designed to protect America’s allies and keep its enemies there in check. President Trump’s unilateral withdrawal from the region quickly, and pred...
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The Moderates Strike Back: The 4th Democratic Debate from 2019-10-16T09:53:45
Last night in Ohio, The New York Times co-hosted a presidential debate for the first time in more than a decade. Marc Lacey, The Times’s National editor, moderated the event with the CNN anchors Er...
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The Effort to Discredit the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine from 2019-10-15T09:54:56
This week, we’re producing episodes of “The Daily” from The New York Times’s Washington bureau.
The impeachment inquiry is entering a pivotal phase as Congress returns from recess. The Wh...
The Story of a Kurdish General from 2019-10-14T09:52:50
Turkey has invaded Kurdish-controlled territory in Syria, upending a fragile peace in the region and inciting sectarian bloodshed. The Trump administration has ordered a full evacuation of the 1,00...
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‘1619,’ Episode 5: The Land of Our Fathers, Part 2 from 2019-10-12T09:55
Today on “The Daily,” we present Episode 5, Part 2 of “1619,” a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones. You can find more information about it at nytimes.com/1619podcast.
Why China Went to War With the N.B.A. from 2019-10-11T09:50:45
A seven-word tweet in support of Hong Kong’s antigovernment protests by Daryl Morey, general manager of the Houston Rockets, triggered a furor in both China and the United States. The ensuing contr...
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Republicans' 'Dead Chicken' Strategy on Impeachment from 2019-10-10T09:50:56
The White House response to the impeachment inquiry has been to dismiss the allegations, deflect the facts and discredit the Democrats. It’s the same approach that Republicans used in 2018 to push ...
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How the Whistle-Blower Complaint Almost Didn’t Happen from 2019-09-30T09:56:53
It took just days for a whistle-blower complaint to prompt an impeachment inquiry of President Trump. But it took weeks for the concerns detailed in the complaint to come to light — and they nearly...
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A Special Episode for Kids: The Fear Facer from 2019-09-29T09:55
Nine-year-old Ella was terrified of tornadoes and getting sick. So she did something that was even scarier than her fears: confront them. Guests: Ella Maners and her mother, Katie Maners, and Julia...
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The Whistle-Blower’s Complaint from 2019-09-27T09:51:18
The whistle-blower complaint at the center of the impeachment inquiry was released on Thursday as the Trump administration official who had declined to turn it over — Joseph Maguire, the acting dir...
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‘I Would Like You to Do Us a Favor’ from 2019-09-26T09:51:36
The White House released a reconstructed transcript of President Trump’s phone call with Volodymyr Zelensky, the leader of Ukraine. In it, Mr. Trump asks for an investigation into Joseph R. Biden J...
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An Impeachment Inquiry Begins from 2019-09-25T09:53:11
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has begun a formal impeachment investigation of President Trump, saying he “must be held accountable.” We spoke to our colleague who was at the announcement and to one of the l...
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A Conversation With a Border Patrol Agent from 2019-09-24T09:51:19
President Trump vowed to crack down on undocumented immigration and empower the Border Patrol. Three years later, the agency is the target of outrage, protest and investigation into its mission and...
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The President, Joe Biden and Ukraine from 2019-09-23T09:52:40
Over the weekend, reports of a secret whistle-blower complaint against President Trump turned into allegations that the president had courted foreign interference from Ukraine to hurt a leading Dem...
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Anatomy of a Warren Rally from 2019-09-20T09:52:31
With crowds that are said to number 15,000 to 20,000 people, Senator Elizabeth Warren’s campaign events frequently dwarf those of her Democratic rivals. This week, we experienced the growing phenom...
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Keeping Harvey Weinstein’s Secrets, Part 2: Gloria Allred from 2019-09-19T09:52:27
In Part 1 of this series, our colleagues Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey reported on Lisa Bloom, a victims’ rights attorney who used her experience representing women to defend Harvey Weinstein. In Pa...
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Keeping Harvey Weinstein’s Secrets, Part 1: Lisa Bloom from 2019-09-18T09:55:34
Last week, our colleagues Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey published a book documenting their investigation of Harvey Weinstein. In writing it, they discovered information about two feminist icons — Gl...
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Who Really Attacked Saudi Arabia? from 2019-09-17T09:54:16
President Trump is saying that Iran appears to be responsible for the weekend attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia. We look at where things are likely to go from here. Guest: David E. Sanger, ...
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The C.I.A. Spy Inside the Kremlin from 2019-09-16T09:52:20
Last week, CNN broke the story that the United States had secretly extracted a top spy from Russia in 2017. What does that mean now for American intelligence operations? Guest: Julian E. Barnes, wh...
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‘1619,’ Episode 4: How the Bad Blood Started from 2019-09-14T09:55
Today on “The Daily,” we present Episode 4 of “1619,” a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones. You can find more information about it at nytimes.com/1619podcast.
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The Third Democratic Debate from 2019-09-13T10:10:32
Just 10 candidates qualified for the stage in Houston, but that didn’t change some recurring themes: Joe Biden was again the target of fierce scrutiny, and health care was a central point of conten...
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An Interview With Andrew Yang, the Outsider at Tonight’s Democratic Debate from 2019-09-12T09:53:12
Andrew Yang, a former tech executive, remains one of the least known candidates in a Democratic presidential field that includes senators, mayors, a governor and a former vice president. But by foc...
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John Bolton Is Fired. Or Did He Resign? from 2019-09-11T09:51:48
John Bolton, the national security adviser, was ousted after fundamental disputes with President Trump over how to handle foreign policy challenges like Afghanistan, Iran and North Korea. But the t...
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A Historic Peace Plan Collapses from 2019-09-10T09:53:03
President Trump abruptly called off negotiations between the United States and the Taliban that could have ended the war in Afghanistan and canceled a secret meeting at Camp David. We look at how a...
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’1619,’ Episode 2: The Economy That Slavery Built from 2019-08-31T09:45
Today on “The Daily,” we present Episode 2 of “1619,” a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones. You can find more information about it at nytimes.com/1619podcast.
The in...
Political Mayhem in Britain and Italy from 2019-08-30T09:54:03
Two battles over the meaning of democracy are now playing out in Europe. We look at the political power maneuvers this week in Britain and Italy. Guest: Katrin Bennhold, the Berlin bureau chief for...
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Why Uber Still Can’t Make a Profit from 2019-08-29T09:52:25
Uber transformed American transportation and changed the United States economy. But a decade after its founding, the once-swaggering company is losing more money and growing more slowly than ever. ...
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Why the Amazon Is Burning from 2019-08-28T09:51:45
More than 26,000 fires have been recorded inside the Amazon rainforest in August alone, leading to global calls for action. But Brazil’s government has told the rest of the world to mind its own bu...
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How the U.S.-China Trade War Hurts the Rest of the World from 2019-08-27T09:53:25
At the Group of 7 summit in France, President Trump seemed determined to prove that he can wage a trade war with China without hurting the economy. But there are already signs of distress. Guest: P...
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The First Women to Report Jeffrey Epstein from 2019-08-26T09:50:31
This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault.
Nearly a decade before any police investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s predatory actions toward young girls, two sisters came forward...
Introducing ‘1619,’ a New York Times Audio Series from 2019-08-23T09:52:19
Four hundred years ago, in August 1619, a ship carrying more than 20 enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia. No aspect of the country that would be formed here has been untouch...
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What the 2020 Campaign Sounds Like from 2019-08-22T09:56:35
Song playlists at presidential campaign rallies can be about more than music — they can reflect a candidate’s values, political platform, identity and target audience. We examine the role of these ...
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What American C.E.O.s Are Worried About from 2019-08-21T09:52:59
For decades, American corporations have prized profits for shareholders above all else. Now, the country’s most powerful chief executives say it’s time to do things differently. What’s driving that...
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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on Not Regretting Al Franken from 2019-08-20T09:54:27
Al Franken resigned from the Senate more than 18 months ago over allegations of sexual harassment. New reporting about those allegations has revived the debate over whether the Democratic Party — p...
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Bankrolling the Anti-Immigration Movement from 2019-08-19T09:54:32
The New York Times investigated how Cordelia Scaife May, an heiress to the Mellon family’s banking and industrial fortune, used her wealth to sow the seeds of the modern anti-immigration movement —...
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Russia’s Mystery Missile from 2019-08-16T09:54:39
At least seven people were killed by a mysterious explosion in northern Russia, and U.S. officials believe it happened during the test of a prototype for a nuclear-propelled cruise missile. Preside...
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Is China Really Freeing Uighurs? from 2019-08-15T09:52:41
Under international pressure, China has said it has released a vast majority of the Muslim Uighurs it had placed in detention camps. We follow up with an American citizen who says the Chinese gover...
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Inside Hong Kong’s Airport from 2019-08-14T09:47:08
Protesters have flooded Hong Kong’s airport, paralyzing operations and escalating tensions between the semiautonomous territory and Beijing. The protesters are trying to send a message to governmen...
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The Epstein Investigation, Now That He’s Dead from 2019-08-13T09:52:59
Federal prosecutors were confident that, this time, justice would be served in the case of Jeffrey Epstein. What happens to the case against him now that he is dead? Guest: Benjamin Weiser, an inv...
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The Freshmen: Mikie Sherrill from 2019-08-12T09:54
Since Democrats retook the House last November, the world has come to know the progressive and divisive vision of four freshmen congresswomen known as “the squad.” But it was moderates — less well-...
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What Does Kamala Harris Stand For? from 2019-07-31T09:53:17
Democratic voters have been drawn to Senator Kamala Harris as a messenger, even though her message remains a work in progress. Ahead of her second presidential debate appearance, we consider what t...
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The Origins of Boeing’s 737 Max Crisis from 2019-07-30T09:52:24
Two crashes involving Boeing 737 Max jets have been linked to a software system that helped send the planes into a deadly nose-dive. Our colleague investigated what federal regulators responsible f...
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A Plan to End Partisan Gerrymandering from 2019-07-29T09:53:26
The Supreme Court ruled last month that federal courts cannot rule on cases of partisan gerrymandering, saying that judges are not entitled to second-guess the decisions made by state legislators w...
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The Next Chapter of the Epstein Story from 2019-07-26T09:57:27
Maxwell’s yearslong relationship with Jeffrey Epstein has raised questions about what she may have known about the allegations of sex trafficking against him. Now, thousands of pages of sealed docu...
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Robert Mueller’s Testimony from 2019-07-25T09:52:07
The former special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, testified on Wednesday before Congress. He declared that his two-year investigation did not exonerate President Trump and that Russia would meddle...
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‘Send Her Back’: White Voters and Trump’s Path to Re-election from 2019-07-24T09:47:23
The majority of Americans disapprove of President Trump. But in 2020, Democrats will still have a hard time defeating him. Here’s why. Guest: Nate Cohn, who covers elections, polling and demographi...
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Special Edition: A Guide to the Mueller Hearings from 2019-07-23T22:43:08
Robert S. Mueller III, the former special counsel, will testify before the House Judiciary Committee and the House Intelligence Committee beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday. We spoke to ou...
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The Fight Over Planned Parenthood’s Future from 2019-07-23T09:50:03
Dr. Leana Wen, the first physician to lead Planned Parenthood in decades, was ousted after just eight months on the job. Her departure highlights a central tension over the direction of the group: ...
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The Making of Boris Johnson from 2019-07-22T09:55:23
After trying and failing to withdraw Britain from the European Union, Theresa May will resign this week as the country’s prime minister. Here’s how the man expected to succeed her, Boris Johnson, m...
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The Almost Moon Man from 2019-07-21T09:55
There are two stories from the 1960s that America likes to tell about itself — the civil rights movement and the space race. We look at the brief moment when the two collided. Guest: Emily Ludolph,...
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The Political Crisis in Puerto Rico from 2019-07-19T09:55:24
Hundreds of leaked text messages revealed the governor of Puerto Rico mocking his own citizens. For many Puerto Ricans, it was the last straw. Guest: Patricia Mazzei, the Miami bureau chief for The...
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The Myth That Busing Failed from 2019-07-18T09:55:02
The first Democratic debate brought renewed attention to busing as a tool of school desegregation. We spoke to a colleague about what the conversation has been missing. Guest: Nikole Hannah-Jones, ...
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A Decision in the Eric Garner Case from 2019-07-17T09:53:19
One day before the fifth anniversary of Eric Garner’s death at the hands of police officers in New York, the Justice Department said it would not bring federal civil rights charges against an offic...
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Trump and ‘the Squad’ from 2019-07-16T09:53:40
In a second day of attacks, President Trump said that four Democratic congresswomen hated the United States and were free to leave the country. The lawmakers — Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cor...
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Waiting for the Immigration Raids from 2019-07-15T09:54:43
This past weekend, immigration officials were scheduled to begin arresting and deporting thousands of undocumented immigrants who had been ordered to leave the United States but had remained. On Fr...
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Can Gun Makers Be Held Accountable for Mass Shootings? from 2019-07-12T09:57:06
As mass shootings became commonplace, attempts to hold gun makers accountable kept hitting the same roadblock — until now. We look at a lawsuit that could transform the firearms industry. Guests: N...
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The President and the Census from 2019-07-11T09:58:03
Federal courts keep rejecting President Trump’s attempts to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census. But no matter what the courts decide, the president may have already achieved his goal. Guest: ...
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The Plan to Elect Republican Women from 2019-07-10T09:55
Out of 198 Republicans in the House of Representatives, just 13 are women. This week, a closely watched election in North Carolina may help determine how serious the party is about changing that. G...
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A Clash Over Inclusion at Pride from 2019-06-29T09:55
Fifty years after the Stonewall riots, as the largest L.G.B.T.Q. Pride celebration in the world takes place in New York this weekend, some leaders of the community are asking a difficult question: ...
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The Democratic Debates from 2019-06-28T10:24:28
Twenty Democrats seeking their party’s presidential nomination have now made their case to American voters. We take a look at their visions for the future, the breakout performances and the state o...
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Corroborating E. Jean Carroll from 2019-06-27T10:01:55
Note: This episode contains detailed descriptions of an alleged sexual assault.
The writer E. Jean Carroll came forward last week with explosive accusations that Donald Trump sexually assa...
A Guide to the Democratic Debates from 2019-06-26T09:50:37
Over the next two days, 20 Democrats will take the stage for the first debates of the 2020 presidential race. We look at the competing visions for America they’ll be fighting over this week, and th...
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The Likelihood of Impeachment from 2019-06-25T09:50:32
In the weeks since the Mueller report, nearly 80 House Democrats have called for impeaching the president. But with the 2020 campaign underway, the likelihood of such action appears to be fading. T...
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A Military Crackdown in Sudan from 2019-06-24T09:53:01
A military crackdown in Sudan has left more than 100 pro-democracy protesters dead, just weeks after the military offered support in overthrowing the country’s dictator. Our colleague spoke with us...
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The Standoff With Iran from 2019-06-21T09:57:22
The Trump administration has been debating a military strike against Iran as tensions with the country escalate. Here’s how we got to this point. Guest: Mark Landler, who covers the White House for...
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Why Asylum Seekers Are Being Sent Back to Mexico from 2019-06-20T09:50:34
With asylum requests at a record high, the Trump administration is telling migrants to wait in Mexico. We look at how that policy could fundamentally change immigration in the United States. Guests...
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Trump’s Re-election Rally from 2019-06-19T09:52:14
The president kicked off his re-election campaign on Tuesday with a rally in Orlando, Fla. We spoke with a colleague who was there. Guest: Maggie Haberman, who covers the White House for The New Yo...
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Hacking the Russian Power Grid from 2019-06-18T09:50:07
A New York Times investigation found that the United States is actively infiltrating Russia’s electric power grid. We look at what that means for the future of cyberwarfare. Guest: David E. Sanger,...
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Why Hong Kong Is Still Protesting from 2019-06-17T09:52:26
In Hong Kong, hundreds of thousands remain in the streets, even after city officials said they would suspend the contentious extradition bill that prompted the demonstrations in the first place. We...
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Part 5: Can Liberal Democracy Survive in Europe? from 2019-06-14T10:04:25
Across Europe, populists are saying that it’s not democracy they aim to discard, but liberalism. To end our series, we returned to Germany, the country at the heart of a liberal Europe, to see if t...
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Part 4: Poland’s Culture Wars from 2019-06-13T09:58:19
In Poland, a nationalist party has been in power for four years. We went to Warsaw, the capital, and Gdansk, the birthplace of a movement that brought down Communism, to see how this government has...
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Part 3: ‘Italy First’ from 2019-06-12T09:52:06
In Italy, hard-right populists have moved from the fringes to become part of the national government. Now, the country is on the front lines of a nationalist resurgence in Europe. To understand why...
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Part 2: The French Rebellion from 2019-06-11T09:50:31
President Emmanuel Macron of France had been viewed as the next leader of a liberal Europe. But when the Yellow Vest movement swept the country, protesters took to the streets, rejecting him as eli...
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Part 1: The Battle for Europe from 2019-06-10T09:51:27
The decades-long plan to stitch together countries and cultures into the European Union was ultimately blamed for two crises: mass migration and crippling debt. Together, those events contributed t...
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Death, Profit and Disclosure at a Children’s Hospital from 2019-05-31T09:52:05
A Times investigation found that doctors at UNC Children’s Hospital suspected that children with complex heart conditions had been dying at higher-than-expected rates, and even children with low-ri...
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Robert Mueller Breaks His Silence from 2019-05-30T09:51:23
Robert Mueller, the special counsel, discussed his investigation of Russian election interference for the first time on Wednesday. He did not absolve President Trump of obstruction of justice, sayi...
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The White House Plan to Change Climate Science from 2019-05-29T09:50:02
From Day 1, the Trump administration has tried to dismantle regulations aimed at curbing climate change. Now officials are attempting to undermine the very science on which such policies rest. Gues...
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What Actually Happened to New York’s Taxi Drivers from 2019-05-28T09:52:48
In the past year, many New York City taxi drivers have fallen deeper into debt, even as the city moved to rein in ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft. Our colleague explains how the rush to blame ...
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Confronting a Childhood Abuser from 2019-05-24T09:54:20
Three months ago, a recording of Sterling Van Wagenen, a founder of the Sundance Film Festival, appeared on an obscure website for whistle-blowers in the Mormon Church. The “Daily” producer Annie B...
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The Bank That Kept Saying Yes to Trump from 2019-05-23T09:51:58
At a time when most Wall Street firms had stopped doing business with Donald J. Trump, a single bank lent him more than $2 billion. We look at the two-decade relationship that could unlock the pres...
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A Growing Call for Impeachment from 2019-05-22T09:50:39
In the weeks since the release of the Mueller report, the Democratic Party has been struggling with how to proceed. Now, divisions are emerging as a group of House members push their leaders to ope...
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The Rise of Modi: India’s Rightward Turn from 2019-05-21T09:52:12
India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has governed as a right-wing populist whose nationalist message has often pitted Hindus against Muslims. We look at what Mr. Modi’s likely re-election this we...
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The Legal Vulnerability of Roe v. Wade from 2019-05-20T09:54:49
From the day Roe v. Wade was decided, some have seen the constitutional right to an abortion as an inferred right rather than a guaranteed one. That distinction has become a threat to the law’s sur...
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A Direct Challenge to Roe v. Wade in Alabama from 2019-05-17T09:50:25
Alabama has adopted a law that would criminalize nearly all abortions and make the penalty for providing one up to 99 years in prison. The man who wrote the law knew it was unconstitutional — and d...
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Caught in the Middle of the Trade War from 2019-05-16T09:52:50
Yesterday, we told the story of President Trump’s trade war with China. Today, our colleague speaks with two Americans who have been feeling the effects of that war. Guests: Natalie Kitroeff, a bus...
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The President Takes On China, Alone from 2019-05-15T09:51:44
Years of multinational efforts have failed to get China to play by the international rules of trade. Now, President Trump has launched an all-out trade war in which the United States is confronting...
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The Freshmen: Rashida Tlaib, Part 2 from 2019-05-14T09:53:14
When we last spoke with Representative Rashida Tlaib, she had just been sworn in — and had fulfilled the fears of Democratic leaders by calling for the impeachment of President Trump. In the months...
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John Bolton’s Plan for Iran from 2019-05-13T09:50:25
Iran is warning that it may resume production on its nuclear program, reviving a crisis that had been contained by the signing of the Iran nuclear deal four years ago. One man within the United Sta...
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A Founder of Facebook Says It’s Time to Break It Up from 2019-05-10T09:52:59
Chris Hughes, a Facebook co-founder and Mark Zuckerberg’s college roommate, has written an Op-Ed in The New York Times saying that Mr. Zuckerberg has become too powerful and that Facebook should be...
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A Crisis at the N.R.A. from 2019-04-30T09:55:30
A bitter power struggle has broken out inside the nation’s pre-eminent gun rights group. We look at how the mere threat of a financial investigation plunged the National Rifle Association into cris...
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Why the Supreme Court Is Ruling on the Census from 2019-04-29T09:53:40
Before the 2020 census begins in the United States, a case has been fast-tracked to the nation’s highest court about who is counted and why. It has become the biggest case in front of the Supreme C...
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How the Measles Outbreak Started from 2019-04-26T09:55:19
The number of measles cases in the United States has risen to nearly 700 — the highest annual number recorded since 2000, when the disease was declared eliminated in the country. Many of those case...
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A Secret in the Navy SEALs from 2019-04-25T09:54:40
Navy SEAL commandos said they had seen their decorated platoon leader, Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, commit war crimes. They were warned not to report it. They did so anyway. Guest: Da...
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The Terrorist Attacks in Sri Lanka from 2019-04-24T09:55:11
A series of highly coordinated bombings in Sri Lanka has left more than 350 people dead. How did a small, obscure and underfinanced local group carry out one of the deadliest terrorist attacks sinc...
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The Whistle-Blowers at Boeing from 2019-04-23T09:54:52
After two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jets, regulators and lawmakers began asking whether competitive pressure may have led the company to miss safety risks, like an anti-stall system that played a r...
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How Trump’s Protector Became Mueller’s Best Witness from 2019-04-22T09:55:22
The most interesting figure in the Mueller report may be the man who was hired to protect President Trump, but turned out to be the most damaging witness against him. We look at the role of Donald ...
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The Mueller Report Is Released from 2019-04-19T10:21:56
Two years and 448 pages later, a redacted version of the Mueller report has been made public. Here’s what we’ve learned. Guests: Michael S. Schmidt and Mark Mazzetti, who have been covering the spe...
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The Abortion Wars, Part 2: The Illinois Option from 2019-04-18T09:54:33
Four states have passed laws this year that effectively ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, and others, including Missouri, are expected to follow suit. Some Missourians are crossing the sta...
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The Abortion Wars, Part 1: The Last Clinic in Missouri from 2019-04-17T09:56:52
When Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s ascendance to the Supreme Court threw the future of abortion rights into question, states scrambled to enact new laws. Two neighboring states in the Midwest are movin...
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The Rise and Fall of Carlos Ghosn from 2019-04-16T09:55:28
Carlos Ghosn, the former head of Nissan, was the rare foreign executive to reach rock-star status in Japan by breaking the rules of its culture. Now, he’s accused of financial wrongdoing at the com...
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The Moral Complexities of Working With Julian Assange from 2019-04-15T09:56:46
Many have considered Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, to be a hero of the free speech movement and a partner to journalists. He also came to be seen as a threat to national security. Then,...
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Israel’s Election, Through the Eyes of a Young Palestinian from 2019-04-12T09:58:35
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has promised to assert sovereignty over dozens of Jewish settlements on the West Bank. For Palestinians there, that could mean the end of a decades-long ...
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Netanyahu Won. The Two-State Solution Lost. from 2019-04-11T09:54:18
President Trump has promised to broker the deal of the century between Israelis and Palestinians. His partnership with Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, may have made such a peace deal a...
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When the Lights Went Out in Venezuela from 2019-04-10T09:59:24
Economic collapse, crumbling infrastructure, a contested presidential election result — Venezuela was already in crisis. Then the power went out. Guest: Nicholas Casey, the Andes bureau chief for T...
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One Family’s Story of Survival and Loss in New Zealand from 2019-03-29T09:54:44
New Zealand is holding a national day of remembrance today for the 50 people killed in the mosque shootings in Christchurch. Our colleague spent several days with one family of one man who died in ...
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Prosecuting R. Kelly from 2019-03-28T09:55:15
This year, Chicago’s top prosecutor, Kim Foxx, took the unusual step of asking women to come forward with allegations against the musician R. Kelly. In an interview, she explained that decision. Gu...
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Israel’s Indispensable Prime Minister? from 2019-03-27T09:56:26
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel faces indictment over an alleged scheme involving brazen acts of bribery and fraud. Why are so many Israelis ready to re-elect him? Guest: David M. Halbf...
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Why Didn’t Mueller Decide on Obstruction? from 2019-03-26T09:54:25
The special counsel, Robert Mueller, was supposed to decide whether President Trump had committed a crime. Why did the attorney general, William P. Barr, do it instead? Guest: Michael S. Schmidt, w...
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Coordination: Not Established. Obstruction: More Complicated. from 2019-03-25T09:55:24
Attorney General William P. Barr sent a letter to Congress summarizing the Mueller report: The special counsel investigation did not establish coordination with Russia, but there was a more complic...
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Special Edition: Robert Mueller Submits His Report from 2019-03-22T22:35:35
The Mueller report has been sent to the attorney general. Here’s a look at what this means and what comes next. Guest: Michael S. Schmidt, who has been covering the special counsel investigation fo...
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How New Zealand Banned Assault Rifles in Six Days from 2019-03-22T09:55:19
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand promised to change the country’s gun laws after a mass shooting in Christchurch left 50 people dead. Less than a week later, she did it. Guest: Jamie Ta...
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A Path to Curing H.I.V. from 2019-03-21T09:55:54
For only the second time since the start of a global epidemic, a person was reported this month to have been cured of H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS. Scientists and activists had almost given u...
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‘Trump of the Tropics’: How Brazil’s President Came to Power from 2019-03-20T09:56:33
President Trump welcomed Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, to the White House on Tuesday. We look at the back story of Mr. Bolsonaro, whose campaign tactics, incendiary rhetoric and bra...
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Two Crashes, a Single Jet: The Story of Boeing’s 737 Max from 2019-03-19T09:55:35
As Boeing developed a new line of passenger jets, it was determined to avoid costly training for pilots. Then, two of those jets crashed. Guest: Natalie Kitroeff, a business reporter for The New Yo...
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The Mosque Attacks in New Zealand from 2019-03-18T09:55:31
A gunman opened fire at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing at least 50 people. The massacre was partly streamed online. We look at why the attack was, in some ways, made by and for t...
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The Family That Profited From the Opioid Crisis from 2019-03-15T09:56:01
The family that built its fortune on the opioid painkiller OxyContin has never been held legally accountable for the epidemic that the drug helped unleash. Here’s why that could change. Guest: Barr...
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Bribing Their Way Into College from 2019-03-14T09:57:12
When a federal prosecutor revealed a $25 million scheme to seek an edge in college admissions for the children of celebrities, executives and other rich parents, he declared, “There can be no separ...
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How ‘Medicare for All’ Would Work (or Not Work) from 2019-03-13T09:55:55
“Medicare for all” has become a punching bag for Republicans and a rallying cry for many Democrats. But what exactly is it? Guest: Margot Sanger-Katz, who covers health care for The New York Times....
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Part 3: What to Expect When You’re Expecting (the Mueller Report) from 2019-03-12T09:55:51
Once the special counsel’s report has been released, it’s up to Congress and its oversight committees to determine what happens next. We spoke to the head of the House Judiciary Committee, who will...
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Part 2: What to Expect When You’re Expecting (the Mueller Report) from 2019-03-11T09:55:21
As the special counsel finishes his investigation, he can pursue three different paths — each with a profoundly different effect on how Congress will proceed. Recent history makes one of those path...
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The Testimony of Michael Cohen from 2019-02-28T10:59:20
Michael Cohen is headed to prison for lying on behalf of Donald Trump. On Wednesday, he told Congress that he’s done protecting the president. Guest: Maggie Haberman, who covers the White House for...
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A Fraudulent Election in North Carolina from 2019-02-27T10:56:50
For months, allegations of fraud have swirled around a congressional race in North Carolina’s Ninth District, but the Republican at the center of the controversy has held on. Why is he giving up no...
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What Hollywood Keeps Getting Wrong About Race from 2019-02-26T10:55:29
Three decades ago, the highest honor at the Academy Awards was given to a movie about a white passenger learning to love her black chauffeur. Sunday night, the same award was given to a film about ...
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Why Controlling 5G Could Mean Controlling the World from 2019-02-25T10:55:37
The United States believes that whoever controls fifth-generation cellular networks, known as 5G, will have a global advantage for decades to come. The fear is that China is almost there. Guest: Da...
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The American Women Who Joined ISIS from 2019-02-22T10:55:32
They left to join the so-called caliphate and took an oath of allegiance to a terrorist group intent on destroying the West. Now they want to come home. What should the United States do with the Am...
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How New York Lost Amazon from 2019-02-21T10:55:29
Supporters promised an economic transformation that would benefit generations. Opponents feared a billion-dollar giveaway to one of the world’s richest companies. Here’s how the deal to bring Amazo...
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The Democratic Presidential Field (So Far) from 2019-02-20T10:54:55
Senator Bernie Sanders has entered a crowded field of Democratic presidential candidates. We look at how candidates who agree on many social issues are fighting to distinguish themselves in order t...
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The Democrats and Israel from 2019-02-19T10:56:50
In the weeks since they’ve taken office, two freshman Democrats — Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib — have been engulfed in controversy over their criticisms of Israel. We look at how, a...
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Avoiding a Shutdown (by Declaring an Emergency) from 2019-02-15T10:55:21
We take a look at the president’s last-minute plan to fund his border wall — and at how we got here. Guest: Mark Landler, who covers the White House for The New York Times. For more information on ...
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The Parkland Students, One Year Later from 2019-02-14T10:55:45
It’s been a year since the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. We went to Florida this week to check in on some of the students we met 12 months ago. Guest: Clare Toenisko...
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No Heat, No Power: How a Federal Jail Failed Its Inmates from 2019-02-13T10:55:18
A New York Times investigation found that inside a Brooklyn jail, more than 1,000 inmates were locked inside freezing cells for 23 hours a day, prompting an inquiry by the Justice Department. But t...
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Why Chief Justice Roberts Just Protected Abortion Rights from 2019-02-12T10:55:25
From the moment he was confirmed, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has been a reliable conservative on the Supreme Court. So why did he just side with the court’s more liberal members to preserve ...
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The Standoff Over Food and Power in Venezuela from 2019-02-11T10:53:36
The humanitarian crisis in Venezuela is worsening as President Nicolás Maduro refuses to give up power and blocks food from entering the country despite widespread hunger. Here’s a look at why, in ...
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The Perils of Reporting on an Investigation of the President from 2019-01-31T10:53:32
The special counsel’s office disputed an explosive BuzzFeed report claiming that President Trump had instructed his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress — and that investigators had evi...
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How Democrats Will Govern (Now That Government Is Open) from 2019-01-30T10:50:04
For weeks, House Democrats have found their agenda overshadowed by the struggle to reopen the government. Now that it’s open, they have a plan. Guest: Nicholas Fandos, who covers Congress for The N...
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Dispatches From the Border, Part 2 from 2019-01-29T10:48:54
After a 35-day government shutdown over a proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, Democrats and Republicans in Congress are negotiating over what border security actually means. We checked back...
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The Story of Roger Stone and WikiLeaks from 2019-01-28T10:53:15
The special counsel’s indictment of Roger J. Stone Jr. contains details as over-the-top as Mr. Stone himself, revealing, for instance, that he encouraged an associate to use a tactic straight from ...
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One Country, Two Presidents: The Crisis in Venezuela from 2019-01-25T10:47:37
A remarkable battle for power is playing out in Venezuela, with dueling claims to the presidency. We look at what’s happening in the country and why the situation is coming to a head. Guest: Nichol...
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ISIS Has Lost Its Land. What About Its Power? from 2019-01-24T10:56:13
More than 99 percent of the territory the Islamic State once held in Iraq and Syria is gone — but the United States government may be misunderstanding what that means. Guest: Rukmini Callimachi, wh...
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The Confrontation at the Lincoln Memorial from 2019-01-23T10:54:35
Over the course of three days, the narrative of an encounter between young men wearing “Make America Great Again” hats and a Native American veteran has become a pick-your-side story where who hold...
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The Freshmen: Rashida Tlaib, Part 1 from 2019-01-22T11:16:03
Now that the Democrats have taken back the House, their plan is to govern on a message of unity heading into 2020. A small group of new, progressive lawmakers threatens to upend that plan. Meet one...
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A Rift Over Power and Privilege in the Women’s March from 2019-01-18T11:10:52
After the divisiveness of the 2016 election, the Women’s March became a major symbol of unity. But two years later, a rift in the movement has grown. Guest: Farah Stockman, a national reporter for ...
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A Republican Congressman From Texas Who Opposes the Wall from 2019-01-17T10:51:31
As the government shutdown approaches its fifth week, a few congressional Republicans are publicly breaking from the president in his push for a border wall. We spoke with one of them. Guest: Repre...
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William Barr Under Oath from 2019-01-16T10:48:42
In a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, William P. Barr, the nominee for attorney general, vowed to protect the Justice Department and seemed to tell senators what they wanted to hear. ...
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Trump’s Pick for Attorney General from 2019-01-15T10:52:34
William P. Barr, President Trump’s nominee for attorney general, is set to go before senators today for the beginning of his confirmation hearings. What would it mean for the president and the spec...
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Dispatches From the Border, Part 1 from 2019-01-14T10:56:27
As the shutdown continues over the president’s demand for a border wall, Annie Brown from “The Daily” joined Azam Ahmed, a New York Times reporter, and Meridith Kohut, a photojournalist, on their e...
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What a Border Sheriff Thinks About the Wall from 2019-01-11T10:47:29
A majority of Americans oppose the construction of a border wall. President Trump’s insistence on building it has led to a bitter political impasse and a government shutdown. We spoke with a sherif...
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The Republicans’ Shutdown Strategy from 2019-01-10T10:49:24
In his latest negotiation with Democrats over the shutdown, President Trump slammed the table and stormed out of the meeting. We look at why his strategy requires giving no ground and forcing Repub...
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An Ongoing Look Into the Origins of Trump’s Wealth from 2018-12-31T10:45
This week, “The Daily” is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened since the stories first ran. Today, we return to a New York Times investigation i...
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A Mother Talks to Her Sons About Brett Kavanaugh from 2018-12-28T10:45
This week, “The Daily” is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened since the stories first ran. In October, we sat down with a group of teenage girl...
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The Scars of Family Separation from 2018-12-27T10:45
This week, “The Daily” is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened since the stories first ran. Today, we’re going back to an episode from this summ...
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For a Family Divided by the Korean War, a New Chapter from 2018-12-26T10:45
This week, “The Daily” is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened since the stories first ran. In April, President Moon Jae-in of South Korea met w...
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The Year in Sound: An Audio Time Capsule of 2018 from 2018-12-24T10:45
Between the government shutdowns that bookended the year, there were furious standoffs over a border wall; shootings at a high school, a bar, a grocery store, a synagogue; devastating wildfires in ...
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The Latest Showdown Over a Shutdown from 2018-12-21T10:50:25
President Trump seemed poised to avoid a government shutdown and to carry his fight for a border wall into 2019, when the House will be controlled by Democrats. Then he shot down the spending deal....
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Senator Claire McCaskill on Losing Missouri and the Politics of Purity from 2018-12-20T10:52:50
If any Democratic senator representing a red state was going to survive the midterm elections and continue serving in 2019, it was thought to be Claire McCaskill. But she lost. We spoke with her as...
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The Ethics of Genetically Editing Babies from 2018-12-19T10:46:58
Ever since scientists created the powerful gene-editing technique Crispr, they have braced for the day when it would be used to produce a genetically altered human being. Now, the moment they feare...
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A Year in the Russia Investigation from 2018-12-18T10:49:47
At the start of 2018, the biggest threat to the Trump presidency was an investigation into his campaign’s ties to Russia. As the year draws to a close, it’s his hush payments to women. We look at w...
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‘The Most Significant Campaign Contributions’ in U.S. History from 2018-12-17T10:46:09
It was never clear what motivated Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, to hand the investigation of Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, over to career prosecutors in New Y...
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Undocumented and Working for Trump from 2018-12-14T10:54:18
Last week, Victorina Morales came forward and said that for the last five years, she had been working as an undocumented immigrant at President Trump’s golf club in New Jersey. A couple of days ago...
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The Rise of Right-Wing Extremism, and How U.S. Law Enforcement Ignored It from 2018-12-13T10:46:31
Despite repeated warnings over the past two decades, federal law enforcement officials in the United States have ignored the threat of violence from far-right extremists. Now, they have no idea how...
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Why Republicans Want a Criminal Justice Overhaul from 2018-12-12T10:52:45
President Barack Obama came very close in 2015 to passing a bipartisan bill to rewrite prison and sentencing laws. Three years later, the same people who were responsible for stopping that bill may...
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Waiting for Brexit from 2018-12-11T10:55:51
In a humiliating last-minute move, Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain postponed a vote in Parliament on Tuesday on the terms of the country’s divorce from the European Union. We look at why Brit...
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The Business of Selling Your Location from 2018-12-10T10:50:09
A New York Times investigation has found that the information being collected about us through apps on our smartphones is far more extensive than most of us imagine — or are aware we have consented...
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Why Michael Cohen Lied to Congress from 2018-11-30T10:50:29
President Trump’s former lawyer has pleaded guilty to lying about Mr. Trump’s business ties to Russia and has agreed to cooperate with the special counsel investigation. It’s the second time this w...
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Nancy Pelosi’s Last Fight from 2018-11-29T10:51:56
Many newly elected Democrats in the House have voted to make Representative Nancy Pelosi the next speaker. But that doesn’t necessarily mean she has their support. Guests: Sheryl Gay Stolberg, who ...
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What’s Going On With Paul Manafort? from 2018-11-28T10:44:18
The special counsel’s office says that Paul Manafort, the president’s former campaign chairman, repeatedly lied to investigators, even after agreeing to cooperate in the Russia inquiry. Meanwhile, ...
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The U.S. as a Place of Refuge from 2018-11-27T10:45:32
As large groups of Central American migrants approach the U.S. border, the Trump administration is making it more difficult for them to apply for asylum. Is the president undermining the original c...
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The Human Toll of Instant Delivery from 2018-11-26T10:50:06
With the rise of online retailers like Amazon, consumers’ expectations about the speed of delivery have been transformed. A New York Times investigation examines the cost of that transformation. Gu...
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Deployed in the U.S., Just Waiting for the Caravan from 2018-11-21T10:52:03
At nearly every turn, President Trump’s own generals tried to persuade him not to deploy active-duty troops to the United States border with Mexico. So what are 5,000 troops doing there? Guest: Hel...
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Why U.S. Bombs Are Falling in Yemen from 2018-11-20T10:55:05
The killing of Jamal Khashoggi has renewed criticism of Saudi Arabia more broadly, including the kingdom’s role in the war in Yemen. It’s a war that has created what has been called the worst human...
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How El Chapo Ended Up in a Brooklyn Courtroom from 2018-11-19T10:48:37
Nearly two years after being extradited from Mexico, Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the drug lord known as El Chapo, is finally facing trial in a United States court. Here’s why it took so long to get to th...
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What Facebook Knew and Tried to Hide from 2018-11-16T10:57:55
The story of Facebook in the past few years has been that of a company slow to understand how powerful it has become. But an investigation by The New York Times finds that once Facebook’s leaders u...
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A Conversation With a Freshman Democrat from 2018-11-15T10:57:21
Last week, we looked at the campaign of a candidate who embodied the Democratic strategy for winning the House. This week, she arrived in Washington. We spoke with Abigail Spanberger, a recently el...
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The Plan to Discredit the Florida Recount from 2018-11-14T11:00:22
Republicans, seeking to secure the party’s majority and agenda in the Senate, are determined to delegitimize the statewide recount underway in Florida. We look at what Democrats have learned since ...
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Diplomacy and Deception From North Korea from 2018-11-13T10:56:15
President Trump says the nuclear threat from North Korea is over. But new satellite images of hidden missile bases suggest that the situation has only worsened since his meeting with Kim Jong-un, t...
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The California Wildfires from 2018-11-12T10:57:37
One of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in California history is raging in the north of the state, as two others burn simultaneously in the south. Devastating wildfires have already bec...
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The Business of Internet Outrage from 2018-10-31T09:54:13
At the height of its reach, the right-wing website Mad World News was getting millions of views. We talked to its founders about how they hit upon the formula that made it so successful — and why i...
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The Re-emergence of American Anti-Semitism from 2018-10-30T09:54
Until recently, many American Jews believed that anti-Semitism was a European problem, one the United States had left behind. But the attack in Pittsburgh did not come out of nowhere. Guest: Jonath...
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A Shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue from 2018-10-29T09:50:02
The massacre in Pittsburgh was one of the worst attacks against the Jewish community in the United States in decades. The city’s mayor called it “the darkest day of Pittsburgh’s history.” Guests: K...
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The Voters Both Parties Are Ignoring from 2018-10-26T09:59:08
Nearly 30 million Latinos in the United States are eligible to vote, representing almost 13 percent of the American electorate. Why is so little attention being paid to them in the midterm election...
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How 1994 Gave Us Today’s Politics from 2018-10-25T09:53
To understand the divisions that define this year’s midterm elections, you have to go back to the midterm elections of 1994. We look at the moment when exploiting differences of opinion became a wi...
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The Migrant Caravan and the Midterms from 2018-10-24T09:54:28
Thousands of Central American migrants are moving north through Mexico, heading for the U.S. border. Republicans won’t stop talking about it, and Democrats are trying not to. Guest: Annie Correal, ...
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Why Trump Can’t Quit Mohammed bin Salman from 2018-10-23T09:48:58
From the moment he was named the country’s day-to-day leader, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia has disappointed the United States over and over again. Yet the Trump White House hasn’t let go of him...
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Who’s Allowed to Vote in Georgia? from 2018-10-22T09:50:23
One candidate made a name for herself trying to register voters. Another rose to prominence trying to purge them from the rolls. We look at how one of the most closely watched governor’s races in t...
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A New Climate Tipping Point from 2018-10-19T09:54:14
Last week, a long-awaited report showed that the worst consequences of global warming would occur even sooner than previously thought. Here’s the story behind the findings. Guests: Coral Davenport,...
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Letting Louis C.K. Back Onstage from 2018-10-18T10:02:34
Nine months after admitting to sexual misconduct with multiple women, Louis C.K. dropped into a New York City comedy club unannounced and tried to make a comeback. And then he returned, again and a...
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The Battle for Missouri, Part 2: The Moderate from 2018-10-17T09:53
When Democrats lost almost every race in Missouri in 2016, their party decided it needed to do something drastic. But the path they chose may have created an entirely new problem. Guest: Sabrina Ta...
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The Battle for Missouri, Part 1: The Anti-Abortion Democrat from 2018-10-16T09:49:55
Weeks before the midterm elections, moderate and progressive Democrats in Missouri are grappling with what the party stands for and who gets to define it. What happens will determine the fate of on...
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The State of the Midterms (and the Country) from 2018-10-15T09:48:20
As the Democrats fight to reclaim control of Congress, the House seems to be headed in one direction, the Senate in the other. With three weeks to go until Election Day, we look at the state of the...
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The Police Shooting That Rocked Chicago from 2018-10-12T09:54:48
On the night of Oct. 20, 2014, a white police officer shot a black teenager 16 times. It took nearly four years for the case to make it to trial. It took less than eight hours for the jury to reach...
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The Disappearance of a Saudi Journalist from 2018-10-11T09:49:50
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has promoted himself to the West as a reformer determined to create a more free and open society. That image is unraveling as a prominent Saudi journalist and dissident ...
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Who Is Believed and Who Is Blamed? from 2018-10-10T09:53:31
Across the country, the confirmation of Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh has set off a highly personal debate among women about credibility and culpability. We sit in on two of those conversations. Guest...
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The Blasey-Kavanaugh Hearing from 2018-09-28T10:15:19
She gave a raw, reluctant account of sexual assault. He gave an angry, outraged denial. And once again, the United States Senate must take a side. Guest: Kate Zernike, who covers politics for The N...
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Today’s Hearing: Trial or Job Interview? from 2018-09-27T09:54:10
The Senate Judiciary Committee opens its hearing into allegations against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh today. At stake for both parties is the swing seat on an ideologically divided Supreme Court in th...
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Revisiting What Happened to Anita Hill from 2018-09-26T09:56:02
Twenty-seven years ago, the Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Anita F. Hill, a law professor, and Judge Clarence Thomas, the Supreme Court nominee she accused of sexual harassment. We look at h...
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The Conservative Divide Over Kavanaugh from 2018-09-25T09:51:44
Conservatives have been deeply split about how to respond to allegations of sexual assault against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh. That’s now starting to change. Guest: Ross Douthat, an Opinion columnist...
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Rod Rosenstein’s Insurrection from 2018-09-24T09:52:51
Days after being named deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein was so alarmed by what he was seeing inside the White House that he proposed a series of extreme measures. Will those proposals now co...
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10 Years After the Financial Crisis from 2018-09-21T09:59:13
A decade ago, U.S. policymakers hatched a plan to rescue a financial system in free fall. Their solution solved that crisis — but deepened another. Guest: Andrew Ross Sorkin, a financial columnist ...
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A High School Assault from 2018-09-20T09:57:49
The accusation against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh has set off a national debate about how to address decades-old allegations of sexual aggression by a teenager. Here is one woman’s perspective. Guest...
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Will Dr. Blasey Testify? from 2018-09-19T09:52:06
Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexual assault, has said she wants the F.B.I. to investigate her claims. We look at what that means for the Supreme Court confirma...
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The Accusation Against Brett Kavanaugh from 2018-09-18T09:54:01
Days before Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh was expected to receive a lifetime appointment to the country’s highest court, a woman has come forward with allegations that could derail his confirmation. He ...
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A Dispatch From the Center of the Storm from 2018-09-17T09:54
North Carolina is facing a statewide crisis as the storm known as Florence slowly ravages the South, flooding cities, sending thousands into shelters and endangering communities from the coast to t...
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Lost in the Storm, Part 2 from 2018-09-14T09:59:21
Even as floodwaters caused by Hurricane Harvey began to recede, Wayne Dailey was pleading with emergency services to send someone to rescue his wife. Guests: Annie Brown, a producer for The Daily, ...
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Lost in the Storm, Part 1 from 2018-09-13T09:50:37
One year ago, Houston thought it was prepared for Hurricane Harvey. As another major hurricane approaches the U.S., we look at how flooding overwhelmed Houston’s emergency systems, and how one fami...
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The Spy Who Provoked Putin from 2018-09-12T09:50:54
The attack was brazen and exotic, but the target was a low-level former spy. Why did Russia risk so much in the Sergei Skripal case? Guest: Michael Schwirtz, an investigative reporter for The New Y...
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Bob Woodward on Trump, Nixon and Anonymity from 2018-09-11T09:53:17
Bob Woodward’s reporting on the Nixon administration pioneered an approach to journalism that drew from anonymous sources and has been widely used since. He has deployed that form of reporting in h...
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An Interview With George Papadopoulos from 2018-09-10T09:54
George Papadopoulos, a former campaign aide to President Trump, was sentenced on Friday for deceiving the F.B.I. about his relationship with a person thought to be a Russian operative who had offer...
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When We Almost Stopped Climate Change from 2018-08-31T09:55:54
Thirty years ago, the United States had a chance to stop global warming in its tracks. Almost nothing stood in the way — except human resistance. Guests: Rafe Pomerance, an environmentalist who bec...
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An Unexpected Upset in Florida from 2018-08-30T09:50:05
The Florida governor’s race was supposed to come down to a predictable face-off between the establishment Republican and the establishment Democrat. That’s not what happened. Guest: Patricia Mazzei...
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An Execution in Nebraska from 2018-08-29T09:50:14
After a 40-year crusade, a state lawmaker succeeded in getting Nebraska to ban the death penalty in 2015. Why, then, did the state execute a prisoner this month? Guests: Nebraska State Senator Erni...
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The War Inside the Catholic Church from 2018-08-28T09:54:41
An archbishop has accused Pope Francis of being part of the effort to cover up a sex abuse scandal. What does it mean that the accusation is coming from inside the Roman Catholic Church? Guest: Jas...
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The Paradoxes of John McCain from 2018-08-27T09:50:45
Senator John McCain was proud of his reputation as a maverick in American politics. Through pivotal moments in his life — as a prisoner of war, a young congressman, a presidential candidate, and, u...
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Special Episode: The Last “Year of the Woman” from 2018-08-25T10:00:16
More women are running for office in the 2018 midterm elections than in any other election in American history. “The Daily” speaks to Senator Dianne Feinstein about what this moment shares with 199...
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“Divided,” Part 2: The Chaos of Reunification from 2018-08-24T09:54:19
More than 2,000 children were separated from their parents at the border. After a judge ordered the U.S. government to promptly reunite the families, the government claimed it would be nearly impos...
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The Man Who Wrote Mueller’s Rules from 2018-08-23T09:56:03
The special counsel, Robert Mueller, has followed a set of rules devised to allow for the investigation of a sitting president. Those rules will now be tested. Guests: Neal Katyal, who drafted the ...
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Implicating the President from 2018-08-22T09:51:47
Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former personal lawyer, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to campaign finance violations — and said Mr. Trump himself had ordered the crimes. Minutes later, Paul Manafort, ...
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“Divided,” Part 1: How Family Separations Started from 2018-08-21T09:54:33
The policy began in secret. The Trump administration denied such a policy existed. And when it finally acknowledged that migrant children were being separated from their parents at the border, chao...
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Robert Mueller’s Unlikely Witness from 2018-08-20T09:50:33
The New York Times has found that one of the White House’s own lawyers, Don McGahn, has cooperated extensively in the investigation led by the special counsel, Robert Mueller. And he has shared far...
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Nancy Pelosi’s Dilemma from 2018-08-17T09:52:05
Republicans in this year’s elections are casting one person as the symbol of everything that is wrong with the Democratic Party. Many Democrats are also turning on the same figure. Guest: Alexander...
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A Culture of Secrecy That Perpetuated Abuse from 2018-08-16T09:55:21
A grand jury report found that Roman Catholic priests had abused more than 1,000 children in Pennsylvania over a period of 70 years. Some church officials say the report reiterates issues that have...
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The Economic Cost of Authoritarian Rule from 2018-08-15T09:53:26
Turkey is on the verge of an economic meltdown that could infect the global financial system. We examine how the country’s slide toward authoritarianism helped trigger the crisis. Guest: Jim Tanker...
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Unearthing the Truth in Myanmar from 2018-08-14T09:52:37
The country is accused of waging a state-sponsored campaign of massacre, rape and arson against Rohingya Muslims. Why, then, did the government allow a New York Times journalist to tour the epicent...
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A Year of Reckoning in Charlottesville from 2018-08-13T09:52:09
One year after white nationalists and counterprotesters clashed in Charlottesville, Va., the violence has long ended and the rest of the country has largely moved on. But the broken city is still s...
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The Trump Voters We Don't Talk About from 2018-08-10T09:48:38
New data is challenging the popular portrait of Trump voters, and shedding light on why those who generally aren’t talked about may determine the outcome of the midterm elections. Guest: Nate Cohn,...
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The Democrats’ Comeback Plan from 2018-07-31T09:51:40
Democrats are working on an election strategy for the 2018 midterms and beyond. It’s one that deliberately sounds less ambitious than it is. Guests: Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New ...
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Why the A.C.L.U. Wants to Be More Like the N.R.A. from 2018-07-30T09:53:26
For decades, the American Civil Liberties Union has battled in the courts on behalf of Americans’ constitutional rights, whether that means same-sex marriage or the right of neo-Nazis to hold a ral...
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The ‘Ineligible’ Families from 2018-07-27T09:51:11
As it raced to meet a deadline for reunifying parents and children separated at the border, the Trump administration deemed hundreds of parents “ineligible.” What does it mean to be ineligible to b...
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Which to Believe: Trump’s Words, or His Acts? from 2018-07-26T09:57:07
Mike Pompeo, the secretary of state, testified on Wednesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The question that came to the fore: Is the United States’ policy toward Russia what the pr...
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The Tariff War from 2018-07-25T09:51:13
President Trump announced a $12 billion bailout for American farmers hurt by tariffs. Why does the trade war he started, in part to help those farmers, now require taxpayers to save them? Guest: An...
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Roe v. Wade, Part 2: The Culture Wars from 2018-07-24T09:58:49
The Supreme Court ruled with little controversy in 1973 that women had a constitutional right to abortion. How did the decision give way to the deep and enduring political rifts we face today? Gues...
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Roe v. Wade, Part 1: Who Was Jane Roe? from 2018-07-23T09:52:58
The confirmation of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court may hinge on a single ruling: Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to abortion in the United Stat...
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Facebook’s Plan to Police the Truth from 2018-07-20T09:42:16
The last time Facebook came under such intense scrutiny was when Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s chief executive, defended himself before Congress in April. But his latest policy on false news has t...
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The Other Russian Interference from 2018-07-19T09:52:26
Amid the chaos after the summit meeting between President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia is a very different story of Russian interference, centered on the arrest of Maria Butina, ...
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How Trump Withstands So Many Controversies from 2018-07-18T09:53:53
The word “treason” is being thrown around to describe how President Trump seemed to take Russia’s side during his summit meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin in Helsinki, Finland. But as with e...
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Trump Sides With Putin from 2018-07-17T09:52:32
Standing next to President Vladimir V. Putin at the close of their summit meeting, President Trump challenged the conclusion of his own intelligence agencies: that Russia interfered in the 2016 pre...
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Why Believing Putin Will Be Hard This Time from 2018-07-16T09:50:56
President Trump has said in the past that he believes President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia “means it” when he denies Russian meddling in the 2016 election. But the indictment of 12 Russian militar...
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Why Peter Strzok Wanted to Testify from 2018-07-13T09:52:02
After his text messages about President Trump were made public, Peter Strzok, a high-ranking F.B.I. agent who played a pivotal role in the Russia investigation, became a punching bag for Republican...
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The (Misunderstood) Story of NATO from 2018-07-12T09:53:01
On a combative opening day of the NATO summit in Brussels, President Trump called other member countries “delinquent” on military spending and attacked Germany as a “captive” of Russia. We examine ...
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Brett Kavanaugh’s Change of Heart from 2018-07-11T09:52:17
Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who has been nominated to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court, once made the case for impeaching a president. He now says that was a mistake. Guest: Mark Lan...
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Trump Picks Brett Kavanaugh from 2018-07-10T09:51:40
President Trump has nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court. Given Judge Kavanaugh’s conservative record and the political math in the Senate, what h...
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Justice Kennedy’s Last Decision from 2018-06-29T09:53:17
With Justice Anthony Kennedy announcing his retirement from the Supreme Court, little attention was paid to his final ruling. It’s one that could forever alter the role of labor unions. Guest: Noam...
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The Supreme Court Loses Its Swing Vote from 2018-06-28T09:54:45
Justice Anthony Kennedy, often considered the Supreme Court’s ideological center, announced that he would retire this summer. His departure could fundamentally change the direction of the court. Gu...
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The Supreme Court Upholds Trump’s Travel Ban from 2018-06-27T09:46:37
In a 5-to-4 vote, the Supreme Court upheld President Trump’s ban on travel into the United States by citizens of several predominantly Muslim countries. What does the decision say about the extent ...
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The Rampant Problem of Pregnancy Discrimination, Part 2 from 2018-06-27T09:30
Many women are passed over for promotions and raises when they become pregnant. Part 2 of this series examines the subtle sidelining of pregnant women and mothers in corporate America. Guests: Nata...
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The Rampant Problem of Pregnancy Discrimination, Part 1 from 2018-06-26T09:55:07
A New York Times investigation finds that pregnancy discrimination is systematic and pervasive inside America’s biggest companies. For women with physically demanding jobs, the bias is often overt....
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What Migrants Are Fleeing from 2018-06-25T09:53:04
The Trump administration’s recent border policy is, in part, a response to the large numbers of migrants who have been making the journey to the United States from Central America. For many, stayin...
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The Daily Presents “Caliphate,” Chapter 10 from 2018-06-23T09:45
The New York Times has introduced a documentary audio series that follows Rukmini Callimachi, who covers terrorism for The Times, on her quest to understand ISIS. Today, as a special episode of “Th...
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The World Cup’s Mysterious Path to Russia from 2018-06-22T09:53:27
The 2018 World Cup is now underway in Russia. The story of how it ended up there involves some names you might recognize: James Comey, Robert Mueller and Christopher Steele. Guest: Ken Bensinger, a...
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Trump Ends His Child Separation Practice from 2018-06-21T10:06:38
President Trump signed an executive order to keep parents and children together at the border. What does it mean for his immigration policy — and for the families who have already been split apart?...
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Father and Son, Forced Apart at the Border from 2018-06-20T09:54:40
A 5-year-old boy named José and his father fled the violence in Honduras and headed to the United States. They were separated at the border. What has happened to them in the weeks since? Guest: Mir...
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How Separating Migrant Families Became U.S. Policy from 2018-06-19T09:57:19
President Trump has blamed Democrats for his administration’s practice of taking children from their parents at the border. Why is one of his top aides, Stephen Miller, claiming credit? Guest: Juli...
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Cracking Down on Leaks from 2018-06-18T09:53:05
For a year and a half, President Trump has threatened to crack down on leaks and leakers. The seizure of emails and phone records from a reporter at The New York Times tells a great deal about what...
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The Daily Presents “Caliphate,” Chapter 9, Part 2 from 2018-06-16T09:45
The New York Times has introduced a documentary audio series that follows Rukmini Callimachi, who covers terrorism for The Times, on her quest to understand ISIS. Today, as a special episode of “Th...
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The Daily Presents “Caliphate,” Chapter 9, Part 1 from 2018-06-16T09:40
The New York Times has introduced a documentary audio series that follows Rukmini Callimachi, who covers terrorism for The Times, on her quest to understand ISIS. Today, as a special episode of “Th...
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The Report on the F.B.I.’s Clinton Inquiry from 2018-06-15T09:52:06
The Justice Department’s inspector general released a long-awaited document on Thursday on the F.B.I. investigation of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential election. The findings could be b...
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The Narrowing Path to Asylum from 2018-06-14T09:56:21
The Trump administration has said that domestic abuse is no longer grounds for receiving permission to stay in the United States. We share one asylum seeker’s story. Guest: Mariam, a survivor of do...
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What Trump Gave Kim from 2018-06-13T09:55:46
In a joint statement, President Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, committed to complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Why is a seemingly significant promise being dismisse...
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A Historic Handshake from 2018-06-12T09:57:32
For the first time ever, a sitting president of the United States has met with a North Korean leader. Was the handshake between President Trump and Kim Jong-un a beginning or an end? Guest: Mark La...
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Alienating Allies and Wooing Enemies from 2018-06-11T09:51:20
While on his way to the historic summit meeting with Kim Jong-un of North Korea, President Trump isolated himself from other world leaders by refusing to endorse a joint statement of the Group of 7...
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The Truth Behind #WhereAreTheChildren from 2018-05-31T09:55:13
The United States government lost track of nearly 1,500 undocumented children in the last three months of 2017, giving rise to claims that they had been separated from their families at the border....
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Was Kevin Cooper Framed for Murder? from 2018-05-30T09:55:08
The sole survivor of an attack in which four people were murdered identified the perpetrators as three white men. The police ignored suspects who fit the description and arrested a young black man ...
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What Trump Learned From Clinton’s Impeachment from 2018-05-29T09:54:59
Twenty years ago, President Bill Clinton survived impeachment after casting himself as the target of partisan motives. What lessons has President Trump gleaned from that strategy? Guest: Peter Bake...
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The Daily Presents “Caliphate,” Chapter 6 from 2018-05-26T09:52
The New York Times has introduced a documentary audio series that follows Rukmini Callimachi, who covers terrorism for The Times, on her quest to understand ISIS. Today, as a special episode of “Th...
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“Dear Mr. Chairman …” from 2018-05-25T09:56:42
President Trump abruptly canceled on Thursday the highly anticipated summit meeting with Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, that was scheduled to take place on June 12. In a letter to Mr. Kim ...
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Putting “Fake News” on Trial from 2018-05-24T10:03:30
The families of children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in 2012 are suing a conspiracy theorist who claims the massacre was a hoax. Their lawsuits are bringing the issue ...
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A Crossroads for the Democratic Party from 2018-05-23T09:54:34
In Georgia, two women were locked in a close race for the Democratic nomination for governor. What does this primary tell us about the future of the Democratic Party? Guest: Jonathan Martin, a nati...
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Rod Rosenstein’s Impossible Choice from 2018-05-22T09:51:58
President Trump has asked the Justice Department to look into whether the F.B.I. infiltrated his campaign in 2016 for political purposes. In response, the department granted the president’s team ac...
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North Korea’s Fear? Becoming Libya from 2018-05-21T09:55:18
John R. Bolton, President Trump’s new national security adviser, has said that negotiations with North Korea should follow “the Libya model.” Now, North Korea is threatening to call off the planned...
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The Daily Presents “Caliphate,” Chapter 5 from 2018-05-19T09:45
The New York Times has introduced a documentary audio series that follows Rukmini Callimachi, who covers terrorism for The Times, on her quest to understand ISIS. Today, as a special episode of “Th...
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Does Mueller Have a Plan for Trump? from 2018-05-18T09:55:25
White House lawyers have claimed that Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation, will not indict the president, regardless of his findings. If that’s true, then...
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A Child of Gaza Becomes a Political Symbol from 2018-05-17T09:53:41
The death of a Palestinian baby during the protests in Gaza became a rallying cry for critics of Israel. Within hours, the family’s story was being questioned. Guest: Declan Walsh, the Cairo bureau...
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When Facebook Rumors Incite Real Violence from 2018-05-16T09:54:58
A series of damning posts on Facebook has stoked longstanding ethnic tensions in Sri Lanka, setting off a wave of violence largely directed at Muslims. How are false rumors on social media fueling ...
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Two Views of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem from 2018-05-15T10:06:43
Many Israelis see the relocation of the United States Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv as a historic milestone for the Jewish state. But for Palestinians, who hope to see the eastern part of Jeru...
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The Prospect of Peace With North Korea from 2018-05-14T09:54:50
The time and place for a historic meeting between the president of the United States and the leader of North Korea have been set. Does President Trump deserve credit for the diplomatic breakthrough...
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The Daily Presents “Caliphate,” Chapter 4 from 2018-05-12T09:45
The New York Times has introduced a documentary audio series that follows Rukmini Callimachi, who covers terrorism for The Times, on her quest to understand ISIS. Today, as a special episode of “Th...
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A Life-or-Death Crisis for Black Mothers from 2018-05-11T09:56:13
Black mothers and infants in the United States are far more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than their white counterparts. The disparity is tied intrinsically to the lived experience of...
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The C.I.A.’s Moral Reckoning from 2018-05-10T09:45:28
Gina Haspel, President Trump’s pick for C.I.A. director, faced the Senate Intelligence Committee for the first time on Wednesday as her confirmation hearings began. Lawmakers addressed her with an ...
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A Family Divided by the Korean War from 2018-04-30T09:55:45
In a historic summit meeting, North and South Korea vowed to pursue a peace treaty to formally end the Korean War after more than 65 years. That could bring reunions for the thousands of families w...
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The Daily Presents “Caliphate,” Chapter 2 from 2018-04-28T09:55
The New York Times has introduced a documentary audio series that follows Rukmini Callimachi, who covers terrorism for The Times, on her quest to understand ISIS. Today, as a special episode of “Th...
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The Cosby Verdict and #MeToo from 2018-04-27T09:55:33
Bill Cosby has been convicted of sexual assault following years of accusations from dozens of women. What changed between the first trial, which ended in a hung jury, and this one? Guests: Graham B...
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Trump’s Travel Ban Goes to the Supreme Court from 2018-04-26T09:53:11
After being blocked for months by lower courts, President Trump’s executive orders that restricted travel from several predominantly Muslim nations have finally reached the Supreme Court. The justi...
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The Allegations Against Ronny Jackson from 2018-04-25T09:50:42
The nomination of Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, President Trump’s personal doctor, as the next head of Veterans Affairs has come to an abrupt stop. Now, Congress is beginning to examine several alarming al...
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Hong Kong's Missing Bookseller from 2018-04-24T09:52:01
When the owner of a thriving bookstore in Hong Kong disappeared in October 2015, questions swirled. What happened? And what did the Chinese government have to do with it? Guest: Alex W. Palmer, a B...
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After a Suspected Chemical Attack, a Syrian Tells His Story from 2018-04-23T09:54:28
The United States says that the suspected chemical weapons attack on the rebel-held town of Douma, Syria, this month was part of a military push by President Bashar al-Assad’s government to break t...
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James Comey Opens Up About Ego, Distrust and More from 2018-04-20T09:49:59
James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, had an elaborate plan to make public his memos documenting his interactions with President Trump, in the hopes of prompting the appointment of a special ...
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Introducing “Caliphate,” a New York Times Audio Series from 2018-04-19T09:50
The New York Times presents a documentary audio series that follows Rukmini Callimachi, a foreign correspondent for The Times and a frequent voice on “The Daily,” as she reports on the Islamic Stat...
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Wednesday, Apr. 18, 2018 from 2018-04-18T09:54:23
The firing of a professional cheerleader has drawn attention to an industry that seemed to be operating outside the #MeToo movement. But now, sports teams are being drawn into it. Guest: Annie Brow...
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Tuesday, Apr. 17, 2018 from 2018-04-17T09:55:03
For months, the federal investigation into possible links between the Trump campaign and Russia focused on Washington. Now, the inquiry has led back to New York, the president’s hometown, and to on...
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Monday, Apr. 16, 2018 from 2018-04-16T09:53:07
A battle is brewing between the Environmental Protection Agency, which wants to weaken auto emissions standards, and the state of California. Separately, James Comey, the F.B.I. director fired by P...
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Friday, Apr. 13, 2018 from 2018-04-13T09:48:37
Days after a suspected chemical attack killed dozens of Syrian civilians, President Trump promised retaliation. Now, Mr. Trump and his national security advisers are trying to decide how the United...
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Thursday, Apr. 12, 2018 from 2018-04-12T09:52:34
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a second day of hearings on the company’s mishandling of data. Unlike their Senate colleagues, House members c...
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Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2018 from 2018-04-11T09:53:12
Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook chief executive, began two days of marathon hearings in Washington, answering tough questions on the company’s mishandling of data. But the hours of testimony about th...
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Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2018 from 2018-04-10T09:52:14
The F.B.I. has raided the home of President Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen — the same man who acknowledged paying $130,000 to a pornographic film actress who said she had a sexual encoun...
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Friday, March 30, 2018 from 2018-03-30T09:57:01
Behind the landmark Supreme Court ruling of Brown v. Board of Education was a girl named Linda Brown, whose story led to states being ordered to desegregate schools, mostly against their will. Ms. ...
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Thursday, March 29, 2018 from 2018-03-29T09:43:09
As the special counsel built his case against Michael T. Flynn and Paul Manafort, pressure was mounting for the men to to cooperate with the Russia inquiry. Then a lawyer for President Trump came t...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2018 from 2018-03-28T09:52:12
President Trump has chosen John R. Bolton to be his new national security adviser. In 2005, a Republican-controlled Senate committee refused to confirm Mr. Bolton as President George W. Bush’s amba...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2018 from 2018-03-27T09:51:24
Eight years ago, the United States and Russia agreed to a spy swap that sent a Russian double agent to safety in Britain. That former spy and his daughter were poisoned by a nerve agent this month,...
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Monday, March 26, 2018 from 2018-03-26T09:51:15
As hundreds of thousand of demonstrators prepared to march in Washington in response to the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., students on the South Side of Chicago felt sympathy, but also frustrat...
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Friday, March 23, 2018 from 2018-03-23T10:07:40
For decades, Americans have believed that the best way to end racial inequality is to end class inequality. But a landmark 30-year study is debunking that logic. Guests: Emily Badger, who writes ab...
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Thursday, March 22, 2018 from 2018-03-22T09:47:49
Five days after details about Cambridge Analytica’s mining of data were made public, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, broke his silence on his company’s role in the data breach. Mi...
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Wednesday, Mar. 21, 2018 from 2018-03-21T09:45:42
A young Canadian data expert came up with a plan to harvest people’s personal data from Facebook, and to use that information to influence their voting. How did the brains behind Cambridge Analytic...
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Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2018 from 2018-03-20T09:48
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, facing no real challenger, has been elected to a fourth term, drawing support from more than three-quarters of voters. How is the most powerful man in Russia ...
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Monday, Mar. 19, 2018 from 2018-03-19T09:47:23
President Trump called the firing of Andrew G. McCabe, the deputy F.B.I. director, a “great day for democracy.” Mr. McCabe says it’s further evidence of the president’s efforts to undermine the Rus...
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Friday, Mar. 16, 2018 from 2018-03-16T09:53:07
Ida B. Wells was an investigative reporter who exposed the systematic lynching of black men in the South. Her work made her the most famous black woman in the country. But when she died in 1931, at...
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Thursday, Mar. 15, 2018 from 2018-03-15T09:51:10
Florida is a great state to be a gun owner. For years, it has been a laboratory of sorts for the National Rifle Association — it’s the state that invented the concealed-carry permit. Gun control pr...
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Wednesday, Mar. 14, 2018 from 2018-03-14T09:48:41
Rex Tillerson’s relationship with President Trump was rocky from the start. But no one was more surprised than Mr. Tillerson when he was fired as secretary of state on Tuesday. Mr. Tillerson was th...
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Tuesday, Mar. 13, 2018 from 2018-03-13T09:51:43
With the prominent opposition leader Leopoldo López under house arrest, Venezuela thought its loudest political prisoner had finally been silenced. But he refused to buckle, even facing the prospec...
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Monday, Mar. 12, 2018 from 2018-03-12T09:50:58
With Venezuela in crisis, its most vocal opposition leader, Leopoldo López, is under house arrest, unable to act. What happens if he does? Guest: Wil S. Hylton, a contributing writer for the New Yo...
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Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 from 2018-02-28T10:53:32
Republicans have campaigned on gun rights for years. But Democrats running for office have tended to avoid the issue. In the wake of the Florida school shooting, however, will gun control be a domi...
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Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018 from 2018-02-27T10:35:37
“All he cares about is his gun.”
“He could be a school shooter in the making.”
Those were among the concerns expressed in calls to law enforcement about Nikolas Cruz, who is susp...
Monday, Feb. 26, 2018 from 2018-02-26T10:47:33
At the Conservative Political Action Conference this weekend, one thing was clear: President Trump has taken over the conservative movement. His vision dominated, and, as one woman learned, there w...
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Friday, Feb. 23, 2018 from 2018-02-23T11:03:49
President Trump, conservatives and the National Rifle Association have once again tried to steer the national conversation after a mass shooting to the mental health of the people who pull the trig...
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Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 from 2018-02-22T10:59:21
The aftermath of a mass shooting has become a familiar cycle in the United States: One side demands change, the other works to block it. But this time, it is the students who survived the assault w...
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Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018 from 2018-02-21T10:37:45
The indictment secured by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, makes it clear that the most powerful weapon in Russia’s campaign to disrupt the 2016 election was Facebook. We look at how Rus...
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Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018 from 2018-02-20T11:05:19
In October, four American soldiers were ambushed by militants in a remote desert in Niger. What were they doing in Africa, and who were they fighting? It was all part of a shadowy war going back to...
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Monday, Feb. 19, 2018 from 2018-02-19T11:00:39
The Justice Department charged 13 Russians with illegally trying to disrupt the American political process, in a sophisticated plot to deepen the country’s divisions and turn Americans against one ...
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Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 from 2018-02-16T11:06
The AR-15 rifle used in the shooting that left at least 17 people dead at a high school in Parkland, Fla., was purchased legally, according to a federal law enforcement official. How did a semiauto...
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Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 from 2018-02-15T10:59:43
President Trump has called for an overhaul of immigration that replaces a family-based system with a merit-based one. But what counts as merit? We also report on the shooting at a high school in Pa...
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Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018 from 2018-02-14T10:40:04
As a candidate, Donald J. Trump was very critical of the size of the national debt. As president, he has proposed a budget that would add $7 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade. Re...
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Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 from 2018-02-13T10:46:19
The House minority leader, Nancy Pelosi, took to the floor for eight hours last week to protest a spending bill that did not include protections for the young immigrants known as Dreamers. Now, she...
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Monday, Feb. 12, 2018 from 2018-02-12T11:01:43
At the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, 169 plainly dressed athletes marched out in drab gray coats and bluejeans, competing not for a country but as “Olympic athletes from Russia.” What di...
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Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018 from 2018-01-31T11:01:46
In his first State of the Union address, President Trump left behind divisive rhetoric and called for one American family. But hidden in his many stories of everyday American heroes was a deeply na...
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Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 from 2018-01-30T10:47:50
The U.S. government announced this month that it would withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Pakistan. In the weeks since, Afghanistan has experienced one of the most violent and deadl...
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Monday, Jan. 29, 2018 from 2018-01-29T10:39:07
As the Trump administration clamps down on immigration, some asylum seekers are fleeing to Canada. But is it the promised land they had hoped for? Guest: Dan Bilefsky, a New York Times reporter in ...
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Friday, Jan. 26, 2018 from 2018-01-26T11:01:34
The New York Times is reporting that President Trump tried to order the firing of Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation, but ultimately backed down when his...
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Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018 from 2018-01-25T11:01:19
Dr. Lawrence G. Nassar was lauded as the go-to doctor for the United States’ best gymnasts. After he pleaded guilty to multiple sex crimes, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina cleared her docket to give each ...
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Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018 from 2018-01-24T11:03:36
Tonya Harding had talent, but the world of figure skating wanted nothing to do with her. She was called “white trash.” And when Nancy Kerrigan was bashed in the knee just before the 1994 Winter Oly...
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Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018 from 2018-01-23T10:47:12
President Trump’s plan to build a “big, beautiful wall” between the United States and Mexico has become the ultimate symbol of a hard-line immigration policy. So why, as Congress voted to end a gov...
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Monday, Jan. 22, 2018 from 2018-01-22T10:48:48
Democrats forced the federal government to shut down by saying there could be no budget deal without a deal on the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. Republicans have refused t...
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Friday, Jan. 19, 2018 from 2018-01-19T10:54:17
The only Democrat in the room when President Trump railed against African immigrants as coming from “shithole countries” tells his side of the story. The ensuing fight over immigration has put the ...
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Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 from 2018-01-18T10:59:24
America’s addiction crisis has become a lucrative business, and fortunes have been made in the growing rehab industry. But the death of a patient in California has raised questions about how to tre...
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Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018 from 2018-01-17T11:00:55
A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on border walls turned into a fight over the language President Trump used to describe Haiti and some African countries. Why does it matter so much to members o...
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Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018 from 2018-01-16T10:56:26
As South Korea prepares to host the Winter Olympics, it has been eager to get the North to participate. What is Seoul afraid will happen if it won’t? And, for 38 minutes on Saturday morning, people...
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Friday, Jan. 12, 2018 from 2018-01-12T10:38:45
President Trump has demanded to know why the United States should welcome immigrants from “shithole countries.” His words have alarmed lawmakers and threatened an immigration deal. But they have al...
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Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018 from 2018-01-11T10:53:52
When President Trump announced that he would end the Obama-era program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, he gave Congress six months to make it law. Otherwise, many undocument...
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Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018 from 2018-01-10T11:03:23
George Papadopoulos drew worldwide attention when he was identified as the low-ranking foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign who got in over his head with Russia and inadvertently set off th...
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Friday, Dec. 29, 2017 from 2017-12-29T10:34:24
The Daily is revisiting our favorite episodes of the year — listening back, and then hearing what’s happened since the stories first ran. Today, we return to the story of Shannon Mulcahy and other ...
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Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017 from 2017-12-28T11:04:38
The Daily is revisiting our favorite episodes of the year — listening back, and then hearing what’s happened since the stories first ran. Today, we return to the story of two Americans, Abraham Dav...
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Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017 from 2017-12-27T10:30
The Daily is revisiting our favorite episodes of the year — listening back, and then hearing what’s happened since the stories first ran. Today, we’re going back to a conversation that first ran th...
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Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017 from 2017-12-26T10:30
The Daily is revisiting favorite episodes of the year — listening back, and then hearing what’s happened in the time since the stories first ran. Today we’re going back to an episode from the early...
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Special Episode: The Year in Sound from 2017-12-22T10:45:20
A riot in Charlottesville, Va.; hurricanes in Houston and the Caribbean; shootings outside a music festival, in a church and on a baseball field. Big new jobs for Donald Trump and Neil Gorsuch; big...
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Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 from 2017-12-21T11:05:58
A quarter-century ago, the Ford Motor Company paid out millions of dollars in settlements after a group of women at two Chicago plants accused the company of allowing a culture of harassment and me...
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Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017 from 2017-12-20T10:54:48
The individual mandate started as a Republican idea to fix health care, but it was at the heart of a Democratic president’s signature measure. Now Congress is using the tax bill to kill the mandate...
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Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017 from 2017-12-19T11:00:01
Nearly eight years ago, an earthquake devastated Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. The capital’s morgues were so overwhelmed that thousands of bodies were dumped into mass grave...
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Monday, Dec 18, 2017 from 2017-12-18T10:53:20
There was military footage of unidentified flying objects that couldn’t be explained, and a decade of hidden funding in the defense budget. A Times investigation discovered a shadowy secret program...
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Friday, Dec. 15, 2017 from 2017-12-15T11:02
Student debt levels are soaring — and so are defaults on educational loans. A New York Times investigation found that some creditors are taking extreme measures to get paid. In many cases, those me...
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Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017 from 2017-12-14T11:00:14
Republican lawmakers have reached a deal on their sweeping tax bill, and they are on track to send it to President Trump by Christmas. Why has such an unpopular plan moved so swiftly through Congre...
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Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 from 2017-12-13T10:59:58
Voters in Alabama have elected Doug Jones, a former prosecutor, to the Senate, rejecting the scandal-plagued Roy Moore and giving Democrats a rare victory in a staunchly conservative state. That cu...
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Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017 from 2017-12-12T10:46:43
Roy Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama, has built a legal and political career as a conservative crusader and a man of faith. As voters head to the polls on Tuesday, those early batt...
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Monday, Dec. 11, 2017 from 2017-12-11T10:55:42
One day before the polls open in the Alabama special election, many are asking whether voters will find it harder to support Roy Moore or a Democrat. And we take a look at James O’Keefe, the newly ...
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Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017 from 2017-11-30T10:58:57
President Trump is playing a major role in shaping the Republican tax plan. So what is a businessman who ran as a populist fighting for? Also, the president shared videos on Twitter from a fringe u...
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Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017 from 2017-11-29T10:59:31
The United States government set aside $5 million for the families of civilian casualties from the war on the Islamic State. There have been thousands of civilian casualties. So why has the money g...
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Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017 from 2017-11-28T10:47:03
On Monday morning, two rival bosses showed up for work at the government’s top consumer financial watchdog — one a holdover from the Obama administration, the other a rushed temporary appointee of ...
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Monday, Nov.27, 2017 from 2017-11-27T10:35:23
With President Trump nearing the end of his first year in office, the next few weeks could be crucial for his presidency. We also look at how a string of armed robberies in Michigan and Ohio has le...
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Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017 from 2017-11-22T11:03:26
Robert Mugabe has been the leader of Zimbabwe as long as there has been a Zimbabwe. Having once proclaimed that “only God will remove me,” he resigned as president on Tuesday after nearly four deca...
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Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017 from 2017-11-21T10:35:15
Capitol Hill, following its own set of rules and shrouded in secrecy, has joined Hollywood, Silicon Valley and other industries under scrutiny for sexual harassment. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Dem...
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Monday, Nov. 20, 2017 from 2017-11-20T10:05:24
Republican lawyers and lawmakers are working together to install conservative judges at a rate not seen in decades. The result could be a federal judiciary that is as partisan and polarized as Cong...
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Special Episode: The Daily for Kids from 2017-11-19T10:49:33
Starting next year, girls can decide whether to become a Girl Scout or a Boy Scout. But a handful of girls — kind of secretly — have already made that decision. How one 10-year-old girl got a head ...
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Friday, Nov. 17, 2017 from 2017-11-17T11:06:04
Basim Razzo lost his family and his home in an airstrike by the American-led coalition fighting the Islamic State. Video of the strike shows a target hit with military precision. In Part 2 of our l...
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Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017 from 2017-11-16T10:37:35
The American-led battle against the Islamic State has been hailed as the most precise air campaign in history. But its airstrikes have killed far more Iraqi civilians than anyone has acknowledged. ...
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Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 from 2017-11-15T10:32:30
In a marathon session before Congress, Attorney General Jeff Sessions denied lying about Russian contacts in earlier testimony and sidestepped questions about feeling pressure from President Trump ...
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Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017 from 2017-11-14T10:45:27
A fifth woman has come forward to accuse Roy S. Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama, of sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager. Mr. Moore has doubled down on claims of a Demo...
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Monday, Nov. 13, 2017 from 2017-11-13T10:42:42
The House speaker, Paul D. Ryan, says the Republican tax plan would help the middle class. But that assumes that savings for the wealthy would trickle down the economic pyramid. Guest: Peter S. Goo...
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Friday, Nov. 10, 2017 from 2017-11-10T11:01:01
Stephen K. Bannon has declared war on the Republican Party. He may no longer be in the White House as President Trump’s chief strategist, but he says that only makes him stronger. In an exclusive i...
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Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017 from 2017-10-31T09:56:57
As expected, the former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and a business associate have been indicted on charges stemming from the special counsel investigation. But a surprise guilty plea from...
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Monday, Oct. 30, 2017 from 2017-10-30T09:51:15
The salacious “dossier” that describes ties between Donald J. Trump and the Russian government is back in the news. The Trump administration says new reporting that the Clinton campaign helped to p...
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Friday, Oct. 27, 2017 from 2017-10-27T09:43:32
The opioid crisis in the United States now rivals the Vietnam War in terms of how many Americans have been killed. After calling the opioid crisis a national emergency, President Trump has official...
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Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 from 2017-10-26T09:54:23
Senator Bob Corker, the Republican head of the Foreign Relations Committee, was asked on Tuesday if President Trump was a role model for American children. "Absolutely not," he replied. A few hours...
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Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017 from 2017-10-25T09:54:31
A back-and-forth between President Trump and Myeshia Johnson, the widow of a U.S. soldier killed in Niger this month, has consumed the news cycle for the past week. But what actually happened in Ni...
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Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017 from 2017-10-24T09:52:20
Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, a former Environmental Protection Agency official, fought for years to protect American consumers from toxic chemicals found in everyday products. Nancy B. Beck, a scientist ...
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Monday, Oct. 23, 2017 from 2017-10-23T09:36:44
“It’s horrible what I went through, horrible what my family went through,” Bill O’Reilly said of the sexual harassment allegations that cost him his job at Fox News. Mr. O’Reilly spoke on the recor...
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Friday, Oct. 20, 2017 from 2017-10-20T09:23:29
Foreign Service officers often serve for decades, carrying their knowledge and relationships from one administration to the next. But in just a few months, a new boss has fired or driven out many o...
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Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 from 2017-10-19T10:00:47
Its de facto capital is falling. Its territory has shriveled to a handful of outposts. Its surviving leaders are on the run, and its fighters are surrendering. Is the Islamic State losing its war, ...
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Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017 from 2017-10-18T10:00:52
Shannon Mulcahy’s job at an Indiana steel plant moved to Mexico. Donald Trump vowed to keep factory jobs inside the United States. We discuss how the president’s promise of “America First” has met ...
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Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017 from 2017-10-17T09:43:18
As a candidate for president, Donald J. Trump called Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl a “dirty rotten traitor” for walking off his base in Afghanistan in 2009, and said,”I don’t want him. Maybe we can send him b...
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Monday, Oct. 16, 2017 from 2017-10-16T09:19:49
President Trump has disavowed the Iran nuclear deal, and he has threatened to leave it altogether if Congress does not amend it to permanently block Tehran from building nuclear weapons. Today, a t...
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Friday, Oct. 13, 2017 from 2017-10-13T09:59:49
“I’m not quitting today. I don’t believe — and I just talked to the president — I don’t think I’m being fired today,” John F. Kelly, President Trump’s chief of staff, said at a surprise news confer...
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Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017 from 2017-10-12T09:48:06
The United States sees North Korea as an existential threat: a hostile nation that is dangerously deluded and ready for war. But how does North Korea see the United States? We took a rare look insi...
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Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017 from 2017-10-11T09:33:55
More women are coming forward with their accounts of sexual harassment and assault in Hollywood, accusing the film producer Harvey Weinstein. Today, we hear one of those stories. Guests: Jodi Kanto...
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Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017 from 2017-10-10T09:19:41
The Trump administration has rolled back two of President Barack Obama’s signature achievements. The repeal of the Clean Power Plan was billed as the end of a “war on coal.” And the end of a federa...
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Friday, Sept. 29, 2017 from 2017-09-29T10:09:40
If you are found to be guilty of murder and sane, you could spend 25 years in prison. But if you are found not guilty by reason of insanity, you could be confined to an institution for 587 years. I...
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Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 from 2017-09-28T09:42:14
The presidency of Donald J. Trump has changed the rules of influence in the nation’s capital, replacing top lobbyists with a group of newcomers and former nobodies. Those newcomers are getting rich...
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Wednesday, Sept.27, 2017 from 2017-09-27T09:41:13
At the height of the 2016 election, exaggerated reports of a brutal crime turned the town of Twin Falls, Idaho, upside down. The fake news has had real consequences. Guest: Caitlin Dickerson, who c...
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Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017 from 2017-09-26T09:36:13
President Trump has issued a new order indefinitely banning almost all travel to the United States from several countries, including North Korea. But why is Chad now on the list? Also, how the Supr...
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Monday, Sept. 25, 2017 from 2017-09-25T09:48:47
For years, the N.F.L. has avoided bringing politics onto the field. But in stadiums across the country on Sunday, players locked arms in protest as the national anthem played. We discuss how Presid...
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Friday, Sept. 22, 2017 from 2017-09-22T09:52:22
As Maria tears apart the Caribbean, leaders in the region say that recent storms have created a humanitarian crisis — and that humans are to blame. Guest: Lisa Friedman, a climate reporter at The T...
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Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 from 2017-09-21T09:57:06
Republicans are pushing for a vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and they’re running out of time. The effort could test a long friendship in the Senate. Guests: Thomas Kaplan, who covers Congr...
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Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 from 2017-09-20T09:24:26
President Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly for the first time, and says it’s every nation for itself. We look at the speech, and the people who crafted its message. Guests: Mark ...
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Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 from 2017-09-19T09:34:29
The investigation into Russia’s attempts to disrupt the election is unnerving Washington. At a Washington steakhouse, a New York Times reporter overheard just how much the tactics used by the speci...
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Monday, Sept.18, 2017 from 2017-09-18T09:29:55
If they hold an undocumented criminal too long, they’re violating the Constitution. If they don’t, they’re crossing the White House. The impossible bind of sheriffs navigating Trump’s immigration c...
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Friday, Sept.15, 2017 from 2017-09-15T09:45:47
The Democrats are having a moment. In President Trump’s latest dealmaking with Democratic leadership, he says he’ll give up his most central campaign promise — at least for now: “The wall will come...
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Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017 from 2017-09-14T09:34:37
Nearly 400,000 Muslims have fled Myanmar in recent weeks. How could a small nation celebrated by the United States as a “good news” story of transition to democracy now be condemned by the United N...
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Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 from 2017-09-13T09:59:21
Russia’s interference in the 2016 election is now undisputed. What’s less clear is the role of the country’s media. A Times reporter went to Moscow to see how the Kremlin is waging an information w...
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Tuesday, Sept.12, 2017 from 2017-09-12T09:58:47
He loves Whitney Houston, the Chicago Bulls and intercontinental ballistic missiles: what we know about the 33-year-old dictator of North Korea. And the latest on the United Nations plan for sancti...
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Monday, Sept. 11, 2017 from 2017-09-11T09:58:12
Hurricane Irma roared into Florida, where, in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, an apocalyptic forecast forced one of the largest evacuations in American history. Guests: Jean Eisen, a 93-year-old in M...
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Thursday, Aug 31, 2017 from 2017-08-31T09:38:09
“The problem starts for Houston almost the moment that it’s founded.” That’s how Richard Fausset, who covers the South for The New York Times, describes the founding of Houston, which was built on ...
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Wednesday, Aug 30, 2017 from 2017-08-30T09:49:50
As a poor, white teenager in Fort Smith, Ark., Abraham Davis never fit in. As a hidden minority there, the town’s Muslims were trying to make a home. Then their lives collided. Plus: the latest fro...
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Tuesday, Aug 29, 2017 from 2017-08-29T09:43:52
By Monday, the third straight day of flooding, Hurricane Harvey had left much of the region underwater, and the city of Houston looked like a sea dotted by islands. We hear from some people in the ...
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Monday, Aug 28, 2017 from 2017-08-28T09:48:25
President Trump’s first pardon went to a wildly divisive sheriff from Arizona. So who is Joe Arpaio? And how do presidential pardons work? Guests: Fernanda Santos, the former Phoenix bureau chief o...
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Friday, Aug. 25, 2017 from 2017-08-25T09:34:51
The feud between President Trump and Jeff Flake, a Republican senator from Arizona, reveals a great deal about tensions in Washington. Guests: Jonathan Martin, a national political correspondent fo...
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Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017 from 2017-08-24T08:52:14
The United States recently noticed something unusual in North Korea’s weapons program: Its missiles started to work. Why? We discuss a surprising discovery. Guest: William J. Broad, who has reporte...
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Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017 from 2017-08-23T09:02:27
The president says “things are going to be different” in Afghanistan: no more “nation-building,” just killing terrorists. But a closer examination suggests this new strategy looks a lot like the st...
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Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 from 2017-08-22T10:07:19
Derek Black left the white nationalist movement that he had been poised to help lead, betraying his father, a former grand master of the Ku Klux Klan. Today, we talk with him about the events of th...
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Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 from 2017-08-21T09:58:02
Will Stephen K. Bannon use his return to Breitbart News, a right-wing megaphone, to help the president who dismissed him — or to hurt him? And where can he exert more political power: at Breitbart ...
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Special Edition: The Fall of Steve Bannon from 2017-08-18T23:12:12
After a week in which the president bolstered white nationalists, why did he end it by getting rid of Stephen K. Bannon, the crusader in the White House for the so-called alt-right? Guest: Maggie H...
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Friday, Aug. 18, 2017 from 2017-08-18T09:54:26
They posted hate speech and Hitler emojis. They also organized a rally in Charlottesville, Va., connecting several major white supremacy groups for an intimidating display of force. How white supre...
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Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 from 2017-08-17T09:21:34
Upset by policies on immigration and climate change and by President Trump’s initial response to the violence in Charlottesville, Va., the leaders of major American companies began to drop one by o...
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Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 from 2017-08-16T09:44:09
President Trump defended his initial remarks about the recent violence in Charlottesville, Va., on Tuesday, saying that “both sides” were to blame. Asked if he equated neo-Nazis and white supremaci...
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Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 from 2017-08-15T09:23:24
In 2012, a woman asked if the city of Charlottesville, Va., should consider removing a statue of a Confederate general from a local park. That question set off a chain of events that led to the dea...
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Monday, Aug. 14, 2017 from 2017-08-14T09:54:20
Protests over a plan to remove a Confederate monument in Charlottesville, Va., spun out of control, leading to clashes that left at least one person dead. President Trump condemned “hatred, bigotry...
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Friday, Aug 11, 2017 from 2017-08-11T09:40:46
What happened when the country’s best known weight-loss company realized that people no longer wanted to talk about losing weight. Guest: Taffy Brodesser-Akner, who wrote an article for The New Yor...
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Thursday, Aug 10, 2017 from 2017-08-10T09:56:36
In 1999, President Bill Clinton sent an envoy to North Korea for a rare negotiation aimed at stopping the country’s nuclear development. That was the moment, the envoy says, when everything could h...
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Bonus: Introducing 'The New Washington' from 2017-07-31T17:29:51
“The Daily” is launching a new series of interviews that take you inside Trump’s Washington. Every week for the next few months, you’ll hear an interview with the political figure you want to hear ...
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Monday, July 31, 2017 from 2017-07-31T09:44:28
Every day from before sunrise until late into the night, undocumented immigrants across the United States are being picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, the front-line soldier...
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Friday, July 28, 2017 from 2017-07-28T10:03:04
49 to 51. Three Republican senators break ranks, ending what could be their party’s last plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Plus: What’s so bad about Obamacare anyway? Guests: Thomas Kaplan, a...
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Thursday, July 27, 2017 from 2017-07-27T09:59:22
The president says transgender people will not be allowed to serve in the military. The military says that’s news to them. Plus: What exactly Is a ‘skinny repeal’? Guests: Carl Hulse, who covers Co...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017 from 2017-07-26T09:32:55
After the dramatic return of John McCain, the Senate narrowly agrees to begin work on the repeal of Obamacare — then promptly votes down a plan to do exactly that. Plus: The president steps up the ...
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Tuesday, July 25, 2017 from 2017-07-25T09:55:07
“I did not collude,” Jared Kushner said after meeting with Senate investigators on Monday. And Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, has signaled that she intends to take a hard look at whether col...
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Monday, July 24, 2017 from 2017-07-24T09:35:55
Congress revolts and approves sanctions against Russia. The press secretary quits. The White House looks to discredit the special prosecutor investigating the president. And the president says he h...
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Friday, July 21, 2017 from 2017-07-21T10:03:42
After Mosul, Iraq, was liberated, two Times reporters encountered a group of women who had been enslaved by the Islamic State for years. Days after the city’s fall, they still believed that the mil...
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Thursday, July 20, 2017 from 2017-07-20T09:40:28
Today, exclusive audio from The Times’s wide-ranging interview with the president. Speaking with three New York Times reporters in the Oval Office, Mr. Trump discussed his conversation with Preside...
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Wednesday, July 19, 2017 from 2017-07-19T09:39:12
What’s it like to be a Republican lawmaker in Washington in the Trump era? A frank discussion about being a congressman when the House, Senate, and presidency are controlled by your party — but jus...
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Tuesday, July 18, 2017 from 2017-07-18T09:46:40
On Monday night, two more Republican senators came out against the health care bill. Is that the fatal blow? Guests: Carl Hulse, who covers Congress for The Times; Maggie Haberman, who traveled wit...
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Monday, July 17, 2017 from 2017-07-17T10:28:38
Early in his presidency, Donald J. Trump called for a federal commission to investigate an issue that was personal for him: voter fraud in the 2016 election. The de facto leader of that commission ...
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Friday, July 14, 2017 from 2017-07-14T09:34:37
Donald Trump Jr. sends an email. Hours later, his father gives a speech. Conspiracy or coincidence? We unpack the timeline of events in June 2016. Plus: A group of international scientists plans to...
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Thursday, July 13, 2017 from 2017-07-13T09:42:35
It was the secret force behind stories about John Edwards’s $400 haircut and Mitt Romney’s decision to put the family dog on the roof of his car. Donald Trump Jr. says it motivated him to meet with...
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Wednesday, July 12, 2017 from 2017-07-12T09:44:25
The Times obtains Donald Trump Jr.’s emails about an offer of help from the Russian government. “I love it,” he wrote. The story behind the story, and what we mean when we talk about “collusion.” A...
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Tuesday, July 11, 2017 from 2017-07-11T09:54:51
A music producer. A lawyer from Moscow. The Miss Universe pageant. And now: the promise of help from the Russian government. We connect the dots on Donald Trump Jr.’s communications last summer. An...
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Monday, July 10, 2017 from 2017-07-10T09:38:46
What we know about a newly revealed meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer. Plus, the view from the ground in the Iraqi city of Mosul. Guests: Adam Goldman, one of the reporters behi...
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Friday, June 30, 2017 from 2017-06-30T09:38:05
As a limited travel ban goes into effect, the Trump administration has defined what constitutes a “bona fide” relationship: who’s close family, and who’s not, for visitors from six predominantly Mu...
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Thursday, June 29, 2017 from 2017-06-29T09:42:07
The United States says its goal in Syria is to help its allies defeat the Islamic State, not to fight the government. But it’s getting harder stay out of the civil war. Guests: Helene Cooper, the P...
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Wednesday, June 28, 2017 from 2017-06-28T09:49:46
The Senate vote on the health care bill is off — for now. We focus on Maine, where Senator Susan Collins has been a vocal opponent of the proposal. And what happens to family members who witness po...
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Tuesday, June 27, 2017 from 2017-06-27T09:52:05
On the last day of its term, the Supreme Court said it would take the case about the legality of President Trump’s travel ban. We discuss the path of the travel ban through the lower courts, the ke...
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Monday, June 26, 2017 from 2017-06-26T09:43:52
President Trump’s promise to repeal Obamacare could come down to one issue: abortion. And how the families of people killed by undocumented immigrants have become an emotional cornerstone of anothe...
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Friday, June 23, 2017 from 2017-06-23T09:41:09
The secret is out. The Senate has unveiled its health care bill. And after all the waiting, what was promised to be a drastic revamp of the House bill looks a lot like the House bill. Plus: The sec...
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Thursday, June 22, 2017 from 2017-06-22T09:39:02
We replay the dramatic hours at a hotel room in Chicago leading up to Travis Kalanick’s resignation as the chief executive of Uber. Plus: Part I of a two-part series on the opioid crisis ravaging A...
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Wednesday, June 21, 2017 from 2017-06-21T09:53:53
Former prisoners subjected to “enhanced interrogation” techniques developed after Sept. 11 have filed a lawsuit — not against the C.I.A., which is protected, but against two psychologists. We discu...
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Tuesday, June 20, 2017 from 2017-06-20T09:43:53
The battle for Mosul is entering its final and most challenging phase, with Iraqi forces there engaged in the most intensive urban warfare since World War II. The Times embeds with one Iraqi unit. ...
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Monday, June 19, 2017 from 2017-06-19T09:39:54
Why Senate leaders are crafting the most important legislation of the Trump presidency in secret. Guest: Carl Hulse, who covers Congress. For more information on today’s episode, visit http://nyti....
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Friday, June 16, 2017 from 2017-06-16T09:51:08
Two closely watched trials are heading toward a verdict. We discuss the complexities of both cases. Guests: Katharine Q. Seelye, who has been covering a manslaughter case in Taunton, Mass., involvi...
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Thursday, June 15, 2017 from 2017-06-15T09:48:05
Moments before he opened fire, the gunman asked who was on the baseball field: Democrats or Republicans. And what happens when a 400-year-old play about one of history’s most infamous acts of polit...
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Wednesday, June 14, 2017 from 2017-06-14T10:05:37
Attorney General Jeff Sessions took his turn appearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. We discuss his testimony. Plus: a dispatch f...
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Tuesday, June 13, 2017 from 2017-06-13T10:03
Her disclosure of classified documents in 2010 ushered in the age of leaks. Now Chelsea Manning has been freed from prison and talks about why she did it — and everything that followed. Guest: Matt...
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Monday, June 12, 2017 from 2017-06-12T09:44:24
James Comey says he took it as a command. President Trump says he never even said it. We discuss the one word that an obstruction of justice case could turn on: “hope.” Guests: Adam Liptak, who cov...
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Wednesday, May 31, 2017 from 2017-05-31T09:39:11
How noncompete clauses — once limited to senior executives — are gaining power over American workers. Plus: The president returns to Washington with family business to attend to. Guests: Conor Doug...
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Tuesday, May 30, 2017 from 2017-05-30T09:40:29
A profile of five of the people responsible for figuring out Russia’s role in the 2016 election: the new special counsel, and four Senate Republicans who say they will follow evidence wherever it l...
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Friday, May 26, 2017 from 2017-05-26T09:56:06
How John Shields planned his perfect death, and what Canada has learned by allowing 1,300 terminally ill people to do the same. Guest: Catherine Porter, who has been following one man seeking contr...
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Thursday, May 25, 2017 from 2017-05-25T09:55:05
How the unsolved murder of Seth Rich has become a case study of how and why fake news endures. And a look at the two members of the Trump campaign who Russia identified as its best chance of influe...
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Wednesday, May 24, 2017 from 2017-05-24T09:50:35
The Islamic State has now claimed credit for the attack in Manchester, England. What happens in the hours between an act of terror and the claiming of responsibility? Plus: highlights from the late...
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Tuesday, May 23, 2017 from 2017-05-23T09:58:07
President Trump arrived in Israel with a message from the Muslim world: If Israel wants peace with its Arab neighbors, it’ll have to compromise with the Palestinians. And Michael Flynn has been out...
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Monday, May 22, 2017 from 2017-05-22T09:42:23
We turn our focus away from Washington intrigue and go to Saudi Arabia, where President Trump was welcomed this weekend, and to China, whose government intentionally crippled American spying operat...
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Special Edition: ‘Nut Job’ from 2017-05-19T22:50:52
The day after President Trump fired James Comey, the president told top Russian officials that in dismissing the F.B.I. director, whom he called a “nut job,” the pressure was “taken off.” Guests: M...
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Friday, May 19, 2017 from 2017-05-19T09:46:16
The latest revelations from the Comey memos and from James Comey’s confidant, who talked on the record — and on tape — to The New York Times. Guest: Michael S. Schmidt, who has broken several stori...
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Thursday, May 18, 2017 from 2017-05-18T09:50:43
Who are Robert Mueller and Rod Rosenstein? A closer look at two of the players at the center of the investigation into ties between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials. Guests: Matt Ap...
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017 from 2017-05-17T10:00:47
James Comey’s secret memos: We discuss the latest revelations about President Trump, Mr. Comey, Russia and Israel. Guests: Michael S. Schmidt, who broke the story about the former F.B.I. director’s...
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Tuesday, May 16, 2017 from 2017-05-16T09:36:22
What we’ve learned about President Trump’s Oval Office meeting with top Russian officials the day after he fired James Comey, the F.B.I. director investigating his campaign’s ties to Russia. Plus: ...
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Monday, May 15, 2017 from 2017-05-15T09:46:28
James Comey’s firing has raised questions of a White House cover-up and drawn comparisons to Nixon’s midnight massacre. But is there a version of this story that suggests it amounts to little? Plus...
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Friday, May 12, 2017 from 2017-05-12T09:50:02
The White House’s story about James Comey’s firing is unraveling. Among those contradicting the president is the president. Guests: Michael S. Schmidt, who has been reporting on the secret conversa...
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Thursday, May 11, 2017 from 2017-05-11T09:49:30
Was James Comey’s fate decided two days ago, or two months ago? The Times follows the path to what now looks like his inevitable dismissal as F.B.I. director. Plus: the view from inside an F.B.I. t...
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Refresher: James Comey and the 2016 Election from 2017-05-10T21:41:24
On Tuesday evening, President Trump fired the director of the F.B.I., citing his handling of the inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s emails. In case you missed it, here’s our earlier episode on how Mr. ...
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Wednesday, May 10, 2017 from 2017-05-10T09:50:29
James Comey, the director of the F.B.I., oversaw two major investigations involving the presidential election: one into Hillary Clinton’s emails, and the other into possible collusion between the T...
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Friday, April 28, 2017 from 2017-04-28T09:51:42
What we can learn about this administration from the taxes it hopes to cut. Plus, we look at three big moments from the week. Guests: Jesse Drucker, a business reporter at The Times; Jennifer Stein...
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Thursday, April 27, 2017 from 2017-04-27T09:44:38
One hundred days. It’s undeniably an arbitrary number. But a lot has happened in that time. We check in with past Daily guests about the Trump presidency so far. Guests: David Green, the head of Ho...
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017 from 2017-04-26T09:55:26
A Times investigation into the chief executive of Uber, Travis Kalanick, finds that his drive to win has plunged the company into its most sustained set of crises since its founding. Guest: Mike Is...
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Tuesday, April 25, 2017 from 2017-04-25T09:41:17
Congress needs to pass a budget. President Trump wants to use that budget to finance his signature domestic policy. Is the United States government about to shut down over the border wall? Guests: ...
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Monday, April 24, 2017 from 2017-04-24T10:07:38
A special episode: James Comey and the 2016 election. It’s the behind-the-scenes story of how the F.B.I. director handled investigations into Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump and shaped the preside...
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Friday, April 21, 2017 from 2017-04-21T09:41:38
Marine Le Pen wants to “make France French again.” We look at the first round of the country’s presidential election on Sunday, and its many parallels to the presidential election in the United Sta...
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Thursday, April 20, 2017 from 2017-04-20T09:40:36
Fox News’s biggest star is out of a job two and a half weeks after a Times investigation into sexual harassment allegations. We talk to one of the two reporters who are most responsible — perhaps r...
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017 from 2017-04-19T09:43:04
Why so many of President Trump’s advisers are urging him to break a major promise on climate change. And the view from inside Scott Pruitt’s Environmental Protection Agency, where staff members are...
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Tuesday, April 18, 2017 from 2017-04-18T09:35:47
What did we learn about the newest member of the Supreme Court, Justice Neil Gorsuch, from his first day on the job? And why would a democratic country voluntarily make itself more authoritarian? G...
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Monday, April 17, 2017 from 2017-04-17T09:45:17
Sabotage and diplomacy. A look at the two ways the United States is dealing with North Korea’s nuclear threat. Guests: David E. Sanger, the chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times who...
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Friday, April 14, 2017 from 2017-04-14T10:00:52
How do we reconcile unexpected American military action overseas with President Trump’s isolationist campaign rhetoric? Guests: Helene Cooper, a reporter in Washington who covers the Pentagon; Ric...
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Thursday, April 13, 2017 from 2017-04-13T09:46:34
A week ago, President Trump was accused of being a tool of President Vladimir V. Putin. Now, he says ties with Moscow are at an all-time low. What is going on between the United States and Russia? ...
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017 from 2017-04-12T10:05:08
The relationship between two key figures in the White House, Stephen K. Bannon and Jared Kushner, has deteriorated to the point of breakdown. Is Mr. Bannon in trouble? Guest: Jeremy W. Peters, who ...
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Tuesday, April 11, 2017 from 2017-04-11T09:54:59
How did Bashar al-Assad, a mild-mannered ophthalmologist, become a ruler who uses chemical weapons against his own people? And why is President Trump rejecting Mr. Assad, even as he is embracing an...
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Monday, April 10, 2017 from 2017-04-10T09:51:08
Why President Trump’s decision to launch missiles into Syria is at odds with nearly everything he has said about Syria. Guest: Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent. For more information...
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Friday, March 31, 2017 from 2017-03-31T10:02:19
The latest twist in a bizarre Washington drama that began 10 days ago, and what a technological development tells us about progress and repression in India. Guests: Matt Rosenberg, who is tracking ...
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Thursday, March 30, 2017 from 2017-03-30T09:32:58
The climate change battle through one coal miner's eyes. And why Scott Pruitt, President Trump's E.P.A. chief, confounds both sides. Guests: Coral Davenport, who covers energy and the environment f...
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017 from 2017-03-29T09:51:43
The message was hardly subtle: coal miners at the Environmental Protection Agency. How President Trump is promising to do away with Obama’s legacy on climate change. Plus: the latest “Brexit” news....
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Tuesday, March 28, 2017 from 2017-03-28T09:46:54
President Trump wanted a faster battle plan. Iraqi leaders wanted quicker airstrikes. Is that why about 200 civilians are now dead in Mosul? Guests: Tim Arango and Rukmini Callimachi, New York Time...
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Monday, March 27, 2017 from 2017-03-27T10:04:18
Now that the Republican health care bill is dead, what is the future of the Democratic plan it was supposed to replace? And we talk with one of the ordinary Canadians who signed on for a grand soci...
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Friday, March 24, 2017 from 2017-03-24T09:58:25
It was supposed to be a historic day for Republicans, with the House voting to repeal President Obama’s health care law. At least that was the idea. What went awry? And we look at a battle over sch...
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Thursday, March 23, 2017 from 2017-03-23T09:44:03
Republicans control the government So why, as they head to a vote on the Republican health care plan, is the bill so disliked — and the party so divided? Plus: a view from the scene of yesterday’s...
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017 from 2017-03-22T09:59:25
On the second day of the confirmation hearings for Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, senators want to know about his independence from the man who nominated him. Guests: Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Co...
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Tuesday, March 21, 2017 from 2017-03-21T10:00:16
He said it under oath. James Comey, the head of the F.B.I., confirms at a House hearing that his agency is investigating the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, and says it will pursue it “no matter h...
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Monday, March 20, 2017 from 2017-03-20T09:53:23
There is no knock on the door, just the sound of a SWAT team smashing through it. Times reporter Kevin Sack talks about his year-long investigation into a controversial police tactic. For more info...
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Friday, March 17, 2017 from 2017-03-17T10:11:53
As a candidate, Donald J. Trump called for a total Muslim ban. Now that he’s president, the courts won’t let him forget it. And as the White House fights to protect the travel ban, we discuss the i...
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Thursday, March 16, 2017 from 2017-03-16T10:11:08
President Trump’s plan to deregulate America is underway. He’s starting in the heart of America, with one of Barack Obama’s most cherished regulations. And Mr. Trump will soon meet with Chancellor ...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017 from 2017-03-15T09:55:42
Eight men. Ten days. An extraordinary plan to rush a series of executions on Arkansas’ death row. Guest: Alan Blinder, the New York Times reporter who is tracking the case. For more information on ...
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017 from 2017-03-14T09:57:55
The rise of the far right in Europe. Why the populism that put Donald J. Trump in the White House is starting to sweep across the Continent, as voters there confront similar questions of national i...
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Monday, March 13, 2017 from 2017-03-13T09:59:28
What the F.B.I.’s most wanted cybercriminal can tell us about how the Russian government has created such a sophisticated hacking program. Guests: Michael Schwirtz, a reporter for The New York Time...
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Friday, March 10, 2017 from 2017-03-10T10:46:29
As the Republican answer to the Affordable Care Act moves rapidly through Congress, we look at what the repeal of Obamacare might mean for a rural community in West Virginia. And we sample music fr...
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Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017 from 2017-02-28T10:38:14
How a dinner party in Washington held months before Donald Trump announced his run for president laid the groundwork for his sweeping immigration plans today. Guests: Emily Bazelon, a staff writer ...
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Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 from 2017-02-27T10:34
What happened when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents showed up in a small town that voted overwhelmingly for President Trump, transforming his campaign rhetoric into reality. Guests: Monic...
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Friday, Feb. 24, 2017 from 2017-02-24T10:36:36
President Trump’s top deputies delivered a blunt message to the party faithful on Thursday: the Republicans are winning the fight — and it is a fight. Plus a conversation with the director of “Moon...
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Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017 from 2017-02-23T10:48:26
Rukmini Callimachi takes us into Iraq to see if a major victory over the Islamic State is really at hand in the streets of Mosul. Guests: Ms. Callimachi, a New York Times correspondent covering ter...
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Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017 from 2017-02-22T10:30:41
Are 11 million people suddenly facing deportation? What we know and don’t know about the Trump administration’s new plan for undocumented immigrants. Guests: Michael D. Shear, a White House reporte...
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Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 from 2017-02-21T10:38:43
Who are the 500 private citizens with unprecedented access to President Trump on the weekends? And what is the “deep state”? Guests: Scott Shane, who has covered national security and the U.S. inte...
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Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 from 2017-02-17T10:30:04
President Trump’s sprawling surprise news conference and the view from Russia. Guests: Jim Rutenberg, the media columnist for The New York Times; Neil MacFarquhar, The Times’s Moscow bureau chief. ...
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Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 from 2017-02-16T10:43:23
President Trump says peace in the Middle East does not require a two-state deal. What we know and what we don’t about the Trump campaign’s communication with Russia. And why did Republicans turn on...
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Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017 from 2017-02-15T10:33:03
From fateful call to resignation, the 47-day fall of President Trump’s national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn. We tell the whole story. Guest: Matthew Rosenberg, a national security reporter f...
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Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 from 2017-02-14T10:32:34
America and the Middle East in the Trump administration: deep, personal ties and an emerging plan for peace. Guests: Jodi Kantor, a reporter for The New York Times; Amanda Taub and Max Fisher, who ...
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Monday, Feb. 13, 2017 from 2017-02-13T10:57:13
Where did Stephen Miller come from, and how will his views on immigration influence the presidency? Also, farmers torn between support for President Trump and fear that he might deport their employ...
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Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 from 2017-02-10T10:21:47
Is President Trump’s travel ban headed to the Supreme Court? Did the boy in the photograph make it to America? Plus: your stories about living through history.
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Coming Soon: “The Daily” from 2017-01-17T21:19:47
This is how the news should sound. Fifteen minutes a day. Five days a week. Hosted by Michael Barbaro. Powered by New York Times journalism. Starting Feb. 1.
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