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Trump’s Standoff With White House Reporters, and the Rise and Fall of ‘Pervert Glasses’
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In Trump’s White House, China’s Dictator Is Welcome. American Media, Less So., by Peter BakerIran Proposes 7-Da
Sep 25 14 min
Judge Blocks Trump’s Ban on Reporters, and How A.I. Is Driving Up Health Care Costs
Plus, the undamming of U.S. rivers.
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Judge Blocks Trump’s White House Ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico, by Erik WempleBattle of Hospital A.I.
Sep 24 9 min
Trump’s Major Retreat on Greenland, and Why Texas Hit Pause on New Data Centers
Plus, El Niño is scrambling hurricane season.
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At the U.N., Trump Lays Out a Winner-Takes-All Vision of U.S. Power, by Zolan Kanno-Youngs an
Sep 23 9 min
Why Xi Is Coming to Washington, and White House TV Feeds Go Dark
Plus, the man who helped put bugs on the menu.
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With Time on His Side, Xi Seeks to Extend Truce With Trump, by David PiersonNetworks Suspend
Sep 22 9 min
Trump’s New Middle East Dilemma, and How DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target Gamblers
Plus, the best TV shows of the century.
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Trump Gets Caught in a Dilemma Over a Saudi Plea for Military Help, by Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt,
Sep 21 11 min
How the Kremlin Gets the Election Results It Wants, and R.F.K. Jr. Rallies Vaccine Skeptics
Plus, the Friday news quiz.
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Trump Wants Putin to End the War. He May Offer Russia Business Deals First., by Anton TroianovskiWhy Russia Hol
Sep 18 14 min
The Deadly Choice Facing Many Gazans, and a New Disclosure of “Concerning” A.I. Behavior
Plus, the rise of shopping sites that don’t sell anything.
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At Least 21 Dead in Gaza After Building Collapse, Officials Say, by Natan Odenhe
Sep 17 10 min
Fuel Riots Spread Around the World, and Trump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel
Plus, the Russian businessman who rented an island for Donald Trump Jr.
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Rising Fuel Prices Set Off Anger and Protests Around the World, by
Sep 16 11 min
New Poll Shows Democrats Have Midterms Momentum, and Trump Calls A.I. Fears ‘a Hoax’
Plus, the biggest night in TV.
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Trump’s Effort to Assert Control Over Elections Continues, Despite Court Loss, by Zolan Kanno-YoungsDemocrats
Sep 15 10 min
The Escalating Warnings About A.I., and the Rise of a Deadly New Street Drug
Plus, the man who went to space — and never wanted to go back.
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Some in Silicon Valley Are Questioning the Calls for an A.I. Slowdown, by Ka
Sep 14 10 min
What JD Vance Knew About the War, and New Warnings About A.I.
Plus, your Friday news quiz.
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Behind the Scenes, Vance Gathered Unvarnished Views of the Iran War, by Jonathan Swan, Adam Entous and Maggie
Sep 11 15 min
Trump Dangles $5,000 Payments if Republicans Win, and Deportees Are Stranded in Haiti
Plus, the secretive operation to move a 900-year-old masterpiece.
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‘Pretend That I Am Running’: 7 Takeaways From the G.O.P. Midterm Conventi
Sep 10 11 min
Why Trump Is Gathering Republicans in Texas, and Iran Targets U.S. Warships
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Will Trump’s Midterm Convention Help or Hurt Republicans? 5 Things to Watch., By Reid J. EpsteinIran Signals Readiness to Escalate Fight in F
Sep 9 10 min
Why the Pentagon Is Doing Polygraphs, and Officials Prepare to Release Huge Set of 9/11 Documents
Plus, could crushable concrete stop the next plane crash?
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In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members, by Jona
Sep 8 10 min
A Surge of Russian Sabotage Attacks in Europe, and Musk’s Political War Chest
Plus, your Friday news quiz.
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The Risk of Russian Sabotage in Europe: A Fight That Spirals Out of Control, by Michael Schwirtz and Adam Gold
Sep 4 14 min
U.S. Attack Hits Iranian Wedding, and Influencers Are Being Quietly Paid to Talk Politics
Plus, the N.B.A.’s biggest punishment ever.
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In Small Iranian Town, a U.S. Attack Turns a Wedding Into a Tragedy, by Christiaan Triebert, Ma
Sep 3 11 min
Russia’s New Push to Torment Kyiv, and a Whistle-Blower’s Warning on Mail-In Voting
Plus, hiking 2,190 miles at age 91.
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Russia Torments Kyiv With New Tactic of Nonstop Waves of Drones, by Siobhán O’Grady and Yurii Shyvala
Sep 2 10 min
The Supreme Court’s Secret Documents, and an Unusual Order From the C.D.C. Director
Plus, a conviction in the Tupac Shakur murder trial.
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How the Supreme Court Locks Away Its Own History, by Jodi Kantor
Supreme Court Allows
Sep 1 9 min
The Navy’s Supply Chain Struggle, and Trump’s Unusual Oil Deal in Venezuela
Plus, a groundbreaking new space telescope.
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Live Updates: U.S. and Iran Trade Fire for First Time in a Month, by Times reporters
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Aug 31 10 min
Six Months of War, and Trump’s Push for ‘Lake America’
Plus, the Friday news quiz.
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Why Many Iranians Are Losing Hope After Six Months of War, by Leily Nikounazar and Yeganeh Torbati
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Aug 28 15 min
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I have been a subscriber of the Times for many many years. Here and there my subscription ends but then I renew shortly after. The last time, I let some time pass to avoid being consumed by chaotic news out there, every day (since you know who took control of this country, plowing his corruption across everything); However. I decided to rejoin because I never stopped listening to the Headlines and The Daily, and you convinced me that if there is a time to support objective, professional and independent reporting is NOW more important than ever before. You have my full support and would love to volunteer or support in any way I can. I am a digital marketer by career so there you have it in case needed. YOU ARE one of my sole sources of truth and we all need the Times to exist and expand in this country. Keep doing what you are doing because it is critical. Congratulations to the whole team.
Cesarlopezl · Aug 2026
Love The Headlines. BUT, why do I have to hear a drum machine thumping out a base line behind (barely) Tracy’s reporting? On Monday, July 13 this started at 5m 18s (5:18) into the episode and played until 6:02, with similar instances at 6:52-7:10 and 7:58-9:21.
And it occurs in every other episode.
With no disrespect to the composer intended, as it is not the sound itself, but rather its placement within a newscast, what is the purpose? Is it intended to indicate what I should be “feeling?” I think my own amygdala can handle that, thank you.
If I wanted to listen to music, I would play music. I want to hear The Headlines - the news. And Tracy’s perfect presentation is sufficient.
At the pods introduction and as Tracy wraps up with the headline of The Daily, it’s great! But please eliminate it from the actual reporting. It is nothing other than non-essential noise.
Thank you.
Ober Dober · Jul 2026
This is a critical part of my morning routine. I love the short news updates and the style in which it is presented.
Barb N0621 · Apr 2026
Listening to The Headlines (and The Daily) is part of my morning routine. I don’t miss an episode. It’s accurate, fact-based journalism reporting the top news in a concise manner. Thank you!
Talu17 · Apr 2026
Tracy Mumford is great and I'd really been enjoying the clear and concise reporting on this podcast. But the cognitive dissonance of listening to a story on natural gas prices while the same episode is bookended by ads from the American Petroleum Institute finally broke me.
shelp216 · Feb 2026
This show leans pretty far to left, and you’ll have to look elsewhere if you want a balanced, objective perspective. Case in point: on the 9 Sept 2024 show, when discussing the Memphis shooting, they mention the race of the victim but not the cops, then go on to make the absurd suggestion that the traffic stop might not have happened if a Republican TN lawmaker had acted differently…what?? It’s laughable how brazenly they show their bias.
CRJ84531 · Sep 2024
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