Trump Pivots Toward Putin, and R.F.K. Jr. Says ‘Nothing’ Is Off Limits

Plus, an asteroid alert (for 2032).  

On Today’s Episode:

Trump’s Pivot Toward Putin’s Russia Upends Generations of U.S. Policy, by Peter Baker

Trump Issues Order to Expand His Power Over Agencies Congress Made Independent, by Charlie Savage

Trump Administration Moves to Fast-Track Hundreds of Fossil Fuel Projects, by Lisa Friedman

Kennedy Says ‘Nothing’ Off Limits in Scrutinizing Chronic Disease, by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Christina Jewett

Trump’s Cuts Could Make Parks and Forests More Dangerous, Employees Say, by Austyn Gaffney

Musk Team’s Next Target Is Probationary Pentagon Employees, by Eric Schmitt and John Ismay

Pope Francis, Hospitalized, Has Pneumonia, Vatican Says, by Elisabetta Povoledo

Will That Asteroid Strike Earth? Risk Level Rises to Highest Ever Recorded, by Robin George Andrews

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