Millions of Federal Workers Offered Payouts, and Kennedy’s Senate Test

Plus, Mona Lisa makes moves.

On Today’s Episode:

Trump Administration Offers Millions of Federal Workers Payouts to Resign, by Chris Cameron, Madeleine Ngo and Erica L. Green

Judge Stays Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze, but Disruption to Medicaid Sows Fear, by Michael D. Shear

Kennedy, Polarizing Pick for Health Secretary, Makes His Senate Debut, by Sheryl Gay Stolberg

American Children’s Reading Skills Reach New Lows, by Dana Goldstein

Mona Lisa to Get Her Own Room as the Overcrowded Louvre Expands, by Aurelien Breeden

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