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Plus, the Friday news quiz. Here’s what we’re covering: Jensen Huang’s Downfall Costs the A.I. Boom a Top Backer , by Ben Casselman Lutnick Took a Softer Line on Nvidia as Calls for Tougher Controls Grew , by Ana Swanson, Tripp Mickle, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan A Beloved Nurse Was Arrested, Shackled and Hidden in ICE’s System, by Miriam Jordan Subtle Changes in Speech May Help Predict Dementia Risk , by Pam Belluck A Mexican Singer Gives Old Ballads New Heroines , by Paulina Villegas Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus, the downfall of Russia’s most daring newspaper. Here’s what we’re covering: Nvidia’s Board Is Weighing Jensen Huang’s Future , by Tripp Mickle and Maggie Haberman Scott Colom, a Democrat, Wins Mississippi Senate Seat in Historic Upset , by Emily Cochrane Democrats Face Backlash After Missing Hegseth Impeachment Vote , by Robert Jimison The Lights Go Out at Novaya Gazeta, Russia’s Bravest Newspaper , by Valerie Hopkins The S.S. United States, a Historic Supership, Sinks to the Ocean Floor , by Jesse Pesta Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus, a priceless find in a desk drawer. Here’s what we’re covering: Hospitals Brace for Medicaid Work Rules and Deep Funding Cuts , by Christopher Rowland Republicans Turn Back Effort to Impeach Hegseth , by Robert Jimison ICE Officer Involved in Maine Shooting Expressed Anti-Immigrant Hatred , by Katie Benner and Alexandra Berzon Anthropic Targets Valuation of Up to $1.4 Trillion for Blockbuster I.P.O. , by Erin Griffith, Mike Isaac and Lauren Hirsch King’s Lost Draft of ‘I Have a Dream’ Emerges From a Desk Drawer , by Jennifer Schuessler Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus, “the best writer you’ve never heard of.” Here’s what we’re covering: Nvidia Chief Told Trump He Did Not Know Chinese Woman Was Suspected Spy , by Luke Broadwater and Maggie Haberman Hegseth Impeachment Charges Say He Violated the Constitution , by Robert Jimison California Voters Reject Billionaire Tax That Divided Democrats , by Laurel Rosenhall Immigrants Are Being Systematically Returned Home Despite Court Orders, by Megha Rajagopalan, Edward Wong, Ruth Maclean and Hamed Aleaziz Why the California Coast Has So Many Dead Birds , by Soumya Karlamangla The Booker Prize Gets Its First ‘Bona Fide’ Science Fiction Winner , by Alex Marshall Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus, R.I.P. Cybertruck. Here’s what we’re covering: Nvidia Opens Investigation Into Jensen Huang’s Relationship With Suspected Chinese Spy , by Tripp Mickle, Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Julian E. Barnes and Ana Swanson Unfazed by Midterm Rebuke, Miller Is Poised to Push the Limits of Trump’s Power , by Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Hamed Aleaziz Jeffries Backs Impeaching Hegseth as Democrats Push for Accountability , by Robert Jimison Israeli Opposition Leader Tapped to Try to Form Government , by Ephrat Livni and Aaron Boxerman The Sudden Demise of the Cybertruck, a Culture War on Wheels , by Dave Philipps Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus, the Friday news quiz. Here’s what we’re covering: Midterm Elections Live Updates , by New York Times reporters Voters Rejected A.I. in the Midterms. Now Comes an Era of Scrutiny. , by Cecilia Kang and Sophia June Hegseth Lashes Out at Critics Calling for His Firing , by Greg Jaffe How Melania Trump Became a Dark-Horse Diplomat on Ukraine , by Siobhán O’Grady and Katie Rogers An 80-Cent Plastic Pouch Is Saving Thousands of Women From Dying in Childbirth , by Stephanie Nolen Were These Ancient Siberian Nomads the First Stoners? , by Annie Roth Listen to the end of the episode for an audio news quiz. If you want to take The New York Times’s weekly online news quiz, go here . Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus, how K-pop controls its stars. Here’s what we’re covering: Every Major Demographic Group Swung Left Amid Trump Backlash , by Lily Boyce, Jon Huang, Ruth Igielnik, Allison McCann and Evan Reynolds Vance Blames Iran War for G.O.P. Losses, Distancing Himself From Trump , by Tyler Pager With Democrats’ Sweep, Congress Is Set to Reassert Power to Check Trump , by Carl Hulse First, France Had Riots and Protests. Now It’s Bracing for a General Strike. , by Mark Landler and Ségolène Le Stradic Secret Deals Reveal K-Pop’s Firm Grip on a Top Girl Group , by Sarah Hurtes and Jin Yu Young San Francisco’s Favorite Start-Up, the Valkyries, Is All Human, No A.I. , by Heather Knight Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus, how to vote from space. Here’s what we’re covering: Midterm Elections Live Updates: Democrats Seize Control of Congress as Voters Rebuke Trump , by The New York Times Israeli Claims of Iranian Chemical Weapons Divide U.S. Officials , by Julian E. Barnes, Natan Odenheimer, Eric Schmitt, Adam Rasgon and Dustin Volz On Cusp of Renewed War, More Iranians Are Calling for Nuclear Weapons , by Erika Solomon King Charles Says U.K.’s Role in Slave Trade ‘Fills My Heart With Horror,’ by Michael D. Shear NASA Astronaut Votes From Space , by Jessica Shim and Jiwoong Hong Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus, “who’s going to believe me if I’m addicted to a wellness tonic?” Here’s what we’re covering: Voters Prepare to Deliver a Verdict on Trump’s Second Term , by Reid J. Epstein Trump’s Election Fraud Reward Raises Fears of Vigilantism, Local Officials Say , by Zolan Kanno-Youngs U.S. Military Strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island in What U.S. Officials Call a Defensive Measure , by Helene Cooper, Tyler Pager and Jonathan Swan They Tried Kratom for Its Purported Health Benefits, Then They Became Addicted , by Olivia Tauber The Pilates Bros Have Arrived , by Kristy Alpert Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus, the smog over Tomorrowland. Here’s what we’re covering: Threats, Gaffes and Men’s Posteriors: Trump’s Talk Gets Wilder , by Peter Baker and Dylan Freedman Haley Stevens Abandons El-Sayed, Endorsing Mike Rogers in Michigan , by Bayliss Wagner, Reid J. Epstein and Tim Balk Democrats Show Strength in Final Days of Race for the Senate, New Polls Find , by Shane Goldmacher and Ruth Igielnik Abortion Rights Activists in Idaho Find Their Pitch: Bring Back the Doctors , by Anna Griffin How Binance’s $6.3 Billion Hack Went Down , by David Yaffe-Bellany After 71 Years and a Lot of Exhaust, Disneyland’s Autopia Goes Electric , by David Gelles Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus, the Friday news quiz. Here’s what we’re covering: Republicans Ramp Up Investigation Into Democratic Plan to Pack Alaska’s Ballot , by Kellen Browning, Anna Griffin and Glenn Thrush Justice Dept. Pressures California With Expanded Election Investigation , by Devlin Barrett and Shawn Hubler Hegseth Fires General He Accused of Leaking Information to the News Media , by Greg Jaffe Final Vote Results in Israel Set Up Weeks of Uncertainty About Who Will Govern , by Leo Sands, Johnatan Reiss and Ephrat Livni After 28 Years Walking Across the Globe, He’s Almost Home , by Jonathan Wolfe Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus, the legacy of Dolores Huerta. Here’s what we’re covering: ‘A Twisted Tangle of Metal and Wreckage’: Spain Train Crash Kills at Least 68 , by Jason Horowitz, José Bautista and Carlos Barragán Vance Proposes Restarting Peace Talks in Outreach to Iranian Official , by Farnaz Fassihi and Tyler Pager Cabinet Officials on the Campaign Trail? Ethics Experts Say Some Are Breaking the Law. , by Karoun Demirjian Inside Democrats’ Secret Effort to Stack Alaska’s Ballot , by Kellen Browning Dolores Huerta, Labor Leader and Force for Civil Rights, Has Died , by Robert D. McFadden Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus, robot-dog walkers wanted: $20 an hour. Here’s what we’re covering: Israel Braces for Post-Election Gridlock as Exit Polls Show No Clear Winner , by The New York Times Flávio Bolsonaro Flees Brazil for the U.S. After Election Defeat , by Ana Ionova, Edward Wong and Thayz Guimarães Alex Pretti’s Parents Say Federal Government Is Silent on Investigation , by Ernesto Londoño and Jack Healy She Trusted ChatGPT With Her Medication Decisions. It Cost Her Everything. , by Teddy Rosenbluth Wanted: Robot-Dog Walkers. $20/Hour. , by Kashmir Hill Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus, why Halloween candy is scary expensive. Here’s what we’re covering: Live Updates: Israel Votes in Election Seen as Referendum on Netanyahu , by The New York Times Netanyahu Pushed for Attack on Iran Ahead of Israeli Election, Officials Say , by David M. Halbfinger, Ronen Bergman, Natan Odenheimer, Adam Rasgon and Aaron Boxerman Trans Issues Helped Elect Republicans in 2024. Will It Work Again? , by Amy Harmon What’s Riding on Anthropic’s Market Debut? Nearly Everything. , by Erin Griffith and Lauren Hirsch The Scariest Part of Halloween This Year? The Candy Prices. , by Kim Severson Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus, can a three-hour documentary lead the box office? Here’s what we’re covering: Lula Wins Brazil’s Presidency, in Stunning Blow to Latin America’s Right , by Ana Ionova and Adam B. Ellick Trump’s Election Attacks Enter New Pre-emptive Phase , by Zolan Kanno-Youngs María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s Leading Opposition Figure, Returns Home , by Julie Turkewitz, Edward Wong and Adam Entous A New Level of Threat and Fear Risks Pushing the U.S. and Iran Back to Full War , by David E. Sanger, Julian E. Barnes, Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, Farnaz Fassihi and Eric Schmitt Shiny Glass Skyscrapers Are a Hot Thing. Literally. , by Chico Harlan and Zunaira Saieed Elizabeth Holmes Gives a Batman Villain a Run for His Money , by Brooks Barnes Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus, the Friday news quiz. Here’s what we’re covering: Trump’s ‘Smart Wall’ of A.I. Cameras Is Watching the Border, and More Than a Million People , by Bora Erden and Nicholas Nehamas Justice Dept. Opens Inquiry Into Corey Lewandowski , by Glenn Thrush, Tyler Pager and Nicholas Nehamas The Ad Dividing the Republican Party , by Jess Bidgood Protesters in Indonesia Demand Action to Stop Fires in Rainforests , by Muktita Suhartono Airbnb Says Guests Shouldn’t Have to Do the Dishes Anymore , by Francesca Regalado and Jonathan Wolfe Listen to the end of the episode for an audio news quiz. If you want to take The Times’s weekly online news quiz, go here . Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus, America’s newest national park. Here’s what we’re covering: U.S. and Israel Draw Up Plans for Renewed Strikes on Iran After Elections , by Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt, Farnaz Fassihi, Natan Odenheimer and Ronen Bergman Trump Says He’ll Decide Who Gets Rewards From New Whistle-Blower Program , by Luke Broadwater A.I. Discovered a Critical Security Flaw Underpinning Websites , by Dustin Volz Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion for Deceiving Users on Privacy , by Eli Tan and Cecilia Kang SpaceX and Tesla Explore Merger to Create a De Facto Elon Inc. , by Ryan Mac and Jack Ewing America Mints a New National Park, Elevating an Arizonan ‘Sky Island,’ by Ryley Ober ‘People Are So Rude’: Can Britain Shhhh Headphone Dodgers on Trains? , by Megan Specia Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus, the big business of big scares. Here’s what we’re covering: This Is What America’s Utility Bill Crisis Looks Like , by Eli Saslow Trump Approval Hits New Low Two Weeks Before Midterms, Poll Finds , by Lisa Lerer and Ruth Igielnik Trump Wields an Unprecedented $277 Million in Final Midterm Stretch , by Theodore Schleifer Trump’s Super PAC Unleashes Deluge of Ads on Facebook and Instagram , by Shane Goldmacher and Theodore Schleifer Calling Putin a ‘Humanitarian,’ Witkoff Thanks Him for Releasing an American , by David E. Sanger, Kim Barker and Ivan Nechepurenko Trump Pushes to Evict the Press From the White House , by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan Major Yemeni City Running Out of Food and Water as Houthis Encircle It , by Saeed Al-Batati and Vivian Nereim The Bedeviling Work of Designing and Redesigning Haunted Houses , by Aimee Ortiz Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus, a contentious character is back on “The Simpsons.” Here’s what we’re covering: How California’s Ultrarich Are Trying to Stop the World’s First Billionaire Tax , by Michael Steinberger Trump Swings Through Deep-Red States Seeking to Reverse Lagging G.O.P. Enthusiasm , by Emily Davies and Jonathan Swan Israeli Police Detain 10 Over Violent Settler Attacks in West Bank , by Aaron Boxerman NDAs: Now They’re for Housekeepers and Butlers, Too , by Guy Trebay Apu Returns to ‘The Simpsons’ With a New Voice Actor , by Sopan Deb Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus, the search for “superhabitable” planets. Here’s what we’re covering: Trump Endorses Netanyahu as Best U.S. Partner in Tight Israeli Election , by Tyler Pager and Aaron Boxerman The Oct. 7 Attack Changed Israel, but Not Its Politics , by Isabel Kershner A Day After Huge Riots in France, Shock and Recrimination , by Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic France’s Far Right Seizes the Moment as Rioting Stuns the Country , by Catherine Porter To Find Criminals and Child Exploitation in Gold Mines, We Just Had to Look , by Justin Scheck Worlds More Habitable Than Earth? They’re Out There. , by Natalie Wolchover Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.