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’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

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

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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Plus, meat raffles: like bingo, but with beef.

On Today’s Episode:

What We Know About the Toronto Plane Crash, by Tiffany May and Neil Vigdor

As Trump ‘Exports’ Deportees, Hundreds Are Trapped in Panama Hotel, by Julie Turkewitz, Hamed Aleaziz, Farnaz Fassihi and Annie Correal

Education Dept. Gives Schools Two Weeks to Eliminate Race-Based Programs, by Zach Montague

Top Social Security Official Leaves After Musk Team Seeks Data Access, by Alan Rappeport, Andrew Duehren and Nicholas Nehamas

Thousands Gather on Presidents’ Day to Call Trump a Tyrant, by Minho Kim, Stephanie Saul and Winnie Hu

Palestinian Displacement in the West Bank Is Highest Since 1967, Experts Say, by Fatima AbdulKarim and Patrick Kingsley

Like Bingo, but With Beef: Why Meat Raffles Are Blowing Up, by David Andreatta

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Plus, how to remember everything.

On Today’s Episode:

Left Out of Ukraine Talks, Europe Races to Organize a Response, by Andrew E. Kramer

First Test of Trump’s Power to Fire Officials Reaches Supreme Court, by Adam Liptak

Musk Team Seeks Access to I.R.S. System With Taxpayers’ Records, by Alan Rappeport, Andrew Duehren and Maggie Haberman

At Least 10 Dead in South After Rainstorm Pounds the Region, by Tim Balk, Amanda Holpuch and Austyn Gaffney

Meet the Champion Who Memorized 80 Numbers in 13.5 Seconds, by Michael S. Rosenwald

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