A Plane Crash Near Washington, and 3 Contentious Senate Hearings

<p>Plus, Hamas releases more hostages. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/29/us/plane-crash-washington-dc" target="_blank"><strong>Many Deaths Feared After Plane Collides With Army Helicopter Near Washington</strong></a>, <i>by Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Minho Kim, Chris Cameron, John Yoon and Jin Yu Young</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/us/politics/trump-rfk-patel-gabbard-confirmation-hearings.html" target="_blank"><strong>Three Contentious Trump Nominees Will Appear Before the Senate</strong></a>, <i>by Chris Cameron</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/us/trump-executive-orders-local-control-schools.html" target="_blank"><strong>With Sweeping Executive Orders, Trump Tests Local Control of Schools</strong></a>, <i>by Dana Goldstein</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/us/politics/trump-funding-freeze-rollout.html" target="_blank"><strong>Inside the Chaotic Rollout of Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze</strong></a>, <i>by Jonathan Swan and Zolan Kanno-Youngs</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/30/world/israel-hamas-hostage-release-gaza" target="_blank"><strong>Hamas Is Releasing 8 Israeli and Thai Hostages</strong></a>, <i>by Aaron Boxerman and Adam Rasgon</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/science/nasa-bennu-asteroid-molecules.html" target="_blank"><strong>Lurking Inside an Asteroid: Life’s Ingredients</strong></a>, <i>by Carl Zimmer</i></p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </p>
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