Harvard vs. Trump, and Your (Shrinking) Chance of Being Audited
The Headlines
Plus, black market Lego.
On Today's Episode:
- Trump Administration Will Freeze $2 Billion After Harvard Refuses Demands, by Vimal Patel
- El Salvador's Leader Says He Won't Return Wrongly Deported Maryland Man, by Zolan Kanno-Youngs
- What to Know About the Mistaken Deportation of a Maryland Man to El Salvador, by Alan Feuer
- Why I.R.S. Audits, Already at Their Lowest Levels, May Fall Further, by Ben Blatt
- This Kidney Was Frozen for 10 Days. Could Surgeons Transplant It?, by Gina Kolata
- Worth Thousands on the Black Market, Lego Kits Are Now a Target of Thieves, by Aimee Ortiz
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Raw Description
<p>Plus, black market Lego. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode: </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/harvard-trump-reject-demands.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Administration Will Freeze $2 Billion After Harvard Refuses Demands</strong></a>, <i>by Vimal Patel</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/politics/trump-bukele-prison-deported-migrants.html" target="_blank"><strong>El Salvador’s Leader Says He Won’t Return Wrongly Deported Maryland Man</strong></a>, <i>by Zolan Kanno-Youngs</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/politics/abrego-garcia-trump-deportations-el-salvador.html" target="_blank"><strong>What to Know About the Mistaken Deportation of a Maryland Man to El Salvador</strong></a>, <i>by Alan Feuer</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/upshot/irs-tax-audits-cuts.html" target="_blank"><strong>Why I.R.S. Audits, Already at Their Lowest Levels, May Fall Further</strong></a>, <i>by Ben Blatt</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/health/frozen-kidney-organ-transplant.html" target="_blank"><strong>This Kidney Was Frozen for 10 Days. Could Surgeons Transplant It?</strong></a>, <i>by Gina Kolata</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/business/lego-minifigures-black-market.html" target="_blank"><strong>Worth Thousands on the Black Market, Lego Kits Are Now a Target of Thieves</strong></a>, <i>by Aimee Ortiz</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> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
Show Notes
Plus, black market Lego.
On Today's Episode:
- Trump Administration Will Freeze $2 Billion After Harvard Refuses Demands, by Vimal Patel
- El Salvador's Leader Says He Won't Return Wrongly Deported Maryland Man, by Zolan Kanno-Youngs
- What to Know About the Mistaken Deportation of a Maryland Man to El Salvador, by Alan Feuer
- Why I.R.S. Audits, Already at Their Lowest Levels, May Fall Further, by Ben Blatt
- This Kidney Was Frozen for 10 Days. Could Surgeons Transplant It?, by Gina Kolata
- Worth Thousands on the Black Market, Lego Kits Are Now a Target of Thieves, by Aimee Ortiz
Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, download the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and sign up for our weekly newsletter.
Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com.
Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app.
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Raw Description
<p>Plus, black market Lego. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode: </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/harvard-trump-reject-demands.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Administration Will Freeze $2 Billion After Harvard Refuses Demands</strong></a>, <i>by Vimal Patel</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/politics/trump-bukele-prison-deported-migrants.html" target="_blank"><strong>El Salvador’s Leader Says He Won’t Return Wrongly Deported Maryland Man</strong></a>, <i>by Zolan Kanno-Youngs</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/politics/abrego-garcia-trump-deportations-el-salvador.html" target="_blank"><strong>What to Know About the Mistaken Deportation of a Maryland Man to El Salvador</strong></a>, <i>by Alan Feuer</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/upshot/irs-tax-audits-cuts.html" target="_blank"><strong>Why I.R.S. Audits, Already at Their Lowest Levels, May Fall Further</strong></a>, <i>by Ben Blatt</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/health/frozen-kidney-organ-transplant.html" target="_blank"><strong>This Kidney Was Frozen for 10 Days. Could Surgeons Transplant It?</strong></a>, <i>by Gina Kolata</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/business/lego-minifigures-black-market.html" target="_blank"><strong>Worth Thousands on the Black Market, Lego Kits Are Now a Target of Thieves</strong></a>, <i>by Aimee Ortiz</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> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>