The Dramatic House Budget Vote, and a New 'Gold Card' for Immigrants

<p>Plus, how microphones changed music. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode: </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/us/politics/mike-johnson-budget-resolution-vote.html" target="_blank"><strong>House Passes G.O.P. Budget Teeing Up Enormous Tax and Spending Cuts</strong></a>, <i>by Catie Edmondson, Andrew Duehren, Maya C. Miller and Robert Jimison</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/us/politics/immigrants-registry-trump.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Administration Plans to Require Undocumented Immigrants to Register</strong></a>, <i>by Hamed Aleaziz and Zolan Kanno-Youngs</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/us/politics/trump-gold-card-immigration.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Plans ‘Gold Card’ Alternative to Green Cards for ‘High Level People,’</strong></a> <i>by Shawn McCreesh</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/us/politics/trump-refugee-program.html" target="_blank"><strong>Judge Blocks Trump Executive Order to Suspend Refugee Program</strong></a>, <i>by Mattathias Schwartz</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/us/idaho-murders-bryan-kohberger-dna.html" target="_blank"><strong>To Identify Suspect in Idaho Killings, F.B.I. Used Restricted Consumer DNA Data</strong></a>, <i>by Mike Baker</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/christianitys-decline-in-us-appears-to-have-halted-major-study-shows.html" target="_blank"><strong>Christianity’s Decline in U.S. Appears to Have Halted, Major Study Shows</strong></a>, <i>by Ruth Graham</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/arts/music/100th-anniversary-microphone-recording.html" target="_blank"><strong>100 Years Ago Recording Studios Got a New Tool: Microphones</strong></a>, <i>by Ludovic Hunter-Tilney</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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