The Mass Purge of Immigration Judges, and Melania Trump’s Surprise Epstein Remarks
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Here’s what we’re covering:
How Trump Purged Immigration Judges to Speed Up Deportations, by Nicholas Nehamas, Allison McCann, Steven Rich, Jazmine Ulloa and Hamed Aleaziz
Vance Faces a High-Profile Test of His Negotiating Skills With Iran Talks, by Katie Rogers and Tyler Pager
Lebanon Mourns After Israeli Onslaught Kills More Than 300 People, by Euan Ward, Hwaida Saad and Christina Goldbaum
Melania Trump Says She Was Not Associated With Jeffrey Epstein, by Shawn McCreesh
America’s Furniture Stores Struggle to Survive a Frozen Housing Market, by Kim Bhasin
Is a Big Album Dropping? You Might Want to Watch the Road., by Adeel Hassan
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<p>Plus, your Friday news quiz. </p> <p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/us/politics/trump-miller-immigration-judges-purge.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How Trump Purged Immigration Judges to Speed Up Deportations</a>, by Nicholas Nehamas, Allison McCann, Steven Rich, Jazmine Ulloa and Hamed Aleaziz</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/us/politics/vance-iran-talks.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vance Faces a High-Profile Test of His Negotiating Skills With Iran Talks</a>, by Katie Rogers and Tyler Pager</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/middleeast/lebanon-israel-iran-war-airstrikes.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lebanon Mourns After Israeli Onslaught Kills More Than 300 People</a>, by Euan Ward, Hwaida Saad and Christina Goldbaum</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/us/politics/melania-trump-jeffrey-epstein.html?nl=the-world&segment_id=217993" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Melania Trump Says She Was Not Associated With Jeffrey Epstein</a>, by Shawn McCreesh</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/business/furniture-stores-housing-market-crisis.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">America’s Furniture Stores Struggle to Survive a Frozen Housing Market</a>, by Kim Bhasin</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/well/car-crashes-streaming-friday-harvard.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Is a Big Album Dropping? You Might Want to Watch the Road.</a>, by Adeel Hassan</p> <p>Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">theheadlines@nytimes.com</a>.</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, your Friday news quiz.
Here’s what we’re covering:
How Trump Purged Immigration Judges to Speed Up Deportations, by Nicholas Nehamas, Allison McCann, Steven Rich, Jazmine Ulloa and Hamed Aleaziz
Vance Faces a High-Profile Test of His Negotiating Skills With Iran Talks, by Katie Rogers and Tyler Pager
Lebanon Mourns After Israeli Onslaught Kills More Than 300 People, by Euan Ward, Hwaida Saad and Christina Goldbaum
Melania Trump Says She Was Not Associated With Jeffrey Epstein, by Shawn McCreesh
America’s Furniture Stores Struggle to Survive a Frozen Housing Market, by Kim Bhasin
Is a Big Album Dropping? You Might Want to Watch the Road., by Adeel Hassan
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 and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?sou.... For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.
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Raw Description
<p>Plus, your Friday news quiz. </p> <p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/us/politics/trump-miller-immigration-judges-purge.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How Trump Purged Immigration Judges to Speed Up Deportations</a>, by Nicholas Nehamas, Allison McCann, Steven Rich, Jazmine Ulloa and Hamed Aleaziz</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/us/politics/vance-iran-talks.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vance Faces a High-Profile Test of His Negotiating Skills With Iran Talks</a>, by Katie Rogers and Tyler Pager</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/middleeast/lebanon-israel-iran-war-airstrikes.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lebanon Mourns After Israeli Onslaught Kills More Than 300 People</a>, by Euan Ward, Hwaida Saad and Christina Goldbaum</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/us/politics/melania-trump-jeffrey-epstein.html?nl=the-world&segment_id=217993" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Melania Trump Says She Was Not Associated With Jeffrey Epstein</a>, by Shawn McCreesh</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/business/furniture-stores-housing-market-crisis.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">America’s Furniture Stores Struggle to Survive a Frozen Housing Market</a>, by Kim Bhasin</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/well/car-crashes-streaming-friday-harvard.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Is a Big Album Dropping? You Might Want to Watch the Road.</a>, by Adeel Hassan</p> <p>Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">theheadlines@nytimes.com</a>.</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>