A Showdown on Ukraine, and a Judge Says DOGE Might Be Unconstitutional

Plus, Roberta Flack remembered. On Today’s Episode: U.S. and European Allies Split Sharply at the U.N. Over Ukraine , by Farnaz Fassihi Trump and Macron Display Old Friendship but Split on the Ukraine War , by Peter Baker Ukraine Nears a Deal to Give U.S. a Share of Its Mineral Wealth , by Constant Méheut Judge Questions Constitutionality of Musk’s Cost-Cutting Operation , by Alan Feuer On Chinese Tuna Boats, North Koreans Trawl for Cash for Kim Jong-un , by Choe Sang-Hun and Muktita Suhartono Roberta Flack, Virtuoso Singer-Pianist Who Ruled the Charts, Dies at 88 , by Giovanni Russonello 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 here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.