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Plus, a D.O.J. dust-up over Mel Gibson. On Today’s Episode: House Republicans Unveil Spending Bill to Avert Shutdown at Week’s End , by Catie Edmondson and Carl Hulse Trump, With More Honey Than Vinegar, Cements an Iron Grip on Republicans , by Annie Karni and Jonathan Swan Trump Promised Americans Booming Wealth. Now He’s Changing His Tune , by Tyler Pager Justice Dept. Official Says She Was Fired After Opposing Restoring Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights , by Devlin Barrett Ukraine Bombards Russia, Forcing Moscow Airports to Close , by Marc Santora and Ivan Nechepurenko Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine Ex-President, Is Arrested on I.C.C. Warrant , by Sui-Lee Wee and Camille Elemia 15 Lessons Scientists Learned About Us When the World Stopped , by Claire Cain Miller and Irineo Cabreros 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.