Trump Pivots Toward Putin, and R.F.K. Jr. Says ‘Nothing’ Is Off Limits

Plus, an asteroid alert (for 2032). On Today’s Episode: Trump’s Pivot Toward Putin’s Russia Upends Generations of U.S. Policy , by Peter Baker Trump Issues Order to Expand His Power Over Agencies Congress Made Independent , by Charlie Savage Trump Administration Moves to Fast-Track Hundreds of Fossil Fuel Projects , by Lisa Friedman Kennedy Says ‘Nothing’ Off Limits in Scrutinizing Chronic Disease , by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Christina Jewett Trump’s Cuts Could Make Parks and Forests More Dangerous, Employees Say , by Austyn Gaffney Musk Team’s Next Target Is Probationary Pentagon Employees , by Eric Schmitt and John Ismay Pope Francis, Hospitalized, Has Pneumonia, Vatican Says , by Elisabetta Povoledo Will That Asteroid Strike Earth? Risk Level Rises to Highest Ever Recorded , by Robin George Andrews 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.