About this episode
Plus, the fight over pop hits that celebrate cartels. On Today’s Episode: George Santos, Expelled From House, Now Faces Sentencing , by Grace Ashford and Michael Gold What Elon Musk Didn’t Budget For: Firing Workers Costs Money, Too , by Elizabeth Williamson Hegseth’s Personal Phone Use Created Vulnerabilities, Analysts Say , by Helene Cooper, Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt and Christiaan Triebert Cardinals Gather in Vatican to Fine Tune Preparations for Pope’s Funeral , by Emma Bubola Odes to Mexican Drug Lords Are Pop Hits, but the Law Is Turning Against Them , by James Wagner 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.