U.S. Economy Under Stress, and a Behind-the-Scenes Look at DOGE

Plus, Gene Hackman’s everyman legacy. On Today’s Episode: U.S. Economy Shows Signs of Strain From Trump’s Tariffs and Spending Cuts , by Alan Rappeport Agriculture Department Looks to Import Eggs as Prices Soar , by Linda Qiu The People Carrying Out Musk’s Plans at DOGE , by The New York Times Chief Justice Allows U.S. to Continue Freeze on Foreign Aid Payments , by Zach Montague, Michael Crowley and Adam Liptak Organ Transplant System ‘in Chaos’ as Waiting Lists Are Ignored , by Brian M. Rosenthal, Mark Hansen and Jeremy White Gene Hackman, Hollywood’s Consummate Everyman, Dies at 95 , by Robert Berkvist 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.