About this episode
Plus, Hamas releases more hostages. On Today’s Episode: Many Deaths Feared After Plane Collides With Army Helicopter Near Washington , by Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Minho Kim, Chris Cameron, John Yoon and Jin Yu Young Three Contentious Trump Nominees Will Appear Before the Senate , by Chris Cameron With Sweeping Executive Orders, Trump Tests Local Control of Schools , by Dana Goldstein Inside the Chaotic Rollout of Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze , by Jonathan Swan and Zolan Kanno-Youngs Hamas Is Releasing 8 Israeli and Thai Hostages , by Aaron Boxerman and Adam Rasgon Lurking Inside an Asteroid: Life’s Ingredients , by Carl Zimmer 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.