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• A Major New Experiment in Voting, and the World’s Most Polluted Air

  Plus, your Friday news quiz. Here’s what we’re covering:Federal Agencies Return to Work After Longest Shutdown in History by Eileen SullivanU.S. Strike Kills 4 on Boat Trump Says Was Smuggling Drugs by Helene Cooper and Eric SchmittMemo Blessing Boat Strikes Is Said to Rely on Trump’s Claims About Cartels by Charlie Savage and Julian E. BarnesSwalwell Denies Allegations of Fraud and Says Trump is Targeting Him by John YoonWill People Trust Voting by Phone? Alaska Is Going to Find Out by Nick CorasanitiAn Escape From India’s Air Pollution for Those Who Can Afford It by Alex TravelliBlue Origin Lands Booster After Rocket Launch and Matches SpaceX’s Feat by Kenneth ChangTune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: [email protected]. 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.

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• How the Government Will Reopen, and What’s in the Epstein Emails

  Plus, the penny’s last day.Here’s what we’re covering:Government Reopens as Trump Signs Bill to End Nation’s Longest Shutdown by Catie Edmondson and Zolan Kanno-YoungsWhat Newly Released Emails Tell Us About Epstein and Trump by Steve Eder and Nicholas ConfessoreTrump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants by Jason DeParleThe Penny Dies at 232 by Victor MatherWilliam Rataczak, Co-Pilot of Flight Hijacked by D.B. Cooper, Dies at 86 by Michael S. RosenwaldTune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: [email protected]. 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.

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• The Governor in the Spotlight at Climate Talks, and Escalating Violence in the West Bank

  Plus, why private air travel is booming. Here’s what we’re covering:Newsom in the Spotlight at the Climate Conference That Trump Decided to Skip by Somini SenguptaA Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics by Somini Sengupta and Brad PlumerTrump Administration Plans to Send Border Patrol to Charlotte and New Orleans by Dana Goldstein and Hamed AleazizAircraft Carrier Moves Into the Caribbean as U.S. Confronts Venezuela by Eric SchmittSenator Criticizes Rubio for Paying $7.5 Million to Equatorial Guinea to Take Deportees by Edward WongHouse Returns After Long Recess to Take Up Bill to End Shutdown by Michael GoldWho Didn’t Suffer During the Shutdown? People Flying Private by Christine ChungIsrael Arrests 4 After Jewish Extremist Attack in Occupied West Bank by Aaron BoxermanThe Volunteer Buglers Giving 24-Note Salutes by Danny FreedmanTune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: [email protected]. 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.

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• Democrats Denounce Shutdown Vote, and Trump Issues Flurry of Pardons

  Plus, a new gambling scandal in pro sports. Here’s what we’re covering:Senate Passes Bill to Reopen Government Amid Democratic Rift by Catie EdmondsonShutdown Deal Revives Democratic Infighting by Michael GoldSpending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches by Devlin BarrettTrump Pardons the Husband of a Republican Congressional Ally by Kenneth P. VogelTrump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election by Alan Feuer and Glenn ThrushFelon Freed by Trump Is Sentenced Again, This Time to 27 Months by Santul Nerkar, Michael S. Schmidt and Olivia BensimonHow Canada Lost Decades of Progress in Fighting Measles by Vjosa IsaiM.L.B. Limits Bets on Individual Pitches After Gambling Charges by Jenny VrentasTune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: [email protected]. 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.

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• A Breakthrough Government Shutdown Vote, and New Tax Cuts for the Ultrarich

  Plus, a house-size spider web. Here’s what we’re covering:Senate Moves Toward Ending Shutdown After Democratic Defectors Relent by Catie Edmondson and Michael GoldAirport Disruptions May Get Worse This Week by Niraj ChokshiHow the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy by Jesse DruckerTwo Top BBC Leaders Quit Over Editing of Trump Documentary by Stephen CastleAs Aquifers Dry Up, Tehran Rations Water and Calls for Rain Prayers by Sanam Mahoozi and Erika SolomonStinking, Spongy, Dark, Huge: A Spider Web Unlike Any Seen Before by Adeel HassanTune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: [email protected]. 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.

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