ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Plus, the Friday news quiz.
Here’s what we’re covering:
- Midterm Elections Live Updates, by New York Times reporters
- Voters Rejected A.I. in the Midterms. Now Comes an Era of Scrutiny., by Cecilia Kang and Sophia June
- Hegseth Lashes Out at Critics Calling for His Firing, by Greg Jaffe
- How Melania Trump Became a Dark-Horse Diplomat on Ukraine, by Siobhán O’Grady and Katie Rogers
- An 80-Cent Plastic Pouch Is Saving Thousands of Women From Dying in Childbirth, by Stephanie Nolen
Were These Ancient Siberian Nomads the First Stoners?, by Annie Roth
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