A Showdown on Ukraine, and a Judge Says DOGE Might Be Unconstitutional

Plus, Roberta Flack remembered.  

On Today’s Episode: 

U.S. and European Allies Split Sharply at the U.N. Over Ukraine, by Farnaz Fassihi

Trump and Macron Display Old Friendship but Split on the Ukraine War, by Peter Baker

Ukraine Nears a Deal to Give U.S. a Share of Its Mineral Wealth, by Constant Méheut

Judge Questions Constitutionality of Musk’s Cost-Cutting Operation, by Alan Feuer

On Chinese Tuna Boats, North Koreans Trawl for Cash for Kim Jong-un, by Choe Sang-Hun and Muktita Suhartono

Roberta Flack, Virtuoso Singer-Pianist Who Ruled the Charts, Dies at 88, by Giovanni Russonello

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