Deportations Threaten Constitutional Showdown, and DOGE Cuts Hit Nuclear Agency

Plus, a retirement home for penguins. 

On Today’s Episode:

With Deportations, Trump Steps Closer to Showdown With Judicial Branch, by Mattathias Schwartz

Trump Administration Revives Detention of Immigrant Families, by Jazmine Ulloa and Miriam Jordan

DOGE Cuts Reach Key Nuclear Scientists, Bomb Engineers and Safety Experts, by Sharon LaFraniere, Minho Kim and Julie Tate

Bread Lines and Salty Drinking Water: Israeli Aid Block Sets Gaza Back Again, by Vivian Yee and Bilal Shbair

NASA Schedules Quick Return of Astronauts in SpaceX Capsule, by Ali Watkins and Kenneth Chang

At a Penguin ‘Retirement Home,’ a Slower Pace and Plenty of Fish, by Amanda Holpuch

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