Tracey Mumford

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The Headlines · U.S. Economy Under Stress, and a Behind-the-Scenes Look at DOGE · 27 Feb 2025 podcast

The government had been facing a midnight deadline set by a lower court to make those payments. But government lawyers asked the Supreme Court for more time, saying the payments posed a logistical issue. Roberts' order is only temporary. The full court is expected to consider the matter soon.

My colleague Brian Rosenthal, along with a team of Times investigative reporters, has discovered that strict federal guidelines for organ donations are being regularly ignored. The system is supposed to work like this. For every organ that becomes available, nonprofit groups called procurement organizations turn to a computer-generated list of possible recipients.

They're supposed to prioritize the sickest patients. But there's been a shift, and the procurement organizations are now leapfrogging over hundreds and sometimes thousands of people. Bryan says that's in large part because in the past few years, the federal government made a well-intentioned push to make sure no organs go to waste. But under that increased pressure, the system started to warp.

Earlier this month, the Times took its findings to the federal contractor that oversees the transplant system. The contractor said that procurement organizations should not be allowed to ignore the waiting lists and said it had ordered increased oversight of the process. The full investigation is at NYTimes.com. And finally, Gene Hackman has died at 95.

The Oscar-winning actor and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead yesterday afternoon in Santa Fe, New Mexico. According to police, no foul play is suspected. Hackman had a 40-year career in Hollywood. His breakout role and his first Academy Award came with the 1971 crime film The French Connection.

He became the go-to everyman who could play a little bit of everything. A thief, a president, a submarine commander, a sheriff.

Hackman joked it was because he looked just average. He said he resembled your everyday mine worker. At one point, he was considered the hardest-working man in Hollywood, churning out as many as four films a year. He did psychological thrillers, westerns, comedies.

One of his last movies, before he unofficially retired, was The Royal Tenenbaums, where he played the absentee father of three child prodigies.

In an interview with GQ magazine, Hackman was once asked to sum up his life in a single phrase. He replied, quote, he tried. I think that'd be fairly accurate. Those are the headlines. Today on The Daily, how Trump's firing spree at the Pentagon, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has rocked the military.

That's next in The New York Times audio app, or you can listen wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Tracy Mumford. We'll be back tomorrow.

The Headlines · A Showdown on Ukraine, and a Judge Says DOGE Might Be Unconstitutional · 25 Feb 2025 podcast

From The New York Times, it's The Headlines. I'm Tracey Mumford. Today's Tuesday, February 25th. Here's what we're covering.

At the United Nations yesterday, there was a diplomatic showdown between the U.S. and some of its closest allies over the war in Ukraine. Delegates were meeting on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion, and Ukraine put forward a resolution condemning Russia's actions and calling on it to pull back its troops. It had the backing of countries like Britain and France, but the U.S.

refused to support it. Multiple resolutions of the General Assembly have failed to stop the war. It has now dragged on for far too long. Instead, American representatives pushed through a short resolution of their own that called for an end of the war without assigning blame and mourned the loss of life on both sides of the conflict.

European diplomats said they were furious that the U.S., their longtime ally, had sided against them. And as the U.S. and Europe split played out at the U.N., their growing rift was also on display at the White House. French President Emmanuel Macron met one-on-one with President Trump.

There were hugs and handshakes and compliments, but Macron also pushed back on Trump's framing of the war in Ukraine. In one exchange, Macron cut Trump off to fact-check his false claim that European countries were only helping Ukraine because they expected to be reimbursed. Macron's team had scrambled to organize the D.C. visit amid Trump's increasingly hostile stance towards Europe.

It came as other leaders are also rushing to Washington. Over the weekend, the Polish president attended the conservative convention CPAC to try and influence the new administration. The prime minister of Britain will visit the White House this Thursday. Meanwhile, The Times has learned that the U.S. and Ukraine are pushing forward on a massive new economic deal. It would give the U.S.

a large share of the profits from Ukraine's natural resources, like lithium. It was originally Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's idea. He wanted to trade the country's valuable natural resources for future U.S. military support. But Trump is pushing a very different deal.

Constant Mayer covers Ukraine for The Times and has gotten access to drafts of the agreement. He says right now the sticking point will be what kind of security guarantee, if any, the U.S. is willing to provide.

Yesterday, a federal judge said that the way Elon Musk's cost-cutting team, the Department of Government Efficiency, was set up may be unconstitutional. The judge said she was concerned that Doge violates a clause in the Constitution that requires leaders of federal agencies to be confirmed by the Senate, which Musk has not been.

She also indicated she has serious concerns about how Doge is being run and who is technically in charge. A lawyer for the government told her he was unable to identify who's actually running it and said he didn't have any details about Musk's specific role.

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