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A few days ago, the Trump administration began blowing up America’s existing approach to ending the war in Europe by embracing Russia and snubbing Ukraine.

The shift has quickly turned into a broader assault on America’s relationship with Europe.

Anton Troianovski, the Moscow bureau chief of The Times, explains how it’s all adding up to a stunning victory for Vladimir V. Putin.

Guest: Anton Troianovski, the Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• Analysis: Vladimir V. Putin’s call with President Trump reinforced the Russian leader’s view that Moscow and Washington should decide the fate of Ukraine.
• After being left out of Ukraine talks, Europe is racing to organize a response.

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Over the past week, President Donald J. Trump dramatically ceded the stage to Elon Musk in the Oval Office, turned the Democratic mayor of New York City into a political pawn and ensured that Vladimir Putin begins peace talks with Ukraine on Russia’s terms.

The Times journalists Michael Barbaro, Maggie Haberman, David E. Sanger and Zolan Kanno-Youngs sit down and discuss the latest week in the Trump administration.

Guests: 

• Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for The New York Times.
• David E. Sanger, the White House and National Security Correspondent for The New York Times.
• Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a White House correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• Mr. Trump and Mr. Musk are hunting hunt for corruption, but very selectively.
• Mr. Trump says his call with Mr. Putin is the beginningis beginning of the Ukraine peace negotiations.
• How the Jjustice Ddepartmentt. helped sink its own case against Eric Adams.

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Photo: The New York Times.

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An outbreak of bird flu has been tearing through the nation’s dairy farms and infecting more and more people.

Now there are troubling signs that the United States may be closer to another pandemic, even as President Trump dismantles the country’s public health system.

Apoorva Mandavilli, who covers science and global health for The Times, explains how the virus has changed and why our government might be ill-equipped to respond.

Guest: Apoorva Mandavilli, a science and global health reporter at The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• Could the bird flu become airborne?
• Egg prices are high. They’re likely to go higher.

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As President Trump issues executive orders that encroach on the powers of Congress — and in some cases fly in the face of established law — a debate has begun about whether he’s merely testing the boundaries of his power or triggering a full-blown constitutional crisis.

Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The Times, walks us through the debate.

Guests: Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court and writes Sidebar, a column on legal developments, for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• President Trump’s actions have created a constitutional crisis, scholars say.
• Sidebar: Is Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship “Dred Scott II”?

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Warning: This episode contains strong language.

As President Trump demolishes the government’s biggest provider of foreign aid, the United States Agency for International Development, he is ending a 60-year bipartisan consensus about the best way to keep America safe from its enemies.

Michael Crowley, who covers U.S. foreign policy, and Stephanie Nolen, a global health reporter for The New York Times, discuss the rise and fall of U.S.A.I.D. — and American soft power.

Guests: Michael Crowley, a reporter covering the State Department and U.S. foreign policy for The New York Times; and Stephanie Nolen, a global health reporter for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• With his aid cutoff, President Trump has halted U.S.A.I.D.’s legacy of “acting with humanity.”
• The agency’s workers are braced for the worst.

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Over the past week, President Trump avoided a trade war with Canada and Mexico. But he escalated a trade war with China.

His reasoning? China has become more powerful in domestic manufacturing than the United States, Japan, Germany, South Korea and Britain combined.

Keith Bradsher, the Beijing bureau chief for The New York Times, explains why China’s dominance as a trading partner has become a threat to Trump’s agenda — and asks whether America will ever be able to catch up.

Guests: Keith Bradsher, the Beijing bureau chief for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• For China, President Trump’s moves bring pain, but also potential gains.
• China’s trade surplus has reached a record level: nearly $1 trillion.

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Thousands of years ago, after domesticating cows and other ruminants, humans did something remarkable: They began to consume the milk from these animals.

But living closely with animals and drinking their milk also presents risks, chief among them the increased likelihood that infections will jump from animals to people. Some of humanity’s nastiest scourges, including smallpox and measles, probably originated in domesticated animals. In the 19th century, health authorities began pushing for milk to be treated by heating it; this simple practice of pasteurizing milk would come to be considered one of the great public-health triumphs of the modern era.

Today, however, a small but growing number of Americans prefer to drink their milk raw. And Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, now stands at the vanguard of this movement.

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A battle between two major artists has been dominating the world of music. It’s a fight over one song — a song that may get its biggest stage ever at this weekend’s Super Bowl.

Joe Coscarelli, a culture reporter for The New York Times, explains the feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake, how Lamar’s “Not Like Us” ripped the music world apart, and why so many fell in love with a song about hate.

Guest: Joe Coscarelli, a culture reporter for The New York Times, who focuses on popular music and co-hosts the podcast “Popcast (Deluxe).”

Background reading: 

• “Not Like Us” reinvented Kendrick Lamar. Is the Super Bowl ready for it?
• Listen to “Popcast (Deluxe)” breaking down the feud.

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