Plus, an escalation with Harvard. 

On Today’s Episode: 

Hundreds Join Trump at ‘Exclusive’ Dinner, With Dreams of Crypto Fortunes in Mind, by David Yaffe-Bellany and Eric Lipton

Trump Administration Says It Is Halting Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students, by Michael S. Schmidt and Michael C. Bender

Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Revoking Student Visas, by Chris Cameron

Kennedy and Trump Paint Bleak Picture of Chronic Disease in U.S. Children, by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Dani Blum

Global Forest Loss Hit a Record Last Year as Fires Raged, by Hiroko Tabuchi and Harry Stevens

End of the Penny Grows Near, by Alan Rappeport and Karoun Demirjian

Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, download the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Tell us what you think at: [email protected].