The Senate Surrenders on Spending, and Trump’s New Epstein Strategy

Plus, paying people to quit meth.

On Today’s Episode:

Senate Approves Trump’s Bid to Cancel Foreign Aid and Public Broadcast Funds, by Catie Edmondson

Trump Has Draft of Letter to Fire Fed Chair. He Asked Republicans if He Should Send It., by Maggie Haberman and Colby Smith

Trump’s New Strategy on Epstein Fallout: Blame the Democrats, by Luke Broadwater and Erica L. Green

Upended by Meth, Some Communities Are Paying Users to Quit, by Jan Hoffman

Scandal-Ridden Fyre Festival Is Sold for $245,000 on eBay, by Neil Vigdor

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