Plus, payouts for finding pandemic fraud.  

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On Today’s Episode:

Trump’s Cabinet: Many Ideologies Behind the Veil of ‘America First,’ (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/us/politics/trump-cabinet-america-first.html) by David E. Sanger

Trump Is Running His Transition Team on Secret Money (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/us/politics/donald-trump-2024-campaign-transition.html) , by Ken Bensinger and David A. Fahrenthold

On the Outskirts of Beirut, a Crowd Watches the War, and Waits for Its End (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/world/middleeast/lebanon-dahiya-hezbollah-israel-airstrikes.html) , by Christina Goldbaum

How Universities Cracked Down on Pro-Palestinian Activism (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/us/university-crackdowns-protests-israel-hamas-war.html) , by Isabelle Taft

They Investigated Pandemic Fraud, Then Earned Thousands (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/us/politics/pandemic-fraud-lawsuits.html) , by Madeleine Ngo