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On the Front Line of Minnesota’s Fight With ICE

For weeks, protests around Minneapolis have caught nationwide attention as the city shows open defiance to a federal immigration crackdown. But behind the scenes, a quieter organized resistance has taken shape. Anna Foley and Michael Simon Johnson, producers for “The “Daily,” go on the ground in Minneapolis to capture that effort, and Charles Homans, a New York Times reporter, explains why the city has become ground zero in the fight over the government’s deportation strategy. Guest: Charles Homans [https://www.nytimes.com/by/charles-homans], a reporter for The New York Times and The Times Magazine, covering national politics. Background reading:  * In Minneapolis, an intense cat-and-mouse game is putting enraged residents face to face with heavily armed federal agents [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/us/minneapolis-protests-ice.html]. * President Trump’s fight with Minnesota [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/magazine/minnesota-liberalism-trump-ice.html] is about more than immigration. Photo: Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily [http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily]. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts [http://nytimes.com/podcasts] or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher [https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher]. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

Trump 2.0: A Year of Unconstrained Power

In the 365 days since Donald J. Trump was sworn into his second term as president, he has fired, pardoned, prosecuted, tariffed, deployed, deposed, dismantled and deported his way to a new kind of American government, one designed almost entirely in his image. In the process, he has not only transformed the federal government, he has also changed, possibly forever, the very nature of the American presidency. On today’s episode, Michael Barbaro speaks with three longtime chroniclers of Trump’s presidency about how to make sense of what Trump has done over the past year and what his next three years in office might bring. Guests: * Maggie Haberman [https://www.nytimes.com/by/maggie-haberman], a White House correspondent for The New York Times. * Jonathan Swan [https://www.nytimes.com/by/jonathan-swan], a White House reporter for The New York Times. * Charlie Savage [https://www.nytimes.com/by/charlie-savage], who covers national security and legal policy for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily [http://nytimes.com/thedaily]. Photo: Kenny Holston/The New York TImes Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts [http://nytimes.com/podcasts] or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher [https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher]. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

The Sunday Daily: Hollywood’s A.I. Moment

There’s a lot of anxiety about artificial intelligence invading Hollywood; the general mood there right now could be called “doom and gloom.” But speculation about a future where A.I. actors perform A.I. scripts in A.I.-generated movies often obscures the role A.I. is currently playing in the industry. In this episode, the host Michael Barbaro talks with the Hollywood reporter Brooks Barnes and the movie critic Alissa Wilkinson about the ways that A.I. is already showing up in our movies and television today, and how they see it contributing to — and complicating — the future.   On Today’s Episode: Alissa Wilkinson [https://www.nytimes.com/by/alissa-wilkinson] is a Times movie critic. Brooks Barnes [https://www.nytimes.com/by/brooks-barnes] is the chief Hollywood correspondent for The Times.   Background Reading: Can You Believe the Documentary You’re Watching? [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/movies/documentary-filmmaking-ai-trust.html] Disney Agrees to Bring Its Characters to OpenAI’s Sora Videos [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/business/media/disney-openai-sora-deal.html] ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Is Getting an A.I. Glow-Up. Cue the Pitchforks. [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/business/media/sphere-wizard-of-oz-ai.html] Is ‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Sphere the Future of Cinema? Or the End of It? [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/movies/wizard-of-oz-sphere-review.html]   Photo: Roger Kisby for The New York Times Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts [http://nytimes.com/podcasts] or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher [https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher]. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

'The Interview': Kílian Jornet on What We Can Learn From Pushing Our Bodies to Extremes

The ultrarunner and mountaineer finds peace through doing unimaginably hard things. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts [http://nytimes.com/podcasts] or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher [https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher]. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

An I.V.F. Mix-Up and an Impossible Choice

For millions of families, in vitro fertilization is a modern medical miracle. But the field is largely unregulated, and for a small number of parents, things can go terribly wrong. Susan Dominus discusses her story about how two families navigated an unthinkable I.V.F. mistake that will connect them for the rest of their lives. Guest: Susan Dominus [https://www.nytimes.com/by/susan-dominus], a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. Background reading:  * Read Susan’s original article from 2024 [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/magazine/ivf-clinic-mixup.html]. Photo: Holly Andres for The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily [http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily]. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts [http://nytimes.com/podcasts] or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher [https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher]. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.