Hurricane forecasting improved after Katrina. That could change.

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<p><a href="https://apple.news/A4xcrc0t6RAiokRflVYCQCw">NPR&rsquo;s</a> Alejandra Borunda joins to talk about scientific advances in hurricane forecasting since Katrina, and how that progress might now be at risk.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>It was a busy week in Washington that included a slew of new executive orders from President Trump and a heated battle over the firing of a Federal Reserve governor. <a href="https://apple.news/AAdlspqzyR1WjgsSrey1NVQ">New Yorker</a> writer Susan B. Glasser discusses the latest, and how Trump is acting on his own perception of executive power in new ways.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>The ICE detention center in Florida known as &ldquo;Alligator Alcatraz&rdquo; could be completely empty in just a few days after a judge ordered its closure. Amy Green, Florida correspondent at <a href="https://apple.news/AAuP6C2CsQlOvrbi4TcVOhw">Inside Climate News</a>, breaks down how a Native American tribe was crucial in shutting it down.</p> <p>Plus, more <a href="https://apple.news/ALobttOZfSdym9BNNHeGSQw">fallout</a> from the firing of CDC director Susan Monarez, an NFL legend makes his college coaching <a href="https://apple.news/AsDP5yf-BQjC-pZfywq_zBQ">debut</a>, and &lsquo;The Wizard of Oz&rsquo; has a <a href="https://apple.news/AsZuvR_bbRTyQuv0c9S2f8g">unique</a> premiere in Las Vegas.</p> <p>Today&rsquo;s episode was hosted by Gideon Resnick.</p>