Trump’s New Middle East Dilemma, and How DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target Gamblers

About this episode

<p>Plus, the best TV shows of the century.&nbsp;</p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/us/politics/trump-yemen-houthis-red-sea-iran.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trump Gets Caught in a Dilemma Over a Saudi Plea for Military Help</a>, by Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt, Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/business/media/trump-white-house-press-ban.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CNN, MS NOW and Politico Barred From White House After Trump’s Ban</a>, by Michael M. Grynbaum, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Benjamin Mullin</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/science/nih-omb-grants-bhattacharya-vought.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants</a>, by Carolyn Y. Johnson, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Tony Romm and Michael C. Bender</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/world/africa/us-deportation-hotel-equatorial-guinea.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees</a>, by Megha Rajagopalan and Pranav Baskar</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/business/draftkings-ai.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose</a>, by Alex Klavens, Walt Bogdanich and Jenny Vrentas</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/arts/television/best-tv-shows-21st-century.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century</a>, by The New York Times</li></ul> <p><p>Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com">theheadlines@nytimes.com</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>