Yours

Podcasts · The Headlines

Extreme Water Shortages in the West, and Hegseth’s Pentagon Purge

· 9:09

Episode Extreme Water Shortages in the West, and Hegseth’s Pentagon Purge

0:00 9:09

Plus, the rocky, unpredictable race for California governor.

Here’s what we’re covering:

A Terrible Winter for Snow Heads Into a Bleak Summer of Drought, by Jack Healy, Reis Thebault and Scott Dance

Trump Backs Off Plan for $1.8 Billion Fund That Drew Political Backlash, by Tyler Pager, Maggie Haberman, Alan Feuer, Devlin Barrett and Annie Karni

Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List, by Greg Jaffe and Kate Kelly

Israel Appears to Pull Back From Threat to Strike Beirut, by The New York Times

California Votes on Newsom’s Successor After Turbulent Primary Campaign, by Laurel Rosenhall and Shane Goldmacher

How Wine, Truffles and Honey Could Help Europe Fight Wildfires, by Jeanna Smialek

Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com.

Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com.

Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here 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.

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Links in the notes 8

The episode on the publisher’s site

Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. Every show and episode belongs to its publisher and plays from the publisher's own feed; this site hosts none of them. Explicit shows are for adult profiles only, and children’s profiles hear only children’s shows. More about this list.