Two Resignations in Congress, and the Pope’s Back-and-Forth With Trump
4/14/202611 min
Plus, the rise of big bagel.
Here’s what we’re covering:
U.S. Is Negotiating an Iran Deal That Would Buy Time, Again, by David E. Sanger and Tyler Pager
Swalwell Says He Will Resign From Congress After Sex Abuse Accusations, by Michael Gold, Jill Cowan and Emily Cochrane
Tony Gonzales, a Texas Congressman, Says He Will Resign, by J. David Goodman
Pope Leo Heads to Africa to Meet the Future of Catholicism, by Motoko Rich
To File or Not to File: Undocumented Immigrants Face a Tax Return Dilemma, by Miriam Jordan and Andrew Duehren
Big Money Is Betting on Bagels, by Julia Moskin
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Tracy Mumford· Host0:29
[upbeat music] From The New York Times, it's the Headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Today is Tuesday, April fourteenth. Here's what we're covering.
Damien Cave0:38
It feels like we're a long, long way away from Iran and the war there, but here these farmers are hurting because of that conflict. This harvester behind me exemplifies the challenges that farmers are facing.
Tracy Mumford· Host0:55
My colleague, Damien Cave, is in Vietnam tracing the global fallout from the war in Iran. Vietnam is the world's second-largest exporter of rice, a staple for hundreds of millions of people.
Damien Cave1:08
This thing uses about a hundred liters of diesel a day. Before the war started, that would cost about seventy-two dollars. Now it's a hundred and sixty dollars. The farmers here are freaking out and trying to figure out how to deal with that much of a cost increase.
Tracy Mumford· Host1:21
With the Strait of Hormuz all but closed for the last six weeks, oil and gas prices have skyrocketed, and Damien says that's made things not just