Tracy Mumford (3:09)

Native American organizers described tribal members being profiled based on their appearance by agents who mistook them for immigrants.

Physician (3:16)

Emergency room and clinic visits are down 20 to 25% across many of our health systems, and that's a conservative estimate.

Tracy Mumford (3:23)

And a physician said that people were avoiding medical care because they were worried about leaving their homes and being detained. Lawmakers also heard from an independent journalist who described how she applied to become an ICE agent as a kind of experiment and was hired despite having failed to complete basic paperwork or take a drug test. She told lawmakers she felt her story was evidence that ICE was not properly vetting its new hires as it ramps up its operations around the country. Meanwhile, in Washington, Senate Democrats have struck a deal with President Trump and Republicans that could allow them to negotiate new restrictions on ICE agents. With a potential government shutdown looming, they agreed to fund much of the government for the rest of the fiscal year, but only gave two weeks of funding to the Department of Homeland Security. They say they want to use that time to push for limitations like a ban on officers wearing masks. Senators said they'd hoped to vote on the spending package today, but House Speaker Mike Johnson said the earliest the House could act would be Monday, meaning the government could still partially shut down over the weekend. Across the country, a dizzying array of new rules have gone into place around what food stamps can and cannot be used to buy. As part of the Trump administration's Make America Healthy Again agenda, federal regulators have been increasingly letting individual states set their own standards for SNAP benefits. They say it will allow them to limit how much junk food Americans consume. But grocery stores and SNAP recipients say the results have been confusion and frustration over what can seem like arbitrary rules. In Idaho, for example, you will be able to use food stamps to buy a Twix bar, but not a flourless granola bar. And in Iowa, you can't buy a Snickers, but you can buy a Snickers ice cream bar because it's refrigerated and has milk in it. Grocery stores say they're trying to keep up, but it's a logistical nightmare, with employees trying to manually check thousands of items to comply with the new rules. If they screw up, the stores could be removed from the SNAP program altogether. In rural areas in particular, that could leave SNAP recipients without any local grocery options. Anti hunger groups say the states haven't done enough to prepare stores or consumers, and other critics argue that the rules amount to an attack on low income Americans One Iowa resident who relies on SNAP benefits told the Times that officials are effectively saying they, quote, don't trust their constituencies to make decisions around their own health. In France, the government announced yesterday that it will stop using Zoom, the American owned video conferencing software, and move its meetings over to a French made platform instead. If you're thinking Zoom, French Zoom, it's all the same. The move is actually part of a broader effort by European leaders to reduce their dependence on American digital infrastructure as the US And Europe have found themselves increasingly at odds over the last year over trade, Greenland, etc. Europe is trying to be more independent in strategic fields like technology. France's prime minister said relying on non European made tools meant they lacked control over their data and faced cybersecurity risks. Recently, French officials were also asked to start using a government designed messaging app instead of foreign owned ones, which would include WhatsApp, owned by Meta, which or Signal, owned by a US based nonprofit. The German government's been making similar moves, even developing its own alternative to Microsoft Office in an effort to build up digital autonomy. And finally, the key to living a long life I'm talking cracking 90 or even 100 years old has been studied, debated, theorized about Experts say you gotta move your body, eat your fruits and vegetables, get enough sleep, don't smoke, don't drink too much, make sure you see friends. A new study out this week in the journal Science, though, pins down another your genes. According to the new research, your potential lifespan is written in your DNA. A healthy lifestyle can help, of course, but basically, if you want to know if you could live to be a hundred, you need to have won the genetic lottery for longevity. The researchers looked at data from sets of Swedish twins. They also looked at Data from over 400Americans who lived to be a hundred, and what happened to all of their siblings. They controlled for outside factors like accidents or infections and found that the biggest single factor when it comes to differences in lifespans seems to be genes. One public health professor who was not involved in the study told the Times that the research has a powerful message. You don't have as much control as you think, he said. Basically, it turns out some of us are driving a Mercedes and some of us aren't quite that lucky. Those are the headlines. If you'd like to play the Friday news quiz, Stick around. It is just after these credits. This show is made by Will Jarvis, Yon Stewart and me, Tracy Mumford. Original theme by Dan Powell Special thanks to Isabella Anderson, Larissa Anderson, Miles McKinley, Zoe Murphy and Paula Schuman, now time for the quiz. I've got a few questions for you about stories the Times has been covering. Can you get them all?

Expert/Guest Speaker (9:19)

First up, the risks we face from nuclear weapons, climate change and disruptive technologies are all growing.

Tracy Mumford (9:26)

Every year since 1947, a group of scientists has updated what it calls the Doomsday Clock. The symbolic timepiece, which critics have called a bit of a stunt, is designed as a way to highlight the potentially apocalyptic risks of man made disasters like nuclear war. They originally set the clock at seven minutes to midnight, midnight being, you know.

Expert/Guest Speaker (9:52)

And this week humanity has not made sufficient progress on the existential risks that endanger us all.

Tracy Mumford (9:59)

They moved it to T minus 85 seconds.

Expert/Guest Speaker (10:03)

It is a hard truth, but this is our reality.

Tracy Mumford (10:07)

That's the closest point ever to humans wiping ourselves out. But the clock doesn't always tick forward. It's actually gone back and forth over the last 70 plus years. So your question, in what decade was it farthest from midnight? Essentially when according to the clock, was the world the safest? The answer, the early 1990s when the Soviet Union was fading and had just signed a major arms control treaty with the US which really tamped down fears of a nuclear showdown. Since then, it's basically just been ticking closer and closer to doom. And the next question. This week, a famous brand known more for casual comfort than for being formal announced that it will soon release a bridal collection. The new products will feature pearls, ivory colored satin, even chiffon blooms. Your question, what brand is it? Don't worry, I've got a hint for you from the company's CEO.

Birkenstock CEO (11:23)

We wanted to make sure that people are walking Naturgewolter skin, which is natural intended walking. So that was a mission. The answer, Birkenstock family was exactly sitting.

Tracy Mumford (11:36)

On the Birkenstocks, the hippie footwear brand said it got an email out of the blue a few years ago from an American wedding dress designer and the bridal burks were born. The prices are decidedly unhippy. The Designs start at $660. Now, I'm not saying that you could make them yourself. I will just say that if you have some plastic flowers and you know your way around a glue gun. Moving on.

Music Nominee or Fan (12:07)

Reincarnated. I'm a stargazing. Life goes on, honey and hug my babies.

Tracy Mumford (12:13)

The Grammy Awards are this Sunday. We're gonna see if you can name some of the big nominees not based off of their songs but based off some little puzzles we have for you. I will give you an example. If I say seamstress. Moving quickly. The artist I'm looking for is Taylor Swift. Got it. Okay, let's give it a shot. First one, Rotten Hare. That is Hare. H A R E Hop Hop. It's Bad Bunny. Next, Teenage Witch Woodworker, Sabrina carpenter. Third one, noble woman. Baby talk. Lady Gaga. Number four, a small place of worship and a major French river. That is Chapel Roan. And last one, domesticated Chevy model. That is Tame Impala. If you want to tell us how many you got, our email is the headlinesytimes.com I'm Cafeteria Platter. Little Ocean British Mother River Crossing. The show will be back on Monday with my colleague. Inheritance document. Glass container. I give up. Will Jarvis have a good weekend?