Plus, New Orleans’ Super Bowl makeover.

On Today’s Episode:

Trump Administration to Lay Off Nearly All of U.S. Aid Agency’s Staff, by Karoun Demirjian and Aishvarya Kavi

Judge Delays Program Offering Federal Workers Incentives to Quit, by Zach Montague and Madeleine Ngo

Federal Election Commission Chair Says Trump Has Moved to Fire Her, by Chris Cameron

N.C.A.A., Following Trump’s Order, Excludes Transgender Athletes From Women’s Sports, by Juliet Macur

Senate Confirms Russell Vought as Office of Management and Budget Director, by Alan Rappeport

C.D.C. Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Spread Between Cats and People, by Apoorva Mandavilli and Emily Anthes

After Attack, New Orleans Is Rattled but Ready for the “Biggest Show on Earth,” by Rick Rojas

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Plus, the N.F.L.’s first fashion editor.

On Today’s Episode:

Trump Administration Deepens Pressure on Federal Workers to Resign, by Michael C. Bender, Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Christopher Flavelle

Trump Officials Walk Back Plan to Take Over Gaza, by Luke Broadwater and Michael Crowley

Trump Signs Order Barring Transgender Student-Athletes From Women’s Sports, by Zach Montague

Thousands Protest Trump Policies Across the U.S., by Sara Ruberg

Global Temperatures Shattered Records in January, by Raymond Zhong

Did You Know the N.F.L. Has a Fashion Editor?, by Chantel Tattoli

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Plus, how The Sims turned gamers into gods.

On Today’s Episode:

With Gaza Plan, an Unbound Trump Pushes an Improbable Idea, by Peter Baker

Trump Brazenly Defies Laws in Escalating Executive Power Grab, by Charlie Savage

U.S. Postal Service Halts Parcel Service From China as Trump’s Trade Curbs Begin, by Keith Bradsher, Ana Swanson and Jordyn Holman

Small-Business Owners Say Tariffs Will Squeeze Them, and Their Customers, by Danielle Kaye

The Sims Turned Players Into Gods. And Farmers. And Vampires. And Landlords, by Zachary Small

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