Meet Pope Leo, and Why Bill Gates Is Giving Away His Money Faster

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On Today’s Episode:

• Who Is Pope Leo XIV?, by Elisabetta Povoledo, Jason Horowitz, Emma Bubola, Motoko Rich and Elizabeth Dias

• Trump Officials Seek to Bring First White Afrikaner Refugees to U.S. Next Week, by Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Hamed Aleaziz and John Eligon

• U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal to Build on Close Ties but Leave Some Tariffs in Place, by Ana Swanson and Jonathan Swan

• Leader of FEMA Is Dismissed as Trump Administration Takes Aim at the Agency, by Christopher Flavelle

• Trump Administration Fires Librarian of Congress, by Tim Balk

• The $200 Billion Gamble: Bill Gates’s Plan to Wind Down His Foundation, by David Wallace-Wells

• Netflix Overhauls Its Home Screen for the First Time in 12 Years, by John Koblin

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Special thanks to Robert Chiarito, Patricia Mazzei and David Wallace-Wells.