Shifts in Power: Republican Appointments and Labor Dynamics

On today’s show: Aboard a U.S. deportation flight of mostly Asian migrants to Costa Rica, half were minors, NBC News reports. Meanwhile, hundreds of people deported from the U.S. are being held in a Panama hotel, according to BBC News.

Ankush Khardori, a senior writer at Politico Magazine, joins this week’s Apple News In Conversation to examine how Trump is testing the boundaries of executive authority.

A Trump Cabinet selection received a rare Republican grilling. The Atlantic has more on the hearing for the president’s labor-secretary nominee.

Plus, Israel said the body of Shiri Bibas was not included in an exchange on Thursday, Gov. Kathy Hochul will not remove Eric Adams as mayor of New York, former Spanish soccer head Luis Rubiales was convicted of sexual assault, and an asteroid thought to have a chance of hitting Earth likely will not.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.