Podlipodcast player Webplayer

The Headlines

The Headlines

Trump’s Approval Rating Hits New Low, and Ebola Outbreak Declared a Global Health Emergency

The Headlines · May 18, 2026 · 9:15

0:009:15

Listen in the Podli app 🎧

Follow your favourite podcasts, listen offline and in the car with CarPlay and Android Auto, and always pick up where you left off. Free to try.

Plus, inside the closed-door talks over Greenland. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

Trump’s Approval Sinks Amid Unpopular War, Darkening G.O.P. Prospects, by Lisa Lerer, Ruth Igielnik and Camille Baker

Trump Tightens Grasp on G.O.P. as Cassidy Loss Shows Cost of Defiance, by Tim Balk

Over 100,000 Family Separations in Deportation Push, Report Estimates, by Miriam Jordan and Jeff Adelson

In Closed-Door Talks, U.S. Demands a Major Role in Greenland, by Jeffrey Gettleman, Maya Tekeli, Anton Troianovski and Eric Schmitt

W.H.O. Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency, by Yan Zhuang, Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Apoorva Mandavilli

App-Driven Birding Attracts Flocks of Enthusiasts to Colombia, by Max Bearak

Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com.

Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com.

Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.


Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Episodes: The Headlines

PodliGet the free Podli app
↓ App