ICE’s Plan to Give Officers Electric Stun Gloves, and a Siege on Palestinian Homes

Plus, health candy?

Here’s what we’re covering:

Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them. (nytimes.com/2026/08/13/us/politics/homeland-se…), by David A. Fahrenthold, Andrea Fuller, Julie Tate, Nicholas Nehamas and Hamed Aleaziz

ICE Plans to Give Officers Gloves That Can Deliver Electric Shocks (nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/politics/ice-gloves-…), by Madeleine Ngo and Shaila Dewan

Settler Siege of Palestinian Homes Highlights Growing West Bank Chaos (nytimes.com/2026/08/12/world/middleeast/west-b…), by David M. Halbfinger, Fatima AbdulKarim and Natan Odenheimer

On These Motorcycles, the Thrill Is Truly Electric (nytimes.com/2026/08/11/climate/electric-motorc…), by Chico Harlan and Zia ur-Rehman

Who Put Candy on a Diet? (nytimes.com/2026/07/30/dining/diet-candy.html), by Ella Quittner

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 nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podca…. 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.