Trump’s Shutdown Agenda, and a Wave of Mysterious Drones in Scandinavia

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<p>Plus, what Jane Goodall learned among the chimps. </p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/us/politics/white-house-shutdown-punishment.html" target="_blank">White House Uses Shutdown to Maximize Pain and Punish Political Foes</a> by Tony Romm</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/politics/trump-college-funding.html" target="_blank">Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference</a> by Michael C. Bender</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/us/politics/supreme-court-lisa-cook-fed.html" target="_blank">Supreme Court Allows Lisa Cook to Remain at Fed, for Now</a> by Ann E. Marimow and Colby Smith</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/world/middleeast/palestinian-voices-hamas-cease-fire.html" target="_blank">‘Enough Is Enough’: Many Palestinians Say Hamas Must Accept Cease-Fire Plan</a> by Liam Stack</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/world/europe/denmark-drones-prepping.html" target="_blank">A Run on Canned Mackerel and Emergency Radios. The Reason? Drones.</a> by Jeffrey Gettleman, Maya Tekeli, Amelia Nierenberg and Lynsey Chutel</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/obituaries/jane-goodall-dead.html" target="_blank">Jane Goodall, Who Chronicled the Social Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91</a> by Keith Schneider</p><p>Tune in every weekend morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com">theheadlines@nytimes.com</a>.</p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>