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A Failed Top Secret Mission in North Korea, and a Government Shutdown Deadline

A Failed Top Secret Mission in North Korea, and a Government Shutdown Deadline

The Headlines
Sep 5, 2025 15 min
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<p>Plus, your Friday news quiz. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/us/navy-seal-north-korea-trump-2019.html" target="_blank"><strong>How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart</strong></a>, <i>by Dave Philipps and Matthew Cole</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/business/jobs-data-reliability.html"><strong>Is the Jobs Data Still Reliable? Yes, at Least for Now</strong></a>, <i>by Ben Casselman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/politics/congress-stopgap-deal-shutdown.html" target="_blank"><strong>Members of Congress Grasp for a Stopgap Deal to Avert a Shutdown</strong></a>, <i>by Catie Edmondson</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/politics/trump-department-of-war-defense.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump to Sign Order Renaming the Defense Department as the Department of War</strong></a>, <i>by Erica L. Green</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/alligator-alcatraz-florida-appeals.html" target="_blank"><strong>Appeals Court Says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Can Stay Open</strong></a>, <i>by Patricia Mazzei</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/technology/ai-doctor-scams.html" target="_blank"><strong>The Doctors Are Real, but the Sales Pitches Are Frauds</strong></a>, <i>by Steven Lee Myers, Alice Callahan and Teddy Rosenbluth</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/style/giorgio-armani.html" target="_blank"><strong>Giorgio Armani Changed the Way People Dress. Twice</strong></a>, <i>by Vanessa Friedman</i></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>

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