Trump’s ‘Armed Conflict’ Against Cartels, and the Rise of Hyperrealistic A.I. Videos

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<p>Plus, your Friday news quiz. </p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/politics/trump-drug-cartels-war.html" target="_blank">Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told</a> by Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/politics/shutdown-trump-clinton-gingrich.html" target="_blank">Deepfakes, Insults and Job Cuts: A Government Shutdown Like No Other</a> by Erica L. Green</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/health/abortion-pill-generic-fda.html" target="_blank">F.D.A. Approves Generic Abortion Pill as Opponents Push Trump for New Restrictions</a> by Pam Belluck</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/world/europe/terrorist-attack-uk-synagogue-manchester.html" target="_blank">Deadly Attack Outside U.K. Synagogue on Yom Kippur Is Declared Terrorism</a> by Michael D. Shear, Lizzie Dearden, Stephen Castle, Emma Bubola and Thomas Fuller</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/technology/sora-openai-video-disinformation.html" target="_blank">OpenAI’s Sora Makes Disinformation Extremely Easy and Extremely Real</a> by Tiffany Hsu, Stuart A. Thompson and Steven Lee Myers</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/arts/music/taylor-swift-the-life-of-a-showgirl-review.html" target="_blank">On ‘Showgirl,’ Taylor Swift Has a Lust for Love (and Her Foes)</a> by Jon Caramanica</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>