Israel Approves Gaza City Takeover, and Trump to Deploy Federal Agents in D.C.

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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/2025/08/07/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-military-offensive.html" target="_blank"><strong>Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Plan to Take Control of Gaza City</strong></a>, <i>by Adam Rasgon, Natan Odenheimer, Ronen Bergman and Isabel Kershner</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/us/politics/trump-washington-dc-federal-police.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Orders Surge of Law Enforcement in Washington, D.C.</strong></a>, <i>by Chris Cameron</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/world/europe/usaid-contraceptives-trump.html" target="_blank"><strong>As Trump Administration Plans to Burn Contraceptives, Europeans Are Alarmed</strong></a>, <i>by Jeanna Smialek and Stephanie Nolen</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/business/fire-retardant-monopoly.html" target="_blank"><strong>How One Company Maintained a Monopoly on U.S. Fire Retardant</strong></a>, <i>by Chris Hamby</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6535476/2025/08/05/savannah-bananas-what-can-mlb-learn/" target="_blank"><strong>What Can MLB Learn From the Savannah Bananas? A Lot, It Turns Out</strong></a>, <i>by Brittany Ghiroli</i></p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </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>