A Failed Secret Mission in North Korea, and a Government Shutdown Deadline, Your Friday News Quiz

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For more on this episode: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/podcasts/the-headlines/department-of-war-government-shutdown.html

What we’re covering:
How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/us/navy-seal-north-korea-trump-2019.html) , by Dave Philipps and Matthew Cole

Is the Jobs Data Still Reliable? Yes, at Least for Now (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/business/jobs-data-reliability.html) , by Ben Casselman

Members of Congress Grasp for a Stopgap Deal to Avert a Shutdown (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/politics/congress-stopgap-deal-shutdown.html) , by Catie Edmondson

Trump to Sign Order Renaming the Defense Department as the Department of War (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/politics/trump-department-of-war-defense.html) , by Erica L. Green

Appeals Court Says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Can Stay Open (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/alligator-alcatraz-florida-appeals.html) , by Patricia Mazzei

The Doctors Are Real, but the Sales Pitches Are Frauds (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/technology/ai-doctor-scams.html) , by Steven Lee Myers, Alice Callahan and Teddy Rosenbluth

Giorgio Armani Changed the Way People Dress. Twice (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/style/giorgio-armani.html) , by Vanessa Friedman

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