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

Plus, what Jane Goodall learned among the chimps. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

White House Uses Shutdown to Maximize Pain and Punish Political Foes (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/us/politics/white-house-shutdown-punishment.html) by Tony Romm

Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/politics/trump-college-funding.html) by Michael C. Bender

Supreme Court Allows Lisa Cook to Remain at Fed, for Now (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/us/politics/supreme-court-lisa-cook-fed.html) by Ann E. Marimow and Colby Smith

‘Enough Is Enough’: Many Palestinians Say Hamas Must Accept Cease-Fire Plan (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/world/middleeast/palestinian-voices-hamas-cease-fire.html) by Liam Stack

A Run on Canned Mackerel and Emergency Radios. The Reason? Drones. (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/world/europe/denmark-drones-prepping.html) by Jeffrey Gettleman, Maya Tekeli, Amelia Nierenberg and Lynsey Chutel

Jane Goodall, Who Chronicled the Social Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/obituaries/jane-goodall-dead.html) by Keith Schneider

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