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

Plus, your Friday news quiz.

On Today’s Episode:

How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart, by Dave Philipps and Matthew Cole

Isthe Jobs Data Still Reliable? Yes, at Least for Now, by Ben Casselman

Members of Congress Grasp for a Stopgap Deal to Avert a Shutdown, by Catie Edmondson

Trump to Sign Order Renaming the Defense Department as the Department of War, by Erica L. Green

Appeals Court Says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Can Stay Open, by Patricia Mazzei

The Doctors Are Real, but the Sales Pitches Are Frauds, by Steven Lee Myers, Alice Callahan and Teddy Rosenbluth

Giorgio Armani Changed the Way People Dress. Twice, by Vanessa Friedman

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