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

Is the 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

Tune in every weekend morning, and tell us what you think at: [email protected].

Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.