Officials Reveal a Secret Ruse to Evacuate Trump, and the F.D.A. Takes On a Food Safety Loophole

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<p>Plus, when you accidentally upset “Harry Potter” fans. </p> <p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/politics/trump-plane-ruse.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trump Said to Have Secretly Used Military Jet to Leave Turkey Amid Threats</a>, by Maggie Haberman, Eric Schmitt and Zolan Kanno-Youngs</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/well/fda-gras-food-safety.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">F.D.A. Moves Toward Tighter Restrictions on Food Ingredients</a>, by Alice Callahan and Dani Blum</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/asia/taiwan-internet-china-invasion-drill.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Taiwan Gingerly Tests How It Would Cope if China Choked Its Internet</a>, by Chris Buckley and Amy Chang Chien</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/world/americas/colombia-earthquake-cali-medellin-deaths.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">What We Know About the Earthquake in Colombia</a>, by John Yoon</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/europe/dobby-harry-potter-grave-wales.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Protected Dobby’s Grave From a Power Cable</a>, by Claire Moses</p> <p>Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">theheadlines@nytimes.com</a>.</p> <p><p>Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com">theheadlines@nytimes.com</a>.</p><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>