U.S. Shutdown Begins, and Trump Tells Military to Use U.S. Cities as ‘Training Grounds’

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<p>Plus, Italian grandmothers’ secret weapon. </p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/us/politics/government-shutdown-deadlock.html" target="_blank">Shutdown Enters First Full Day With No Hint Either Side Will Give</a> by Catie Edmondson</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/30/us/politics/government-shutdown-furloughs.html" target="_blank">How the Shutdown Is Affecting Federal Services and Workers</a> by Elena Shao and Lazaro Gamio</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/us/politics/trump-hegseth-military-officers.html" target="_blank">Trump and Hegseth Recount Familiar Partisan Complaints to Top Military Leaders</a> by Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt and Shawn McCreesh</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/health/trump-pfizer-trumprx-medications.html" target="_blank">Trump Announces Deal With Pfizer to Sell Drugs to Medicaid at European Prices</a> by Rebecca Robbins and Margot Sanger-Katz</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/business/bls-nominee-withdrawn.html" target="_blank">White House Pulls Pick to Lead Labor Data Agency</a> by Tony Romm, Ben Casselman and Lydia DePillis</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/us/politics/student-speech-palestinians-ruling.html" target="_blank">Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Noncitizens Over Pro-Palestinian Speech</a> by Zach Montague</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/technology/california-ai-safety-law.html" target="_blank">California Governor Signs Sweeping A.I. Law</a> by Cecilia Kang</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/dining/ada-boni-italian-cookbook.html" target="_blank">The Book That Taught Nonna to Cook Is Coming to America</a> by Kim Severson</p><p>Tune in every weekend morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com">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, Spotify and Amazon Music. 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>