Trump’s ‘Armed Conflict’ Against Cartels, and the Rise of Hyperrealistic A.I. Videos

Plus, your Friday news quiz. Here’s what we’re covering: Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told by Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt Deepfakes, Insults and Job Cuts: A Government Shutdown Like No Other by Erica L. Green F.D.A. Approves Generic Abortion Pill as Opponents Push Trump for New Restrictions by Pam Belluck Deadly Attack Outside U.K. Synagogue on Yom Kippur Is Declared Terrorism by Michael D. Shear, Lizzie Dearden, Stephen Castle, Emma Bubola and Thomas Fuller OpenAI’s Sora Makes Disinformation Extremely Easy and Extremely Real by Tiffany Hsu, Stuart A.