Vivian Nereim il 20/09/2026

Houthis Push to Expand Territory as Tensions With Saudi Arabia Rise

The Iranian-backed militia was engaged in fierce battles with Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen on Sunday, as it seeks to maintain momentum in the war.Smoke rising from the fuel storage depot at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday. The Houthis said they had l

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Elizabeth Williamson and Julia Jacobs il 20/09/2026

How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center

Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.Debris from fallen ceiling plaster soiled the carpet in the Grand Foyer inside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for n

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Carolyn Y. Johnson, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Tony Romm and Michael C. Bender il 21/09/2026

White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants

Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, speaks during a White House event earlier this year.

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Zolan Kanno-Youngs il 20/09/2026

Trump Says His D.C. Arch Would Be a ‘Military Complex’ Housing Drones and Snipers

The president’s announcement on Sunday echoed his justification for the White House ballroom: that the project was necessary for national security.President Trump holds a model of the arch he has proposed be built in Washington during a fund-raising dinner at the White House last year.

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Nikole Hannah-Jones il 20/09/2026

In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?

A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.Reflecting on her path through New York’s school system, Najya said, “I never really got the education I wanted.”

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Adam B. Kushner il 20/09/2026

Reality Bites

We look at how one mother approached the decision of where her child should go to school.Najya Hannah-Jones

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Gail Collins il 18/09/2026

The Day Before The Times Began

Most newspapers offered scandals and ads. With The New-York Daily Times, Henry Raymond saw room for something else.

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Natan Odenheimer and Gabby Sobelman il 20/09/2026

Israeli Tourist Trap ‘Herod’s Pool’ Is Draining Palestinians’ Land Dry

Israeli lawmakers have promoted visits to an ancient reservoir in the West Bank that was refilled this summer with water diverted from Palestinian-owned farms.Saad Nemer, a Palestinian farmer, in a greenhouse on his farm near the West Bank village of Fasayil in August. His crops have withered this s

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Aaron Boxerman il 20/09/2026

Israeli Shot and Killed in West Bank by Palestinian, Officials Say

The Israeli officials said an arrest had been made. The attack was on the eve of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Violence in the territory has grown recently.An Israeli police officer and a soldier standing guard near the site of a shooting near the West Bank settlement of Neve T

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Christina Morales il 21/09/2026

Republican Who Runs South Dakota Elections Backs Democrat to Succeed Her

Monae Johnson, the secretary of state, is the latest Republican incumbent to speak out against conservative candidates as President Trump loses support before midterm elections.South Dakota’s secretary of state, Monae Johnson, in her office in Pierre, S.D., in 2024.

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Christina Morales and Lauren McGaughy il 21/09/2026

ICE Agent Shoots Man in Austin, Local Authorities Say

The shooting in the Texas capital is the latest by federal immigration agents as the Trump administration intensifies its deportation effort.Texas state troopers at the scene where one person is believed to have been shot during a confrontation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

C Christina Morales and Lauren McGaughy
Ron Lieber and Tara Siegel Bernard il 20/09/2026

A Borrower’s Timeline of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Quagmire

One county lawyer’s repayment saga stretches nearly 20 years, though she’s tried 22 times over the past 20 months to erase her debt.Christine Archer works as a prosecutor in Hendricks County, Ind., putting rapists and child abusers in prison.

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Jim Tankersley il 20/09/2026

Germany’s Merz Vows to Stay After Another State Election ‘Disaster’

Chancellor Friedrich Merz faced growing pressure on Sunday after his center-right party finished behind far-right and far-left parties in state elections in the east.“What needs to be done now requires backbone, steadfastness and patience,” Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany said Sunday.

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Valerie Hopkins and Andrew E. Kramer il 20/09/2026

Hundreds of Drones Target Moscow on Final Day of Russian Elections

Ukraine says it used a newly developed ballistic missile in the attacks, which also targeted other parts of Russia.Sweeping the courtyard of a residential building hit by what the authorities said was a Ukrainian drone strike in Kotelniki, in the Moscow region, on Sunday.

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Valerie Hopkins and Paul Sonne il 20/09/2026

They Have Almost No Chance in Russia’s Elections. Why Are They Running?

The liberal party Yabloko is fielding 98 candidates in this weekend’s elections, a small miracle for antiwar Russians who cannot openly express their views.Grigory Grishin, a Yabloko candidate running for the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of Parliament, in Moscow.

V Valerie Hopkins and Paul Sonne
Ezra Klein, Marie Cascione, Claire Gordon and Rollin Hu il 20/09/2026

There Is Something We Have to Do Right Now About A.I.

Letting A.I. patrol its own frontier is like asking Jesse James to patrol the Wild West.

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Yair Rosenberg il 20/09/2026

American Yom Kippur: How Jews Across the U.S. Observe the Holiest Day of the Year

From 200-mile treks to synagogue to spiritual striving, readers share the rituals that define Judaism’s holiest day for them.Yonah Lempert Luecken, of Homer, Alaska, drives more than 200 miles the day before Yom Kippur to attend services at Congregation Beth Shalom in Anchorage.

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