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25 Years After 9/11, a Nation Gathers to Remember and to Mourn the Lives Lost

C.I.A. Releases Intelligence Sent to White House Before Sept. 11

The spy agency released dozens of intelligence documents it had sent to Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, outlining what was known about Al Qaeda.

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Chang W. Lee, Coleman Lowndes and Joey Sendaydiego

Facing Islamophobic Attacks, Mamdani Keeps Focus on 9/11 Victims

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Contractor Blames Its Own Repairs, Not Vandals, for Reflecting Pool Failure

The pool’s new blue liner peeled and tore because of “human oversight” and a flawed plan that involved incompatible chemicals, the contractor said.

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Court Strikes Down Trump Order to Keep an Aging Coal-Burning Plant Running

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Workers stand in the drained Reflecting Pool, with a pickup truck and some hoses. — Salwan Georges for The New York Times

Analysis

Trump Says He’s a ‘Little Bit Tired of Politics’

The president made clear at his midterm convention that he wants to carry his party through the elections. He just won’t go too far out of his way to do it.

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For Influencers, Convention Access Was Easy. Selling the Message Was More Complicated.

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Reid J. Epstein, Laura Bult, Nikolay Nikolov, Brian Oh, Stephanie Swart, Whitney Shefte, Jon Miller, Jon Hazell and Rafaela Balster

The G.O.P. ‘Midterm Convention’ Invites the Faithful to Binge-Watch Trump

The long, odd two-night TV production hoped to reach a select audience of die-hard voters (if football didn’t intercept them), our TV critic writes.

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Houthis Seize a Key Red Sea Island, Threatening Yet Another Global Oil Route

The Iran-backed militia’s ground offensive has reached the Bab al-Mandab, a Red Sea strait that is a choke point for global trade.

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Why the Houthis’ Lightning Advance Threatens Global Shipping

Blast Shakes Southern Lebanon as Israel Destroys Underground Hezbollah Base

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Trading Keggers for ‘Wellness Darties’

A new crop of college students is finding balance at daytime parties with yoga, saunas and cold plunges.

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Dozens of people on yoga mats or in the grass in front of a house with Greek life lettering. Many are holding their elbows out and their hands behind their heads. — Ari Meyerowitz/Peak Pulse

Elevated Inflation Keeps Pressure on Fed to Raise Rates

The odds of a quarter-point rate increase at the Federal Reserve’s meeting next week surged to 90 percent after August’s Consumer Price Index report.

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What Years of Inflation Have Done to American Prices

Nearly every category of product costs more than it would have had prepandemic trends continued. And many product prices are still rising faster than they were before.

The Social Security COLA for 2027 Is Estimated at 3.6%

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How Did a Heart Drug With So Much Promise Fall So Flat?

Cardiologists are struggling to figure out why a drug that should have prevented heart attacks didn’t work at all.

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A computer illustration of a low-density lipoprotein ball with a squiggly protein chain attached to it. — Science Photo Library, via Alamy

The Great Read

The Incredible Art of Being Jeff Koons

For five decades, the artist has made sculptures that are larger-than-life — and also singularly reflective of his own.

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Photograph by Renee Cox. Styled by Zara Mirkin; © Jeff Koons. Photo: Dieter Scherdtle, Kassel; © Jeff Koons. Photo: Schaub/Höffner, Köln © Taschen GMBH