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How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)
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.
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September 20, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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Both women speak deliberately and dispassionately; both men explode with anger and hurt. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/t...
‘The Ford/Hill Project’ Review: Two Unnerving Testimonies (Gift Article)
A new docudrama uses recordings of Supreme Court nominations to measure how much (or little) has changed from Anita Hill to Christine Blasey Ford.
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September 20, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns (Gift Article)
In a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court’s chief judge last winter, called the administration’s actions “a grave threat to the rule of law.”
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September 18, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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Column | The Kennedy Center is empty and in peril. Its community is in anguish.
The fiasco of this week’s closure reveals the truth of President Trump’s motivations — and what the arts community stands to lose.
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September 18, 2026 at 11:44 AM
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Trump Fights Back After Judge Says Name Must Stay Off Kennedy Center www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/a...
Trump Fights Back After Judge Says Name Must Stay Off Kennedy Center (Gift Article)
President Trump threatened to cancel a $257 million renovation of the performing arts venue if the judge’s ban was not overturned.
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September 15, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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www.wsj.com/business/ene...
Oil Executives Say the Great Fuel Crisis Is Here
Trump officials say the oil-market disruption is temporary, but Chevron’s Mike Wirth and others warn global supplies are running low, with no respite in sight.
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September 15, 2026 at 1:36 AM
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Why Did These Powerful People Kowtow to Donald Trump? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/b...
Book Review: ‘Profiles in Cowardice,’ by Jacob Weisberg (Gift Article)
In “Profiles in Cowardice,” Jacob Weisberg offers a grim twist on John F. Kennedy’s collection of heroic biographies.
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September 14, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants (Gift Article)
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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September 14, 2026 at 3:57 AM
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Officials installed by President Trump insist that adding his name may be the only way to avoid bankruptcy.
Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday, warns of bankruptcy, documents show
Officials said the center is facing “certain fiscal collapse” within weeks, insist that adding President Donald Trump’s name may be the only way to avoid bankruptcy.
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September 14, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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Exclusive | Mark Carney’s Audacious Bid to Make Canada an ‘Associate Member’ of the EU
As trade talks with the U.S. collapse, prime minister pursues a major—and risky—pivot to Europe; an Ottawa book club plays its part.
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September 13, 2026 at 4:07 AM
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www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
Exclusive | Anthropic Researcher Quits Over ‘Out-of-Control’ AI Fears
Concerns are rising inside AI labs that competition is pushing tech companies to race toward self-improving models that risk spiraling out of human control.
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September 9, 2026 at 4:16 AM
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A Doctor Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...
Roger Marshall Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator. (Gift Article)
Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished.
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September 8, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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Should We Be Afraid of Our Food?
America’s food-safety system is being methodically dismantled by the Trump administration.
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September 7, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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Why Did Trump Order Up 660 Million Pounds of Mystery Meat? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/o...
Opinion | Why Did Trump Order Up 660 Million Pounds of Mystery Meat? (Gift Article)
On second thought, I’m not that hungry.
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September 7, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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The Age of American Caesarism
The legal right spent decades empowering the presidency. Now it must reckon with the system it helped create.
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September 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/w...
U.N. Approves African Proposal for a New World Map (Gift Article)
The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true size relative to one another, unlike the centuries-old Mercator map, which critics say makes Africa look smaller than it is.
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September 4, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
Trump to Break Ground on Arch Before Getting Approval (Gift Article)
Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, announced plans to start work on the site of the 250-foot-tall triumphal arch. Final approval of the project is still pending.
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September 4, 2026 at 5:32 AM
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Behind Closed Doors, John Fetterman Shows Little Interest in the Work of a Senator
The first-term senator, poised to be a possible swing vote, churns through staff as he alienates fellow Democrats and defends Israel.
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September 4, 2026 at 4:18 AM
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www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/b...
What the Third Reich Can Teach Us About America Today (Gift Article)
In “53 Days,” the historian Timothy W. Ryback shows how the Nazis used democratic means to destroy German democracy.
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September 3, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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Military Officers Can’t Look Away From This Any Longer www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/o...
Opinion | The U.S. Military Must Learn to Say No to Trump (Gift Article)
How senior leaders of the armed forces dodge accountability.
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September 1, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...
Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms (Gift Article)
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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September 1, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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Prediction Markets Should Be Regulated as Gambling, Appeals Court Says www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/t...
Prediction Markets Should Be Regulated as Gambling, Appeals Court Says (Gift Article)
The outcome contradicted an earlier appeals court decision. Federal regulators said the split rulings called for resolution by the Supreme Court.
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September 1, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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Pete Hegseth has failed in every mission except one: keeping his job. But firing or forcing out everyone else in the Pentagon will not make Pete Hegseth into the secretary of defense America and its men and women in uniform need.

Me on Driscoll's resignation:

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Hegseth’s Pentagon Lurches Off the Rails
The resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is the latest sign of severe dysfunction in the Defense Department.
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September 1, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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Dan Driscoll’s Parting Shot
The Army secretary told Trump about problems in the Army and his friction with Hegseth, then resigned.
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September 1, 2026 at 3:44 AM
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The ‘Odyssey’ Scholar Emily Wilson, a Critic of the Movie, Is Redoing Her Translation www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/b...
The ‘Odyssey’ Scholar Emily Wilson, a Critic of the Movie, Is Redoing Her Translation (Gift Article)
Wilson, who was the first woman to translate the Homeric tale into English, caused a firestorm when she criticized Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film.
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August 29, 2026 at 8:42 PM