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Trump Administration Asks Justices to Allow It to Deny Hormones to Trans Inmates

Mon, 09/28/2026 - 19:04
The Bureau of Prisons policy, which has been blocked by lower courts, would give transgender prisoners access to psychotherapy and antidepressants instead of certain gender-transition medical treatments.
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Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It

Mon, 09/28/2026 - 18:43
The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.
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Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees

Mon, 09/28/2026 - 18:39
In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.
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Trump Sharply Scales Back Fuel Economy Rules for New Cars

Mon, 09/28/2026 - 18:29
The move marked the final step in the administration’s efforts to dismantle policies aimed at speeding the shift to electric vehicles.
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Cornell Sexual Assault Investigation to Be Reopened

Mon, 09/28/2026 - 18:07
After outrage over allegations in a lawsuit, the Tompkins County district attorney will revisit the decision not to pursue criminal charges against seven fraternity members.
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Affordability Is a Winning Message for Democrats. But There’s an Even Better One.

Mon, 09/28/2026 - 18:03
If Democrats can embrace what affordability is really about, they might do even more than win elections.
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Who’s Winning the Race for Congress? 2026 Midterm Elections

Mon, 09/28/2026 - 17:58
It’s Sept. 28 — 36 days away from the midterms. Here’s the state of play.
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Release of Suspects in U.K. Prompts New Questions Over Possible Terror Plot at RAF Fairford Base

Mon, 09/28/2026 - 17:53
The British counterterrorism police said the five British nationals arrested near R.A.F. Fairford on Sunday were being released on bail but remained under investigation.
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‘Showgirls’: The Gratuitous, Surreal Bomb That Was Maybe Brilliant

Mon, 09/28/2026 - 17:49
The reception to Paul Verhoeven’s lurid 1995 melodrama starring Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan and Gina Gershon was humiliating, but it’s since become a thought-provoking camp favorite.
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Andrew Bailey, a Deputy Director at the F.B.I., Leaves His Job

Mon, 09/28/2026 - 17:40
Mr. Bailey, who was part of a three-person leadership team atop the bureau, lasted barely a year.
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Their Sons Are Dying on Battlefields in Ukraine. They Still Back Russia’s War.

Mon, 09/28/2026 - 17:11
The Russian region of North Ossetia has suffered a heavy toll, yet many accept the Kremlin’s line that the fighting must continue until victory is secured.
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Russian Drone Strikes Ukraine’s Science Academy, Causing Fire in City Center

Mon, 09/28/2026 - 17:10
A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries.
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Possible Terrorist Plot at RAF Fairford Air Base in U.K.: What We Know

Mon, 09/28/2026 - 17:10
Five British men who were arrested as they neared R.A.F. Fairford, a base used by the United States in the war on Iran, were to be released on bail but remained suspects.
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Min Jin Lee Was Underestimated for Half Her Life. Then She Started to Write.

Mon, 09/28/2026 - 17:06
A torch bearer for the great 19th-century tradition of social realism, she’s become one of the most important novelists of her generation.

In Ohio, a Humbling Question For Senator Jon Husted: Are You the Incumbent?

Mon, 09/28/2026 - 16:31
Even some devoted conservatives know more about Sherrod Brown, the Democratic challenger, than the Republican incumbent, who needs the MAGA base to turn out.
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Could Homeownership Reverse the Decline in Birthrates?

Mon, 09/28/2026 - 15:21
Researchers looked back at the baby-boom era and found that federal mortgage programs played a part in the country’s population upswing after World War II.
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Trump’s Most Durable Lie: Election Rigging

Mon, 09/28/2026 - 15:15
“Rigged.” “Fraud.” “Hoax.” The president is a broken record.
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What We Saw in One Venezuelan Gold Town

Mon, 09/28/2026 - 14:08
With U.S. support, traders arrived and cut deals. That investment has so far failed to improve the bleak conditions in the mining industry.
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After a Life in Isolation, a Tennessee Woman Waits for Her Execution

Mon, 09/28/2026 - 09:01
Christa Pike could be the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years. Her supporters say she has changed in isolation; her victim’s family wants her to die.
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Mamdani’s Shadow Looms Over Hochul’s Bid for Re-election

Mon, 09/28/2026 - 07:00
Gov. Kathy Hochul is counting on Mayor Zohran Mamdani to help her campaign in New York, but how he does so is still being worked out.
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