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  • aarp-projects-2027-social-security-cola-at-36

    AARP Projects 2027 Social Security COLA at 3.6%

    By Mark MillerSeptember 11, 2026

    If the AARP’s projection holds, the cost-of-living adjustment would be the largest since 2023.

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  • court-strikes-down-trump-order-to-keep-an-aging-coal-burning-plant-running

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

    By Claire Brown and Brad PlumerSeptember 11, 2026

    The 64-year-old Michigan power plant was set to retire. Then the Trump administration intervened in a way that overstepped its authority, a court ruled.

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  • holdout-juror-in-lindsay-clancys-mistrial-highlights-a-divide-in-america

    Holdout Juror in Lindsay Clancy’s Mistrial Highlights a Divide in America

    By Jenna RussellSeptember 11, 2026

    The nation’s reaction to the 11-1 deadlock that resulted in a mistrial for Lindsay Clancy was, like the jury itself, fiercely and unbridgeably divided.

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  • reflecting-pool-contractor-blames-its-own-repairs-not-vandals-for-damage

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

    By David A. Fahrenthold and Maxine JoselowSeptember 11, 2026

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

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  • The Incredible Art of Being Jeff Koons

    By Nick HaramisSeptember 11, 2026

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

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  • trumps-grand-midterm-convention-finale-im-a-little-bit-tired-of-politics

    Trump’s Grand Midterm Convention Finale: ‘I’m a Little Bit Tired of Politics’

    By Katie RogersSeptember 11, 2026

    The president made clear as his convention wrapped up that he wants to carry his party through a tough midterms. He just won’t go too far out of his way to do it.

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  • how-did-a-heart-drug-with-so-much-promise-fall-so-flat

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

    By Gina KolataSeptember 11, 2026

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

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  • houthis-seize-a-key-red-sea-island-threatening-yet-another-global-oil-route

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

    By Adam Rasgon, Shuaib Almosawa and Saeed Al-BatatiSeptember 11, 2026

    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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  • israel-destroys-underground-hezbollah-base-in-southern-lebanon

    Israel Destroys Underground Hezbollah Base in Southern Lebanon

    By Abdi Latif Dahir and Hwaida SaadSeptember 11, 2026

    The complex sat below Ali al-Taher ridge, a strategic hilltop that overlooks the region and that has seen intense fighting.

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  • elevated-inflation-keeps-pressure-on-fed-to-raise-rates

    Elevated Inflation Keeps Pressure on Fed to Raise Rates

    By Colby SmithSeptember 11, 2026

    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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  • How Trump Is Using the Postal Service to Intervene in Elections

    By Reid J. Epstein, Laura Bult, Nikolay Nikolov, Brian Oh, Stephanie Swart, Whitney Shefte, Jon Miller, Jon Hazell and Rafaela BalsterSeptember 11, 2026

    Our politics reporter Reid Epstein explains how the Trump administration is using the Postal Service to intervene in mail-in voting in state elections.

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  • trumps-midterm-convention-tried-to-reach-die-hard-republican-voters-but-lacked-oomph

    Trump’s ‘Midterm Convention’ Tried to Reach Die-Hard Republican Voters, but Lacked Oomph

    By James PoniewozikSeptember 11, 2026

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

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