Reflecting Pool Contractor Blames Its Own Repairs, Not Vandals, for Damage
9/11/2026 10:39 AM Open Story
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.
Court Strikes Down Trump Order to Keep an Aging Coal-Burning Plant Running
9/11/2026 11:35 AM Open Story
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.
Trump’s Grand Midterm Convention Finale: ‘I’m a Little Bit Tired of Politics’
9/11/2026 10:01 AM Open Story
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.
How Trump Is Using the Postal Service to Intervene in Elections
9/11/2026 8:08 AM Open Story
Our politics reporter Reid Epstein explains how the Trump administration is using the Postal Service to intervene in mail-in voting in state elections.
Trump’s ‘Midterm Convention’ Tried to Reach Die-Hard Republican Voters, but Lacked Oomph
9/11/2026 7:25 AM Open Story
The long, odd two-night TV production hoped to reach a select audience of die-hard voters (if football didn’t intercept them).
Influencers Invited to the Republican Midterm Convention Largely Avoided Talking About The Economy
9/11/2026 11:38 AM Open Story
Online media stars eager to promote President Trump and Republicans worked to find a message that would resonate with an audience that is struggling with an affordability crisis.
Houthis Seize a Key Red Sea Island, Threatening Yet Another Global Oil Route
9/11/2026 9:27 AM Open Story
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.
Israel Destroys Underground Hezbollah Base in Southern Lebanon
9/11/2026 11:45 AM Open Story
The complex sat below Ali al-Taher ridge, a strategic hilltop that overlooks the region and that has seen intense fighting.
Trading Keggers for ‘Wellness Darties’
9/11/2026 2:04 AM Open Story
A new crop of college students is finding balance at daytime parties with yoga, saunas and cold plunges.
Elevated Inflation Keeps Pressure on Fed to Raise Rates
9/11/2026 8:47 AM Open Story
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.
AARP Projects 2027 Social Security COLA at 3.6%
9/11/2026 11:28 AM Open Story
If the AARP’s projection holds, the cost-of-living adjustment would be the largest since 2023.
How Did a Heart Drug With So Much Promise Fall So Flat?
9/11/2026 9:31 AM Open Story
Cardiologists are struggling to figure out why a drug that should have prevented heart attacks didn’t work at all.
The Incredible Art of Being Jeff Koons
9/11/2026 10:34 AM Open Story
For five decades, the artist has made sculptures that are larger-than-life — and also singularly reflective of his own.
Holdout Juror in Lindsay Clancy’s Mistrial Highlights a Divide in America
9/11/2026 10:48 AM Open Story
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.
How Minnesota Became the Front Line in the Fight Over Prediction Markets
9/11/2026 7:35 AM Open Story
The state was the first to pass a law banning Kalshi and Polymarket. A lawsuit filed by a federal agency may set a precedent on who gets to regulate them.
What Are Kalshi and Polymarket?
9/11/2026 11:07 AM Open Story
Prediction markets have taken off in popularity, drawing billions of dollars in trades. Some states have tried to ban them.
Are Our Expectations Too High for Democracy? Adam Przeworski Thinks So.
9/11/2026 11:36 AM Open Story
What is democracy, and is it in crisis?
This Is Really Bad
9/11/2026 9:53 AM Open Story
We can no longer pretend that A.I. is safe.
Twenty-Five Years
9/11/2026 5:35 AM Open Story
We look back at Sept. 11, 2001.
Boy, 15, Drifted for Days on an Overturned Boat Before Rescue
9/11/2026 2:04 AM Open Story
The teenager survived in the Bering Sea off Alaska without food or water before a fishing vessel pulled him to safety, the Coast Guard said.