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September 11, 2026, 4:38 p.m. Eastern time

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The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix in September

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T.S.A. May Ease Liquid Rules for Passengers With PreCheck

Bottles of water could soon be allowed through security checkpoints at some airports, relaxing a strict policy in place for more than 20 years.

Trump’s Special Envoy Hauled In More Than $250 Million While in Government

A disclosure shows that Steve Witkoff collected nearly $107 million in 2025 from a holding company that includes a crypto business owned by his family and President Trump’s.

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

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.

Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons

In a new report, the A.I. start-up added that it could not determine whether the research was legitimate or nefarious, leading the company to shut down the work.

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