1789174220 Saudi Oil Exports Face Heightened Threats After Attacks on Pipeline https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/business/iran-war-hormuz-red-sea.html Ship operators already faced severe risks in navigating the region, and now the danger is higher as Houthi militias assert control in the Red Sea. html Lisa Friedman, Jenny Gross and Rebecca F. Elliott US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)|Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline|Ships and Shipping|Houthis|Iran|Middle East 1789167116 Saudis Shut Down Crucial Pipeline After Drone Attack From Iraq https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/business/diesel-fuel-prices-oil-iran-war.html The news briefly pushed the price of oil to $110 a barrel over heightened fears of widening clashes in the Middle East. html Gregory Schmidt Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline|US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)|Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates)|Diesel Power 1789165336 Houthis Seize a Key Red Sea Island, Threatening Another Global Oil Route https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/world/middleeast/yemen-houthis-bab-al-mandab.html The militia captured the island in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a choke point for trade. Saudi Arabia also announced it had shut down a critical oil pipeline after a drone attack launched from Iraq. html Adam Rasgon, Shuaib Almosawa, Saeed Al-Batati and Pranav Baskar War and Armed Conflicts|Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline|Defense and Military Forces|US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)|Houthis|Bab al-Mandab Strait|Iran|Red Sea|Saudi Arabia|Yemen 1789162356 New York Marks the 25th Anniversary of 9/11 at Ground Zero https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/nyregion/9-11-anniversary-ceremony-nyc.html At a ceremony in Lower Manhattan, elected officials and loved ones of those killed in the 2001 terror attacks gathered in solemn remembrance. html Michael Wilson Terrorism|Funerals and Memorials|Deaths (Fatalities)|September 11 (2001)|Monuments and Memorials (Structures)|Names, Personal|Mamdani, Zohran|New York City|Financial District (Manhattan, NY)|World Trade Center (Manhattan, NY) 1789160537 Facing Islamophobia, Mamdani Keeps Focus on 9/11 Victims https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/nyregion/mamdani-sept-11.html In recent weeks, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has visited firehouses around New York City as part of an effort to direct the public’s attention toward the victims, and away from himself. html Maya King and Jeffery C. Mays Mamdani, Zohran|September 11 (2001)|New York City|Muslims and Islam|Fires and Firefighters|Mayors|Muslim Americans|Discrimination|Funerals and Memorials 1789148388 Reflecting Pool Contractor Blames Its Own Repairs, Not Vandals, for Damage https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/climate/reflecting-pool-contractor-trump.html 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. html David A. Fahrenthold and Maxine Joselow Reflecting Pool|United States Politics and Government|Government Contracts and Procurement|Lincoln Memorial (Washington, DC)|National Mall (Washington, DC)|Restoration and Renovation|Interior Department|Atlantic Industrial Coatings LLC|Trump, Donald J|Hearn, David (1959- )|Washington (DC) 1789158924 Court Strikes Down Trump Order to Keep an Aging Coal-Burning Plant Running https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/climate/coal-plant-michigan-court.html 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. html Claire Brown and Brad Plumer Decisions and Verdicts|Coal|Regulation and Deregulation of Industry|Greenhouse Gas Emissions|Suits and Litigation (Civil)|United States Politics and Government|Electric Light and Power|Environment|Pollution|Energy Department|Trump, Donald J|Michigan 1789175769 Federal Judge Poised to Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s Library https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/us/politics/trump-library-legal-action.html The judge, in halting the pretrial fact-finding process, said President Trump’s claim of immunity could “dispose of the entire case” involving the library to be built in Miami. html Minho Kim United States Politics and Government|Immunity from Prosecution|Decisions and Verdicts|Federal-State Relations (US)|Federal Courts (US)|Suits and Litigation (Civil)|Building (Construction)|Gifts to Public Officials|DeSantis, Ron|Trump, Donald J|Miami Dade College|Supreme Court (US)|Florida|Constitution (US) 1789162351 America Gathers to Remember, 25 Years After 9/11 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/briefing/remembering-sept-11-bayeux-tapestry.html Also, an Iranian-backed militia seized a key Red Sea island. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday. html Matthew Cullen 1789176333 Trump Heads to Ireland for the Irish Open at His Golf Course https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/us/politics/trump-ireland-irish-open.html President Trump’s trip comes after a two-day Republican rally in Dallas, where he tried to energize voters amid fears that the party could face losses in the midterms. html Luke Broadwater and Zolan Kanno-Youngs United States Politics and Government|Irish-Americans|US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)|Travel and Vacations|Midterm Elections (2026)|Obama, Barack|Trump, Donald J|Biden, Joseph R Jr|Connolly, Catherine (1957- ) 1789175519 Trump Wanted a New House Map in Missouri. Voters Got Chaos Instead. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/us/missouri-congressional-redistricting-chaos.html The legal wrangling over a congressional map redrawn by Republicans has election officials, candidates and voters scrambling before November. html Mitch Smith United States Politics and Government|Redistricting and Reapportionment|Midterm Elections (2026)|Decisions and Verdicts|Supreme Court (US)|Cleaver, Emanuel II|Missouri|Elections, House of Representatives|Referendums 1789162095 Fact-Checking Trump’s Attacks on Democratic Senate Candidates https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/us/politics/trump-democats-senate-races-fact-check.html The president attacked three Democrats running for Senate this week with inaccurate claims to portray them as too extreme. html Linda Qiu United States Politics and Government|Elections, Senate|Midterm Elections (2026)|American Civil Liberties Union|Democratic Party|Republican Party|Cooper, Roy A|El-Sayed, Abdul|Paxton, Ken|Trump, Donald J|Talarico, James|Charlotte (NC)|Egypt|North Carolina|Michigan|Israel-Gaza War (2023- ) 1789117451 Trading Keggers for ‘Wellness Darties’ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/style/wellness-darties-college-gen-z-tiktok.html A new crop of college students is finding balance at daytime parties with yoga, saunas and cold plunges. html Madison Malone Kircher TikTok (ByteDance)|University of Alabama|University of Florida|Colleges and Universities|Parties (Social)|Millennial Generation|Generation Z|Fraternities and Sororities|Medicine and Health 1789163424 A Tale of Two U.S. Opens: $20,000 vs. $100 (Yacht Not Included) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/nyregion/us-open-budget-luxury.html If money is no object, the luxury options are plentiful. But if you take the subway and don’t mind watching the match on a screen, a budget day at the finals is possible. html Hilary Howard, David Waldstein and Hiroko Masuike United States Open (Tennis)|Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates)|Luxury Goods and Services|Fans (Persons)|Ashe, Arthur, Stadium|Billie Jean King National Tennis Center|Blade Inc|Salt Hank's (Manhattan, NY, Restaurant)|Ticketmaster|Hudson Yards (Manhattan, NY)|Queens (NYC) 1789163294 The Incredible Art of Being Jeff Koons https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/t-magazine/jeff-koons-sculpture-art.html For five decades, the artist has made sculptures that are larger-than-life — and also singularly reflective of his own. html Nick Haramis fallmens2026|Art|Museums|Sculpture|Koons, Jeff 1789148934 Holdout Juror in Lindsay Clancy’s Mistrial Highlights a Divide in America https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/us/lindsay-clancy-trial-holdout-juror.html 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. html Jenna Russell Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides|Jury System|Decisions and Verdicts|Mental Health and Disorders|Polls and Public Opinion|Clancy, Lindsay (1990- )|Plymouth (Mass) 1789176964 Lil Durk Is Found Not Guilty in Murder-for-Hire Case https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/arts/music/lil-durk-acquitted-murder-for-hire.html The rapper had been accused of orchestrating a plot to kill a rival in an ambush that resulted in the death of another man. html Emmanuel Morgan Rap and Hip-Hop|Decisions and Verdicts|Racketeering and Racketeers|Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides|Lil Durk (1992- )|Quando Rondo (Rapper) 1789117482 Boy, 15, Drifted for Days on an Overturned Boat Before Rescue https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/us/alaska-bering-sea-rescue-boy.html 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. html Ishani Desai Maritime Accidents and Safety|Rescues|Coastal Areas|Boats and Boating|United States Coast Guard|Alaska|Bering Sea|internal-eafs 1789165042 Donald Trump Is Not Going Anywhere https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/opinion/trump-convention-republicans-dallas.html A dispatch from Dallas 2026. html Michelle Cottle United States Politics and Government|Midterm Elections (2026)|Politics and Government|Elections, House of Representatives|Republican Party|Trump, Donald J 1789159907 This Is Really Bad https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/opinion/ai-safety-threat-technology.html We can no longer pretend that A.I. is safe. html Stephen Witt Artificial Intelligence|Regulation and Deregulation of Industry|Cyberattacks and Hackers|Anthropic AI LLC|Hugging Face Inc|METR (Model Evaluation & Threat Research) (Nonprofit)|NVIDIA Corporation 1789168039 Women Special Operations Veterans Remember Their Battles https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/us/politics/sept-11-women-special-operations-gala.html The only fraternal organization for women special operations veterans held a gala to mark the wars that began 25 years ago. It came as the Pentagon questions women’s roles in the military. html John Ismay United States Defense and Military Forces|Women and Girls|United States Politics and Government|September 11 (2001)|Afghanistan War (2001- )|Veterans|Defense Department|United States Army|United States Army Special Forces (Green Berets)|United States Marine Corps|United States Navy