Trump Dangles $5,000 Payments if Republicans Win, and Deportees Are Stranded in Haiti

Plus, the secretive operation to move a 900-year-old masterpiece.
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• ‘Pretend That I Am Running’: 7 Takeaways From the G.O.P. Midterm Convention (nytimes.com/2026/09/10/us/politics/trump-repub…), by Patricia Mazzei and Shane Goldmacher
• Trump Doled Out $45,000 Cash Gifts to Natalie Harp and Other Aides Last Year (nytimes.com/2026/09/09/us/politics/trump-natal…), by Luke Broadwater
• Trump’s Census Overhaul Would Exclude Some Immigrants and Remove Questions on Race (nytimes.com/2026/09/09/us/politics/trump-censu…), by Zolan Kanno-Youngs
• Deported From the U.S., Some Haitians Are Left Broke and Stranded (nytimes.com/2026/09/06/world/americas/haiti-de…), by Frances Robles
• A Nation Gripped by ‘Bayeux Fever’ Finally Gets to See the Tapestry (nytimes.com/2026/09/10/arts/design/bayeux-tape…), by Alex Marshall

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