Trump’s Major Retreat on Greenland, and Why Texas Hit Pause on New Data Centers

Plus, El Niño is scrambling hurricane season.
Here’s what we’re covering:
• At the U.N., Trump Lays Out a Winner-Takes-All Vision of U.S. Power (nytimes.com/2026/09/22/us/politics/un-trump-sp…), by Zolan Kanno-Youngs and David E. Sanger
• Trump Once Vowed to ‘Own’ Greenland. He Settled for Something Much Less. (nytimes.com/2026/09/22/us/politics/trump-green…), by David E. Sanger, Jeffrey Gettleman and Maya Tekeli
• Trump Officials Eject 750,000 From Obamacare Markets, Claiming Fraud (nytimes.com/2026/09/22/us/politics/aca-obamaca…), by Margot Sanger-Katz, Sarah Kliff and Christopher Rowland
• Texas Halts Data Center Permits, Expanding Environmental Scrutiny (nytimes.com/2026/09/22/climate/texas-halts-dat…), by Scott Dance
• ‘It’s Really Busy Out There’: Storms in the Pacific Threaten Hawaii and Mexico (nytimes.com/2026/09/23/weather/pacific-hurrica…), by Amy Graff

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