U.S. Withdraws From Iraq After Two Decades, and Trump Tells A.I. Giants to Police Themselves

Plus, the nepo babies take Fat Bear Week.
Here’s what we’re covering:
• After Two Decades, U.S. Forces Leave Iraq to an Uncertain Future (nytimes.com/2026/09/30/world/middleeast/iraq-u…), by Erika Solomon, Falih Hassan and Eric Schmitt
• OpenAI Ignored Employees Who Warned It Wasn’t Doing Enough About Security (nytimes.com/2026/09/29/technology/openai-warni…), by Sheera Frenkel, Dustin Volz and Dylan Freedman
• At White House, Trump Asks A.I. Titans to Police Themselves (nytimes.com/2026/09/29/us/politics/ai-trump-me…), by Katie Rogers and Cecilia Kang
• Supreme Court Allows Rapid Third-Country Deportations, for Now (nytimes.com/2026/09/29/us/politics/supreme-cou…), by Abbie VanSickle
• ICE Plans 5,000 New Hires to Help With Deportation Drive (nytimes.com/2026/09/29/us/ice-hiring-immigrati…), by Alexandra Berzon and Hamed Aleaziz
• Backpack Is the Fattest of the Fat Bears (nytimes.com/2026/09/29/style/fat-bear-week-win…), by Madison Malone Kircher

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