Why the Pentagon Is Doing Polygraphs, and Officials Prepare to Release Huge Set of 9/11 Documents

Plus, could crushable concrete stop the next plane crash?
Here’s what we’re covering:
• In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members (nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/pentagon-st…), by Jonathan Swan, Adam Entous, Maggie Haberman and Eric Schmitt
• Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones (nytimes.com/2026/09/05/us/politics/stay-at-hom…), by Coral Davenport
• Trump Floats Renaming New Mexico as ‘New America,’ Prompting Pushback (nytimes.com/2026/09/07/us/politics/trump-renam…), by Dan Watson
• After 9/11, Documents Suggest New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality (nytimes.com/2026/09/07/nyregion/sept-11-air-qu…), by Sally Goldenberg and Nina Agrawal
• Miami Plane Crash Starts Debate About Requiring a Buffer for Runways (nytimes.com/2026/09/07/us/miami-crash-emas-buf…), by Karoun Demirjian
• Miami Plane Crash Starts Debate About Requiring a Buffer for Runways (nytimes.com/2026/09/07/us/miami-crash-emas-buf…), by Karoun Demirjian
• Kenyans Did College Students’ Homework for Years. Then A.I. Arrived. (nytimes.com/2026/09/05/technology/kenya-colleg…), by Adam Satariano and Paul Mozur

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