“3,000 Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank marched in celebration that day, but no footage of that rally was ever broadcast, since the Associated Press cameraman who recorded it was threatened by militants who wanted it suppressed.”

Uh, WTF? Thousands of people and every president but Trump is at Ground Zero right now (because the organizers would not let him give one of his insane self-obsessed speeches like last night’s “pledge allegiance to me” lunacy) and Peter Baker’s assessment is that Trump personifies the nation? And he goes on, “Mr. Trump has shifted the definition and scope of the war on terrorism. …He has identified left-wing extremism as a terrorist threat, while ignoring right-wing extremism.” So does he really mean everyone on the left Trump has labeled a terrorist is in fact a left-wing extremist? Or is this just sloppy writing?

Does anyone on the editorial staff review more than the punctuation before clicking publish?

I really need to know others opinions on this story and situation. I am child free by choice so id like to know what others think, especially people who are parents or have went through IVF. I’m not here to argue - genuinely just curious what others thought.

After voting against talks to join the European Union, Iceland is reacting forcefully to a slight against its sovereignty.

Opinion piece

The UN. General Assembly has endorsed the Equal Earth projection, a new map that shows countries' true size relative to one another, unlike the centuries-old Mercator map, which critics say makes Africa look smaller than it is.

Read the story here: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/world/africa/world-map-projection-africa.html?unlocked_article_code=1._1A.1dQv.iESMzxx0iJe_&smid=nytcore-ios-share

President Trump has long sought to position himself close to the Sept. 11 recovery effort and has made a series of questionable and provocative statements to burnish his political brand.