Biden, former presidents honor heroes, lives lost as nation marks 20th anniversary of 9/11  —  Six moments of silence will mark the times of the 9/11 attacks on Saturday, the 20th anniversary of one of America's darkest days.  —  President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden joined …

Where Does Biden Get the Authority To Mandate Vaccination?  —  President Joe Biden decreed on Thursday that private companies with more than 100 workers would have to make it a condition of employment for them to get vaccinated—either that, or take weekly tests for the virus.

Times Investigation: In U.S. Drone Strike, Evidence Suggests No ISIS Bomb  —  U.S. officials said a Reaper drone followed a car for hours and then fired based on evidence it was carrying explosives.  But in-depth video analysis and interviews at the site cast doubt on that account.

Biden's Sweeping Vaccine Mandates Infuriate Republican Governors  —  Some employers and business groups welcomed the new coronavirus requirements, but many G.O.P. leaders issued outright condemnations.  —  President Biden's orders pushing millions of workers to get vaccinated were aimed …

Texas Man Killed Prominent Lawyer Because She Voted for Joe Biden: Police  —  A police affidavit has revealed the extreme motivations allegedly driving the assault and murder of a prominent El Paso lawyer couple.  —  Joseph Angel Alvarez, 38, was arrrested on Wednesday in connection …

Salesforce offers to relocate employees and their families after Texas abortion law goes into effect  — Salesforce committed to helping employees and their families relocate if they're concerned about the ability to seek reproductive care, after a Texas abortion law went into effect.

20 years, $6 trillion, 900,000 lives  —  The enormous costs and elusive benefits of the war on terror.  —  Graphics by Christina Animashaun  —  On the evening of September 11, 2001, hours after two hijacked airliners had destroyed the World Trade Center towers and a third had hit the Pentagon building …

Federal Research Bolsters the Case for Vaccine Mandates  —  Scientists believe the administration's new measures may tamp down the pandemic, although the effects will not immediately be obvious.  —  Just a day after President Biden issued broad mandates aimed at encouraging American workers …

A secretive Pentagon program that started on Trump's last day in office just ended.  The mystery has not.  —  Control of a remarkable 6 percent of the Internet was handed over to a Florida company as part of a cybersecurity pilot project.  Now the Pentagon has taken all 175 million IP address spaces back.

‘COVID kills moms’: 8 pregnant women dead in Mississippi  —  Eight pregnant women have recently died of COVID-19 in Mississippi, State Health Department officials said during a Wednesday news conference, with all the babies born premature but alive.  —  The eight women who died from the virus …

‘The nation I know’: George W. Bush's powerful address commemorating the 20th anniversary of 9/11  —  Former President George W. Bush spoke Saturday at the Flight 93 National Memorial, where one of many events was being held to commemorate the  —  Bush, who was president at the time of the attacks …

How the politics of 9/11 became American politics  —  In 2018 I encountered, for the first time, a room full of college students with no memory of the September 11, 2001 attacks.  It was a remarkable moment, though perhaps it's also remarkable that it took that long.

Judge Refuses to Let Jacob Chansley Out of Jail Ahead of Sentencing, Calls Him a ‘Mascot’ for QAnon and ‘Hopes’ He's Really Had a Change of Heart  —  The federal judge who has presided over Jacob Chansley's criminal case doesn't appear to be entirely convinced that the so-called “QAnon Shaman” …

U.S. could authorize Pfizer COVID-19 shot for kids age 5-11 in October -sources  —  Top U.S. health officials believe that Pfizer Inc's (PFE.N) COVID-19 vaccine could be authorized for children aged 5-11 years old by the end of October, two sources familiar with the situation said on Friday.

EXCERPT: On 9/11, reporting from Taliban-controlled Kabul  —  The following account from Kathy Gannon, now news director for Afghanistan and Pakistan for The Associated Press, is excerpted from the book “September 11: The 9/11 Story, Aftermath and Legacy,” an in-depth look at AP's coverage of 9/11 and the events that followed.

Newsom's rebound papers over broader trouble for Democrats  —  President Joe Biden's Monday campaign event with California Gov. Gavin Newsom will be a meeting of two Democrats whose fortunes are careening in opposite directions.  —  For Newsom, the past six weeks have been a resurgence after finding his political career on the ropes.

The heroes of 9/11 — and long after  —  “There he is.  My man!  He never takes his eyes off the road.”  —  My brother was pointing out a Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority police officer standing at the mouth of the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel: Red hair, matching beard.  Concentrated expression.

Biden unlikely to formally recognize Taliban government  —  They'd promised to be “inclusive.”  But as the Taliban unveiled their new caretaker government in Afghanistan this week — an all-male roster of hardline clerics, veteran fighters and at least one figure sought by the FBI — they met howls of protest in Washington.

Delta Air Lines' $200 per month experiment for changing unvaccinated employees' minds seems to be working  —  Americans infamously vote with their wallets.  Turns out, they may get vaccinated against Covid with their wallets, too.  —  In the two weeks since Delta Air Lines announced …