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

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

The Headlines
Sep 23, 2026 9 min
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<p>Plus, El Niño is scrambling hurricane season.&nbsp;</p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/us/politics/un-trump-speech-iran-venezuela-greenland.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">At the U.N., Trump Lays Out a Winner-Takes-All Vision of U.S. Power</a>, by Zolan Kanno-Youngs and David E. Sanger</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/us/politics/trump-greenland-denmark-agreement.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trump Once Vowed to ‘Own’ Greenland. He Settled for Something Much Less.</a>, by David E. Sanger, Jeffrey Gettleman and Maya Tekeli</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/us/politics/aca-obamacare-vance-fraud.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trump Officials Eject 750,000 From Obamacare Markets, Claiming Fraud</a>, by Margot Sanger-Katz, Sarah Kliff and Christopher Rowland</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/climate/texas-halts-data-center-permits.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Texas Halts Data Center Permits, Expanding Environmental Scrutiny</a>, by Scott Dance</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/weather/pacific-hurricanes-hawaii-polo.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">‘It’s Really Busy Out There’: Storms in the Pacific Threaten Hawaii and Mexico</a>, by Amy Graff</li></ul> <p><p>Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com">theheadlines@nytimes.com</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>

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