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

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<p>Plus, could crushable concrete stop the next plane crash?</p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/pentagon-staff-polygraph-tests.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members</a>, by Jonathan Swan, Adam Entous, Maggie Haberman and Eric Schmitt</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/us/politics/stay-at-home-parents-subsidies.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones</a>, by Coral Davenport</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/us/politics/trump-rename-new-mexico.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trump Floats Renaming New Mexico as ‘New America,’ Prompting Pushback</a>, by Dan Watson</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/nyregion/sept-11-air-quality-cancer.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">After 9/11, Documents Suggest New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality</a>, by Sally Goldenberg and Nina Agrawal</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/us/miami-crash-emas-buffer-runways.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Miami Plane Crash Starts Debate About Requiring a Buffer for Runways</a>, by Karoun Demirjian</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/us/miami-crash-emas-buffer-runways.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Miami Plane Crash Starts Debate About Requiring a Buffer for Runways</a>, by Karoun Demirjian</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/technology/kenya-college-essays-ai.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kenyans Did College Students’ Homework for Years. Then A.I. Arrived.</a>, by Adam Satariano and Paul Mozur</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 and Spotify. 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>