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Fri Sep 18 2026
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Exclusive
Trump officials sending undocumented children to Texas sparks fears of mass deportation
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Economy
US wheat farmers navigate uncertainty amid drought and geopolitical chaos
A man sits below a large Salesforce OpenAI" sign at a technology conference booth
AI
OpenAI ‘ethically hacked’ with help of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot
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US politics live
Early voting begins in midterms as campaign shifts focus to cost of living and Iran war
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Unions
Workers in New York seek to create first AutoZone union as company resists
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Special report

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Alzheimer’s disease
‘Clear retribution’: dismay as key Alzheimer’s study cancelled amid Trump attacks on science
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In focus

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Memphis
After four killings and a revealing autopsy, Memphis is fed up with the national guard takeover
The Stakes 2026
What Trump’s attacks on mail-in voting mean for the midterms
Gaza
‘Run! Get away!’: witnesses recount Israeli ‘double tap’ strike that killed child and medic in Gaza
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Features

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Well actually
‘I pay a lot more for fewer and fewer items’: five US shoppers on their food budgets
Photography
‘He was making history, not copying it’: the greatest Gordon Parks photographs
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Opinion

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quote  Robert Kraft’s attempts to silence Macklemore have backfired spectacularly
Arwa Mahdawi
quote  To protect democracy, Democrats should talk about corruption – not authoritarianism
Jared Abbott and Joan C Williams
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Sports

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NFL
Allen shines again as Bills celebrate new home with slugfest victory over Lions
Soccer live
Tuchel explains Alexander-Arnold and Palmer England recalls, Spain squad revealed and more
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Culture

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Book of the day
No Land to Stand On by Mahmoud Khalil review – a searing account of political imprisonment
Music
‘I toured with a hole in my brain. I don’t regret a thing’: punk duo Lambrini Girls on fighting extreme times with extreme measures
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Lifestyle

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Experience
quote  I survived being buried in an avalanche
Society
Spermageddon, ‘greedy jobs’ and abject fear: why birth rates are plummeting – and why it matters
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