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September 15, 2025

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WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

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News Analysis

On the Supreme Court’s Emergency Docket, Sharp Partisan Divides

The second Trump administration has filed roughly the same number of applications so far as the Biden administration did over four years. But they have fared quite differently.

By Adam Liptak

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Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, Sept. 13, 2025

Can you sort 8 historical events?

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

A peeling Obamacare bumper sticker on the back of a car.

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How An Obamacare Deadline Is Colliding With Shutdown Negotiations

Republicans are signaling a new openness to extending health subsidies as Democrats suggest they want health care concessions to keep the government open.

By Margot Sanger-Katz and Catie Edmondson

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Marco Hernandez

Tanks Were Just Tanks, Until Drones Made Them Change

They’ve been a mainstay in battle since the early 20th century. But in just three years of war in Ukraine, tanks have evolved.

By Marco Hernandez and Thomas Gibbons-Neff

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