Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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Trump Signs Executive Orders Targeting Birthright Citizenship (nytimes.com/2026/08/06/us/politics/trump-birthright-citizenship-tourism.html) , by Maggie Haberman and Ann E. Marimow
C.I.A. Sets Up Secret Cuba Task Force as Trump Pressures Havana (nytimes.com/2026/08/05/us/politics/cia-cuba-task-force.html) , by Adam Entous
Trump Administration to Deregulate Head Start (nytimes.com/2026/08/06/us/politics/rfk-jr-head-start-antipoverty-program.html) , by Coral Davenport
Seized on Their Way to Gaza, Activists Tell of Abuse in Israeli Custody (nytimes.com/2026/08/07/world/middleeast/gaza-flotilla-israel-abuse.html) , by Catherine Porter, Elisabetta Povoledo and Nimet Kirac
Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million in New Mexico Child Safety Case (nytimes.com/2026/08/06/technology/meta-new-mexico-child-safety.html) , by Eli Tan
Can Rock Climbing, Weight Lifting and Free Lattes Keep People Sober? (nytimes.com/2026/07/25/well/sober-clubs.html) , by Simar Bajaj
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Plus, the Friday news quiz.
Here’s what we’re covering:
Trump Signs Executive Orders Targeting Birthright Citizenship (nytimes.com/2026/08/06/us/politics/trump-birthright-citizenship-tourism.html) , by Maggie Haberman and Ann E. Marimow
C.I.A. Sets Up Secret Cuba Task Force as Trump Pressures Havana (nytimes.com/2026/08/05/us/politics/cia-cuba-task-force.html) , by Adam Entous
Trump Administration to Deregulate Head Start (nytimes.com/2026/08/06/us/politics/rfk-jr-head-start-antipoverty-program.html) , by Coral Davenport
Seized on Their Way to Gaza, Activists Tell of Abuse in Israeli Custody (nytimes.com/2026/08/07/world/middleeast/gaza-flotilla-israel-abuse.html) , by Catherine Porter, Elisabetta Povoledo and Nimet Kirac
Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million in New Mexico Child Safety Case (nytimes.com/2026/08/06/technology/meta-new-mexico-child-safety.html) , by Eli Tan
Can Rock Climbing, Weight Lifting and Free Lattes Keep People Sober? (nytimes.com/2026/07/25/well/sober-clubs.html) , by Simar Bajaj
Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com (mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com) .
Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com (mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com) .
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