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A new memoir excerpt from Frank Siller recounts how his brother, off-duty FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller, abandoned golf plans on 9/11 and ran roughly 1.7 miles through the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel toward the burning World Trade Center.

With more than 100 million Americans too young to remember Sept. 11, 2001, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in lower Manhattan is expanding classroom programs to teach the 25th anniversary generation what happened that day.

Former Vice President Mike Pence has written a 25th-anniversary tribute to the 2,977 killed on September 11, 2001, and to the servicemembers, police, firefighters and border agents who have defended the country since.

Houston Rep. Al Green called on DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin to restore hormone therapy and medical care for transgender immigrants in ICE detention, citing halted treatment at over a dozen facilities.

Roy Cooper, North Carolina’s Democratic Senate nominee, refused to sign a pledge rejecting socialist positions, saying the party needs a “wide spectrum” of members while it fights to win back power.

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Michigan coach Kyle Whittingham says sophomore quarterback Bryce Underwood’s starting job is not guaranteed, with the Wolverines set to host No. 11 Oklahoma in Ann Arbor this Saturday.

Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, plans to introduce legislation funding Trump’s proposed $5,000 dividend checks through tariff revenue rather than taxpayer dollars, a $1.2 trillion plan that would need reconciliation to pass and has already drawn sharp criticism from Democrats.

Minneapolis police found weapons and ammunition while searching a home shared by Rep. Ilhan Omar’s son and his felon roommate, who now faces a weapons charge; Omar declined to answer reporters’ questions about the raid.

David Morales, a 27-year-old democratic socialist state representative, defeated incumbent Providence Mayor Brett Smiley in Wednesday’s Democratic primary, prompting New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani to hail the result as a sign of where the Democratic Party is headed.