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Washington PostTuesday, 8 September 2026
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New Mexico’s free child care plan has rocky start
First-in-the-nation experiment faces demand, cost issues
Annie Gowen
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Election results shake up Germany
Nationalists’ big win sounds alarm for Europe’s mainstream politicians
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GOP’s no-tax stance tested
SOCIAL SECURITY FUNDS RUNNING DRY Some Republicans say it’s time to raise taxes
Steve Thompson
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Making a massive handover of history
Peter Bergen spent years reporting on al-Qaeda. For the 25th anniversary of 9/11, he is donating more than 150,000 pages of documents to Georgetown University
Scott Nover
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