# Why the Pentagon Is Doing Polygraphs, and Officials Prepare to Release Huge Set of 9/11 Documents

An episode of [The Headlines](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1758855019), 8 Sep 2026, 10 min.

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Plus, could crushable concrete stop the next plane crash? Here’s what we’re covering: • In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members, by Jonathan Swan, Adam Entous, Maggie Haberman and Eric Schmitt • Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones, by Coral Davenport • Trump Floats Renaming New Mexico as ‘New America,’ Prompting Pushback, by Dan Watson • After 9/11, Documents Suggest New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality, by Sally Goldenberg and Nina Agrawal • Miami Plane Crash Starts Debate About Requiring a Buffer for Runways, by Karoun Demirjian • Miami Plane Crash Starts Debate About Requiring a Buffer for Runways, by Karoun Demirjian • Kenyans Did College Students’ Homework for Years. Then A.I. Arrived., by Adam Satariano and Paul Mozur Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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