Remembering 9/11, Republican Midterm Convention Wraps, SCOTUS Missouri Redistricting

September 11, 2026

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Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks, Americans are remembering the dead and wounded in a way that acknowledges how the event continues to reverberate. In New York, a new moment of silence has been added to the annual ceremony—this one for people who died from illnesses related to the toxic air at Ground Zero. The anniversary comes as President Trump closed out a midterm convention designed to rally his base, and as the Supreme Court blocked a Republican-drawn congressional map in Missouri, a move that could affect the fight for control of the House.

A Quarter Century of Loss and a New Moment of Silence

At the 9/11 memorial in Lower Manhattan, the commemoration included a seventh moment of silence, added for the first time this year for those who have died from 9/11-related illnesses over the past 25 years. NPR’s Brian Mann reported from the scene, speaking with people whose lives were permanently altered. He described meeting Paul Keating, whose mother Barbara died when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower. Her remains, Mann reported, were finally identified and found just last year. “We carved the headstone 25 years ago, but you know she wasn’t there. And now she will be,” Keating said. Mann noted that the losses extended far beyond the 2,977 people who died that day. The subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq killed at least 7,000 U.S. service m

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1 Remembering 9/11, Republican Midterm Convention Wraps, SCOTUS Missouri Redistricting
2 (00:02) **9/11 25th Anniversary Commemoration** - NPR reports from lower Manhattan on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, with new elements in this year's remembrance
3 (04:37) **Today's Commemorations and New Moment of Silence** - Details on the schedule of events across the country and a significant addition to this year's remembrance
4 (05:48) **Republican Midterm Convention Wraps** - President Trump closed out the Republican convention with a stark warning to supporters about voting
5 (07:43) **Attendee Sentiment and Trump's Future** - Convention-goers express loyalty to Trump while looking ahead to potential successors
6 (10:05) **Supreme Court Blocks Missouri Redistricting Map** - The U.S. Supreme Court intervenes in Missouri's redistricting battle, blocking the Republican-drawn congressional map
7 (12:12) **The Seat at Stake and What's Next** - Democratic Congressman Emmanuel Cleaver's district in Kansas City is the key battleground in this redistricting fight

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Show Notes

Communities across the country will gather today to mark 25 years since the September 11 attacks, remembering the nearly 3,000 people who died that day and those later killed by illnesses from the toxic air at Ground Zero.
President Trump closed the Republican midterm convention last night by urging supporters to vote as if he were on the ballot, even as large sections of the arena sat empty and he suggested he might not campaign as hard as he did for himself.
The U.S. Supreme Court blocked Missouri’s Trump-backed Republican congressional map, after which the state’s secretary of state was found in contempt but said local officials will now use the old districts, leaving Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver favored to keep his seat.

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(0:00) Introduction
(01:58) Remembering 9/11
(05:44) Republican Midterm Convention Wraps
(10:01) SCOTUS Missouri Redistricting

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