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11: How attacks on flights defined US air travel – WTOP News

Taking a commercial flight from a U.S. airport generally requires a boarding pass to get anywhere near a gate, security screening controlled by the federal gove

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The America That 9/11 MadeJill Lepore reflects on the far-reaching repercussions of 9/11 and considers two new books, “After Ground Zero: Everyday Americans and the Unhealed Scars of 9/11,” by Mike Kelly, and “The Inheritance: An American Tragedy,” by Janet Reitman.

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Hochul wears hijab at NYC Islamic center ahead of 9/11 anniversary, sparking backlashNew York Gov. Kathy Hochul wore a hijab at the Islamic Cultural Center of New York ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, sparking backlash from conservatives.

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Mike Kelly talks his new 9/11 book, 'After Ground Zero'Mike Kelly has covered the September 11 attacks from day one, including hundreds of columns. His new book 'After Ground Zero' published in August 2026

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Larsen recalls local impacts, aftermath of 9/11 on 25th anniversaryU.S. Rep. Rick Larsen remembers being in Washington, D.C., on the day of the attacks and visiting the U.S.-Canada border in the months after.

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In the 25 years since 9/11, here are 25 ways the country has changedAirport security looks different. Federal agencies have new responsibilities, power and spending habits.

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U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum remembers 9/11, 25 years laterThe congresswoman, who was in Washington that day, is the only member of Minnesota’s 2001 delegation still serving today.

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Twenty-five years of “temporary”: how 9/11 built a surveillance state Americans never voted forThe towers fell in a single morning, but the government that rose from the rubble never stopped growing. A quarter-century after September 11, 2001, the emergency measures that the federal government swore were only temporary have calcified into a permanent architecture — an alphabet soup of agencies, a legal doctrine of pre-emption, and a surveillance…

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9/11 anniversary sees NC, US flags lowered to remember victimsNC Gov. Josh Stein and President Donald Trump have orders flags to be lowered on the anniversary of 9/11.

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