United States Marks 25th Anniversary of 9/11 as Trump Links Day to Iran War and New York's First Muslim Mayor Attends Ceremony

Argues the repeated live-television images of the towers collapsing inflicted a global trauma and produced a 'frozen time' in which a single second was stretched into ceaseless repetition.

““Isso abriu uma ferida no olhar. Naquele dia, o olhar se tornou mutilado de guerra. O atentado conseguiu ferir todas as pessoas, tanto que todas as pessoas no mundo inteiro são capazes de se lembrar onde estavam quando tiveram notícia daquele acontecimento”” pt

Recalls seeing people jump from the towers and describes the sound of the 100-storey buildings collapsing as the loudest he has ever heard, lasting an eternity of one minute and forty seconds.

““Eu vi uma série de pessoas se jogando, como se fosse um incêndio. A demora para cair foi muito chocante, isso ficou para sempre. O barulho que se faz quando cai uma ou duas torres de 100 andares é o maior decibel. Pensa no maior barulho que vocês ouviu na sua vida e transforma isso em 1 minuto 40 segundos eternamente”” pt

Honours the victims at the Pentagon and links the anniversary to the current war with Iran, saluting service members working to ensure Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon.

““We will honour their lives, we will cherish their beautiful memories, and we will protect this country and its freedoms for every future generation,””

Calls for 'eternal vigilance' against continued threats and frames the US-Israeli war with Iran as a continuation of 9/11, claiming the US has laid waste to the world's most prolific state sponsor of terrorism and controls the Strait of Hormuz.

““There are still enemies who hate us. Every day, enemies plot to curb our power and kill our citizens, including from Islamic terrorists abroad and at home,””

Attends the New York memorial and, barred from speaking there, posts a video urging New Yorkers to honour the dead by caring for one another and building a city where people run toward one another.

““Twenty-five years later, we have a sacred obligation to those who were stolen from us. To care for one another as they cared for strangers. To live lives worthy of the sacrifices they made. And to build a city worthy of their courage. A city where we run toward one another,””

Honours the victims of what he calls a cruel act of terror, insists nothing can justify the murder of innocent civilians, and calls for a country that is more inclusive, empowering and just.

““Nothing can justify the murder of innocent civilians. Nothing,””

Attacks his Senate opponent Abdul El-Sayed over past remarks about 9/11 and for campaigning with Hasan Piker, claiming El-Sayed thinks America deserved the attacks.

““I never imagined that, 25 years after 9/11, I would be running against somebody who campaigns with Hasan Piker, who thinks America deserved it,””

Shakes hands with Mayor Mamdani at the memorial service despite having previously called on him not to attend.

Says the war on terror had positive early results but that the US later deviated from its original strategy, shifting from diplomacy to military action and moving from crisis to crisis.

Says the war on terror established a model of 'wars that never end,' and that some Arab regimes used counterterrorism rhetoric against the Arab uprisings while Israel used the concept to justify various forms of violence.

In 2024 revoked plea agreements reached with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants that would have included full confessions in exchange for avoiding the death penalty.

Claimed the US is fighting to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and linked that fight to remembering 9/11.

“امروز در راستای عمل به آن عهد، در حال جنگیدن هستیم!” fa

Claimed the US has destroyed one of the most active state sponsors of terrorism, said economic pressure on Iran will intensify daily, and said the US controls the Strait of Hormuz.

“فشار اقتصادی هر روز شدیدتر می‌شود.” fa

Is described as having decided to join Israel in attacking Iran this year, a move the article calls a failure of intelligence imagination that lacked a counter-strategy when Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz.

Says the 2003 Iraq war was based on deeply flawed intelligence and that the lesson has not been learned, describing it as obvious to commanders that they were heading for strategic failure.

“"Have we learnt from it? No, I think we're bad at learning… It was so obvious as a Commander that we were heading for strategic failure"”

Notes that after 9/11 al-Qaeda-linked terrorism was assessed as by far the most pressing UK threat, and argues that state threats from Russia, Iran, their proxies and China are now at least as severe.

“"Non-state terrorism remains a serious concern but state threats… have become increasingly serious and are at least as severe a national security concern as non-state terrorism. These threats come, in different forms, from Russia, Iran, their proxies and from China."”

Says the first 20 years of this century were spent focusing almost entirely on counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency, so the West missed the rise of China as a military power and strategic challenge.

“"We missed the rise of China as a military power and as a strategic challenge"”

Argues the West's mistake was not merely distraction by counter-terrorism but misreading China's rise as bound to converge politically through economic integration, and warns that intelligence sees the pieces without understanding what they add up to.

“"It also misunderstood the nature of China's rise, assuming that economic integration would lead to political convergence."”

Declared the 'War on Terror' nine days after the 11 September attacks.

Says the use of torture made it almost impossible to bring these cases to trial in a way that respects the rule of law and US legislation.

“الواضح أن تقديم الأدلة في هذه القضايا مستحيل دون استخدام أدلة مستمدة من التعذيب” ar

Opposes the plea deals, describing them as a victory for the detainees rather than for the families.

“هذا انتصار لخالد شيخ محمد والاثنين الآخرين، إنه انتصار لهم” ar

Says it is time to find a way to close the case and convict the men, and is disappointed by the government's late intervention.

“الوقت قد حان لإيجاد طريقة لإغلاق هذا الأمر، وإدانة هؤلاء الرجال” ar

Says the main reason the prosecution agreed to the plea deals was to ensure all evidence could be presented to establish a historical record of the accused's involvement.

Said at the Pentagon ceremony that the US will never forget 9/11 and honored service members working to ensure Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon.

“ما هرگز، هرگز فراموش نمی‌کنیم.” fa

Also delivered remarks at the Pentagon remembrance ceremony.

Calls on American leaders to renew the post-9/11 spirit of unity and warns that bad actors are again exploiting the attacks to score political points, incite discrimination and justify forever wars.

“Today, bad actors are once again exploiting the 9/11 attacks to score political points, incite discrimination, and justify forever wars overseas. We cannot let these resurgent voices of division, hate and violence succeed.”

Spoke at a memorial event in Washington marking the 25th anniversary of the attacks.

Gathered at Ground Zero in New York to honour those killed in the attacks.

Gathered at Ground Zero in New York to honour those killed in the attacks.

Gathered at Ground Zero in New York to honour those killed in the attacks.

Gathered at Ground Zero in New York to honour those killed in the attacks.

Announced the release of large batches of 9/11-related government archives and said successive US administrations ignored calls for truth.

“历任美国政府无视寻求答案和真相的声音，反而选择将这些诉求深埋于法律争论和繁琐程序之中。” zh

Says most Americans were caught off guard on 9/11 and asked why they are hated, and that the American consensus on foreign policy and national unity has since dissipated.

“如今美国两党内部在外交议题上都出现严重撕裂” zh

Rejected calls from some Republicans to skip Friday's ceremony, attending as the city's first Muslim mayor.

Says she feels a new sadness knowing her father and her newborn son, named after him, will never know each other, and that future generations must be taught what happened and how the country came together.

“"This year, there's this new sadness in knowing that they won't ever get to know each other,"”

Says the government told his firefighter father it was safe to breathe at Ground Zero, which was obviously untrue, after his father died of a rare cancer linked to toxic carcinogens.

“"The government told him it was safe to breathe, and, obviously, it was not true,"”

Apologised in a 2016 interview for the EPA's assurance that the air at Ground Zero was safe to breathe, saying the agency did its best with the knowledge it had.

Was cited as having warned as early as 2013 about the surveillance and data-manipulation capacities now being expanded by the state and Big Tech.

Is described as buttressing the state's coercive and surveillance capacities while viewing humanity as a plaything to be saved or sacrificed in pursuit of Mars colonisation and more 'intelligent' species.

Is described as buttressing the state's coercive and surveillance capacities while viewing humanity as a plaything to be saved or sacrificed in pursuit of Mars colonisation and more 'intelligent' species.

In an unusual move paid his respects at the Pentagon rather than joining the New York memorial ceremony at Ground Zero.

The city's first Muslim mayor attended the Ground Zero ceremony and won plaudits for recently releasing thousands of documents showing what city officials knew about toxicity levels in Lower Manhattan's air after the attacks.

Co-led a well-organized campaign urging Mayor Mamdani to stay away from the memorial ceremony.

Says memorials and discussions about the attacks are an important part of keeping the memory alive and understanding how to prevent similar tragedies.

““Memorials like this and discussions about those events are an important part of keeping it alive and understanding how we prevent tragedies like this from ever happening again,””

Says it is concerning that the mayor is being treated differently simply because he is Muslim.

““It’s concerning to me that the mayor is being treated differently simply because he is Muslim,””

Says an anti-drone team would be deployed as a precaution, while stressing there was no intelligence of a specific threat.

Says the next generation cannot fathom what transpired or how someone could be impacted, and that they ask more questions as a result.

““I think the next generation just can’t fathom what actually transpired and how someone could be impacted by that, and so I actually find them asking more questions,””

Says there is still hope of rescuing more people alive from the World Trade Center rubble.

Confers with the National Security Council.

Said there was still hope of rescuing more people alive from the World Trade Center ruins.

Consulted with the National Security Council in the hours after the attacks.

References his ongoing war in Iran while speaking at the Pentagon, saying the US will never forget 9/11 and that this is why the country fights today.

“"that's why we fight today."”

Insisted on attending the New York ceremony out of love of city and country and respect for those who died, and released tens of thousands of documents showing leaders had hidden information about the toxicity of the air after the attacks.

Is described as having shattered trust in the nation by insisting on invading Iraq, which was not involved in 9/11, after launching the 'war on terror'.

Expresses admiration for the victims, their families and those who rushed to help others.

“"victims, their families and those who rushed to help others."”

Underscores the strength of democracies, pointing out that the attackers failed to rob democratic nations of their freedom.

Says NATO allies stood together that day, invoking Article 5 for the first and only time in the alliance's history, and that they stand with America today.

“"America's friends and allies in NATO stood with you then and we stand with you today."”

Attributes al-Qaeda's weakened core to successful post-2001 counterterrorism, calls the September 11 attacks a major strategic failure for the group, and describes a strategic shift from spectacular attacks on the 'distant enemy' toward gradual, grassroots entrenchment in weak states.

““From this perspective, the September 11 attacks were a major strategic failure for al-Qaeda,””

Says Africa is now the group's main theatre, frames jihadist violence as an 'economy of violence' sustained by kidnappings, smuggling and looting, and argues for moving away from a Eurocentric perspective.

““We fundamentally need to move away from a Eurocentric perspective,””

Says younger jihadists gravitate toward Islamic State while al-Qaeda takes a longer-term approach, that al-Qaeda's brand is fading and its ability to mobilize young Europeans has declined, and that virtually nothing is currently known about what the group is doing.

““Everyone agrees that there is currently virtually no information about al-Qaeda and we simply don't know what it is doing right now,””

Removed former jihadist preacher Abdullah al-Muhaysini, along with the Nusra Front and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, from its Specially Designated Nationals list, reflecting a shift in US policy on Syria.

In June 2026 claimed responsibility for an attack on the international airport in Niger's capital, Niamey, in competition with Islamic State's Sahel Province for territory, fighters and resources.

Calls the US response 'overly large,' especially in Iraq, and says the Iraq war created the conditions for the Islamic State to grow, calling it the main sin of the counterterrorism campaign.

“د عراق جګړې زمینه برابره کړه چې اسلامي دولت پیاوړی شي” ps

Says the 9/11 attacks amounted to a failure of al-Qaeda's strategy because the group's goals of triggering mass radicalisation and toppling regional governments were not achieved.

Says it is important to stop viewing al-Qaeda through a Europe- and US-centred lens, since extremist groups have more influence outside those regions than Western perspective suggests.

Says many youths drawn to extremism have gravitated more toward the Islamic State than al-Qaeda.

Pursues a security strategy that weakens relations with natural European allies, inflames the Middle East including through war with Iran, weakens the institutions responsible for protecting the US and quarrels with Canada and Mexico, increasing risks for all.

Decided, with Vice President Dick Cheney, to invade Iraq in addition to Afghanistan for political reasons, using false justifications of weapons of mass destruction and links between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda.

Decided, alongside President George W. Bush, to invade Iraq as well as Afghanistan for political reasons.

Led an administration whose post-9/11 decisions — the 'war on terror', the Iraq invasion justified by lies about nonexistent weapons of mass destruction, human rights violations, arbitrary detentions and Guantánamo — made the world less safe and weakened democracies.

Recounts searching for his brother in the aftermath, being detained at gunpoint and treated as a bomb suspect, the six-month wait for a first DNA identification, and a 4.5-year citizenship security check he ended by suing the US federal government; he says he believes the attacks were deliberate and planned and that he is not satisfied with the official investigation.

“En kötü tecrübeyi orada yaşadık zaten. Gözaltına alındık.” tr

Was abducted on a Milan street by CIA operatives, rendered to Egypt where he was held and tortured without charge, and later convicted in absentia by an Italian court for international terrorism association.

Was tried over the abduction but acquitted after state secrecy shielded part of the documentation needed to establish his conduct.

Was tried alongside Pollari over the abduction and acquitted for the same reason, with the state-secret privilege upheld by successive governments.

Reported her husband's disappearance the day after the abduction, prompting an investigation that eventually exposed the CIA rendition operation.

Honored US troops, including those now working to ensure Iran never acquires a nuclear weapon.

“همچنین به نیروهایی که اکنون می‌کوشند اطمینان حاصل کنند بزرگ‌ترین حکومت حامی تروریسم در جهان، جمهوری اسلامی ایران، هرگز به سلاح هسته‌ای دست پیدا نکند، ادای احترام می‌کنیم.” fa

Said the US has destroyed the world's biggest state sponsor of terrorism over the past six months and controls the Strait of Hormuz.

“در شش ماه گذشته، بزرگ‌ترین حکومت حامی تروریسم در جهان را ویران کرده‌ایم.” fa

Rejected Republicans' calls for him not to take part in the 9/11 ceremony; described as the first Muslim mayor of New York.

Says 9/11 reminded Americans of the terrible power of hate, while the 25 years since have shown the even greater power of the American spirit to endure, prevail and win.

“Sept 11 reminded us of the terrible power of hate … The 25 years since have shown us the even greater power of the American spirit to endure and prevail, and to win.”

Says he loves the city and the country, calls the attacks a horrific act of terror, and wants the anniversary to focus on victims' families, first responders and New Yorkers who helped one another.

“horrific act of terror”

Opposed Mamdani's attendance at the anniversary ceremony, though the two shook hands at the site on Friday.

Carried a photograph of her son to the trade center to hear his name read aloud and recalls the final phone call he made to her on the morning of the attacks.

“Mom, I just want to let you know that I love you,”

Says attending the New York commemoration helps show you are not alone and that coming once a year makes the grief feel a little better.

“There's no timeline for grief, and unfortunately, no one can say how you can grieve, but coming here once a year makes it feel just a little bit better,”

Addresses her lost mother, saying she dreamed her daughter's whole life for her yet got only eight months of it.

“You dreamed my whole life for me, and you only got eight months of it,”

Says she carries her father through every milestone of her life.

“I carry you through every milestone.”

Says he takes seriously the task of honouring his father by being the best police officer he can, having joined the NYPD this June wearing his father's badge number.

“It's big footsteps to fill, but it's definitely something that I take very seriously and want to continue to honor him and be the best police officer I can,”

Laid a wreath at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania after hailing the courage of the plane's passengers and crew.

“The actions they took should inspire us all.”

Opposed Mayor Zohran Mamdani's attendance at the ground zero ceremony, citing among other things past remarks by some of Mamdani's political associates about the attacks.

Deplores people who use the tragedy to spread hate against Muslims and others, saying that does no honour to the victims.

“That's wrong, and that does no honor to the victims here,”

Says one appropriate way to remember the attacks is by serving, and his organization arranged for dozens of Times Square billboards to pause their advertising at 9:11 a.m.

“One appropriate way to remember is by serving,”

Says that in the course of history there are a few moments that divide time into what came before and what came after.

“In the course of history, there are a few moments that divide time into, really, what came before” th

Responds that he loves the city and the country and wants the anniversary to focus on victims' families, first responders and New Yorkers who helped one another after the attacks, which he calls a horrific act of terror.

“horrific act of terror” th

Inveighed against Mamdani attending the anniversary ceremony at ground zero.

Says filling his father's footsteps is something he takes very seriously, and he plans to spend the anniversary at the Brooklyn station house where his father reported for work before being called to the World Trade Center.

“It's big footsteps to fill, but it's definitely something that I take very seriously and want to continue to honor him and be the best police officer I can,” th

Criticized Mamdani's planned attendance at the ground zero ceremony, citing among other things past remarks by some of the mayor's political associates about the attacks.

Says one appropriate way to remember is by serving, and his group arranged for dozens of Times Square billboards to pause their advertising at 9:11 a.m. on Friday.

“One appropriate way to remember is by serving,” th

Presented a 170-page report stating that the city authorities at the time concealed the real facts about air pollution after 9/11, which led to numerous deaths.

Decided this year to side with Israel in attacking Iran, a decision the article treats as another failure of intelligence imagination, after which Iran retaliated by closing the Strait of Hormuz as warned.

Says the 2003 Iraq war was entirely based on wrong intelligence and doubts any lessons were learned, recalling that as commanders it was clear they were heading toward strategic failure.

“सन् २००३ को इराक युद्ध पूर्ण रूपमा गलत गुप्तचर सूचनामा आधारित थियो ... के हामीले यसबाट केही सिक्यौं त ? मलाई लाग्दैन कि हामीले सिक्यौं … कमान्डरका रूपमा हामी रणनीतिक असफलतातिर जाँदै छौं भन्ने कुरा प्रस्ट थियो।” ne

Says the terrorist threat from al-Qaeda and individuals or groups linked to it was Britain's single biggest security challenge after 9/11.

“९/११ पछि बेलायतका लागि अलकायदा र त्यससँग सम्बद्ध व्यक्तिहरू वा समूहहरूको आतङ्कवादी धम्की नै सबैभन्दा ठूलो सुरक्षा चुनौती थियो,” ne

Says the West spent the first twenty years of this century entirely on counterterrorism and counterinsurgency and failed to pay attention to China's rise as a military power and strategic challenge.

“हामीले यो शताब्दीको पहिलो २० वर्ष पूर्ण रूपमा काउन्टर-टेररिजम र काउन्टर-इन्सर्जेन्सीमा बितायौं … हामीले सैन्य शक्ति र रणनीतिक चुनौतीका रूपमा चीनको उदयलाई ध्यान दिन सकेनौं।” ne

Says the West's mistake after 9/11 was getting stuck only in counterterrorism and misreading the nature of China's rise, and that the core problem is usually a failure of strategic interpretation rather than of intelligence collection.

“९/११ पछि पश्चिमको गल्ती काउन्टर-टेररिजममा मात्र अल्झिनु थिएन … पश्चिमले चीनको उदयको प्रकृतिलाई पनि गलत रूपमा बुझ्यो।” ne

Declared a 'war on terror' nine days after the 9/11 attacks and later led the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Broke with the Bush-era doctrine under an 'America First' agenda, abandoning democracy promotion and foreign military adventures, while still drawing on the post-9/11 state of exception for security measures the article describes as liberticidal.

Made the 'war on terror' the guiding principle of US foreign and security policy, defined an 'axis of evil' of Iraq, Iran and North Korea, broadened the concept of preventive war, and launched the wars in Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003.

Argues it was not at all obvious that the attacks would become a major strategic shift in global balances, since a non-state actor attacked the United States without bringing it to its knees.

“il n'était pas du tout évident que cet événement devienne un grand basculement stratégique pour les grands équilibres mondiaux : un acteur non étatique a attaqué les États-Unis mais ces derniers n'en sont pas sortis à genoux” fr

Argues the post-9/11 Bush era opened a period of muscular, messianic unilateralism aimed at regime change that weakened the United States at home and abroad, rejects a binary clash-of-civilizations reading in favour of fragmented civilizations, and says the American century ended more with Trump than with 9/11.

“Il ne faut pas voir ce choc des civilisations de manière binaire, les États-Unis qui seraient à la tête de l'Occident contre le reste du monde” fr

Says that with the images of US soldiers holding Abu Ghraib prisoners on leashes, jihadists no longer needed recruiters.

“Avec les images des soldats états-uniens tenant en laisse les prisonniers d'Abou Ghraïb, plus besoin d'agents recruteurs pour les jihadistes” fr

Says Afghanistan and China tell the West the same thing: that the West cannot shape the world in its own image and must share the planet with non-democratic powers that will most likely not become democratic.

“même si Washington préfère ne pas en parler, l'Afghanistan et la Chine nous disent en réalité la même chose : l'Occident ne peut pas modeler le monde à son image.” fr

At the Pentagon ceremony honored the armed forces who fought 'in the name of the war on terror,' called it a war against insane and horrible terrorism, said the attacks forged an enduring 'spirit of 9/11' that made America stronger, and linked the commemoration to preventing Iran from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon.

“«Nous saluons les soldats qui travaillent en ce moment même afin que le principal sponsor du terrorisme, la République islamique d'Iran, n'obtienne jamais d'arme nucléaire»” fr

Said US warriors are fighting an Islamic theocracy that has wished for their death for nearly half a century.

“«Nos guerriers combattent une théocratie islamique qui souhaite notre mort depuis près d'un demi-siècle»” fr

Said the victims' lives were stolen for no reason and that they deserve to be remembered, at a ceremony where 2,753 empty chairs were laid out in Bryant Park.

“«Leur vie leur a été volée sans aucune raison»” fr

Said every year is a very difficult period for those affected, this one all the more so because of the 25-year milestone.

“«Chaque année, c'est une période très difficile pour nous, cette année d'autant plus que nous arrivons au cap des 25 ans»” fr

Noted that roughly 100 million Americans were not yet born in 2001 or were too young to remember, as the museum shifts its focus from the duty of memory toward pedagogy and passing the history to new generations.

Says historical al-Qaeda is finished since al-Zawahiri's death in 2022, but its jihadist model successfully exported itself; judges the result of the war on terror as mixed.

“Je pense qu’on peut affirmer que l’Al-Qaïda historique, c’est fini, et cela, depuis la mort de son numéro deux, Ayman al-Zawahiri, en 2022.” fr

Promised the United States Germany's 'unlimited solidarity' exactly 25 years ago, a pledge that led the Bundeswehr to join the mission in Afghanistan alongside the Americans.

“uneingeschränkte Solidarität” de

Frames the anniversary as a renewal of the country's commitment to fight terrorism and uses his Pentagon remarks to justify the war with Iran and to say US troops will ensure Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon.

“We will never, ever forget … That's why we fight today. We don't have a choice. There can only be victory.”

Links the 9/11 attacks directly to the US war with Iran, casting both as part of a continuing religious and civilizational struggle, crediting Trump with dismantling Iran's military capabilities and calling for a new generation of warriors.

“The struggle against evil continued, and it continues now. It will continue until judgment day. Our only answer here on Earth is eternal vigilance.”

Released more than 170,000 documents on health concerns, air quality and the city's response to the attacks, including records suggesting New Yorkers were misled about the safety of the air after 9/11.

Pledged a $5,000 'Trump dividend' to every US adult if Republicans keep Congress, used his Pentagon 9/11 speech to honor the victims while defending his administration's ongoing war in Iran, and reposted his January 6 video message containing election conspiracies.

““When I say something, I mean it! The $5,000 Dividend will happen because the People of our Country deserve it.””

Linked the war in Iran to 9/11 in his speech at the Pentagon ceremony.

Urged people not to use the tragedy to spread hate, saying that doing so does no honor to the victims and that he has spent 25 years watching people use it to hate Muslims and those who do not look like them.

““I think the one parting thing I want to leave everyone with is that you do my dad’s legacy and the legacy of all these victims no honor by using this tragedy to spread hate.””

Openly questioned how the government would pay for the proposed $5,000 dividend, estimating a cost of well over $1tn.

““Well – I would like to know how they would plan to pay for … back of envelope … well over $1tn,””

Mocked the dividend pledge as a payoff conditional on voting Republican.

““$5,000 for the peasants will be in the mail after the election only if you vote Republican, along with those DOGE and tariff money checks.””

Announced he will move forward with a resolution to hold billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with subpoenas.

““It doesn’t matter how wealthy, powerful, or connected you are, no one gets to pick and choose which lawful congressional subpoenas they will obey.””

Defended Black and accused Comer of retaliating against Black's lawsuit challenging the committee's authority to compel disclosure of non-disclosure agreements.

““These transparently retaliatory actions by Committee Chairman James Comer in response to our legitimate and constitutionally protected litigation are outrageous and continue his pattern of overreach,””

Has fought the congressional oversight panel for weeks and sued the committee and its chairman rather than complying with subpoenas for documents about his relationship with Epstein.

Fired his political director after the aide was found to have used a photo of Nazi SS soldiers as his Facebook profile picture.

Says 9/11 is when things began to go wrong for the United States, which squandered its post-Cold War power and credibility through missteps, setting off a quarter-century of misgovernment that will be paid for for a long time.

““In my judgment, 9/11 set off a quarter-century of misgovernment in the United States and we’ll pay the price for that for a very long time.””

Argues 9/11 was the most successful terrorist attack in history because it prompted US overreach and hastened American decline, that the 'forever wars' helped destroy the rules-based order, and that the war on terror has now come home through ICE counter-insurgency tactics and surveillance of Americans.

““You’d never have Donald Trump as president without 9/11 because he basically stepped into that slipstream of othering people and captured the ugly xenophobia and nationalism that had been unleashed and the anger that people, particularly on the right, felt at being gaslit by the Bush administration for eight years,””

Declassified more than 70 presidential intelligence briefs on al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, including a 1998 brief warning the group might fly an explosive-packed airplane into a US city, and said the release provides unprecedented transparency about its pre-9/11 understanding.

““unprecedented transparency on America’s most sensitive intelligence publication from the years before and the day after one of the darkest moments in our history””

Reserved $74m in advertising for close House and Senate races in battleground states, including Michigan.

Captured the strategic island of Perim in the Bab al-Mandab strait after allied forces withdrew, expanding control over one of the world's vital shipping routes.

Hailed the Houthi advances in Yemen in an official statement, its first extended comment on the renewed fighting.

Mounted air raids on Houthi positions in Mocha on Friday.

Has called Donald Trump abhorrent and an abuser of power ahead of their scheduled meeting in Dublin.

Said he had no concerns about the planned encounter between President Connolly and Donald Trump.

““at all””

Says questioning the mission became a form of patriotism after watching Iraqi society slide into chaos during her 2008 deployment.

“I feel like to be a true patriot is to ask questions.”

Says he feels he let his Marines down after returning home, and wishes more thought had been put into how America fights.

“Not being able to help the guys in a meaningful way after we got home is hard.”

Says he is proud of training soldiers and Afghan troops but accepts that much of the war was beyond his control.

“I believe that I did a lot of good in what I could do as an [noncommissioned officer].”

Honors the lives lost and the service that followed, says today's threats are sophisticated and evolving, and announces the Horizon 25 Strategy to modernize capabilities across all transport modes.

“For 25 years, the men and women of TSA have carried out this mission with vigilance, professionalism and an unwavering commitment to the American people.”

Met to mark 25 years since the 9/11 attacks with a counter-terrorism briefing on militants' use of AI, drones and encrypted platforms, and is set to adopt its first presidential statement on terrorism in five years.