Leading up to No. 1 on Friday, we’re sharing voter ballots and exclusive video interviews about their favorite shows. Follow along here. https://trib.al/iPTnT0t

TV lovers, we're releasing a list of the 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century. To create the rankings, we polled more than 500 stars, showrunners and other industry experts. Nos. 100-81 are out now.

Internal emails and documents obtained by The New York Times demonstrate President Trump’s political capture of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/us/politics/trump-kennedy-center.html?smid=threads-nytimes

An ICE agent shot and injured a man in Austin, Texas, the latest violent episode amid the Trump administration’s push to increase deportations. Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/us/ice-shooting-austin-texas.html?smid=threads-nytimes

Breaking News: An ICE agent shot and injured a man in Austin, Texas, the latest violent episode amid the Trump administration’s push to increase deportations.

Breaking News: Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would help cement President Trump’s ability to control billions of dollars in scientific grants funded by the National Institutes of Health. The order would create a external committee with the power to veto awards that do not conform to Trump’s agenda, people with knowledge of the effort said.

“A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system,” Nikole Hannah-Jones writes. “Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.”

President Trump is expected to visit Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City on Monday in New York.