Americans are observing the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with solemn ceremonies, volunteer activities, and tributes to the victims.

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump attended a service at the Pentagon Thursday morning. Later in the evening, the president planned to travel to the Bronx to watch a baseball game between the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers. This marked Trump’s first public appearance since Wednesday’s fatal shooting in Utah of his supporter Charlie Kirk. At 9:37 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon, killing 184 military personnel and civilians.

In other news, Harvard University has begun receiving notifications that many federal grants previously terminated under the Trump administration will be reinstated after a federal judge ruled the cuts illegal. The decision may signal the return of federal research funding to Harvard after months of a funding deadlock with the White House, though no payments have yet been made. Harvard spokesperson Jason Newton said the university is “monitoring funding receipts closely.” Last week, a federal judge in Boston ordered the government to reverse more than $2.6 billion in cuts, describing them as unconstitutional and saying antisemitism was used as a cover for ideological attacks. The White House has announced plans to appeal the ruling.

Meanwhile, the U.S. labor market shows signs of softening. The Labor Department reported Thursday that applications for unemployment benefits rose by 27,000 last week to 263,000, the highest weekly filings in nearly four years and above the 231,000 applications economists had expected. Weekly claims are considered an indicator of layoffs and have generally remained between 200,000 and 250,000 since the post-pandemic recovery. The four-week average of claims increased by 9,750 to 240,500. The total number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for the week of Aug. 30 remained at 1.94 million.