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Trump Moves to End Gender-Related Care for Minors, Threatening Hospitals That Offer It
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12/18/2025 11:22 AM
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| Proposed new rules would punish the hospitals by pulling all federal financing. Advocates say lawsuits will follow. |
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Once Again, Health Care Proves to Be a Bitter Political Pill for G.O.P.
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12/18/2025 9:55 AM
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| The inability to find a credible counter to the Affordable Care Act has long bedeviled Republicans and cost them at the polls. It’s threatening to do so again next year. |
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Trump Administration Tries to Stop Some Immigrants From Driving Trucks
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12/18/2025 11:03 AM
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| The Transportation Department said the new rules were intended to make roads safer, but there’s no data to suggest that immigrants cause more truck accidents. |
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U.S. Inflation Slowed to 2.7% in November as Shutdown Distorts Data
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12/18/2025 8:20 AM
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| Data collection issues skewed the latest Consumer Price Index report, economists warned, clouding the picture for the Federal Reserve as it also grapples with a cooling labor market. |
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6 Takeaways From Trump’s Address to the Nation
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12/18/2025 5:09 AM
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| In an 18-minute address, President Trump said the economy was booming despite the public’s consistent concerns about prices. Here are six takeaways from the speech. |
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Fact-Checking Trump’s Prime-Time Address on the Economy
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12/17/2025 8:30 PM
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| The president cited misleading statistics to insist, wrongly, that prices were coming down. |
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‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women
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12/18/2025 10:39 AM
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| The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were currency. |
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Rob Reiner Family Tragedy Strikes a Nerve for Families Fighting Addiction
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12/18/2025 6:56 AM
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| Nick Reiner, charged with murdering his parents, Rob and Michele Singer Reiner, spent much of his life battling drug addiction, an affliction that millions of Americans face. |
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After Rob Reiner’s ‘North’ Flopped, He Proved He Could Take Criticism With Humor
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12/18/2025 8:07 AM
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| Roger Ebert said he “hated, hated, hated, hated, hated” Reiner’s 1994 film “North.” The director took it in stride. |
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The Woman in the Coldplay Concert Kiss Cam Video Is Ready to Talk
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12/18/2025 6:41 AM
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| Kristin Cabot was caught on camera with her boss at a concert. The video went viral. Soon she was drowning in the vitriol of strangers. |
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James Cameron Tempers His Temper and Channels His Inner Na’vi
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12/14/2025 5:11 AM
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| Years after his Titanic tantrums, the “Avatar” director has “mellowed,” says Sigourney Weaver. He calls it “marinating.” |
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Confirm or Deny: James Cameron Edition
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12/14/2025 5:15 AM
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| The box office king sits for a lightning-round interview. |
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‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Review: By Land, by Water, by Air!
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12/18/2025 9:52 AM
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| For the franchise’s third movie, James Cameron throws in new creatures, new landscapes, melodramatic plot lines and big battle sequences. It’s a lot. |
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Trump Media to Merge With TAE Technologies, a Nuclear Fusion Firm, in a $6 Billion Deal
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12/18/2025 11:01 AM
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| Trump Media & Technology Group, the social media and crypto company part owned by President Trump, said it would help develop a “utility-scale fusion power plant.” |
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The D.N.C. Is Scrapping Its Report on What Went Wrong in 2024
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12/18/2025 9:34 AM
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| Ken Martin, the Democratic National Committee chairman, ordered the autopsy months ago but is now said to believe that its release would be counterproductive for the party. |
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Pope Leo Appoints Bishop Ronald Hicks to Succeed Timothy Dolan
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12/18/2025 6:21 AM
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| The appointment of Bishop Ronald A. Hicks is expected to bring a markedly different leadership style to New York’s archdiocese. |
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The Putin Confidant Who Pushed Back Against Russia’s War in Ukraine
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12/18/2025 3:41 AM
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| Dmitri N. Kozak had worked with President Vladimir V. Putin for three decades before quitting in September. His associates described his break with the Russian leader. |
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Zelensky Appeals to E.U. Leaders for Frozen Russian Funds to Fight War
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12/18/2025 8:35 AM
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| President Volodymyr Zelensky said in Brussels, where the leaders had gathered, that without the money, his country would have to reduce its drone production significantly. |
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Nigeria Closes Lead Recycling Factories Linked to U.S. Car Industry
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12/18/2025 2:03 AM
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| Carmakers have known for decades that battery recycling was poisoning people abroad. Nigeria’s crackdown is an effort to catalog the damage. |
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Palo Alto Confronts Billionaires Over Their Housing Compounds
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12/18/2025 7:21 AM
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| The Silicon Valley college town has changed drastically as Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page and other tech founders have scooped up multiple properties. |
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Sleep Cots and Graham Crackers at Elon Musk’s Child Care Program
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12/18/2025 2:01 AM
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| Mr. Musk has ambitions to remake education, but his latest effort to open an elementary school in Texas appears to have faltered. |
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N.Y.C. Subway Crime Is Down, Hochul Says, Rebutting Trump Officials
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12/18/2025 10:23 AM
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| Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state would spend another $77 million on police patrols in the subway, acknowledging that felony assaults remain stubbornly high. |
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New York City Set to Raise the Cap on Permits for Street Vendors
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12/18/2025 8:15 AM
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| The legislation, which would make thousands more permits available, is part of a package of City Council bills aimed at helping the city’s vendors get on the right side of the law. |
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They Thought They Had ‘Made It.’ Now They Can’t Afford Food.
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12/18/2025 11:32 AM
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| New Yorkers in the so-called “missing middle,” who may make too much for food benefits, say it’s still hard to find enough money for groceries. |
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Iran’s President Says He Can’t Make ‘Miracles’ to Solve the Country’s Woes
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12/18/2025 11:25 AM
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| Amid sky-high inflation, water and energy cuts and prospects for a deal with the U. S. dimming, President Masoud Pezeshkian has apparently thrown up his hands. |
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The Trump Economy and America’s Bad Mood
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12/18/2025 11:44 AM
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| Trump is giving himself an A-plus-plus-plus, but the rest of America is anxious. |
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Wyoming Cowboys Are Breaking Down Barriers, Literally
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12/11/2025 6:30 AM
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| GPS collars on cattle are letting ranchers remove fences in the West. That’s good for wildlife and for the land. |
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Atlantic City’s Mayor Is Found Not Guilty of Assaulting His Daughter
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12/18/2025 11:38 AM
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| A jury on Thursday acquitted Marty Small Sr. of all four crimes he was charged with, including aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of his teenage daughter. |
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Statesville Airport Plane Crash Leaves Multiple People Dead, Officials Say
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12/18/2025 10:30 AM
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| The plane, a Cessna C550, crashed while landing at Statesville Regional Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said. |
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French Doctor Sentenced to Life for Fatally Poisoning 12 People
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12/18/2025 8:58 AM
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| Frédéric Péchier, an anesthesiologist, was found guilty of poisoning 30 patients, of whom 12 died. |