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Trump’s Tanker Crackdown Paralyzes Venezuelan Oil Exports
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12/23/2025 3:00 PM
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| Oil exports, the country’s financial lifeblood, have plummeted after the United States took action against three ships that have been used to carry its crude. |
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U.S. Is Adding to Its Military Buildup in the Caribbean
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12/23/2025 4:04 PM
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| Over the past week, C-17 heavy-lift cargo planes, which usually transport troops and equipment, flew to Puerto Rico at least 16 times, according to flight tracking data reviewed by The New York Times. |
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Supreme Court Refuses to Allow Trump to Deploy National Guard in Chicago
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12/23/2025 3:04 PM
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| President Trump ordered state-based troops to Portland, Ore.; Los Angeles; Washington; and Chicago over the objections of state and local officials. |
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19 States Sue to Block White House Plan to End Gender-Related Care for Minors
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12/23/2025 8:34 PM
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| The coalition of states seeks to stop a Trump administration effort to cut off federal funding to hospitals that provide such care. |
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Student Loan Borrowers in Default Could See Wages Garnished in Early 2026
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12/23/2025 1:21 PM
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| Starting the week of Jan. 7, the Education Department will begin sending notices about paycheck deductions to about 1,000 of five million borrowers in default. |
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National Guard Troops to Arrive in New Orleans
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12/23/2025 5:55 PM
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| The troops will join an existing wave of Border Patrol agents, months after Gov. Jeff Landry first suggested that the National Guard could help tamp down on crime in Louisiana. |
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Federal Prosecutor Was Surprised by Trump’s Flights on Epstein’s Jet
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12/23/2025 2:19 PM
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| A 2020 email noted that Donald Trump was listed as a passenger on Jeffrey Epstein’s jet at least eight times from 1993 to 1996. |
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Redacted Material in Some Epstein Files Is Easily Recovered
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12/23/2025 6:35 PM
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| The ease of recovering information that was not properly redacted digitally suggests that at least some of the documents released by the Justice Department were hastily censored. |
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Zelensky Opens Way to Demilitarized Zone in Eastern Ukraine to Reach Peace
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12/24/2025 12:29 AM
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| The offer was the closest Mr. Zelensky has come to addressing the thorny territorial disputes in Donetsk that have repeatedly derailed peace talks. |
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Kate Winslet’s Unhappy Family Christmas
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12/23/2025 1:56 AM
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| The British actress’s directorial debut, “Goodbye June,” is based on a script written by her son and follows a fractured family reuniting in the hospital over the holidays. |
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Pulled ’60 Minutes’ Report, Briefly Streamed in Canada, Is All Over the Internet Now
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12/23/2025 2:54 PM
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| At the last minute, CBS News held a segment about Venezuelan men who were deported by the Trump administration to a prison in El Salvador. It surfaced online anyway. |
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Stephen Miller Cites Children of Immigrants as a Problem
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12/23/2025 2:05 PM
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| As it seeks to end birthright citizenship, the Trump administration is arguing that immigrants bring problems that extend for generations. The data shows otherwise. |
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Palm Beach Rallies Behind a Restaurant Manager Held at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
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12/23/2025 6:56 PM
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| After nearly two weeks in detention, José Gonzalez, the popular host of an upscale restaurant, returns home. |
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How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
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12/23/2025 4:27 PM
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| The group’s biggest claims were largely incorrect, a New York Times analysis found. And its many smaller cuts added up to few savings. |
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The Confederacy Goes on Trial, Along With Schools Named Jackson and Lee
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12/23/2025 2:43 PM
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| In an unusual trial, the N.A.A.C.P. has sought to show a school board’s “racist intent” by proving that the names of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson can’t be separated from white supremacy. |
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Oklahoma Instructor Mel Curth Who Failed Student Samantha Fulnecky’s Gender Essay Is Fired
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12/23/2025 12:57 PM
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| The instructor, a graduate student at the University of Oklahoma, gave a zero to a student who wrote an essay arguing in favor of traditional gender definitions based on biblical teachings. |
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Pennsylvania Nursing Home Explosion Kills 2
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12/23/2025 9:44 PM
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| A resident and an employee were killed after two explosions at the Bristol Health and Rehab Center resulted in a large fire and partial collapse of the building, officials said. |
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Suspect in Brown University Shooting Worked in Portugal After Leaving University
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12/23/2025 4:14 PM
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| One friend said Claudio Neves Valente appeared to live a detached life, upset that “he couldn’t be the genius he thought he should be.” |
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Do Parents Have Favorite Children? Of Course They Do.
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12/23/2025 2:00 AM
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| And research shows the less favored children suffer for it. |
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Thailand, Attacking Cambodia, Says Its Target Is the Scam Industry
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12/23/2025 9:03 PM
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| Thai warplanes have bombed compounds where people are forced to defraud others online. Rights activists say trafficking victims’ lives are at risk. |
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Youth Hostels, Blood Banks, Yoga: How One Far-Right Network Spread Across the World
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12/23/2025 4:00 PM
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| Far-right mobilization is not an inevitable consequence of the precariousness of our times. |
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The Real-Life Marty Supreme Taught Me How to Hustle
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12/23/2025 4:27 PM
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| When I first moved to New York City, Marty Reisman befriended me. |
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China Is Shifting Its Nuclear Forces to Swifter Footing, Pentagon Says
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12/24/2025 12:26 AM
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| The country’s production of nuclear warheads has slowed, but its missiles may be poised to strike back fast in case of an attack, an annual assessment found. |
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Australian State Passes ‘Extraordinary’ Gun and Protest Laws After Bondi Attack
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12/24/2025 12:19 AM
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| While the new restrictions on firearms have broad support, new police powers to crack down on some protests were criticized as limits on civil liberties. |
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Robert Nakamura, ‘Godfather’ of Asian American Film, Dies at 88
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12/23/2025 3:33 PM
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| In his work, he often returned to Manzanar, the camp in which he and his family, along with thousands of other people of Japanese descent, were interned during World War II. |
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A Democrat, a Republican and a Supermarket Baron Go to ‘Marty Supreme’
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12/23/2025 5:52 PM
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| A “Marty Supreme” showing took a political turn when John Catsimatidis, who has a small role in the movie, invited both Gov. Kathy Hochul and her Republican rival, Bruce Blakeman. |