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Zero Hour for the Middle East
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12/28/2025 3:58 AM
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| After more than a decade of wars, from Syria to Gaza, the Middle East is exhausted by conflict. Is it ready to find another way? |
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Zelensky to Meet With Trump at Mar-a-Lago About Plan to End War With Russia
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12/28/2025 5:13 AM
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| President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine brings a revised 20-point peace proposal, as well as doubts about whether Russia is serious about pursuing peace. |
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Here’s What Is in the 20-Point Peace Plan for Ukraine
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12/28/2025 5:32 AM
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| The blueprint covers a broad range of issues, including territory, security guarantees and postwar reconstruction. But Russia has indicated little willingness to end the war. |
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What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration
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12/28/2025 2:01 AM
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| The Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the foreign-born population are being felt in hospitals and soccer leagues and on Main Streets across the country, with hints of what’s to come. |
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From A.I. to Chips, Big Tech Is Getting What It Wants From Trump
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12/28/2025 2:01 AM
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| The president has backed policies that allow the industry to grow unfettered. The mutually beneficial alliance is causing concern among some conservatives. |
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How Oil, Drugs and Immigration Fueled Trump’s Venezuela Campaign
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12/27/2025 2:41 PM
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| New details of deliberations show how aides with overlapping agendas drove the United States toward a militarized confrontation with Venezuela. |
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Trump Pursues His Legacy One Name at a Time
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12/27/2025 1:11 PM
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| In attaching his name to buildings and programs while still president, Donald Trump is walking a path paved by conquerors and autocrats. |
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Brigitte Bardot, French Movie Icon Who Renounced Stardom, Dies at 91
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12/28/2025 4:32 AM
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| “And God Created Woman” made her a world-famous sex symbol in the 1950s. She later gave up acting to devote her life to animal welfare. |
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From Sex Appeal to the Far Right, Brigitte Bardot Symbolized a Changing France
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12/28/2025 4:09 AM
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| In the decades after becoming a megastar, the French actress became as known for her politics as she once had been for her acting career. |
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New College of Florida Was Progressive. Then Gov. DeSantis Overhauled It.
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12/28/2025 2:00 AM
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| At the state school, gender studies is out. ‘The Odyssey’ is required reading. A Charlie Kirk statue is coming. Has one ideological bubble replaced another? |
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The Double Life of Thomas Goldstein, a Supreme Court Lawyer
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12/28/2025 2:00 AM
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| Thomas Goldstein was a superstar in the legal world. He was also a secret high-stakes gambler, whose wild 10-year run may now land him in prison. |
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Opinionated Lists for an Overwhelming Year
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12/28/2025 12:35 AM
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| As the year drew to a close, we reached out to Opinion columnists and contributors for personal lists. |
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Forget Willpower. If You Want to Resist Temptation, You’ll Need Something Else.
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12/28/2025 3:00 AM
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| Rather than try to resist temptation in the moment, many successful people arrange their lives to minimize the need for willpower in the first place. |
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Make-Ahead Breakfast Ideas
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12/28/2025 5:07 AM
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| The host of our Cooking newsletter offers a few suggestions for New Year’s Day breakfasts that you can prep ahead of time. |
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To See Mamdani Sworn In, Some Out-of-Towners Confront N.Y.C. Prices
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12/28/2025 12:00 AM
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| Zohran Mamdani campaigned for mayor on a platform of taming the high cost of living for New Yorkers. Visitors will get a crash course in the affordability crisis. |
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Families Demand Answers a Year After Deadliest Plane Crash in South Korea
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12/27/2025 9:01 PM
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| Many details of the Jeju Air disaster that killed 179 people remain unclear despite multiple investigations by officials and protests by the victims’ families. |
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In Myanmar’s Election, ‘Voting Out of Fear, Not Hope’
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12/28/2025 5:43 AM
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| The voting for Parliament is almost sure to favor the ruling military junta, which is stage-managing the polls. Still, some see them as the most pragmatic way to try to improve conditions. |
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Ski Slopes Are Empty as a Labor Dispute Shuts Down Telluride, Colo.
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12/27/2025 4:58 PM
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| Now, vacationers looking to ski are wondering what to do and merchants are hoping it doesn’t last. |