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Trump’s Search for Powell’s Replacement Adds to Cacophony Around Interest Rate Decision
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12/10/2025 7:22 AM
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| The end of Jerome Powell’s term as Fed chair will give President Trump his biggest opportunity yet to reshape the central bank. |
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As the Price of Beef Soars, Restaurants Are in ‘Code Red’ Mode
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12/10/2025 10:32 AM
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| Midpriced steakhouses and fine-dining establishments are trying to figure out how to cover their rising costs without scaring away customers. |
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Venezuela’s Nobel Peace Prize Winner Raises Stakes in Stand off With Maduro
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12/10/2025 12:46 PM
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| The decision by María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition, leader to emerge from hiding and leave the country has electrified her movement but carries political risks. |
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A History of U.S. Military Action in Latin America
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12/9/2025 9:00 AM
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| The United States’ history in the region includes several about-faces, contradictions and missteps. |
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What Could Thwart the Texas G.O.P. From Picking Up 5 House Seats in Midterm Elections
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12/10/2025 12:47 PM
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| Republicans redid their voting map so they could flip five seats to help keep control of the U.S. House. But achieving that goal is far from guaranteed. |
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Republicans Are Fighting With One Another in Deep-Red Indiana. Here’s Why.
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12/10/2025 11:46 AM
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| Some Republicans in the Indiana Senate have resisted a new congressional map despite lobbying from the White House and threats of political consequences. |
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Judi Jupiter, a 76-Year-Old Social Media Star, Is Gen Z at Heart
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12/10/2025 9:30 AM
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| In the 1970s, she photographed Andy Warhol and Debbie Harry on wild nights at Studio 54. Now she’s chronicling a new generation. |
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Ethics Agency Says Bryan Bedford, FAA Chief, Didn’t Divest Republic Airways Holdings
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12/10/2025 11:11 AM
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| The Office of Government Ethics told senators that Bryan Bedford, the F.A.A. administrator, did not divest from the airline he previously ran as he had agreed. |
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Judge Grants Request to Unseal Jeffrey Epstein Grand Jury Records
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12/10/2025 12:10 PM
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| The ruling could lead to the most expansive look yet at the federal investigation of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. |
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Trump’s Interest in Warner Bros. Deal Weighs On Justice Department
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12/10/2025 11:20 AM
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| President Trump’s unusual decision to involve himself in the government’s review of the deal puts pressure on his antitrust chief. |
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Starting With Formaldehyde, Trump Administration Reassesses Chemical Risks
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12/10/2025 1:25 PM
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| A draft memo from the E.P.A. assumes a safe threshold exists for formaldehyde, upending earlier findings that there is no safe level of exposure to the carcinogen. |
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The Conservative Overhaul of the University of Texas Is Underway
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12/10/2025 2:00 AM
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| The school has been brought to heel by conservative critics of higher education. It is part of a broader transformation at the state’s universities. |
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Denied Federal Disaster Aid, a Town in Trump Country Feels Forgotten
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12/10/2025 1:16 PM
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| FEMA rejected requests for federal assistance, twice, after devastating floods in western Maryland, part of a larger pattern of making communities pay for their own disaster recovery. |
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A Surrogacy Firm Told Parents-to-Be Their Money Was Safe. Suddenly, It Vanished.
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12/10/2025 12:16 PM
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| Surro Connections held itself out as a reliable business. Now, clients have lost as much as tens of thousands of dollars meant to compensate women carrying their pregnancies. |
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Louvre Heist Was Caught on Film, Officials Say, Rebutting Earlier Account
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12/10/2025 11:45 AM
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| Investigators said that a security camera recorded thieves preparing to burgle the Louvre. The museum’s director said previously that the camera was facing the wrong way. |
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This Arkansas City Shows How to Slash Emissions and Save Money, Too
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12/9/2025 6:35 PM
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| In the Ozarks, the growing college town of Fayetteville, Ark., is using clean energy to power city facilities and embracing nature-based solutions to climate threats. |
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Yemeni Separatists Set Sights on Houthi-Controlled Capital
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12/10/2025 10:26 AM
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| The Southern Transitional Council has seized control of parts of Yemen over the past week, with ambitions to create a “south Arabian state.” |
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ISIS Detention Camps Pose a Dangerous Problem for Syria’s Leaders
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12/10/2025 11:01 AM
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| The government faces a dilemma over what to do with civil-war-era prisons and detention camps that hold thousands of ISIS fighters and tens of thousands of their family members. |
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16 Best Theater Moments of 2025
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12/10/2025 8:34 AM
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| Lea Michele’s star turn in “Chess.” Kara Young as an 8-year-old. A 12-minute monologue delivered from a cloud. These are our favorite scenes from this year. |
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Sophie Kinsella, ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’ Author, Dies at 55
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12/10/2025 8:29 AM
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| Writing under a pseudonym, Madeleine Wickham cultivated an international following for her series centered on a young woman addicted to shopping. |
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She Was Diagnosed With Brain Cancer, Then Wrote a Rom-Com About It
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10/3/2024 1:09 PM
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| Sophie Kinsella, the author of “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” packs love, laughter and a harrowing real-life health ordeal into a 133-page novella. |
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How to Resist a Government You Oppose
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12/10/2025 1:26 PM
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| Through their reporting, M. Gessen and Michelle Goldberg share how regular citizens stand up to their governments in times of democratic free fall. |
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History Colorado Center Rejects Painting, Citing Campaign Finance Law
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12/10/2025 8:52 AM
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| A Colorado museum cited state law while rejecting an artwork with unflattering depictions of politicians. Free speech groups called the decision censorship. |
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Wenne Alton Davis, Actor in ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,’ Hit by S.U.V. and Killed
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12/10/2025 11:50 AM
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| The actor, 60, was struck by a vehicle in Midtown Manhattan late on Monday, her agent and the police said. |
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Army Gynecologist Charged With Secretly Recording Over 40 Patients
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12/10/2025 12:42 PM
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| Members of Congress expressed concerns that the Army dismissed complaints about the doctor, who was accused of secretly recording patients at Fort Hood in Texas. |
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Rare 15th Century Jewish Prayer Book, Looted by the Nazis, to Be Sold
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12/10/2025 2:03 AM
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| The illuminated manuscript, confiscated from the Rothschild banking dynasty during the Holocaust, is expected to draw at least $5 million. |