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Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
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12/9/2025 7:17 PM
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| Officials initially weighed sending survivors of U.S. attacks on boats suspected of drug smuggling to a notorious prison in El Salvador, to keep them away from American courts. |
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Democrats Say Hegseth Balked at Call for Full Video of Boat Strike
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12/9/2025 7:32 PM
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| Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth briefed congressional leaders on Tuesday about the monthslong military campaign targeting people suspected of being drug traffickers at sea. |
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Legal Groups Sue Justice Dept. for Secret Memo Justifying Boat Strikes
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12/9/2025 6:01 PM
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| “The public deserves to know how the Trump administration has justified the outright murder of civilians as lawful,” the organizations said in their lawsuit. |
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Nobel Peace Prize for Venezuela’s María Corina Machado Draws Criticism
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12/9/2025 4:43 PM
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| María Corina Machado is being honored for her push for democracy even as she backs President Trump’s military buildup and aggressive campaign against Venezuela. |
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Trump Says Americans Are Doing Great, Even as Views on the Economy Sour
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12/9/2025 7:45 PM
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| President Trump’s speech in Pennsylvania was meant to alleviate concerns about affordability. But he kept wandering off script and dwelling on his favorite targets, like immigration. |
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Trump Administration Withdraws Plan to Overhaul Homeless Aid
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12/9/2025 8:29 PM
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| The abrupt decision to revise the plan added new uncertainty and possible delays into the government’s distribution of $3.9 billion in homelessness relief. |
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Stephen Miller’s Stock Sale Raises Questions, Ethics Experts Say
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12/9/2025 3:32 PM
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| Mr. Miller, one of President Trump’s top advisers, sold shares in the mining company MP Materials following a lucrative deal between the company and the government. |
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Taiwan Invokes National Security Law to Protect TSMC Trade Secrets
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12/9/2025 9:00 PM
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| An executive left TSMC for Intel. Taiwan’s government says that could threaten its national security. |
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Chip Company Plotted to Send Technology to China, Ex-C.E.O. Says
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12/9/2025 9:00 PM
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| The former chief executive of Nexperia, a Dutch chipmaker, said Dutch officials had known for years that the company’s Chinese owner sought to move its technology to China. |
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Trump’s Nvidia Chip Deal Reverses Decades of Technology Restrictions
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12/9/2025 5:21 PM
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| President Trump’s decision to allow Nvidia to sell its chips to China has raised questions about whether he is prioritizing short-term economic gain over long-term American security interests. |
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Asserting a Personal Role in Warner Bros. Battle, Trump Seeks to Expand His Powers Again
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12/9/2025 5:26 PM
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| The move comes as the Supreme Court also appears poised to put antitrust enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission under his control. |
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The Battle for Warner Bros. Discovery
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12/9/2025 5:06 PM
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| Nicole Sperling, a Times reporter who covers Hollywood and the streaming revolution, breaks down the competing bids from Netflix and Paramount to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. |
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At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke
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12/9/2025 7:07 PM
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| Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the Biden-era move to the sans serif typeface “wasteful,” casting the return to Times New Roman as part of a push to stamp out diversity efforts. |
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Democrat Eileen Higgins Wins Miami Runoff Election to Become City’s First Female Mayor
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12/9/2025 5:13 PM
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| Eileen Higgins, a former Miami-Dade County commissioner, will also be the city’s first female mayor and the first non-Hispanic mayor since the 1990s. |
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Trump’s Speech on Economy Veers Into an Anti-Immigrant Tirade
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12/9/2025 7:49 PM
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| President Trump vacillated between demonizing immigrants and assuring a crowd of his supporters that life was better than ever under his administration. |
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Canada Plans to Fast-Track Immigration for US H1-B Visa Holders in New Talent Drive
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12/9/2025 1:58 PM
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| The government says it will fast-track immigration for U.S. H-1B visa holders and spend more than $1 billion to attract researchers from the United States and the rest of the world. |
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Why Trump Accounts, as Currently Planned, Risk Leaving Out Many Children
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12/9/2025 4:27 PM
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| Michael and Susan Dell are donating $6.25 billion to American children via the accounts, but the details matter. |
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Mackenzie Scott Announces $7 Billion of Giving This Year
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12/9/2025 2:07 PM
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| The philanthropist known for donating to historically Black colleges and nonprofits working on climate change offered the news by updating an October blog post. |
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Rod Paige, Education Secretary Who Defended ‘No Child Left Behind,’ Dies at 92
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12/9/2025 9:28 PM
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| He was both the first Black person and the first educator to hold the cabinet position, but resigned amid discord over George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind. |
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Seattle’s Plans for a Pride Match at World Cup Infuriates Iran and Egypt
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12/9/2025 7:58 PM
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| The two countries, which criminalize homosexuality and impose severe punishments for it, were picked to play on a day celebrating L.G.B.T.Q. communities. |
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Trump Calls Europe ‘Decaying’ and Suggests ‘Size Will Win’ in Ukraine War
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12/9/2025 4:58 PM
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| President Trump’s comments deepened his rift with mainstream European leaders over defense and Ukraine policy. |
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Ukraine Could Be ‘Ready for Elections,’ Zelensky Says
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12/9/2025 6:13 PM
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| The Ukrainian president told reporters that a vote could be held in 60 to 90 days if the country received security protections from the United States. |
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2025 Best Dishes in America
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12/9/2025 2:31 PM
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| Crispy fish ssam, knife-cut noodles and more of our favorite bites from a year of eating. |
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2025 Best Desserts in America
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12/9/2025 2:15 PM
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| Dulce de leche flan, cherry pie and more of our favorite sweets of the year. |
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What Streaming TV Could Learn from ‘Mad Men’
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12/9/2025 2:02 AM
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| The classic show arrived on HBO Max with an embarrassing remastering error. But the show’s creative mastery remains undeniable. |
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Europe, Too, Is Worth Fighting For
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12/9/2025 2:00 PM
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| Provided Europeans want to fight for it. |
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Student Is Killed in Shooting at Kentucky State University
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12/9/2025 6:12 PM
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| A suspect who is not a student was arrested after the shooting in Frankfort, Ky., the police said. The university said that a second student was critically injured. |
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DéLana R.A. Dameron, Writer of the Black South, Dies at 40
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12/9/2025 9:03 AM
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| An award-winning poet and writer of fiction, she moonlighted as a competitive horsewoman and owned a horse farm outside Columbia, S.C. |
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Bird Flu Is Suspected After Vulture Carcasses Sat Rotting Outside Ohio School
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12/9/2025 4:04 PM
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| The birds lingered for days at a Catholic school near Cincinnati as agencies haggled over who was responsible for removing them. Officials said the public health risk was low. |
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End of Major Corruption Case Embarrasses N.Y. Cannabis Regulators
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12/9/2025 3:10 PM
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| A case against the Long Island-based cannabis company Omnium Health was halted on the eve of trial. A judge on Tuesday held off on dropping the matter. |