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Today — 21 August 2025NYT | Top Stories

NYC Judge Denies Trump Administration Request to Unseal Jeffrey Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts

21 August 2025 at 02:31
The judge said that the papers contained testimony from a single F.B.I. agent and that far more information about the case was held in Justice Department files.

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The information in the transcripts, the judge wrote, “pales in comparison to the investigation information and materials in the hands of the Department of Justice.”

A 1990 Measles Outbreak Shows How the Disease Can Roar Back

21 August 2025 at 01:50
To understand the virus’s re-emergence in America in 2025, some experts are looking to a past epidemic that had a high death rate in Philadelphia.

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A measles virus particle. The United States has recorded more than 1,300 measles cases this year and three deaths.

Senate Adds Guardrails in an Effort to Force Trump to Obey Spending Bills

21 August 2025 at 02:52
Leaders of the Appropriations Committee are trying to tighten up funding legislation to give the Trump administration less leeway to refuse to spend federal money.

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Senator Patty Murray of Washington joined other Appropriations Committee members in a letter to Russell T. Vought, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, to protest his decision to not spend nearly $3 billion in emergency funds.

Russia Demands Role in Guaranteeing Ukraine’s Postwar Security

21 August 2025 at 01:46
European and Ukrainian officials call the idea ludicrous, showing the large gaps in peace negotiations.

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Russian soldiers in uniforms without identifying insignia in Crimea in 2014. Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine began that year with the seizure of the territory.

More Adams Associates and Supporters Are Said to Face Corruption Charges

Among those expected to surrender in the coming days is a close friend of Mayor Eric Adams whom the mayor installed in a powerful city position.

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Ingrid Lewis-Martin, center, a former chief adviser to Mayor Eric Adams of New York, was first indicted on corruption charges in December 2024.

Judge Halts Texas Law Mandating the Ten Commandments in School

21 August 2025 at 01:46
The state law had said public schools would have to display the Ten Commandments in a “conspicuous” location in every classroom in Texas by Sept. 1.

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A poster of the Ten Commandments in a classroom in Willis, Texas.

Oklahoma Proposes ‘America First Test’ for Teachers From New York and California

21 August 2025 at 01:02
The test is meant to filter out teachers who hold views “antithetical” to Oklahoma values.

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Oklahoma will require teachers coming from New York or California to pass a special test making sure they are not too “woke.”

N.S.A.’s Acting Director Tried to Save Top Scientist From Purge

21 August 2025 at 00:50
Vinh Nguyen, an expert in artificial intelligence and advanced mathematics, was among the current and former officials whose security clearances were revoked by the president.

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Lt. Gen. William J. Hartman, the acting N.S.A. director, asked to see evidence that the agency’s chief data scientist had done anything to merit the revocation of his security clearance.

What Russia Is Doing to Grab Ukrainian Land While It Still Can

As negotiations over the war carry on, President Vladimir V. Putin is pushing hard with tactics that have evolved over three and a half years.

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The scene after a Russian attack near Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on Sunday. Ukrainian forces have largely pushed the Russians back from their recent gains, though the fighting remains intense.

How Ian Fleming and His Spy Scheme Inspired a Broadway Show

19 August 2025 at 17:00
The musical “Operation Mincemeat” tells the story of an absurd feat of deception dreamed up by this spy-turned-novelist. His real acts of espionage were even wilder.

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Ian Fleming in his study in 1958.
Yesterday — 20 August 2025NYT | Top Stories

Trump’s Tariffs Push U.S. Businesses Into ‘Survival Mode’

20 August 2025 at 22:52
A 90-day pause on additional tariffs on China offers no relief to American companies already facing extraordinarily high import taxes imposed by President Trump.

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Holly Eve may have to close Madame Lemy, the California natural deodorant brand she founded nine years ago.

How Tariffs Will Affect This Unique Cheese

Stilton is a special type of blue cheese that can be made in only three English counties. There are just four producers of Stilton left, but this one was crowned best cheese in the world, according to one of the industry’s top awards last year. Eshe Nelson, a business reporter for The New York Times, went to Clawson Farms, the producer of the award-winning Stilton, which is trying to expand its business in the United States, despite the higher costs imposed by the Trump administration’s tariff policy.

More Than 70 Afghans Returning From Iran Die in Fiery Bus Crash

The bus collided with two vehicles. The victims were among the 1.8 million Afghans expelled from Iran as the country vowed to deport undocumented residents en masse.

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Syrian and Israeli Officials Meet for U.S. Brokered Talks

The talks in Paris brokered by the United States were the latest effort to reduce tensions between the two longstanding foes, and came after Israel launched airstrikes on the Syrian capital last month.

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Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani of Syria pictured in Athens on Wednesday a day after a Paris meeting with an Israeli delegation.

Zach Cherry on ‘Severance’ and His First Emmy Nomination

20 August 2025 at 17:02
The actor’s improv background makes him more comfortable in comedy, but his performance in this twisty sci-fi mystery brought his first Emmy nomination.

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Before “Severance,” Zach Cherry gave standout performances on shows like “Succession,” “Crashing” and “You.”

Preparations for a Move on Gaza City Have Started, Israel’s Military Says

20 August 2025 at 19:31
Troops have reached the city’s outskirts, an Israeli official said, adding that more reservists are being asked to report for duty to cover for other soldiers who will be involved in going into Gaza City.

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An Israeli military vehicle on Israel’s side of the border with Gaza on Tuesday.

Trump Calls Netanyahu a ‘War Hero’ and Adds: ‘I Guess I Am, Too’

21 August 2025 at 02:44
President Trump praised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel for bombing Iranian nuclear sites, and credited himself as well.

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President Trump at a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in July.

The Democratic Party Is Hemorrhaging Voters, and a New White-Only Community in Arkansas

Plus, censoring prestige TV.

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Florida has had a significant shift of registered voters in the Republican direction, a remarkable inversion that explains the state’s transformation from a perennial battleground to the new symbol of red America.

The Democratic Party’s Voter Registration Crisis

The party is bleeding support beyond the ballot box, a new analysis shows.

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Florida has had a significant shift of registered voters in the Republican direction, a remarkable inversion that explains the state’s transformation from a perennial battleground to the new symbol of red America.

5 Takeaways From the Times Analysis of Democratic Decline in Voter Registration

20 August 2025 at 17:01
Thirty states, as well as Washington, D.C., allow voters to register with a political party. Here’s what the data shows.

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The Democratic edge for voter registration in swing states like Nevada has been vanishing as the Republican share continues to grow.
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