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Today — 13 December 2025NYT | Top Stories

Venezuela Oil Tanker Seized by U.S. Was Part of Effort to Finance Cuba

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By: Anatoly Kurmanaev， Nicholas Nehamas and Farnaz Fassihi
13 December 2025 at 09:22
Firms with ties to Cuba are getting a larger share of Venezuelan oil exports, as the island’s security agents boost President Nicolás Maduro’s defenses.

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An oil tanker called the Skipper in the southern Caribbean Sea. It was seized by the United States.

For Rubio the Cuba Hawk, the Road to Havana Runs Through Venezuela

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By: Michael Crowley and Edward Wong
13 December 2025 at 07:30
President Trump’s secretary of state and national security adviser has long sought to cripple or topple Cuba’s government, which has close security and economic ties to Venezuela.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s parents immigrated to Florida from Havana three years before Cuba’s communist revolution prevailed in 1959.

House G.O.P. Releases Health Plan That Would Allow Subsidies to End

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By: Michael Gold and Margot Sanger-Katz
13 December 2025 at 09:09
The legislation, expected to come to a vote next week, would make changes that could eventually affect health care costs but are unlikely to immediately curb rising premiums.

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Speaker Mike Johnson speaking to reporters at the Capitol on Thursday.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Valued at $800 Billion, as It Prepares to Go Public

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By: Ryan Mac
13 December 2025 at 08:55
A sale of insider shares at $421 a share would make Mr. Musk’s rocket company the most valuable private company in the world, as it readies for a possible initial public offering next year.

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The SpaceX launchpad in South Texas in June 2024. The company said in a letter to employees on Friday that it could go public in 2026.

Behind the Venezuelan Opposition Leader’s Daring Escape to Oslo

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By: Karoun Demirjian and Simon Romero
13 December 2025 at 08:55
An American firm with experience in special operations spirited María Corina Machado, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, out of the country in a secretive land, sea and air operation.

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María Corina Machado spent the last year hiding from President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela’s regime.

After False Earthquake Alert in Nevada, Lawmakers Demand Answers on How it Was Sent

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By: Amy Graff
13 December 2025 at 09:00
The federal government and earthquake experts blamed a technical glitch for the alert that sent warnings hundreds of miles away last week.

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The outskirts of Reno, Nev. Last week an early warning system set off a false alarm for an earthquake nearby.

National Guardsman Who Was Shot in D.C. Making ‘Extraordinary Progress,’ Doctor Says

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By: Pooja Salhotra
13 December 2025 at 08:41
Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, who suffered a head wound in the shooting near the White House last month, has moved from acute care to rehabilitation.

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A memorial in honor of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe in Washington.

In Trump’s Justice Dept., Failing in Court Might Be Better Than Bucking the Boss

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By: Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer
13 December 2025 at 05:02
Thursday demonstrated an emerging reality for President Trump: Commanding the Justice Department is not the same as controlling the justice system.

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The White House was served a legal rebuke this week when federal grand jurors in Alexandria, Va., rejected the Justice Department’s push to indict Letitia James, the New York attorney general, on mortgage-related charges for the second time in a week.

Risk-Based Screening Works as Well as Yearly Checks After 40 in Finding Breast Cancers

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By: Roni Caryn Rabin
13 December 2025 at 10:06
A study of more than 45,000 women found that screening women according to their level of risk was as effective in detecting tumors as the one-size-fits-most screening currently recommended.

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A breast cancer awareness event in Seville, Spain, in October.

For Republicans, Trump’s Hands-Off Approach to Health Care Is a Problem

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By: Luke Broadwater
13 December 2025 at 07:23
The prospect of soaring health care costs could exacerbate Americans’ feelings about affordability, an issue that President Trump has tried to downplay. But Democrats plan to keep the issue front and center.

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President Trump said Thursday night that he may soon start negotiating with Democrats to lower health care costs.

In Florida’s Panhandle, a Hearing on School Vaccine Mandates Gets Heated

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By: Patricia Mazzei and Brendan Farrington
13 December 2025 at 07:45
The hearing was the first concrete step toward repealing some of the state’s vaccine requirements. Rolling back others would require legislative action.

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Larry Downs Jr., of Pensacola, Fla., speaks against childhood vaccine mandates at a public hearing held by Florida’s Department of Health on Friday in Panama City Beach, Fla.

Amid Fractures on the Right, Tucker Carlson Continues His Attacks

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By: Jesse McKinley
13 December 2025 at 07:00
On Theo Von’s show this week, Mr. Carlson lashed out at a major supporter of the president, the F.B.I. and “unimpressive, dumb, totally noncreative people” leading the nation.

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Tucker Carlson did not mention President Trump by name in his attacks on Theo Von’s podcast, but his broadsides were the latest evidence of a deepening divide in Republican politics.

Canadians Rush to Buy Stockpiles of Boycotted U.S. Liquor

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By: Michael Levenson
13 December 2025 at 05:58
Four Canadian provinces are selling off the American liquor they pulled from shelves in protest over President Trump’s tariffs. Some bourbon drinkers are thrilled.

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American alcohol products were removed from store shelves in much of Canada when U.S. tariffs against the country went into effect in March.

Amid Fractures on the Right, Tucker Carlson Continues His Attacks

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By: Jesse McKinley
13 December 2025 at 06:22
On Theo Von’s show this week, Mr. Carlson lashed out at a major supporter of the president, the F.B.I. and “unimpressive, dumb, totally noncreative people” leading the nation.

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Tucker Carlson did not mention President Trump by name in his attacks on Theo Von’s podcast, but his broadsides were the latest evidence of a deepening divide in Republican politics.

F.D.A. Approves Two New Drugs to Treat Gonorrhea

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By: Andrew Jacobs
13 December 2025 at 06:34
The sexually transmitted disease has become increasingly resistant to existing antibiotics.

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium that causes gonorrhea.

Phil Upchurch, Jazz Guitarist and Sideman to Stars, Dies at 84

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By: Alex Williams
13 December 2025 at 06:03
A self-taught session man extraordinaire, he played with a constellation of stars, including Michael Jackson, Curtis Mayfield, Chaka Khan and Dizzy Gillespie.

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Phil Upchurch in 1983, playing at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague. Although he was known for his versatility across multiple genres, he considered himself a jazz player — albeit one with his own vision.

In a Hamlet Built on Forbidden Love, a Cyclone Buried It All

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By: Mujib Mashal， Pamodi Waravita and Atul Loke
13 December 2025 at 05:00
Three generations of a family built their homes and lives in Sri Lanka’s highland tea country. The biggest storm in decades wiped out their hamlet in a landslide.

Villagers carrying bodies for burial at a cemetery in Kandy in Sri Lanka.

T.S.A. Is Providing Air Passenger Data to Immigration Agents for Deportation Effort

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By: Hamed Aleaziz
13 December 2025 at 05:45
The Transportation Security Administration is providing passenger lists to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to identify and detain travelers subject to deportation orders.

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Travelers at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.

Harvard Replaces Leader of Health Center Said to Have Focused on Palestinians

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By: Mark Arsenault
13 December 2025 at 04:54
The center at the university’s public health school was also a focus of the Trump administration after having been examined in a Harvard antisemitism report earlier this year.

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The François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard’s public health school will have new leadership. An interim was named in the meantime.

Transportation Dept. Threatens to Withhold Funds From N.Y. Over Noncitizen Licenses

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By: Karoun Demirjian
13 December 2025 at 04:15
The Trump administration gave New York 30 days to pause issuing all non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses, among other demands, or risk losing $73 million in highway funds.

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said New York’s commercial driver’s license standards represented “a systematically grossly unacceptable deviation from federal safety regulations.”

‘Did We Do That?’ Gen Z Protesters Help Tip Balance Against Bulgaria’s Leaders

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By: Lara Jakes and Boryana Dzhambazova
13 December 2025 at 03:38
Young Bulgarians turned out in protests that helped unseat their government. Whether that will translate into higher turnout in upcoming elections is up to them.

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Demonstrators in Sofia, Bulgaria, rallying against the government.

Alvin Holsey, Admiral Who Oversaw Boat Strikes Off Venezuela’s Coast, Retires

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By: Eric Schmitt
13 December 2025 at 03:38
The admiral had abruptly announced that he would step down as the head of the U.S. Southern Command. His departure leaves several issues about the strikes unanswered.

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Adm. Alvin Holsey, right, became the latest in a line of at least two dozen military leaders, many of them people of color and women, who have left their jobs this year.

Germany Accuses Russia of Sabotage, Cyberattacks and Disinformation

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By: Christopher F. Schuetze
13 December 2025 at 02:59
The German foreign ministry’s announcement, which Russia denied, was the latest suggestion of growing Russian aggression in Europe.

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People lining up to vote in federal elections in eastern Germany last February. A spokesman for the German foreign affairs ministry said Friday that Russia spread misinformation about major candidates in the general election this year.

The Fine Art of Managing Christie’s

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By: Jordyn Holman
12 December 2025 at 18:01
As more people tune in for the “theater” of high-end auctions, Bonnie Brennan is trying to convert them into clients.

© George Etheredge for The New York Times; Chagall painting © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, via ADAGP, Paris

Bonnie Brennan joined Christie’s in 2012, after a 15-year stint at its rival auction house Sotheby’s, and became its chief executive in February.

For 2 Hours, a Soccer Match Offers Palestinians a Rarity: Joy

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By: David M. Halbfinger， Bilal Shbair and Fatima AbdulKarim
12 December 2025 at 22:11
The national soccer team made it to the knockout stages of the Arab Cup for the first time, uniting fans from Gaza to the West Bank to Cairo to Arab cities in Israel.

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A Trickle of Aid Reaches a Captured, War-Ravaged City in Sudan

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By: Pranav Baskar
13 December 2025 at 01:46
A local group negotiated permission from the paramilitary force controlling El Fasher, offering a rare glimpse into conditions after a massacre.

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A photograph released by Malam Darfur Peace and Development showing residents receiving sacks of millet the group delivered to El Fasher, in Sudan, on Dec. 2.
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