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Today — 23 August 2025NYT | Top Stories

With Close Associates Under Fire, Mayor Adams Remains Defiant

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By: Jeffery C. Mays
23 August 2025 at 06:46
Mayor Eric Adams defended his administration and his re-election bid on Friday amid corruption charges against some of his closest allies.

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“I’m never going to quit on the City of New York,” Mayor Eric Adams said Friday at a news conference.

New York Is a Big City. Its Graft Has Become Small-Town Stuff.

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By: Michael Wilson
23 August 2025 at 05:08
The city’s corruption once had ambition to match its soaring skyscrapers. Indictments this week described cut-rate schemes with far lower returns — and there was that cash in a potato-chip bag.

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City Hall, prosecutors say, has been run like a business. Of a sort.

Education Department Backs Away From Program for Hispanic-Serving Colleges

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By: Anemona Hartocollis
23 August 2025 at 06:14
The federal program supports universities with high numbers of Latino students. Trump officials said they wouldn’t defend it against a lawsuit, which could effectively end the program.

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Federal officials said on Friday that they would not contest a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Hispanic-serving institution program, which supports colleges where at least 25 percent of the undergraduates are Hispanic.

Trump Begins Buildup of U.S. Naval Forces Outside Venezuela, but Many Remain Skeptical

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By: Julie Turkewitz
23 August 2025 at 06:45
President Nicolás Maduro said Venezuela would not back down while facing a U.S. naval buildup. But many in the country doubt a confrontation will come at all.

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President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela during a parade in Caracas earlier this year. Mr. Maduro said on Monday that he was deploying 4.5 million militiamen around the country.

The White House Wants Indiana to Redistrict. Republicans There Are Split.

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By: Julie Bosman， Mitch Smith and Nick Corasaniti
23 August 2025 at 05:36
As President Trump asks Republican-led states to redraw congressional maps, some Indiana conservatives are pushing back. “They should leave it alone,” one legislator said.

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Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith of Indiana at a town-hall meeting on Wednesday in Newburgh, Ind.

Ron Turcotte, Who Rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown, Dies at 84

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By: William Grimes
23 August 2025 at 05:41
With Turcotte in the saddle, Secretariat powered to victory in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness in 1973 and then demolished the competition in the Belmont Stakes.

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The jockey Ron Turcotte after winning the Kentucky Derby aboard Secretariat at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., in 1973.

Pentagon Fires the Defense Intelligence Agency Chief

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By: Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt
23 August 2025 at 04:52
The move comes weeks after the agency drafted a preliminary report contradicting President Trump’s contention that U.S. strikes had “obliterated” nuclear sites in Iran.

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On Friday, the Pentagon fired Air Force Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency.

Elon Musk’s X Agrees to Settlements With Thousands of Former Employees

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By: Kate Conger
23 August 2025 at 04:41
The settlements are an about-face for the billionaire, whose company fought with former workers over whether it owed them severance pay.

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When Elon Musk bought Twitter, now X, three years ago, he cut more than 5,000 jobs.

Justice Department Releases Ghislaine Maxwell Interview Transcripts

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By: Glenn Thrush， Chris Cameron， Alan Feuer， Maggie Haberman and Sharon LaFraniere
23 August 2025 at 05:44
The transcripts and audio, covering two days of discussions between Ms. Maxwell and Todd Blanche, the Justice Department’s No. 2, are likely to raise as many questions as they answer.

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Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, pointing to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell during a news conference in New York in 2020.

Justice Dept. Gives Congress Some Subpoenaed Epstein Files

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By: Michael Gold
23 August 2025 at 04:22
The G.O.P. chairman of a key House panel was forced to issue the subpoena after a few Republicans banded together with Democrats to push it through.

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The action on the subpoena was one of the last things lawmakers did before leaving Washington for their August recess.

Abrego Garcia, Free From Tennessee Jail, Is Returning to Maryland, Lawyer Says

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By: Alan Feuer
23 August 2025 at 03:20
It remains unclear what will happen next to Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. The Justice Department has said that if he was released from custody in Tennessee, it would likely seek to re-deport him.

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Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, a lawyer for Mr. Abrego Garcia, speaking outside the U.S. District Court for Maryland last month.

DeSantis Says He Is Undeterred by Order Shutting Down Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

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By: Patricia Mazzei
23 August 2025 at 02:59
A federal judge had ordered that much of the Florida immigration detention center be dismantled, a ruling Gov. Ron DeSantis called “preordained.”

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“This is not going to deter us,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said of the judge’s ruling on the immigration detention center. “We’re going to continue working on the deportations, advancing that mission.”

What to Know About the Fed’s Lisa Cook and Mortgage Fraud Allegations

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By: Madeleine Ngo， Tony Romm and Matthew Goldstein
23 August 2025 at 02:15
Trump administration officials have accused the Federal Reserve governor of mortgage fraud and called for her to resign.

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President Trump said Friday that he would fire Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, if she didn’t resign.

Is the Trump Administration Building Up to a Military Confrontation With Venezuela?

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By: Charlie Savage， Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt
23 August 2025 at 02:58
A major increase in U.S. naval forces in the south Caribbean Sea has been underway since President Trump signed a directive targeting some cartels.

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President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela at a military event in January. The Trump administration has labeled him a terrorist-cartel leader.

Intel Agrees to Sell U.S. a 10% Stake in Its Business

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By: Tripp Mickle， Lauren Hirsch and Ana Swanson
23 August 2025 at 06:20
The deal is among the largest government interventions in a U.S. company since the rescue of the auto industry after the 2008 financial crisis.

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An Intel chip-making site in Chandler, Ariz. If the deal goes through, the government’s stake in the company would be worth about $10 billion.

Nvidia Is Making a New Chip for China Amid Debate on AI Exports

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By: Tripp Mickle and Lily Kuo
23 August 2025 at 02:46
Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, said he plans to ask the Trump administration’s permission to sell a more powerful chip to Chinese companies.

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Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, said he had “worked quite hard” to secure export licenses from the Trump administration to ship A.I. chips to China.

Trump Officials Demand George Mason’s President Apologize Over Diversity

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By: Stephanie Saul
23 August 2025 at 06:53
The Education Department said an investigation had found that the public university and its president had supported diversity programs that the department views as discriminatory.

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The George Mason University campus in Fairfax, Va.

Covid Vaccine Opponent Tapped to Lead Federal Review Team

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By: Christina Jewett
23 August 2025 at 01:51
Panel members have been given a broad mandate, despite pleas from C.D.C. employees asking Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to stop spreading misinformation.

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Retsef Levi, a management expert from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, speaking during a meeting of the Advisory Committee in Immunization Practices at the C.D.C. in Atlanta in June.

Move Over, Mouse Ears: For Disney Adults, There’s a New Obsession

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By: Brooks Barnes
23 August 2025 at 01:24
Tiny stuffed animals that use magnets to stay perched on your shoulder have become a must-have accessory for some theme park superfans.

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Testimony Tony from East Wenatchee, Wash., wore “Shoulder Plush” at Walt Disney World in Florida earlier this month.

5 Dead After Tour Bus Crashes on Western New York Highway

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By: Liam Stack and Christopher Maag
23 August 2025 at 07:49
The bus, which was carrying 54 people to New York City from Niagara Falls, veered off the New York State Thruway near Buffalo.

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The scene of a fatal tour bus crash on the New York State Thruway near Pembroke, N.Y.

Hegseth Authorizes National Guard Troops in D.C. to Carry Weapons

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By: Greg Jaffe
23 August 2025 at 04:02
It remains unclear whether the National Guard soldiers will be armed as they walk through the city.

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National Guard troops at Union Station on Wednesday. Nearly 2,000 troops are in the process of being mobilized for the mission in Washington.

Howard University President to Step Down This Month

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By: Alan Blinder
23 August 2025 at 00:42
The historically Black university has faced the possibility of a Trump administration budget cut, and students were outraged over billing troubles.

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Howard University’s president, Ben Vinson III, will step down from his post after only two years at the institution.

Iran Extends Government Shutdowns Amid Soaring Heat and Power Cuts

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By: Sanam Mahoozi and Erika Solomon
23 August 2025 at 00:54
Amid suffocating temperatures, the Iranian authorities are closing public offices and cutting water and electricity as the country struggles with an energy crisis.

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Iran has been closing public offices since July as the country experiences power and water outages, and grapples with a summer of extreme heat.

Search of Bolton’s Home Shows Uneasy Mix of Retribution and Law Enforcement

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By: Michael S. Schmidt
23 August 2025 at 00:16
It is not clear what evidence the authorities have that John Bolton mishandled classified information, but President Trump’s efforts to punish rivals immediately stoked questions about the investigation.

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The scene outside John R. Bolton’s home in Bethesda, Md., on Friday morning.
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