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Today — 14 August 2025NYT | Top Stories

How a Call From Trump Ignited a Frantic Week of Diplomacy by Ukraine

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By: Constant Méheut
14 August 2025 at 12:01
Once a vague proposal for a territorial swap gained clarity, a worried President Volodymyr Zelensky worked to rally allies before Friday’s Trump-Putin summit.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany in Berlin on Wednesday.

As Trump Pushes International Students Away, Asian Schools Scoop Them Up

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By: Lydia DePillis and Jin Yu Young
14 August 2025 at 12:00
The president’s hostility toward foreign students has made American higher education a riskier proposition for them. Other countries are eager to capitalize.

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The Trump administration’s policies are scaring off foreign students, who are being courted by more Asian universities like Yonsei University, above, in Seoul.

Law Firms That Settled With Trump Are Pressed to Help on Trade Deals

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By: Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman
14 August 2025 at 11:14
Boris Epshteyn, a personal lawyer for President Trump, connected two firms — Kirkland & Ellis and Skadden Arps — to the Commerce Department.

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Kirkland & Ellis is one of several law firms that reached deals with the Trump administration to head off a crackdown.

Rabbits With Hornlike Growths Are Hopping Around Colorado. Are They OK?

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By: Hannah Ziegler
14 August 2025 at 10:19
The unsightly bunnies are infected with cottontail rabbit papillomavirus, which can cause growths that resemble warts or tentacles.

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A rabbit with cottontail rabbit papillomavirus, which causes growths on or near the animal’s head.

Trump’s D.C. Police Takeover and National Guard Deployment: What to Know

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By: Chris Cameron
14 August 2025 at 10:11
President Trump is the first president to use a declared emergency to wrest control of Washington, D.C.’s police force.

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National Guard members on patrol around the Washington Monument on Tuesday.

At the Kennedy Center, Trump Puts His Pop Culture Obsession on Display

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By: Shawn McCreesh
14 August 2025 at 07:07
President Trump held forth about the nature of show business and his own tortured relationship with celebrity.

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President Trump announced the new class of Kennedy Center honorees on Wednesday and revealed that he would host this year’s ceremony.

Bakers on Texas-Mexican Border Are Found Guilty of Harboring Illegal Workers

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By: Edgar Sandoval
14 August 2025 at 07:38
Leonardo Baez and his wife were among the first employers prosecuted for taking on undocumented immigrants at their bakery in Los Fresnos, Texas. They face up to 10 years in prison.

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Leonardo Baez, the owner of Abby’s Bakery in Los Fresnos, Texas.

Taxi Drivers Near $140 Million Settlement Over N.Y.C. Suspension Practices

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By: Taylor Robinson
14 August 2025 at 07:31
New York City could grant payouts to some 20,000 taxi drivers whose professional licenses were summarily suspended without sufficient due process.

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The settlement, part of a long-running class-action lawsuit, has the potential to be one of the largest in New York City’s history, experts said.

Solomon Peña, Republican Ex-Candidate, Sentenced in Politically Motivated Shooting Plot

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By: Pooja Salhotra
14 August 2025 at 06:57
Solomon Peña, who lost a bid for a seat in the New Mexico Legislature in 2022, was found guilty in March of orchestrating the attacks against state Democrats.

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Solomon Peña was arrested in January 2023. The authorities said he had paid four men in cash to shoot at the homes of certain Democratic officials.

U.S. Pilot Stranded in Antarctica Says It’s ‘Isolating and Lonely’

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By: Michael Levenson
14 August 2025 at 05:51
Ethan Guo, a content creator, said that he has been effectively trapped at a Chilean base since June. The authorities had said he landed there without permission.

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An aircraft lands at the Chilean military base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva on King George Island in 2014.

Billy Howton, Top Green Bay Packers Receiver in the ’50s, Dies at 95

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By: Richard Sandomir
14 August 2025 at 05:25
He retired as the N.F.L.’s leading career receiver but was soon surpassed. In retirement, he went to prison for bilking investors in an $8 million fraud.

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Billy Howton of the Green Bay Packers during a 24-17 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles at County Stadium in Milwaukee in 1952, his rookie year. He led the N.F.L. with 1,231 receiving yards that season.

After Reassuring Europe, Trump Strikes a Different Tone About Russian Threats

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By: Katie Rogers
14 August 2025 at 07:39
Hours after presenting a united front with allies, President Trump warned Vladimir V. Putin of “severe consequences” if Russia refuses to end the war in Ukraine. But he also suggested that he has limited power to alter the Russian leader’s behavior.

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A residential building in Kyiv destroyed by a Russian missile last month.

Man Charged With Assaulting Federal Agent With Sandwich in D.C.

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By: Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
14 August 2025 at 05:11
A video showed a man repeatedly calling a group of officers “fascists” before throwing a sub sandwich at one.

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A man seen approaching federal agents while holding a sandwich in Washington on Sunday. He was later arrested, accused of throwing the item at an officer.

Canada’s Wildfire Season Is One of Its Worst Ever, and It’s Not Over Yet

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By: Talya Minsberg and Amy Graff
14 August 2025 at 08:12
Thousands have been evacuated as quick moving wildfires burn in Eastern Canada.

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Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for several communities in Newfoundland and Labrador Province this month. Five fires continue to be classified as out of control in the province.

Trump Administration Plan to Oversee Smithsonian Exhibits Draws Criticism From Historians

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By: Graham Bowley， Jennifer Schuessler and Robin Pogrebin
14 August 2025 at 05:00
The Trump administration’s plan to, in effect, audit the content of Smithsonian museums drew criticism from groups that represent scholars and promote free speech.

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The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum is among those that the White House is reviewing under a new initiative.

Mr. President, Stop Coddling Putin

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By: Nicholas Kristof
14 August 2025 at 05:00
Ukrainians are heroes. It’s time that Trump started acting like it.

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President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Trump and at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, in June 2019.

Top Iranian Official Visits Lebanon as Hezbollah Bucks Calls to Disarm

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By: Euan Ward
14 August 2025 at 04:14
The visit by Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s top security body, came as the Lebanese government moves to disarm Hezbollah, the militant group that has long been Tehran’s most powerful regional ally.

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Ali Larijani, second right, head of Iran’s National Security Council, arrived in Beirut on Wednesday to meet Lebanese leaders.

Trump Administration Can Withhold Billions in Foreign Aid, Appeals Court Rules

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By: Zach Montague
14 August 2025 at 03:44
In a 2-to-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel ruled that foreign aid groups that sued to recover funds that President Trump froze cannot challenge the decision.

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President Trump and his advisers have consistently claimed expansive authority to freeze federal dollars allocated for projects they have endeavored to snuff out.

Bessent Has Yet to Fully Divest Assets, Raising Concern at Ethics Agency

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By: Alan Rappeport
14 August 2025 at 05:36
The Treasury secretary has been slow to shed assets, including farmland, posing potential conflicts of interest.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Cabinet officials are required to shed certain holdings and investments within 90 days of being confirmed to avoid the potential for conflicts of interest.

Trump Will Visit Kennedy Center to Announce New Honorees

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By: Shawn McCreesh and Katie Rogers
14 August 2025 at 02:27
The president has taken a strong interest in the Kennedy Center’s affairs ever since naming himself chairman in February, when he restocked its traditionally bipartisan board with loyalists.

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President Trump has taken an interest in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts since taking office.

Hispanic Democratic Officials in Texas Plead Not Guilty to Voter Fraud

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By: Edgar Sandoval and Samuel Rocha IV
14 August 2025 at 02:26
Texas’ attorney general, Ken Paxton, has now used his “election integrity unit” to indict 15 Latino Democrats under a 2021 statute that outlawed delivering ballots for other voters.

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“Let me be crystal clear: the integrity of our elections is the bedrock of our democratic process, and any elected official trying to cheat the system will have to answer for it,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement.
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