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Epstein Files Timeline: How the Trump Administration Released Records

20 December 2025 at 12:35
A year of political pressure and partial disclosures preceded the release of long-sought records on Jeffrey Epstein.

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President Trump has faced persistent scrutiny over his shifting stance on the release of Justice Department files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

Mangione’s Lawyers Take Issue With Bondi’s Ties to UnitedHealthcare

20 December 2025 at 13:57
Lawyers for Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive, say Attorney General Pam Bondi should have recused herself from the case.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi recently worked for a lobbying firm that lists UnitedHealthcare’s parent company among its clients.

Lou Cannon, Journalist Who Chronicled Reagan as an Author, Dies at 92

20 December 2025 at 14:39
He was a foremost authority on the president, tracking his career in unvarnished accounts from his time as California governor through his years in the White House.

Sudanese Refugees Describe Their Escape From Darfur

20 December 2025 at 13:00
No one knows the true toll of the massacre, and the city remains isolated. Now, refugee camps in Chad are flooded with newly displaced Sudanese.

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‘Where’s the Humanity?’ Bondi Attack Leaves Suspects’ Neighborhood Stunned

The alleged gunmen in the shooting, Sajid Akram, 50 and his son, Naveed Akram, 24, were from Bonnyrigg, a diverse, multilingual suburb miles from Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

A pedestrian overpass spanning a main road on Friday in Bonnyrigg, a multicultural suburb of Sydney.

6 Takeaways From the First Batch of the Epstein Files

20 December 2025 at 12:01
Many of the Justice Department documents were heavily redacted, and President Trump’s name was rarely mentioned. The White House also sought to make political hay of the release of photos of Bill Clinton.

Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored

Newly released files show how Maria Farmer, who worked for Mr. Epstein in the 1990s, had urged the F.B.I. to investigate him. The case went nowhere for years.

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Maria Farmer in 2019.

Toss a Coin in the Trevi Fountain? That’ll Be 2 Euros, Wish Not Included

20 December 2025 at 05:22
Starting on Feb. 1, Rome will charge tourists a fee to go down into the basin of the famed 18th-century fountain. Not every one is happy (except Romans, who won’t have to pay).

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Visitors admiring the Trevi Fountain in Rome, on Friday. The small square around it is often densely packed.

Epstein Victims Upset About Lack of Transparency in Newly Released Files

Several victims said they were frustrated by the heavy redactions of photos and documents that the Justice Department released on Friday.

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Survivors spoke during a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act ahead of the House vote to release the files in November.

Vivek Ramaswamy Challenges Conservatives on Surging Anti-Indian Hate

20 December 2025 at 09:46
The leading Republican candidate for Ohio governor is calling out his party for rising intolerance, including against Indian American immigrants and their children, like him.

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Vivek Ramaswamy on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., this year.

Rubio Meets (and Meets, and Meets … ) the Press

20 December 2025 at 08:59
The secretary of state held a marathon news conference, offering little news but more respect for reporters than most others in the Trump administration.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio fielded questions from reporters for more than two hours on Friday.

Hochul Reaches Deal on A.I. Regulation in New York

20 December 2025 at 08:56
The bill, which lawmakers passed in June, will be modified to more closely match a similar law in California, at Big Tech’s urging.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul at Grand Central Terminal in December.

Elise Stefanik Tried Everything to Please Trump. He Still Jilted Her.

20 December 2025 at 08:21
The G.O.P. congresswoman who ran as a moderate but became an “ultra MAGA” Trump acolyte ultimately found herself undermined by the president and politically adrift.

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Elise Stefanik’s tumble from grace crystallized the limits of MAGA loyalty and the risks of building a political identity around President Trump.

Greg Biffle’s Plane Turned Back Minutes After Takeoff

20 December 2025 at 08:24
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash at a North Carolina airport, which killed seven people, including the driver Greg Biffle and his wife and children.

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Emergency vehicles responding to the plane crash that killed the star NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, his family and three others at a regional airport in Statesville, N.C., on Thursday.

How the T.S.A. Is Helping ICE

In a previously undisclosed partnership, the Transportation Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are sharing data to identify passengers on upcoming flights whom ICE can arrest. Our reporter Hamed Aleaziz, who learned of this partnership, describes what to know about it and the ICE arrests that have followed.

U.S. Strikes Islamic State Targets in Syria

20 December 2025 at 07:43
American forces struck dozens of suspected ISIS sites, making good on President Trump’s vow to avenge two American soldiers and a civilian U.S. interpreter killed by the group last week.

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The strikes signal a sharp military escalation in Syria at a time when the United States has reduced its presence in the country since the beginning of the year.

Trump Picks New Leader for Southern Command as Venezuela Pressure Grows

20 December 2025 at 08:04
Lt. Gen. Francis L. Donovan, a Marine general with expansive experience in special operations and the Middle East, would take over after the abrupt departure of the previous commander.

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If confirmed by the Senate, Lt. Gen. Francis L. Donovan would take over as boat strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific have come under sharp criticism from lawmakers from both parties.

Suspect in Brown and M.I.T. Killings Died 2 Days Before He Was Found, Autopsy Shows

20 December 2025 at 07:17
The examination confirmed that the suspect had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His body was found late Thursday in a storage unit in New Hampshire.

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The suspect’s body was found in a storage facility in Salem, N.H., late Thursday.

Kennedy Center, Memorial to JFK, Is Trump’s Now, Too

20 December 2025 at 06:50
The Kennedy Center installed President Trump’s name on the facade of the arts center, which had been designated as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy.

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Crew members unveiling the new name of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday morning.

Hochul Expected to Veto Bill Requiring 2-Person Crews on Subway Trains

20 December 2025 at 05:59
The bill, which would ensure that every train has a conductor and a driver, as most now do, was supported by the transit workers’ union and opposed by many transit advocates.

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A conductor on an A train in Manhattan in March, 2024.

Mamdani Names Deputy Mayors for Housing and Economic Justice

20 December 2025 at 03:11
Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s mayor-elect, tapped Leila Bozorg, a longtime public official and development advocate, and Julie Su, who served as acting secretary of labor in the Biden administration.

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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced on Friday the appointments of Julie Su, left, and Leila Bozorg, center, at a garage on Staten Island that will be converted into affordable housing.

Mamdani Revamps Hiring After Old Antisemitic Remarks Prompt Aide to Quit

20 December 2025 at 06:46
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he did not know about the antisemitic posts and would not have hired the woman who made them if he had.

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Catherine Almonte Da Costa, left, resigned a day after Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani appointed her to oversee administration hiring.

Emily Korzenik, 96, Dies; Rabbi Took a Bar Mitzvah to Poland

20 December 2025 at 06:46
Part of the first generation of women ordained in America, she presided over the first bar mitzvah in Krakow, still scarred by the Holocaust, in decades. It did not go smoothly.

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Rabbi Emily Faust Korzenik in Stamford, Conn., in 2003. For 25 years she presided over the Fellowship for Jewish Learning, a congregation there.
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