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Today — 25 October 2025NYT | Top Stories

Justice Department Will Monitor Elections in California and New Jersey

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By: Shawn Hubler and Laurel Rosenhall
25 October 2025 at 08:08
The Trump administration said that monitors will watch polling in two states, led by Democrats, where key races or issues are on the ballot.

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A resident in Redding, Calif. observed poll workers processing ballots at the Shasta County election office last November.

Mamdani Says Rivals Are Pushing Hate as Mayor’s Race Enters Last Stretch

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By: Jeffery C. Mays
25 October 2025 at 08:14
Zohran Mamdani’s opponents, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa, denied accusations that they are stoking Islamophobia with their rhetoric and actions.

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Zohran Mamdani on Friday delivered a 10-minute address to criticize what he characterized as Islamophobic attacks against him as he runs for mayor.

Adams Eyes a Reality TV Star Who Could Help Block a Mamdani Rent Freeze

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By: Mihir Zaveri and Debra Kamin
25 October 2025 at 08:04
Mayor Eric Adams has only weeks left in office, but he can use them to appoint people with the ability to shape policy beyond his tenure.

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Eleonora Srugo, a real estate agent, reality TV star and friend of Mayor Eric Adams, said a member of the mayor’s administration had asked her to serve on the Rent Guidelines Board.

Bannon Claims ‘There Is a Plan’ For Trump to Run for a Third Term

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By: Chris Cameron
25 October 2025 at 07:47
The claim comes after months of President Trump toying with the idea, insisting that he is “not joking” about defying a constitutionally-mandated term limit.

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Stephen K. Bannon at a memorial service for Charlie Kirk, in Glendale, Ariz., last month.

Sirikit, Glamorous Former Queen of Thailand Who Wielded Power, Dies at 93

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By: Seth Mydans
25 October 2025 at 07:29
As the wife of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, she supported local causes and traveled the world, charming government leaders and the public.

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Queen Sirikit of Thailand with King Bhumibol Adulyadej. For decades their portraits appeared in houses and shops around the country.

A Missing Picasso Is Found, and a Small Spanish Town Loses Its Air of Mystery

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By: Jason Horowitz
25 October 2025 at 04:00
For a brief moment, the puzzle of what had happened to Pablo Picasso’s “Still Life With Guitar” infected Deifontes with caper fever.

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Patricia Gutiérrez, left, and her father José, sensed an opportunity to put their town, Deifontes, Spain, on the map following intrigue around the disappearance of a Picasso painting.

DNA Identifies 2 Bacterial Killers That Stalked Napoleon’s Army

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By: Gina Kolata
25 October 2025 at 00:33
Genetic material pulled from 13 teeth found in a grave in Lithuania revealed infectious diseases that felled the French emperor’s troops as they withdrew from Russia.

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A reproduction of a painting of the French retreat from Russia during Napoleon’s invasion by the artist Géo Weiss.

U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Colombia’s Leader, One of President Trump’s Harshest Critics

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By: Julie Turkewitz
25 October 2025 at 08:44
The United States Treasury Department accused President Gustavo Petro of allowing drug trafficking to flourish.

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Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s president, at the White House in 2023 for a meeting with former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Trump’s Son Is Poised to Profit From Pentagon Drone Proposal

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By: Eric Lipton
25 October 2025 at 05:07
A small company that has been manufacturing motors domestically for only a few weeks and has Donald Trump Jr. as an adviser won a parts order from the Army.

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Donald Trump Jr. has become part of the Beltway military-industrial complex, even as his father is setting policy priorities that are likely to benefit the companies he has invested in.

Lengthy Execution by Nitrogen Gas in Alabama Renews Concerns Over Method

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By: Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
25 October 2025 at 04:45
Anthony Boyd was the eighth person executed by nitrogen gas since Alabama began using the method last year. His execution came over the strenuous objection of three liberal Supreme Court justices.

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Anthony Boyd was executed using nitrogen gas at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala.

The White House’s Movie Theater Is Among the East Wing Rubble

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By: Reggie Ugwu
25 October 2025 at 03:32
Nixon watched “Patton” there. Obama hosted the “Lincoln” cast. Built in 1942, the White House’s private movie theater offered refuge and entertainment.

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Bill Clinton, with popcorn, watched the 1994 Super Bowl in the White House’s private theater.

Federal Immigration Enforcement Surge Called Off Across the Bay Area, Officials Say

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By: Hamed Aleaziz and Soumya Karlamangla
25 October 2025 at 03:50
President Trump said on Thursday that he had called off the deployment in San Francisco. Two federal officials said on Friday that the action applied across the region.

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Activists demonstrated on Thursday against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, at San Francisco City Hall.

U.S. Details How Mob and Ex-NBA Players Lured High Rollers Into Poker Trap

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By: Michael Wilson
25 October 2025 at 03:00
A Manhattan apartment was at the center of a Mafia-run ring that used former N.B.A. players as bait and technology to read cards, prosecutors say.

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Chauncey Billups, a former N.B.A. player and the Portland Trail Blazers’ current head coach, helped attract gamblers to the rigged games, prosecutors say.

In a First for a Woman in France, Life Sentence Imposed for Murder of Schoolgirl

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By: Ségolène Le Stradic
25 October 2025 at 02:37
Dahbia Benkired, an Algerian woman, was convicted of raping and killing 12-year-old Lola Daviet, in a case that outraged France and raised questions about the deportation of migrants.

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A commemorative event for Lola Daviet in Fouquereuil, northern France, on Tuesday.

Trump and Canada’s Trade Spat Spotlights Doug Ford, the Ontario Premier

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By: Matina Stevis-Gridneff
25 October 2025 at 02:45
Doug Ford has built a reputation for picking fights with President Trump and getting under his skin with publicity-grabbing moves as U.S. tariffs have harmed Ontario’s economy.

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Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, during the Calgary Stampede in July.

Trump Officials Float New Plan for Abrego Garcia: Send Him to Liberia

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By: Alan Feuer
25 October 2025 at 02:39
The proposal was the latest twist in a byzantine saga that has transformed the Salvadoran migrant into one of the best-known symbols of President Trump’s aggressive deportation agenda.

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Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, one of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s lawyers, called the plan by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to send his client to Liberia “punitive, cruel and unconstitutional.”

Erykah Badu Says Making Music Is a Sport. It’s Game Time.

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By: Jon Caramanica， Joe Coscarelli and Jason Nocito
23 October 2025 at 17:03
The singer and songwriter on her reign as one of music’s most idiosyncratic and spiritual figures and where her creative impulses are headed next.

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A Woman Self-Deported, Hoping to Shield Her Son. He Was Detained Anyway.

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By: Ana Ley
24 October 2025 at 23:36
Joel Camas, 16, had been without his mother for about four weeks after she voluntarily returned to Ecuador. His lawyer had hoped his age would shield him.

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Joel Camas, 16, an undocumented immigrant living in New York City without a parent, appeared on Thursday for a check-in with federal officials. He was accompanied by Brad Lander, the city comptroller, and Beth Baltimore, his lawyer.

Speed Limits Are Taking the Wind Out of Cyclists’ Exhilarating Commutes

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By: Andrew Keh and Reece Taylor Williams
24 October 2025 at 22:41
With new regulations on electric bike speed, fans of the gray Citi Bike — lovingly known as the White Stallion or the Ghost — are facing a slower, safer future.

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Hakeem Jeffries Gives Mamdani Last-Minute Endorsement for N.Y.C. Mayor

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By: Nicholas Fandos and Jeffery C. Mays
25 October 2025 at 02:57
Mr. Jeffries, the House minority leader, had resisted backing Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, for months. But his support provides a late boost.

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Representative Hakeem Jeffries, a Brooklyn Democrat who leads his party in the House, had faced intense lobbying over a potential endorsement of Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani.

U.S. Flies Drones Over Gaza to Monitor Cease-Fire, Officials Say

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By: Natan Odenheimer and Eric Schmitt
25 October 2025 at 01:03
The surveillance missions are part of a U.S.-led international effort to ensure the fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas holds.

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Gaza City on Thursday.

Republicans Who Have Rarely Opposed Trump Raise Questions About His Drug War

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By: Robert Jimison and Megan Mineiro
25 October 2025 at 02:15
The president said he wouldn’t seek congressional approval for his expanding military offensive against cartels, but some in his party believe Congress should weigh in.

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Senator Todd Young, Republican of Indiana, has said he remains “highly concerned” about the legality of the U.S. military strikes on boats in the waters off South America.
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