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Today — 18 November 2025NYT | Top Stories

Tennessee Judge Temporarily Blocks National Guard Deployment in Memphis

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By: Emily Cochrane and Jamie McGee
18 November 2025 at 11:36
The judge said the case “raises important questions concerning the use of the state’s military forces for domestic law enforcement purposes.”

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Tennessee National Guard troops patrolling in Memphis in October.

Larry Summers to Step Back From Public Commitments Over Epstein Emails

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By: Vimal Patel
18 November 2025 at 10:37
New emails showed that Dr. Summers, a former Harvard president, had stayed in touch with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Mr. Epstein faced sex trafficking charges.

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Dr. Summers, a former treasury secretary, had sought money from Mr. Epstein for a poetry foundation led by his wife, Elisa New, an emerita Harvard literature professor.

Trump Has the Power to Release the Epstein Files. Why Doesn’t He?

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By: Luke Broadwater
18 November 2025 at 09:48
The president has reversed himself and encouraged lawmakers to vote for compelling the Justice Department to turn over investigation documents, but he never really needed their approval.

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President Trump said on Monday that he would sign a bill related to the release of the full Epstein files should it reach his desk after passing the House and Senate.

Trump Gives Mixed Messages About Military Action Against Venezuela

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By: Tyler Pager
18 November 2025 at 09:10
President Trump said that he was open to talking with President Nicolás Maduro but that the United States has “to take care of Venezuela” as the U.S. builds a military force in the Caribbean.

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President Trump in the Oval Office on Monday. Last month, Mr. Trump called off efforts to reach a diplomatic agreement with Venezuela, but the president has raised the possibility of renewed engagement.

C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for First Time

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By: Apoorva Mandavilli and Teddy Rosenbluth
18 November 2025 at 08:25
If the outbreaks cannot be extinguished by January, the anniversary of the first cases in Texas, the United States will lose what is known as “elimination status” as determined by the World Health Organization.

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As of Nov. 13th, the C.D.C. had confirmed 1,723 measles cases nationwide.

Fed Governor Lisa Cook Says Housing Official Worked With Trump to Tarnish Her

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By: Jonah E. Bromwich， Matthew Goldstein and Colby Smith
18 November 2025 at 08:15
New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, and a Federal Reserve governor, Lisa Cook, sought to publicize the role of the housing official, Bill Pulte, in executing President Trump’s retribution agenda.

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Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has attacked political enemies on social media.

MacKenzie Scott Gives $700 Million to Historically Black Colleges

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By: Bernard Mokam
18 November 2025 at 07:25
The donations to over a dozen schools come as the Trump administration is directing more funds to the historically Black institutions, too.

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Howard University received $80 million, the largest gift from MacKenzie Scott to historically Black colleges.

After Hundreds of Gazans Arrive on Mystery Flights, South Africa Asks How

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By: John Eligon and Zimasa Matiwane
18 November 2025 at 06:56
A little-known group sold passage to desperate Palestinians who didn’t know their destination, catching the South African government by surprise.

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A Palestinian man, one of those granted entry to South Africa, with his child at an undisclosed location in Johannesburg, on Friday.

Trump Bows to Reality on Epstein Files Vote, in a Rare Retreat

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By: Annie Karni and Tyler Pager
18 November 2025 at 06:44
Faced with a mass defection on a bill to demand the release of the Epstein files, the president rushed to avoid an embarrassing loss, suggesting a slip in his iron grip on the G.O.P.

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Demonstrators outside the Capitol last week. As Republicans gear up for midterm elections and some begin to plot a future after Mr. Trump, the Epstein episode is a rare instance in which he has lost control.

The Fed Is Cutting Bank Oversight. Critics See Risks.

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By: Colby Smith and Stacy Cowley
18 November 2025 at 07:16
The regulator is cutting staff and easing oversight in ways that critics say might make supervisors less equipped to spot a crisis in advance, risking deeper damage to the economy.

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Michelle W. Bowman has vowed to overhaul the division she was tapped by President Trump to lead.

France Steps Up Fight Against Disinformation as U.S. Pulls Back, Official Says

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By: Julian E. Barnes
18 November 2025 at 06:26
The French government is trying to make the case that governments can call out foreign malign influence campaigns and protect speech.

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A polling station in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, in 2022. The French government faces the same debates over foreign malign influence that have taken place in the United States.

U.N. Security Council Adopts Trump’s Peace Plan for Gaza

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By: Farnaz Fassihi
18 November 2025 at 09:14
Russia and China abstained in the vote, which provides a legal mandate for the Trump administration’s vision of how to move past the cease-fire to rebuild the war-ravaged enclave after two years of war.

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The American resolution passed in the U.N. Security Council on Monday with 13 votes in favor.

David Richardson, Acting FEMA Administration, Resigns

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By: Scott Dance and Maxine Joselow
18 November 2025 at 05:24
David Richardson had been on the job for six months. FEMA employees had questioned his ability to lead the agency.

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David Richardson, acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in July.

Why Britain Is Embracing ‘Negative Nation Branding’

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By: Mark Landler
18 November 2025 at 04:55
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, trying to get a grip on a feverish immigration debate, is introducing a hard-line, contentious policy on refugees.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain walking out of 10 Downing Street on Monday. Some members of Mr. Starmer’s Labour Party object to Britain’s new restrictions on immigration.

A Plan for Private Jet Taxes Would Fund Climate Measures

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By: Somini Sengupta
18 November 2025 at 01:24
A small group of countries is aiming to impose a fee on private jets and premium commercial fares. The revenue would help nations adapt to warming.

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A private jet at the Farnborough International Airshow last year. Aviation accounts for roughly 4 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.

Ballet Dancers Are Starting to Prioritize Their Mental Health

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By: Gia Kourlas and Thea Traff
17 November 2025 at 18:00
Dancers are famous for buckling down and getting through it. But a new openness about mental health has companies and schools focusing on their well-being, both physical and emotional.

Sara Mearns of New York City Ballet has been frank on social media about her mental health struggles.

High Beef Prices? Trump Official Blames Biden and Migrants.

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By: Alan Rappeport
18 November 2025 at 03:48
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said migrants were bringing sick cows across the border, snarling beef supply chains.

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For President Trump, who served fast food sandwiches to the Clemson University football team during its 2019 visit to the White House, few meals hit closer to home than hamburgers.

E.P.A. Drastically Limits Protections for Wetlands

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By: Maxine Joselow
18 November 2025 at 03:21
The proposal could strip federal protections from most U.S. wetlands, some of which feed drinking water systems.

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The new definition could strip federal protections from up to 55 million acres of wetlands, or about 85 percent of all wetlands nationwide.

Indiana Homeowner Charged in Shooting of Cleaning Woman Who Arrived at Wrong House

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By: Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Christina Morales
18 November 2025 at 03:29
A man was charged with manslaughter after a woman was shot through the front door of a home before dawn this month in suburban Indianapolis.

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Investigators work at the site of the fatal shooting of María Florinda Ríos Pérez de Velásquez, a house cleaner who went to the wrong address in Whitestown, Ind.

As Trump Looks for Distraction on Epstein, Justice Dept. Rushes to His Aid

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By: Glenn Thrush
18 November 2025 at 01:46
The department was deployed, in effect, as an arm of the president’s rapid-response operation to help him muscle through a damaging news cycle over Jeffrey Epstein, former and current officials said.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi’s quick response to President Trump’s demand of an investigation into Democrats amounted to an about-face from when she formally declared that nothing in the Epstein files warranted further investigation.

Judge Says Justice Dept. May Have Committed Misconduct in Comey Case

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By: Alan Feuer
18 November 2025 at 03:12
The magistrate judge raised the question of whether “government misconduct” in the case might require dismissing the charges against the former F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, altogether.

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Lindsey Halligan, who had never worked on a criminal case until she was thrust into the Comey prosecution, has faced extensive scrutiny from the moment she took over the U.S. attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Virginia.

As a Town Grows More Diverse, a Mayor Says There’s Room for Everyone

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By: Vidushi Mishti Sharma and Vincent Alban
18 November 2025 at 10:56
As South Asian and Muslim immigrants transform a small New Jersey town, the five-term mayor has managed to keep the peace. What happens when he’s gone?

Michael Gonnelli, the mayor of Secaucus, has run unopposed in four of the five elections he has won.

Adams Meets Netanyahu on Day 3 of Israel Trip. Next Stop: Uzbekistan.

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By: Emma G. Fitzsimmons， Johnatan Reiss and Jeffery C. Mays
18 November 2025 at 06:44
Mr. Adams, whose tenure as mayor of New York City ends in six weeks, will fly on to his next destination on Tuesday and remain out of the city all week.

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Mayor Eric Adams has used his trip to Israel to criticize Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, suggesting that Jewish New Yorkers would be in danger under his leadership.

After Marshawn Kneeland’s Death, Cowboys Prepare to Take the Field Again

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By: Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
18 November 2025 at 01:50
Marshawn Kneeland spent nearly all of his 24 years working to get to the N.F.L. He died two days after scoring his first touchdown.

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Friends of Marshawn Kneeland, pictured here in September, said he had told them he hoped to play his entire career for the Dallas Cowboys.
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