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Trump’s Search for Powell’s Replacement Adds to Cacophony Around Interest Rate Decision

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By: Colby Smith
10 December 2025 at 23:22
The end of Jerome Powell’s term as Fed chair will give President Trump his biggest opportunity yet to reshape the central bank.

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Naming a new Federal Reserve chair will be President Trump’s biggest opportunity yet to reshape the central bank.

Judge Grants Request to Unseal Jeffrey Epstein Grand Jury Records

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By: Benjamin Weiser
10 December 2025 at 23:02
The ruling could lead to the most expansive look yet at the federal investigation of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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The ruling followed a similar decision in the case of Ghislaine Maxwell, who conspired with Jeffrey Epstein in his sex-trafficking scheme and is serving a 20-year prison sentence.

Tony Dokoupil Is Named Anchor of ‘CBS Evening News’

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By: Michael M. Grynbaum
10 December 2025 at 22:37
He replaces John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois in one of the most high-profile decisions of Bari Weiss’s early tenure as the network’s editor in chief.

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Tony Dokoupil is a veteran TV journalist who joined CBS as a correspondent in 2016.

Does the Job of C.E.O. or Private Investor Come First? Intel’s Chief Is Juggling That Question.

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By: Don Clark and Tripp Mickle
10 December 2025 at 18:03
Lip-Bu Tan, who was appointed chief executive of Intel in March, is also a longtime venture capitalist. His dual roles have caused some consternation.

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Lip-Bu Tan, the chief executive of Intel, has led a venture capital firm since 1987.

Sophie Kinsella, ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’ Author, Dies at 55

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By: Sopan Deb
11 December 2025 at 00:29
Writing under a pseudonym, Madeleine Wickham cultivated an international following for her series centered on a young woman addicted to shopping.

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The British author Madeleine Wickham in 2024. Under the pen name Sophie Kinsella, she wrote nine “Shopaholic” novels, which sold tens of millions of copies and were translated into dozens of languages.

Why Markets Are Getting Anxious About the Fed

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By: Andrew Ross Sorkin， Bernhard Warner， Sarah Kessler， Michael J. de la Merced， Niko Gallogly， Brian O’Keefe and Eli Tan
10 December 2025 at 20:48
The central bank is widely expected to lower its benchmark lending rate on Wednesday. But investors are worried about what comes afterward.

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The shadow of President Trump could loom over Jay Powell, the Fed chair, at today’s meeting.

A Million Teenagers Just Got Barred From Social Media, and Trump Calls Affordability a ‘Hoax’

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By: Tracy Mumford， Will Jarvis， Ian Stewart and Victoria Kim
10 December 2025 at 19:00
Plus, the travel influencers who aren’t actually real.

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Australia’s social media ban for people under 16 is one of the most sweeping efforts in the world to safeguard children from the harms of social platforms.

I.M.F. Prods China, Gently, on Its Weak Currency

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By: Keith Bradsher
10 December 2025 at 19:06
Caught between Beijing and the Trump administration, the International Monetary Fund offered mild criticism of China for relying too heavily on exports.

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Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the I.M.F., said on Wednesday that China’s currency should appreciate.

The Challenges to Europe’s Security Go Beyond Trump’s Lack of Support

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By: Steven Erlanger
10 December 2025 at 18:03
Europeans find themselves stranded between hostile powers, Russia and the United States, with key decisions looming over the future of Ukraine.

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A convoy of German armored vehicles passed through Frankenberg, Germany, en route to Poland in 2024 for NATO military exercises.

At Fed Meeting, Interest Rate Cut Expected Amid Divisions

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By: Colby Smith
10 December 2025 at 23:02
The central bank is poised to lower interest rates on Wednesday even as a growing chorus of officials urge caution.

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Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, has been able corral his colleagues to move as a cohesive group under complex economic conditions, but this meeting could be especially challenging.

Netflix and Paramount Battle for Warner Bros. — Have We Seen This Show Before?

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By: Benjamin Mullin
10 December 2025 at 06:09
The tug of war for Warner Bros. Discovery echoes an earlier clash of media titans.

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The contest between Paramount and Netflix for Warner Bros. Discovery is a mirror image of a struggle decades ago for control of Paramount.

Trump Administration Rules Threaten Nobel Prizes Won by Immigrants

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By: William J. Broad
10 December 2025 at 18:03
As three immigrants claim Nobel Prizes in science for the United States this year, experts warn that immigration crackdowns could undo American innovation.

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Republicans Are Fighting With One Another in Deep-Red Indiana. Here’s Why.

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By: Mitch Smith
10 December 2025 at 21:56
Some Republicans in the Indiana Senate have resisted a new congressional map despite lobbying from the White House and threats of political consequences.

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The fight over redistricting has intensified in the Indiana legislature in recent weeks.

Democrats Make a Fresh Push to Win State Legislatures

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By: Nick Corasaniti
10 December 2025 at 18:03
The arm of the party that focuses on statehouses is targeting hundreds of seats and more than 40 chambers, according to a strategy memo, reflecting Democrats’ new optimism.

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The Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. The state is one of several with Republican-controlled legislatures that Democrats are trying to flip.

Democrats Press to Expand House Map, Targeting 5 New G.O.P. Seats

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By: Shane Goldmacher
10 December 2025 at 19:00
Four of the additions are for districts where President Trump won handily, but Democrats are feeling emboldened by election outcomes this fall.

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The seat of Representative Darrell Issa, a Republican whose California district Democrats redrew to lean Democratic, is among those added to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s list of “districts in play.”

Brad Lander Will Run for Congress With Mamdani’s Support

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By: Emma G. Fitzsimmons
10 December 2025 at 22:00
Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller, will run for a House seat in Brooklyn and Manhattan, challenging Representative Daniel Goldman in a Democratic primary.

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Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller, was endorsed by Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, with whom he formed an alliance during the mayoral primary.

Ryan Coogler on ‘Sinners,’ Chadwick Boseman and Why He Declined to Join the Academy

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By: Kyle Buchanan
10 December 2025 at 18:01
The director on what he’s thinking of post-“Sinners,” how the loss of Chadwick Boseman affected him and why he turned down the invitation to join the academy.

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Coogler said he couldn’t engage with his work “as the kid whose dreams were to come to Hollywood and make movies. I have to engage with it as a professional shepherd of the story.”

Supreme Court Hears Death Penalty Case on Intellectual Disability

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By: Ann E. Marimow
10 December 2025 at 18:04
The case involves an Alabama man who challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results in a series of I.Q. tests.

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Two decades ago, the Supreme Court barred the execution of people with mental disabilities as a violation of the Constitution’s Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. But the court’s composition has changed since then.

A New Governor Inherits a Misconduct Investigation Into the State Police

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By: Tracey Tully
10 December 2025 at 16:00
A prolonged slowdown in traffic enforcement by New Jersey troopers coincided with an uptick in fatal crashes. The pattern remains under investigation as Mikie Sherrill prepares to take office.

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Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey has told the head of the State Police that he will not be reappointed.

A Cinnabon Worker Was Fired for a Racist Slur. Her Supporters Have Raised $130,000.

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By: Clyde McGrady
10 December 2025 at 18:03
On a video that went viral, the worker, who is white, can be seen calling two Black customers an epithet. The campaign to give her money echoes the reaction to a similar incident this year.

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Venezuela’s Nobel Peace Prize Winner Says She Will Appear in Oslo After Missing Ceremony

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By: Simon Romero and Henrik Pryser Libell
11 December 2025 at 00:01
María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, said she was on her way to Norway after living in hiding in her country, where officials have threatened her with arrest.

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Ana Corina Sosa, the daughter of the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, speaking at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony on Wednesday in Oslo.

Late Night Doesn’t Want to Sweat at the Airport

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By: Trish Bendix
10 December 2025 at 14:24
Ronny Chieng dissed new fitness plans from the Trump administration for travelers in American airports: “We can’t even walk to the gate. They had to invent floors that walk for us.”

Trump Picked This Fight With Maduro. He Can’t Back Down.

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By: Ricardo Hausmann and Jose Morales-Arilla
10 December 2025 at 14:00
If the Trump administration allows Nicolás Maduro to endure, it would signal that a criminal dictatorship masquerading as a state can stare down the United States and win.

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The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado and the presidential candidate Edmundo González at a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, in July 2024.

Trump Says Americans Are Doing Great, Even as Views on the Economy Sour

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By: David E. Sanger
10 December 2025 at 19:30
President Trump’s speech in Pennsylvania was meant to alleviate concerns about affordability. But he kept wandering off script and dwelling on his favorite targets, like immigration.

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President Trump delivered remarks on the economy at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pa., on Tuesday.
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