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Today — 10 December 2025NYT | Top Stories

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.

Fed Divisions Will Cloud Interest Rate Decision at Final 2025 Meeting

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By: Colby Smith
10 December 2025 at 18:03
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.

The Latest Trump Resistance Is Within the Indiana G.O.P.

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By: Mitch Smith
10 December 2025 at 18:02
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 House Seat with Mamdani’s Support

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By: Emma G. Fitzsimmons
10 December 2025 at 18:03
Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller, will run for a House seat in Brooklyn and Manhattan, challenging Representative Daniel Goldman in the Democratic primary.

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Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller, will be endorsed by Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and other notable leaders of the Democratic left, including Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.

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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Machado Won’t Pick Up Peace Prize in Person, Nobel Director Says

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By: Jin Yu Young
10 December 2025 at 15:20
The head of the Norwegian Nobel Institute told the state broadcaster that María Corina Machado would not attend Wednesday’s event in Oslo.

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María Corina Machado in her office last year. She will not be traveling to Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday.

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 11:45
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 delivering remarks on the economy at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pa., on Tuesday.

Rod Paige, Education Secretary Who Defended ‘No Child Left Behind,’ Dies at 92

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By: Robert D. McFadden
10 December 2025 at 13:28
He was both the first Black person and the first educator to hold the cabinet position, but resigned amid discord over George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind.

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Rod Paige, the education secretary, in Nashville in 2004.

Taiwan Invokes National Security Law to Protect TSMC Trade Secrets

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By: Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu
10 December 2025 at 13:00
An executive left TSMC for Intel. Taiwan’s government says that could threaten its national security.

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The authorities in Taiwan are taking a stronger hand in protecting the prized technology of the chip maker TSMC.

Chip Company Plotted to Send Technology to China, Ex-C.E.O. Says

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By: Mara Hvistendahl and Joy Dong
10 December 2025 at 13:00
The former chief executive of Nexperia, a Dutch chipmaker, said Dutch officials had known for years that the company’s Chinese owner sought to move its technology to China.

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On a production line of the Dutch semiconductor company Nexperia in Hamburg, Germany, last year. Dutch officials seized the company in September.

Trump’s Speech on Economy Veers Into an Anti-Immigrant Tirade

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By: Chris Cameron
10 December 2025 at 11:49
President Trump vacillated between demonizing immigrants and assuring a crowd of his supporters that life was better than ever under his administration.

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President Trump spoke to his supporters at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pa., on Tuesday.

Trump Administration Withdraws Plan to Overhaul Homeless Aid

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By: Jason DeParle
10 December 2025 at 10:39
The abrupt decision to revise the plan added new uncertainty and possible delays into the government’s distribution of $3.9 billion in homelessness relief.

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A homeless camp outside Suisun City, Calif., last month.

Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors

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By: Damien Cave， Edward Wong and Maria Abi-Habib
10 December 2025 at 10:28
Officials initially weighed sending survivors of U.S. attacks on boats suspected of drug smuggling to a notorious prison in El Salvador, to keep them away from American courts.

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Recent news reports on strike orders given by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have raised questions of potential war crimes.

Democrats Say Hegseth Balked at Call for Full Video of Boat Strike

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By: Megan Mineiro and Julian E. Barnes
10 December 2025 at 11:14
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth briefed congressional leaders on Tuesday about the monthslong military campaign targeting people suspected of being drug traffickers at sea.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Capitol on Tuesday.

Nobel Peace Prize for Venezuela’s María Corina Machado Draws Criticism

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By: Genevieve Glatsky and Henrik Pryser Libell
10 December 2025 at 08:43
María Corina Machado is being honored for her push for democracy even as she backs President Trump’s military buildup and aggressive campaign against Venezuela.

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The opposition leader María Corina Machado in her office in Caracas last year.

FDA Expands Covid Vaccine Inquiry to Adult Deaths

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By: Christina Jewett
10 December 2025 at 09:17
The agency claimed that 10 children’s deaths were linked to the shots, although it did not release evidence to support the assertions.

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