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Today — 11 December 2025NYT | Top Stories

Judge Says Trump Must End Guard Deployment in Los Angeles

11 December 2025 at 03:13
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration had illegally kept troops in Los Angeles after emergency conditions had ended. The administration is expected to appeal.

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California National Guard troops guarding a federal building in Los Angeles in June.

As the Price of Beef Soars, Restaurants Are in ‘Code Red’ Mode

11 December 2025 at 02:32
Midpriced steakhouses and fine-dining establishments are trying to figure out how to cover their rising costs without scaring away customers.

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Restaurants that specialize in steak, like Halls Chophouse in Charleston, S.C., are feeling the same sticker shock from beef prices as consumers in grocery stores.

What Could Thwart the Texas G.O.P. From Picking Up 5 House Seats in Midterm Elections

11 December 2025 at 03:17
Republicans redid their voting map so they could flip those seats to help keep control of the U.S. House. But achieving that goal is far from guaranteed.

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Downtown Seguin in Texas’ 35th Congressional District, part of the new voting map that state lawmakers adopted. The district is expected to be closely contested in next year’s midterms.

Denied Federal Disaster Aid, a Town in Trump Country Feels Forgotten

11 December 2025 at 02:33
FEMA rejected requests for federal assistance, twice, after devastating floods in western Maryland, part of a larger pattern of making communities pay for their own disaster recovery.

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Spring flooding in Allegany County, Md., caused an estimated $33.7 million in damage.

Louvre Heist Was Caught on Film, Officials Say, Rebutting Earlier Account

11 December 2025 at 03:45
Investigators said that a security camera recorded thieves preparing to burgle the Louvre. The museum’s director said previously that the camera was facing the wrong way.

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French police officers stand next to a furniture elevator used by robbers to enter the Louvre, in October.

Yemeni Separatists Set Sights on Houthi-Controlled Capital

11 December 2025 at 02:26
The Southern Transitional Council has seized control of parts of Yemen over the past week, with ambitions to create a “south Arabian state.”

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Soldiers loyal to the Southern Transitional Council, a separatist group, in Aden, Yemen, on Tuesday.

Starting With Formaldehyde, Trump Administration Reassesses Chemical Risks

11 December 2025 at 02:19
A draft memo from the E.P.A. assumes a safe threshold exists for formaldehyde, upending earlier findings that there is no safe level of exposure to the carcinogen.

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Between one to five billion pounds of formaldehyde is produced in the United States each year for a wide range of industries and products, including composite wood and other building materials, plastics, pesticides and even some hair straightening treatments.

She Was Diagnosed With Brain Cancer, Then Wrote a Rom-Com About It

4 October 2024 at 04:09
Sophie Kinsella, the author of “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” packs love, laughter and a harrowing real-life health ordeal into a 133-page novella.

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At an event in London in June, Sophie Kinsella said, “I’m so overwhelmed, yet again, by my lovely readers and by the lovely response that I get to what I do. It surprises me every time.”

Trump’s Interest in Warner Bros. Deal Weighs On Justice Department

11 December 2025 at 03:20
President Trump’s unusual decision to involve himself in the government’s review of the deal puts pressure on his antitrust chief.

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Gail Slater is in charge of the Department of Justice’s antitrust division, which is expected to handle the government’s review of a Warner Bros. deal.

The Conservative Overhaul of the University of Texas Is Underway

The school has been brought to heel by conservative critics of higher education. It is part of a broader transformation at the state’s universities.

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A Republican lawyer, not an academic, now runs the University of Texas at Austin. Other changes are also underway.

This Arkansas City Shows How to Slash Emissions and Save Money, Too

In the Ozarks, the growing college town of Fayetteville, Ark., is using clean energy to power city facilities and embracing nature-based solutions to climate threats.

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16 Best Theater Moments of 2025

Lea Michele’s star turn in “Chess.” Kara Young as an 8-year-old. A 12-minute monologue delivered from a cloud. These are our favorite scenes from this year.

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Yesterday — 10 December 2025NYT | Top Stories

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

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

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’

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.

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

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

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’

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.
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