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Today — 18 December 2025NYT | Top Stories

Trump Pressed Georgia Speaker to Overturn State’s Election Vote in 2020 Call

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By: Richard Fausset and Danny Hakim
18 December 2025 at 09:18
During much of the 12.5-minute call, President Trump reiterated his claims that he had won Georgia, a state he lost by more than 11,000 votes that year.

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David Ralston, the former Georgia House speaker, in 2018.

Trump Finds That Retribution Isn’t Always So Easy

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By: Michael S. Schmidt and Jonah E. Bromwich
18 December 2025 at 07:00
In some ways, Trump’s broader flexing of power has achieved what he set out to do. But his attempts to push prosecutions of rivals have been far less successful.

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Letitia James, the New York attorney general.

For Hegseth, There Is One Boat Strike He Doesn’t Want the Public to See

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By: David E. Sanger
18 December 2025 at 09:11
The Pentagon has released plenty of video clips that show American missiles blowing boats suspected of carrying drugs out of the water. But the “double tap” strike on Sept. 2 is being kept under wraps.

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth briefed senators on Tuesday.

Trump’s Claim That Venezuela ‘Stole’ U.S. Oil Fields Sets Off a Nationalist Reaction

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By: Simon Romero
18 December 2025 at 07:25
President Trump said the United States wanted to reclaim expropriated oil assets, setting off a nationalist reaction in a country where the resource holds a mythical status.

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Derricks in the Maracaibo oil fields of Venezuela in the early 20th century. American oil companies invested millions of dollars in the region, generating profits that flowed to the United States, rather than Venezuela.

Trump Unveils Presidential ‘Walk of Fame’ With Jabs at Biden and Obama

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By: Chris Cameron
18 December 2025 at 09:04
The White House unveiled plaques near the Oval Office that describe U.S. presidents with varying levels of accuracy, depending on President Trump’s opinion of them.

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The presidential walk of fame, the latest addition to the White House, seen at The White House on Wednesday.

Ghislaine Maxwell Asks a Judge to Throw Out Her Sex-Abuse Conviction

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By: Benjamin Weiser
18 December 2025 at 08:51
Ms. Maxwell, who conspired with Jeffrey Epstein in a sex-trafficking scheme, argued that she had been denied a fair trial.

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Ghislaine Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence and has recently been moved to a minimum-security facility.

ICE Must Allow Lawmakers to Inspect Detention Centers, Judge Rules

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By: Zach Montague and Michael Gold
18 December 2025 at 08:13
Judge Jia M. Cobb wrote that two policies announced in June appeared to unlawfully bar members of Congress from making unannounced visits at immigration detention facilities.

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Federal agents outside Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark in June. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has curbed access to its detention centers and required seven days’ notice for lawmakers seeking entry.

Search for Suspect in Brown University Shooting Stretches to 4th Day

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By: Jacey Fortin and Chelsia Rose Marcius
18 December 2025 at 08:04
Officials said that they were working with physical evidence, including DNA, and that they were seeking a second man who appeared to have crossed paths with the possible suspect’.

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A memorial on the Brown University campus in Providence, R.I., on Wednesday.

Twelve Men Saturated East Harlem Housing Project With Drugs, U.S. Says

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By: Maria Cramer
18 December 2025 at 07:57
For more than three and a half years, officials said, the men used the Johnson Houses as “an open drug market” to sell crack cocaine and fentanyl.

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“No New Yorker should have to live with drug dealers at their doorstep,” said Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney.

Bodies of Rob and Michele Reiner Were Found in Master Bedroom, Police Say

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By: Shawn Hubler
18 December 2025 at 08:42
After finding the slain couple, investigators focused on their younger son, Nick, as a suspect. He was formally charged with murder on Tuesday and appeared in court on Wednesday.

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The Reiner home in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles on Tuesday.

Canada’s Population Shrinks Amid Tightened Immigration

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By: Vjosa Isai
18 December 2025 at 06:02
The government has greatly restricted the number of work and study permits issued to foreigners following an unpopular immigration boom during the pandemic.

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International students and others lining up for buses in Brampton, Canada, where many students and temporary workers from India have settled.

How Do You Afford Life in New York City?

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By: Eliza Shapiro
18 December 2025 at 02:02
The New York Times is looking to talk to New Yorkers about how they budget, splurge and save in one of the most expensive cities in the world.

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The high cost of living in New York City is a source of anxiety for many residents.

House Rejects Measure to Bar Strikes Inside Venezuela

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By: Robert Jimison
18 December 2025 at 07:15
The Democratic measure was defeated mostly along party lines, along with another resolution that would have halted the military’s escalating campaign of boat attacks.

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U.S. military aircraft in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, on Tuesday. For months, the U.S. military has been building up a large naval force there as President Trump continues to threaten to attack Venezuela.

Dan Bongino to Step Down as FBI Deputy Director

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By: Glenn Thrush， Maggie Haberman and Adam Goldman
18 December 2025 at 08:05
The departure of Mr. Bongino had seemed inevitable since August, when the White House hired Missouri’s attorney general, Andrew Bailey, to share his job as deputy director.

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Dan Bongino, the F.B.I. deputy director, at the Capitol last month.

Fani Willis Calls Trump and Allies ‘Criminals’ in Hearing Before Georgia Senate Committee

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By: Richard Fausset and Danny Hakim
18 December 2025 at 05:35
The district attorney in Atlanta addressed a Republican-led committee created to investigate her conduct during her prosecution of President Trump last year.

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District Attorney Fani T. Willis assailed Republican adversaries and stumped for political allies at the hearing on Wednesday.

Jack Smith Defends Trump Prosecutions in House Deposition

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By: Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer
18 December 2025 at 06:12
Even adversaries of Jack Smith, the former special counsel, conceded that his tight-lipped, painstaking approach made tripping him up particularly difficult.

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Jack Smith, the former special counsel, during a break in a closed-door deposition with the House Judiciary Committee.

Let’s Go Beyond Trump’s Vile Words About Rob Reiner

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By: Nicholas Kristof
18 December 2025 at 06:00
We must do far more to address the national crisis of addiction that leaves so many households in despair as well as danger.

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Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship

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By: Hamed Aleaziz
18 December 2025 at 06:00
An official with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it would prioritize “those who’ve unlawfully obtained U.S. citizenship.”

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A naturalization ceremony in Boston in August. The Trump administration has been closing loopholes in the immigration system and throwing up roadblocks for people seeking to enter and stay in the country.

California’s Endless Fog Is Finally Clearing

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By: Amy Graff
18 December 2025 at 05:13
An unrelenting gloom has blanketed much of the state’s Central Valley since late November.

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Wind turbines peak above fog in Livermore, Calif., on Saturday.

Stabbing Near Chabad Headquarters Investigated as a Possible Hate Crime

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By: Maia Coleman
18 December 2025 at 05:22
A dispute on a Brooklyn street appeared to explode after the perpetrator made antisemitic statements, the police said.

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The violence took place in the heart of a Crown Heights, just steps from the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, a globe-spanning sect of Hasidic Judaism.

Storm Knocks Out Power for Hundreds of Thousands in the Pacific Northwest

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By: Amy Graff
18 December 2025 at 04:46
The region has faced significant flooding in the last week. Powerful winds from another storm have compounded the misery.

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Winds knocked a tree into a car in Tacoma, Wash., as extreme weather continued to batter the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday.

Nearly $900 Million Flowed in Secret to Help Harris and Trump in 2024

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By: Theodore Schleifer and Ashley Cai
18 December 2025 at 04:00
The main dark-money group backing Kamala Harris and Joe Biden raised a staggering $613 million last year, while its pro-Trump counterpart brought in $275 million, new filings show.

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Both Donald J. Trump and Kamala Harris benefited heavily from so-called dark money in 2024, but Democrats leaned more on the practice of funneling money through nonprofit groups that do not have to disclose their donors.

Top Republican Examining Boat Strike ‘Satisfied’ With Military Mission

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By: Robert Jimison
18 December 2025 at 04:00
After viewing video of a follow-up strike, Republicans largely had confidence in the Pentagon’s legal rationale while Democrats questioned its legality.

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Representative Mike Rogers, Republican of Alabama, during a hearing on Capitol Hill in July. He leads the House Armed Services Committee, which oversees the military.

Republicans Clinch Democrats’ Bid to Force Vote on ACA Subsidies

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By: Michael Gold
18 December 2025 at 01:42
After the speaker denied them a vote on extending the subsidies, four Republicans from competitive districts joined Democrats’ bid to go around G.O.P. leaders and force action.

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Brendan Carr Says FCC ‘Isn’t Independent’ Amid Concerns of How Trump Might Use the Agency

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By: Cecilia Kang
18 December 2025 at 03:56
The comment from Brendan Carr, a Republican, raised concerns from lawmakers about how President Trump might use the agency.

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Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, at a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday.
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