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Today — 20 December 2025NYT | Top Stories

6 Takeaways From the First Batch of the Epstein Files

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By: Alan Feuer
20 December 2025 at 12:01
Many of the Justice Department documents were heavily redacted, and President Trump’s name was rarely mentioned. The White House also sought to make political hay of the release of photos of Bill Clinton.

Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored

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By: Mike Baker and Matthew Goldstein
20 December 2025 at 11:33
Newly released files show how Maria Farmer, who worked for Mr. Epstein in the 1990s, had urged the F.B.I. to investigate him. The case went nowhere for years.

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Maria Farmer in 2019.

Toss a Coin in the Trevi Fountain? That’ll Be 2 Euros, Wish Not Included

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By: Elisabetta Povoledo
20 December 2025 at 05:22
Starting on Feb. 1, Rome will charge tourists a fee to go down into the basin of the famed 18th-century fountain. Not every one is happy (except Romans, who won’t have to pay).

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Visitors admiring the Trevi Fountain in Rome, on Friday. The small square around it is often densely packed.

Epstein Victims Upset About Lack of Transparency in Newly Released Files

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By: Matthew Goldstein and Mike Baker
20 December 2025 at 10:44
Several victims said they were frustrated by the heavy redactions of photos and documents that the Justice Department released on Friday.

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Survivors spoke during a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act ahead of the House vote to release the files in November.

Vivek Ramaswamy Challenges Conservatives on Surging Anti-Indian Hate

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By: Pooja Salhotra
20 December 2025 at 09:46
The leading Republican candidate for Ohio governor is calling out his party for rising intolerance, including against Indian American immigrants and their children, like him.

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Vivek Ramaswamy on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., this year.

Rubio Meets (and Meets, and Meets … ) the Press

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By: Michael Crowley
20 December 2025 at 08:59
The secretary of state held a marathon news conference, offering little news but more respect for reporters than most others in the Trump administration.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio fielded questions from reporters for more than two hours on Friday.

Hochul Reaches Deal on A.I. Regulation in New York

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By: Benjamin Oreskes
20 December 2025 at 08:56
The bill, which lawmakers passed in June, will be modified to more closely match a similar law in California, at Big Tech’s urging.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul at Grand Central Terminal in December.

Elise Stefanik Tried Everything to Please Trump. He Still Jilted Her.

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By: Annie Karni
20 December 2025 at 08:21
The G.O.P. congresswoman who ran as a moderate but became an “ultra MAGA” Trump acolyte ultimately found herself undermined by the president and politically adrift.

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Elise Stefanik’s tumble from grace crystallized the limits of MAGA loyalty and the risks of building a political identity around President Trump.

Greg Biffle’s Plane Turned Back Minutes After Takeoff

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By: Karoun Demirjian
20 December 2025 at 08:24
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash at a North Carolina airport, which killed seven people, including the driver Greg Biffle and his wife and children.

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Emergency vehicles responding to the plane crash that killed the star NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, his family and three others at a regional airport in Statesville, N.C., on Thursday.

How the T.S.A. Is Helping ICE

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By: Hamed Aleaziz， Melanie Bencosme， June Kim， Pierre Kattar and Whitney Shefte
20 December 2025 at 04:18
In a previously undisclosed partnership, the Transportation Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are sharing data to identify passengers on upcoming flights whom ICE can arrest. Our reporter Hamed Aleaziz, who learned of this partnership, describes what to know about it and the ICE arrests that have followed.

U.S. Strikes Islamic State Targets in Syria

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By: Eric Schmitt
20 December 2025 at 07:43
American forces struck dozens of suspected ISIS sites, making good on President Trump’s vow to avenge two American soldiers and a civilian U.S. interpreter killed by the group last week.

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The strikes signal a sharp military escalation in Syria at a time when the United States has reduced its presence in the country since the beginning of the year.

Trump Picks New Leader for Southern Command as Venezuela Pressure Grows

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By: Helene Cooper
20 December 2025 at 08:04
Lt. Gen. Francis L. Donovan, a Marine general with expansive experience in special operations and the Middle East, would take over after the abrupt departure of the previous commander.

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If confirmed by the Senate, Lt. Gen. Francis L. Donovan would take over as boat strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific have come under sharp criticism from lawmakers from both parties.

Suspect in Brown and M.I.T. Killings Died 2 Days Before He Was Found, Autopsy Shows

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By: Soumya Karlamangla
20 December 2025 at 07:17
The examination confirmed that the suspect had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His body was found late Thursday in a storage unit in New Hampshire.

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The suspect’s body was found in a storage facility in Salem, N.H., late Thursday.

Kennedy Center, Memorial to JFK, Is Trump’s Now, Too

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By: Shawn McCreesh
20 December 2025 at 06:50
The Kennedy Center installed President Trump’s name on the facade of the arts center, which had been designated as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy.

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Crew members unveiling the new name of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday morning.

Hochul Expected to Veto Bill Requiring 2-Person Crews on Subway Trains

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By: Stefanos Chen
20 December 2025 at 05:59
The bill, which would ensure that every train has a conductor and a driver, as most now do, was supported by the transit workers’ union and opposed by many transit advocates.

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A conductor on an A train in Manhattan in March, 2024.

Mamdani Names Deputy Mayors for Housing and Economic Justice

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By: Mihir Zaveri
20 December 2025 at 03:11
Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s mayor-elect, tapped Leila Bozorg, a longtime public official and development advocate, and Julie Su, who served as acting secretary of labor in the Biden administration.

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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced on Friday the appointments of Julie Su, left, and Leila Bozorg, center, at a garage on Staten Island that will be converted into affordable housing.

Mamdani Revamps Hiring After Old Antisemitic Remarks Prompt Aide to Quit

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By: Jeffery C. Mays
20 December 2025 at 06:46
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he did not know about the antisemitic posts and would not have hired the woman who made them if he had.

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Catherine Almonte Da Costa, left, resigned a day after Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani appointed her to oversee administration hiring.

Emily Korzenik, 96, Dies; Rabbi Took a Bar Mitzvah to Poland

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By: Adam Nossiter
20 December 2025 at 06:46
Part of the first generation of women ordained in America, she presided over the first bar mitzvah in Krakow, still scarred by the Holocaust, in decades. It did not go smoothly.

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Rabbi Emily Faust Korzenik in Stamford, Conn., in 2003. For 25 years she presided over the Fellowship for Jewish Learning, a congregation there.

Elon Musk’s 2018 Tesla Pay Deal Is Restored by Delaware Supreme Court

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By: Emmett Lindner， Peter Eavis and Rebecca F. Elliott
20 December 2025 at 07:29
A state judge had invalidated the package, saying shareholders were not properly informed about it. Friday’s ruling cleared the plan, now worth $139 billion.

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Elon Musk had appealed a ruling by a Delaware judge who rejected Tesla’s pay package last year.

Trump’s Name Joins Kennedy’s on Performing Arts Center’s Facade

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By: Shawn McCreesh and Chris Cameron
20 December 2025 at 05:26
Workers hauled up large letters spelling out Mr. Trump’s full name to add to the white marble face of the building on Friday morning.

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President Trump’s name was added to the facade of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on Friday.

N.B.A. Tweaks Its Rules to Thwart Sports Betting Cheats

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By: Tania Ganguli
20 December 2025 at 05:32
The basketball league will require teams to submit injury reports closer to tipoff, an attempt to close one source of inside information.

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N.B.A. commissioner Adam Silver said this week that “we’re going to have to do whatever is necessary to protect our integrity.”

R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s

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By: Apoorva Mandavilli
20 December 2025 at 05:14
The shift would mean fewer shots recommended for children. But a Danish health official found the idea baffling, saying the United States was getting “crazier and crazier in public health.”

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A pediatrician administering a combination six-way vaccination against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, Haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis B, in Berlin.

Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress

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By: Nicholas Fandos
20 December 2025 at 05:22
Ms. Stefanik, a Republican congresswoman and staunch ally of President Trump, abruptly ended her bid to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul and said she would not seek another House term.

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Representative Elise Stefanik is one of President Trump’s most steadfast supporters, but he had shied away from endorsing her in the New York governor’s race.
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