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Today — 23 December 2025NYT | Top Stories

Bernie Sanders to Lead Zohran Mamdani’s Public Swearing-In Ceremony

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By: Dana Rubinstein
23 December 2025 at 03:08
Mr. Sanders, a democratic socialist senator from Vermont, has supported New York City’s mayor-elect since the Democratic primary.

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Senator Bernie Sanders will administer the oath of office to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani during a public swearing-in ceremony at City Hall on Jan. 1.

Did Charlie Javice’s 147-Member Legal Team Expense $529 in Gummy Bears?

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By: Ron Lieber
23 December 2025 at 03:12
JPMorgan has had to pay tens of millions in legal costs for the convicted fraudster. It wants the public to see a newly unredacted list of itemized expenses.

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Charlie Javice was found guilty of fraud in September. She has spent more than $70 million so far on her legal defense.

As Trump Clings to Tariffs, His Argentine Ally Is Opening Up to Trade

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By: Emma Bubola， Lucía Cholakian Herrera and Sarah Pabst
22 December 2025 at 20:59
President Javier Milei is eliminating barriers to what had been a closed-off economy, moving in the opposite direction of his main political ally, President Trump.

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Customers standing in line for the opening of Decathlon, a sporting goods store, last month in Buenos Aires.

Barry Manilow Is Diagnosed With Lung Cancer

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By: Derrick Bryson Taylor
23 December 2025 at 02:35
The “Mandy” and “Copacabana” singer said he would undergo surgery to remove a cancerous spot on his left lung, and he postponed several concert dates.

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In a statement on Monday, Barry Manilow added that his doctors did not think the cancer had spread.

Jim Beam Halts Production at Flagship Distillery as Whiskey and Bourbon Markets Struggle

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By: Clay Risen
23 December 2025 at 01:15
The bourbon giant is closing its flagship distilling operation for all of 2026.

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Production at the Jim Beam distillery in Clermont, Ky., which generally produces close to nine million gallons of bourbon a year, will be paused for all of 2026.

She Fell in Love With ChatGPT. Then She Ghosted It.

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By: Kashmir Hill
22 December 2025 at 18:00
The 29-year-old woman who created the “MyBoyfriendIsAI” community on Reddit isn’t dating (or sexting) her A.I. boyfriend anymore. She found something more fulfilling.

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“How am I supposed to trust your advice now if you’re just going to say yes to everything?” Ayrin said of her chatbot-generated boyfriend after a software change.

How U.S. Defense Industry Dodged a Rare-Earth Shortage After China’s Curbs

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By: Farah Stockman
23 December 2025 at 00:41
America’s ability to make precision-guided missiles was threatened during Trump’s tariff war. But experienced players have rescued the supply chain, for now.

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A display of Raytheon missiles including a Tomahawk, center, which uses magnets made with samarium, a rare earth.

Christmas Trappings: New England Swoons Over Lobster Pot Trees

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By: Neil Vigdor
22 December 2025 at 18:02
The trees have become a sought-after backdrop for social media posts, holiday cards and even marriage proposals.

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A Christmas tree made from lobster traps sits on a dock in Winthrop, Mass. The Boston skyline backdrop has made it a popular draw for amateur and professional photographers.

U.S. Housing Discrimination Complaints Rise as Support Network Thins

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By: Heather Senison
22 December 2025 at 18:00
Accusations are up nearly 20 percent since 2014, according to a nonprofit, which warns that “the infrastructure for enforcing our nation’s fair housing laws is being dismantled.”

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A report by the National Fair Housing Alliance said there were 32,321 housing discrimination complaints in 2024.

Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast

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By: Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman
23 December 2025 at 00:17
The Interior Department said the projects posed national security risks, without providing details. The decision imperils billions of dollars of investments.

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Parts for the construction of Revolution Wind, one of five projects the Trump administration paused on Monday.

China Vanke Gets Temporary Lifeline to Prevent Debt Default

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By: Daisuke Wakabayashi
23 December 2025 at 03:07
Bondholders for one of China’s biggest real estate developers extended a grace period to negotiate a delayed repayment of a $285 million bond issue.

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Residential buildings under construction by China Vanke, a real estate developer, in Hangzhou, last year.
Yesterday — 22 December 2025NYT | Top Stories

Christmas Is Back in Bethlehem, but Peace and Joy Have Yet to Arrive

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By: Fatima AbdulKarim
22 December 2025 at 23:14
Palestinian Christians are reviving their seasonal public celebrations, hoping to bring light and holiday spirit at the end of a gloomy year in the West Bank.

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In Congress and at Home, Omar Faces Trump’s Anti-Somali Attacks

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By: Annie Karni
22 December 2025 at 22:46
Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, has long been a target of racist insults by the president. Now her whole community faces an immigration crackdown.

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“We feel bad, actually, for the president,” Representative Ilhan Omar said of herself and other members of the Somali-American community. “We also know we’re not garbage. We have not been broken by the life experiences that we’ve gone through. Words are not really that hurtful when you’ve survived war.”

Angering Denmark, Trump Appoints Special Envoy to Greenland

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By: Amelia Nierenberg， Jeffrey Gettleman and Maya Tekeli
22 December 2025 at 21:18
President Trump, who has long said he wants to “get” the semiautonomous Danish territory, tapped Louisiana’s governor for the new position. Officials in Greenland and Denmark expressed outrage.

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Governor Jeff Landry of Louisiana, right, with President Trump at the White House in March.

Lynching of a Hindu in Bangladesh Fans Fears of Rising Intolerance

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By: Saif Hasnat and Mujib Mashal
22 December 2025 at 20:50
Muslim co-workers accused the garment factory worker of blasphemy and dragged him into the street, where an angry mob murdered him.

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Students held a silent protest at Dhaka University in Bangladesh’s capital on Sunday to condemn the lynching of a Hindu garment worker.

What to Know About the Latest Epstein Files, and a Flood of U.S. Guns to Canada

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By: Tracy Mumford， Will Jarvis， Ian Stewart and Kate LoPresti
22 December 2025 at 19:00
Plus, a day of Waymo chaos in San Francisco.

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The Justice Department, under pressure from Congress to comply with a law signed by President Trump, released more than 13,000 files on Friday arising from investigations into Jeffrey Epstein.

What We Know About U.S. Interceptions of Oil Tankers in Venezuela

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By: Genevieve Glatsky
22 December 2025 at 18:03
A Venezuela-bound vessel fled after rebuffing an attempt by the Coast Guard to seize it, the latest twist in the escalating U.S. pressure campaign against the Maduro government.

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A frame grab from a video posted on social media by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, showed a helicopter flying over Centuries, another oil tanker, which was intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday.

Artists We Lost in 2025, in Their Words

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By: Gabe Cohn
22 December 2025 at 18:02
Robert Redford, Roberta Flack, Diane Keaton and Brian Wilson are among the cultural luminaries who died this year.

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Clockwise from top left: Robert Redford, Diane Keaton, Roberta Flack, David Lynch, and Brian Wilson.

A Conspicuous Gap May Undermine Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Plan

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By: Adam Liptak
22 December 2025 at 18:03
A historical review shows lawmakers without certain familial records went unchallenged as citizens when the 14th Amendment was adopted. The finding appeared to undercut the president’s claims on birthright citizenship.

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What the amendment meant when it was ratified in 1868, Mr. Trump’s lawyers said, was that “children of temporary visitors and illegal aliens are not U.S. citizens by birth.”

Goodbye (and Good Riddance?) to the MetroCard

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By: Dodai Stewart
22 December 2025 at 16:00
Thirty years ago, the newfangled method of paying for New York City’s buses and subways seemed like cutting-edge technology. Now, its days are numbered.

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New Yorkers and visitors have purchased 3.2 billion MetroCards over the past three decades. In 2026, they will be phased out.

What to Know About OMNY, MetroCard’s Tap-and-Go Successor

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By: Stefanos Chen
22 December 2025 at 16:00
With the MetroCard retiring at the end of 2025, the OMNY system will become the only way to pay for most transit riders.

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Transit riders can tap to pay using OMNY cards, or credit and debit cards.

Their Death Sentences Were Commuted by Biden. They Could Face Execution Again.

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By: Eduardo Medina
22 December 2025 at 18:01
At least four of the 37 men whose sentences were commuted last year could face the death penalty at the state level after a push from the Trump administration.

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Some of the men whose sentences were commuted have been moved to a “supermax” prison in Florence, Colo.
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