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Long Carrier Deployment Projects Strength in U.S. Pressure Campaign on Venezuela, and Carries Costs

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By: John Ismay and Eric Schmitt
24 December 2025 at 22:43
The U.S.S. Ford has been deployed for six months, now in the Caribbean as part of President Trump’s pressure campaign on Venezuela. Maintenance woes and strains on sailors will likely mount.

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The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford in the North Sea in September. Neither the Navy nor the Pentagon has said when the ship’s deployment in the Caribbean will end.

Investors Warn of ‘Rot in Private Equity’ as Funds Strike Circular Deals

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By: Maureen Farrell
24 December 2025 at 18:00
Buyout firms have struggled to sell companies they own and have instead found a workaround to get cash back to clients: Selling the companies to themselves.

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José E. Feliciano, a founder and managing partner of Clearlake Capital.

They Seek to Curb Online Hate. The U.S. Accuses Them of Censorship.

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By: Adam Satariano
24 December 2025 at 20:57
The Trump administration said five regulators and researchers who work to tackle disinformation and abuse on the internet had been barred from entering the United States.

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Thierry Breton, a former European commissioner, was one of five Europeans that Secretary of State Marco Rubio called “radical activists.”

Here’s What Is in the 20-Point Peace Plan for Ukraine

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By: Constant Méheut
24 December 2025 at 19:48
The blueprint covers a broad range of issues, including territory, security guarantees and postwar reconstruction. But Russia has indicated little willingness to end the war.

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Ukrainian soldiers firing toward Russian targets in the Donetsk region in March.

Rain Begins in Southern California as Region Braces for Intense Storm

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By: Jacey Fortin， Judson Jones and Jenny Gross
24 December 2025 at 23:31
Heavy rain, strong winds, flooding and debris flow could affect Los Angeles County and the surrounding areas on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

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Los Angeles County workers loading sandbags on Tuesday in preparation for a strong atmospheric river storm in Altadena, Calif.

Trump Administration Downplays A.I. Risks, Ignoring Economists’ Concerns

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By: Tony Romm and Colby Smith
24 December 2025 at 18:02
The administration has downplayed concerns — from mass job losses, to a potential financial bubble — as President Trump cheers soaring stock prices and faster growth.

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OpenAI’s Stargate, the largest data center project in the United States, in Abilene, Texas.

Pro-Trump Influencers Stay Conspicuously Quiet About Epstein Files

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By: Alan Feuer
24 December 2025 at 05:15
Their silence contrasted with the uproar made over the weekend when the Justice Department’s first release focused on former President Bill Clinton.

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President Trump was mentioned multiple times in the documents the Justice Department released about Jeffrey Epstein.

A Father and Son’s $108 Billion Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

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By: Theodore Schleifer
24 December 2025 at 18:00
Larry and David Ellison didn’t always have a close relationship. Now they’re one of the most intriguing partnerships in business.

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ICE Sweeps Into Ohio, Stirring Fear Among Somalis and Other Immigrants

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By: Billy Witz and Kevin Williams
24 December 2025 at 18:02
After Mayor Andrew Ginther of Columbus said that its policy prohibited local cooperation on immigration enforcement, Elon Musk called him a “traitor.”

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A notice posted at an entrance to the Banadir Mall in Columbus, Ohio, warned that ICE agents may not enter without a judicial warrant.

Lawmaker Returns to Migrant Center Where She Clashed With U.S. Agents

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By: Mark Bonamo
24 December 2025 at 11:39
Representative LaMonica McIver, a New Jersey Democrat, called on immigration officials to close Delaney Hall in Newark, calling detainees’ food and medical care inadequate.

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From left, Representatives Robert Menendez, LaMonica McIver and Yvette Clarke denounced conditions at Delaney Hall, a federal immigration detention center, after visiting it on Tuesday.

Investors Warn of ‘Rot in Private Equity’ as Funds Strike Circular Deals

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By: Maureen Farrell
24 December 2025 at 18:00
Buyout firms have struggled to sell companies they own and have instead found a workaround to get cash back to clients: Selling the companies to themselves.

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José E. Feliciano, a founder and managing partner of Clearlake Capital.

$100 for a Cab to the Airport? It May Soon Get Worse.

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By: Patrick McGeehan
24 December 2025 at 16:00
The Port Authority is preparing to increase the charge for drivers to pick up and drop off passengers at the airports.

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A taxi driver arrives to Terminal C’s taxi stack at LaGuardia Airport earlier this month.

Former Fire Boss, Who Is Jewish, Wants to Move on From Mamdani Criticism

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By: Jeffery C. Mays
24 December 2025 at 23:52
Zohran Mamdani chose Lillian Bonsignore to be fire commissioner, weeks after the former commissioner, Robert S. Tucker, resigned, citing Mr. Mamdani’s views on Israel.

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Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, announced that he had chosen Lillian Bonsignore to be the city’s next fire commissioner.

In Pursuit of the Monarch’s Magnetic Sense

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By: Alexa Robles-Gil and Mark Felix
23 December 2025 at 16:00
The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some scientists, the monarch butterfly is leading the way.

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Blast Kills Three in Moscow Near Site of General’s Car Bombing

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By: Ivan Nechepurenko
24 December 2025 at 18:28
Two police officers died in the explosion, the authorities said. Earlier this week a car bomb killed a military commander in the same area of Russia’s capital.

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A police officer blocking the road near the site of a blast in Moscow on Wednesday.

China Is Shifting Its Nuclear Forces to Swifter Footing, Pentagon Says

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By: Chris Buckley
24 December 2025 at 16:26
The country’s production of nuclear warheads has slowed, but its missiles may be poised to strike back fast in case of an attack, an annual assessment found.

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Nuclear-capable missiles at a military parade in Beijing in September.

Zelensky Open to Pulling Back Troops in Eastern Ukraine to Reach Peace Deal With Russia

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By: Constant Méheut
24 December 2025 at 22:40
The offer was the closest Mr. Zelensky has come to addressing the thorny territorial disputes in Donetsk that have repeatedly derailed peace talks.

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A building in Sloviansk, one of two Ukrainian-held cities that form Kyiv’s last main defensive belt in the Donetsk region in the east.

Australian State Passes ‘Extraordinary’ Gun and Protest Laws After Bondi Attack

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By: Victoria Kim
24 December 2025 at 16:19
While the new restrictions on firearms have broad support, new police powers to crack down on some protests were criticized as limits on civil liberties.

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Police on horseback patrolling Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday.

Redacted Material in Some Epstein Files Is Easily Recovered

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By: Santul Nerkar
24 December 2025 at 10:35
The ease of recovering information that was not properly redacted digitally suggests that at least some of the documents released by the Justice Department were hastily censored.

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The executors of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate faced a civil suit filed in the Virgin Islands in 2021. Documents from the suit released late Monday included some that were not properly redacted digitally. Above, the court in 2020.

Thailand, Attacking Cambodia, Says Its Target Is the Scam Industry

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By: Sui-Lee Wee and Lam Yik Fei
24 December 2025 at 13:03
Thai warplanes have bombed compounds where people are forced to defraud others online. Rights activists say trafficking victims’ lives are at risk.

Pheap Sreymean, 20, worked at a scam center in O’Smach, Cambodia. She said foreign workers were not allowed to leave when the center was attacked.
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