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Yesterday — 17 December 2025Main stream

Mike Johnson Shuts Door on Key Health Care Vote, and a Dangerous New Drug Hits U.S. Cities

Plus, the subway stop that’s also a museum.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

Speaker Mike Johnson had signaled openness to allowing debate on the proposal to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies, but ultimately rejected a bid to do so by politically vulnerable Republicans.
Before yesterdayMain stream

A Powerful New Drug Is Creating a ‘Withdrawal Crisis’ in Philadelphia

15 December 2025 at 19:59
Medetomidine, a veterinary sedative, mixed into fentanyl has sent thousands to hospitals, not only for overdose but for life-threatening withdrawal. It is spreading to other cities.

© Hannah Yoon for The New York Times

The Temple University Hospital emergency entrance.
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