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Today — 16 December 2025Main stream

Donald Trump Jr. Is Engaged to Bettina Anderson, a Palm Beach Socialite

16 December 2025 at 12:55
The relationship between the president’s son and Ms. Anderson had been the subject of tabloid speculation during his previous engagement to Kimberly Guilfoyle.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson in Washington in June.

Kushner’s Firm Pulls Out of Trump-Branded Hotel Deal in Serbia

The announcement came just hours after prosecutors there charged four government officials with corruption in connection with the half-billion-dollar project.

© Vladimir Zivojinovic for The New York Times

A real estate development project in Belgrade, Serbia, would have replaced bombed-out buildings with a luxury hotel bearing the Trump name.

Trump Files $10 Billion Suit Over BBC Documentary

16 December 2025 at 08:49
The British broadcaster, which has expressed regret over the editing of video clips about the president, has rejected claims that the error was evidence of a fundamental bias in its news reporting.

© Jack Taylor/Reuters

The BBC’s board chairman apologized in a letter to a British parliamentary committee, saying the documentary’s editing had been an “error of judgment.”

How the Winklevoss Twins Won Big in Trump’s Pro-Crypto Washington

16 December 2025 at 12:13
Few industry players seem closer to Trump than the 44-year-old billionaire brothers. And they have gotten more than just invitations to the White House this year.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss at the White House.

Ford Will Take $19.5 Billion Hit as It Rolls Back E.V. Plans

16 December 2025 at 07:10
Ford Motor said the costs came from its decision to make fewer electric vehicles than it had planned and more hybrids that use both gasoline engines and batteries.

© Brittany Greeson for The New York Times

A Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck at the company’s plant in Dearborn, Mich., in 2022. The Lightning will no longer be a pure electric vehicle.

Trump’s Post Attacking Rob Reiner After Stabbing Death Draws Immediate Outrage

16 December 2025 at 10:06
The president attributed the killing to “Trump derangement syndrome,” but his disparaging comments drew backlash even from conservative allies who said they were inappropriate.

© Kent Nishimura/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, at the Kennedy Center in Washington in 2023. The Reiners’ 32-year-old son was “booked for murder,” according to the Los Angeles police chief, Jim McDonnell.
Yesterday — 15 December 2025Main stream

Ukraine and Allies Agree on Security Guarantee for Peace Proposal

Crucial details on the future security of Ukraine remain unsettled as negotiators seek a deal that Russia will approve.

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President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany, left, and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Berlin on Monday.

Trump’s Cuts Hobbled US Labor Board, Leaving Festering Disputes and a Power Struggle

15 December 2025 at 18:02
Advocates fear damage to labor protections if the Supreme Court upholds the president’s move to control federal agency staffing.

© Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

The Washington headquarters of the National Labor Relations Board, which is down to a single member. In the interim, California and New York want to strengthen their boards.

Trump’s Diversity Rollback Ends Crucial Aid for Deafblind Children Like Annie Garner

A program for deafblind children helped 3-year-old Annie Garner, born with poor vision and no ears, learn to communicate. The Trump administration cut the program’s funding over diversity goals.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Casey and Leah Garner with their daughter, Annie, at their home in Reedsburg, Wis.

Kast’s Victory in Chile Is Another Win for Global Right-Wing Movement

15 December 2025 at 18:02
José Antonio Kast, who was elected president on Sunday, is the latest conservative to rise to power promising strict law and order measures.

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Presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast of the Republicano party and his wife Maria Pia Adriazola celebrating following the 2025 presidential election runoff in Santiago, Chile on Sunday.

House Republicans Accuse D.C. Police of Manipulating Crime Statistics

By: Minho Kim
15 December 2025 at 06:18
The committee cited interviews with police commanders in an effort to buttress President Trump’s federal takeover of law enforcement and the National Guard deployment in the capital city.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

The committee said interviews with the city police’s seven district commanders showed the department’s leadership had put an aggressive emphasis on lowering crime numbers.

Inside the Clintons’ Fight to Avoid Testifying in the House Epstein Inquiry

15 December 2025 at 05:30
Bill and Hillary Clinton have repeatedly offered to provide sworn statements, but Representative James R. Comer has threatened to hold them in contempt of Congress if they fail to appear.

© Melina Mara

For months, the Clintons have been engaging with Mr. Comer far more than was previously known to respond to his requests and avoid having to appear on Capitol Hill.

Zelensky Offers Compromise for New Round of Ukraine Peace Talks

15 December 2025 at 04:28
Ukraine’s president met with U.S. negotiators about plans to end the war with Russia. He said he would give up hopes of joining NATO in exchange for security guarantees.

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Steve Witkoff, the American special envoy, left, greeting President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Berlin on Sunday.
Before yesterdayMain stream

How The Times Analyzed the S.E.C.’s Cryptocurrency Enforcement

The New York Times set out to understand — and quantify — just how much things had changed within the agency after President Trump resumed office.

© Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times

A portrait array in the lobby of the Securities and Exchange Commission showing President Trump and Vice President JD Vance; its chairman, Paul S. Atkins; and Commissioners Hester M. Peirce, Caroline A. Crenshaw and Mark T. Uyeda.

The War on ‘Wokeness’ Comes to the U.S. Mint

The Treasury Department unveiled new coins celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. They failed to include planned designs featuring abolition, women’s suffrage and the civil rights movement.

Actors surrounded Brandon Beach, the U.S. treasurer, and Kristie McNally, the Mint’s acting secretary, at a coin unveiling this month at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

The Army Made a Blind Black Soldier a Surrogate for Robert E. Lee

14 December 2025 at 18:00
For more than a century, this Black soldier from Virginia was remembered by nearly no one. Then this year, someone at the Pentagon found a use for him.

© National Museum of African American History and Culture

Pvt. Fitz Lee in 1899, with his Medal of Honor on his jacket.
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