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Today — 19 December 2025Main stream

James B. Hunt Jr., North Carolina Governor Who Kept State Blue, Dies at 88

19 December 2025 at 08:21
During his 16 years in office, he earned national acclaim for his focus on education. But losing his bid for the Senate in 1984 cost him a shot at the presidency.

© J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press

Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. of North Carolina in 1982. He sustained the state’s Democrats as a political force for more than a quarter century, even as he lost a vicious Senate race to Jesse Helms in 1984.

Kennedy Center Board Moves to Rename It the Trump-Kennedy Center

19 December 2025 at 07:38
The board for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced that it would now be named the Trump-Kennedy Center, although a formal change may have to be approved by Congress.

© Kent Nishimura for The New York Times

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was so named by law.
Yesterday — 18 December 2025Main stream

Trump Finds That Retribution Isn’t Always So Easy

In some ways, Trump’s broader flexing of power has achieved what he set out to do. But his attempts to push prosecutions of rivals have been far less successful.

© Allison Robbert for The New York Times

Letitia James, the New York attorney general.
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