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Today — 18 December 2025Main stream

Brendan Carr Says FCC ‘Isn’t Independent’ Amid Concerns of How Trump Might Use the Agency

18 December 2025 at 03:56
The comment from Brendan Carr, a Republican, raised concerns from lawmakers about how President Trump might use the agency.

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Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, at a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday.
Yesterday — 17 December 2025Main stream

Warner Bros. Urges Shareholders to Reject Paramount Takeover Bid, Saying Ellisons ‘Misled’ Them

The claim was made as part of Warner Bros. Discovery’s dismissal of Paramount’s hostile takeover offer.

© Aleksey Kondratyev for The New York Times

Warner Bros., which has its headquarters in Burbank, Calif., agreed to sell itself to Netflix in a deal worth $83 billion.

U.S. Is Seeking Exemption From a European Climate Law, Officials Say

17 December 2025 at 03:32
Diplomats told E.U. officials that the bloc’s law on methane, a potent greenhouse gas, would hurt American oil and gas companies.

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A liquified natural gas tanker. This year the Trump administration signed a deal with the European Union in which Europe pledged to buy American gas in exchange for tariff relief.

U.S. Threatens Penalties Against European Tech Firms Amid Regulatory Fight

The Trump administration singled out European tech firms by name and promised economic consequences Tuesday unless the E.U. rolls back tech regulation and lawsuits.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

The Office of the United States Trade Representative, led by Jamieson Greer, said that the European Union had “persisted in a continuing course of discriminatory and harassing lawsuits, taxes, fines, and directives” against U.S. companies.

Europe May Roll Back Combustion Engine Ban

17 December 2025 at 03:00
A proposal to revise an E.U. law requiring carmakers to stop producing combustion engines by 2035 would offer some relief to automakers, but it sets back the region’s climate goals.

© Laetitia Vancon for The New York Times

Electric vehicles at a BMW factory in Munich. Premier automakers like BMW will benefit if an emission ban in Europe is rolled back.
Before yesterdayMain stream

A Push for More Organ Transplants Is Putting Donors at Risk

People across the United States have endured rushed or premature attempts to remove their organs. Some were gasping, crying or showing other signs of life.

© Wes Frazer for The New York Times

Misty Hawkins’s parents have not touched the bedroom of their daughter, who had a lifelong cognitive disability.

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.

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.

MAHA Moms Are Angry at the E.P.A. Lee Zeldin Is Trying to Win Them Back.

14 December 2025 at 01:14
A split is emerging within Trump’s base as health activists accuse Mr. Zeldin of leading the agency to prioritize chemical industry interests over public health.

© Niki Chan Wylie for The New York Times

Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, appeared with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Salt Lake City earlier this year. Recently, Mr. Zeldin has gone on a charm offensive.
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