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Today — 19 December 2025Main stream

Trump Administration Tries to Stop Some Immigrants From Driving Trucks

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By: Peter Eavis
19 December 2025 at 03:03
The Transportation Department said the new rules were intended to make roads safer, but there’s no data to suggest that immigrants cause more truck accidents.

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Trucking has long attracted immigrants hoping to earn a potentially substantial wage soon after arriving in the United States.
Yesterday — 18 December 2025Main stream

New York City Set to Raise the Cap on Permits for Street Vendors

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By: Samantha Latson
18 December 2025 at 22:05
The legislation, which would make thousands more permits available, is part of a package of City Council bills aimed at helping the city’s vendors get on the right side of the law.

© Marco Postigo Storel for The New York Times

Food carts and other street vendors are a ubiquitous sight in New York City, but an arcane permitting process means many cart operators are unlicensed.

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

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By: Cecilia Kang
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.
Before yesterdayMain stream

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

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By: Lauren Hirsch and Brooks Barnes
18 December 2025 at 00:33
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

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By: Lisa Friedman
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

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By: Ana Swanson， Adam Satariano and Jeanna Smialek
17 December 2025 at 02:10
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

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By: Patricia Cohen and Eshe Nelson
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.

A Push for More Organ Transplants Is Putting Donors at Risk

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Brian M. Rosenthal and Julie Tate
19 September 2025 at 21:26
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.
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