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Iran’s President Says He Can’t Make ‘Miracles’ to Solve the Country’s Woes

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By: Farnaz Fassihi and Leily Nikounazar
19 December 2025 at 03:25
Amid sky-high inflation, water and energy cuts and prospects for a deal with the U. S. dimming, President Masoud Pezeshkian has apparently thrown up his hands.

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President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran attending a protest in Tehran in June after the U.S. attacks on nuclear sites in Iran.

Trump Finds That Retribution Isn’t Always So Easy

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By: Michael S. Schmidt and Jonah E. Bromwich
18 December 2025 at 07:00
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.

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Letitia James, the New York attorney general.

Trump’s Claim That Venezuela ‘Stole’ U.S. Oil Fields Sets Off a Nationalist Reaction

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By: Simon Romero
18 December 2025 at 07:25
President Trump said the United States wanted to reclaim expropriated oil assets, setting off a nationalist reaction in a country where the resource holds a mythical status.

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Derricks in the Maracaibo oil fields of Venezuela in the early 20th century. American oil companies invested millions of dollars in the region, generating profits that flowed to the United States, rather than Venezuela.
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Heating Costs Expected to Rise 9.2% This Winter

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By: Ivan Penn
17 December 2025 at 18:02
Colder weather and rising electricity and fuel costs will lead to a big jump in costs for individuals, according to estimates from a group representing state energy officials.

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Higher electricity and natural gas prices coupled with unusually cold temperatures are expected to fuel more bill increases as the winter months settle in across the country.

Trump Revised Chevron’s Venezuela Deal. Maduro’s Oil Trader Profited.

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By: Anatoly Kurmanaev and Tyler Pager
17 December 2025 at 20:58
A firm controlled by a businessman tied to a seized tanker carrying Venezuelan oil has sold millions of barrels from a Chevron-operated oil field.

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A statue outside Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA headquarters in Caracas.

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.

Hospitals Cater to ‘Transplant Tourists’ as U.S. Patients Wait for Organs

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By: Brian M. Rosenthal and Mark Hansen
17 December 2025 at 00:19
International patients can bring a hospital as much as $2 million for a transplant. In recent years, they have typically gotten organs faster than U.S. patients.

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A Push for More Organ Transplants Is Putting Donors at Risk

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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.

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