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Today — 20 December 2025Main stream

Why Middle-Class Americans Say Life Is Unaffordable

20 December 2025 at 18:00
Economists say that a typical middle-class family today is richer than one in the 1960s. Americans in their 20s and 30s don’t believe it.

© Kim Raff for The New York Times

Alicia Wrigley and her husband, Richard Gailey, both musicians and teachers, live in Salt Lake City with their 2-year-old.
Yesterday — 19 December 2025Main stream

‘A Singularly Turbulent Time’: Deeper Uncertainty in Store for Global Economy

19 December 2025 at 13:00
A reordering of the rules of trade, set on top of transformational change in technology, demographics and climate, is remaking jobs, politics and lives.

© Linh Pham for The New York Times

A furniture factory in Vietnam. Chinese exports are surging not just into Europe but even more sharply into Southeast Asia.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Trump Announces $1,776 ‘Warrior Dividend’ for Military

19 December 2025 at 09:03
President Trump promised active duty troops a $1,776 check, citing increased revenue raised by tariffs, but the funding is coming from money for the military included in this year’s domestic spending law.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

U.S. service members at Fort Bragg, N.C., in June.

6 Takeaways From Trump’s Address to the Nation

18 December 2025 at 20:21
In an 18-minute address, President Trump said the economy was booming despite the public’s consistent concerns about prices. Here are six takeaways from the speech.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump in an address from the White House on Wednesday argued that U.S. economy under his leadership is in better shape than many voters think.

A Bellicose Trump Points Fingers in Defending His Record on the Economy

18 December 2025 at 16:42
In an 18-minute address, President Trump said the economy was booming despite the public’s consistent concerns about prices. Here are six takeaways from the speech.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump in an address from the White House on Wednesday argued that U.S. economy under his leadership is in better shape than many voters think.

Full Transcript of President Trump’s Speech on the Economy

18 December 2025 at 11:49
The president sharply attacked his predecessor while insisting that his own record contained nothing but victories.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

“Over the past 11 months, we have brought more positive change to Washington than any administration in American history,” President Trump said in his address to the nation on Wednesday night from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House.

Are We Losing Our Democracy?

While the United States is not yet close to a full-on autocracy, the New York Times editorial board outlines some of the warning signs of democratic erosion already taking place, thanks to the efforts of President Trump.
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