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Past presidents have attended the marquee event, but on Sunday Mr. Trump was the first to host it, putting his cultural takeover of Washington in sharp relief. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/us/politics/trump-kennedy-center-honors.html Author : Julia Jacobs Publish date : 2025-12-08 05:49:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The plane, carrying about 50 Iranians and other deportees, took off from Arizona on Sunday, under a deal the Trump administration reached with Iran two months ago. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/world/middleeast/us-deports-second-planeload-iranians.html Author : Farnaz Fassihi Publish date : 2025-12-08 03:18:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

After my father-in-law died, we found something interesting in his files. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/opinion/daniel-ellsberg-nixon-plumbers.html Author : Dan Sturman Publish date : 2025-12-08 00:37:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The country certainly still faces many challenges. But some things are now going right there — and those are worth our attention, too. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/world/syria-anniversary-assad-benin-trump.html Author : Katrin Bennhold Publish date : 2025-12-07 21:05:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

President Trump is shifting from discussion of the long-lasting competition among the world’s biggest economies and nuclear powers. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/us/politics/trump-security-strategy-superpowers.html Author : David E. Sanger Publish date : 2025-12-07 18:51:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Despite the finding, the authorities have been unable to fix the damage from a drone that punctured Reactor No. 4’s outermost protective shield in February. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/world/europe/chernobyl-ukraine-russian-drone-strike-radiation.html Author : Kim Barker Publish date : 2025-12-07 17:14:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

President Trump has repeatedly ousted leaders of independent agencies despite federal laws meant to shield those regulators from politics. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-independent-agencies.html Author : Ann E. Marimow Publish date : 2025-12-07 14:25:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The country’s interior minister said the situation was under control after a “small group of soldiers launched a mutiny,” but the president had yet to make a public statement. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/world/africa/benin-coup-shots-military-africa.html Author : Amelia Nierenberg and Saikou Jammeh Publish date : 2025-12-07 12:31:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The government is pushing hard to raise turnout in an election overshadowed by a deadly fire and public anger over safety lapses and official accountability. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/world/asia/hong-kong-fire-election-campaign.html Author : David Pierson Publish date : 2025-12-07 09:52:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The arrest was part of a crackdown on speech that the authorities say is inciting hatred of the government. Critics say officials are silencing calls for accountability. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/world/asia/hong-kong-fire-arrest-after-online-speech.html Author : David Pierson Publish date : 2025-12-07 07:18:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Officials told the Indian news media that the fire tore through a nightclub in the southwestern state of Goa, a popular tourist destination. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/world/asia/goa-india-nightclub-fire.html Author : Jin Yu Young Publish date : 2025-12-07 04:46:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

President Trump backed Nasry Asfura days before the Nov. 30 election and denounced his opponents. In a close race, that has potentially tipped the scales. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/world/americas/honduras-voters-trump-election.html Author : James Wagner and Jeff Ernst Publish date : 2025-12-07 02:17:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The woman’s body was found near her 2-year-old’s, and the man who was charged was the child’s father, the authorities said. The case did not appear to be linked to the Long Island serial killings. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/nyregion/gilgo-beach-murder-charges-peaches-andrew-dykes.html Author : Maia Coleman Publish date : 2025-12-06 23:22:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Russian forces have advanced on several fronts recently. President Vladimir V. Putin signaled after talks with U.S. officials that he was not budging from demands. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/world/europe/ukraine-pokrovsk-battlefield-russia.html Author : Cassandra Vinograd, Oleksandr Chubko and Maria Varenikova Publish date : 2025-12-06 19:54:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Did Pete Hegseth break the law after authorizing Venezuelan boat strikes? The Times Opinion editor, Kathleen Kingsbury, argues that there are multiple reasons the strikes were legally dubious. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010567489/pete-hegseth-is-ordering-executions-at-sea.html Author : Kathleen Kingsbury, Lauren Dominguez Chan and Stephanie Shen Publish date : 2025-12-06 18:32:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The police said they were searching for three assailants who opened fire, shooting 25 people. A 3-year-old boy was among the dead, while 13 survivors were being treated in the hospital. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/world/africa/south-africa-shooting.html Author : John Eligon Publish date : 2025-12-06 16:11:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The white descendants of Europeans who colonized the country are getting greater access to American officials this year, both in Washington and in Pretoria. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/world/africa/south-africa-afrikaners-trump.html Author : John Eligon Publish date : 2025-12-06 13:12:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Rejoice: NYT Cooking’s holiday cookie extravaganza has returned. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/briefing/sweet-season.html Author : Emily Weinstein Publish date : 2025-12-06 11:07:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

He designed some of the world’s most recognizable buildings, notably the spectacular Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, his masterpiece. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/arts/design/frank-gehry-dead.html Author : Nicolai Ouroussoff Publish date : 2025-12-06 07:16:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Hong Kong, with some of the world’s highest housing costs and inequality, must now figure out how to help thousands of residents who lost friends, family and homes. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/world/asia/hong-kong-fire-survivors-housing.html Author : Alexandra Stevenson, Theodora Yu and Joy Dong Publish date : 2025-12-06 05:14:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The victim was sleeping on a train at Penn Station in Manhattan around 3 a.m. Monday when an 18-year-old man set him on fire, the police said. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/nyregion/subway-man-on-fire.html Author : Camille Baker Publish date : 2025-12-06 02:53:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

President Trump’s new National Security Strategy describes a country that is focused on doing business and reducing migration while avoiding passing judgment on authoritarians. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/politics/trump-national-security-strategy.html Author : Anton Troianovski Publish date : 2025-12-06 00:29:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

A brief conversation with a trained chatbot proved roughly four times as persuasive as a traditional political ad on television, one of the studies found. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/well/ai-chatbots-political-opinions-study.html Author : Steven Lee Myers and Teddy Rosenbluth Publish date : 2025-12-05 22:23:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Ukrainian leaders blame independent advisers for failing to prevent graft. A Times investigation found that President Volodymyr Zelensky’s own administration removed guardrails. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/world/europe/ukraine-corruption-zelensky.html Author : Constant Méheut and Kim Barker Publish date : 2025-12-05 18:55:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

In a step toward Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s goal of upending vaccine policy, the committee decided to delay the shots for babies of mothers who test negative for the virus, reversing longstanding guidance. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/health/kennedy-vaccine-committee-vote-hepatitisb.html Author : Apoorva Mandavilli Publish date : 2025-12-05 17:35:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.