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December 10, 2025, 4:30 a.m. Eastern time

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Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors

Officials initially weighed sending survivors of U.S. attacks on boats suspected of drug smuggling to a notorious prison in El Salvador, to keep them away from American courts.

Trump Says Americans Are Doing Great, Even as Views on the Economy Sour

President Trump’s speech in Pennsylvania was meant to alleviate concerns about affordability. But he kept wandering off script and dwelling on his favorite targets, like immigration.

Taiwan Invokes National Security Law to Protect TSMC Trade Secrets

An executive left TSMC for Intel. Taiwan’s government says that could threaten its national security.

World

Australia’s Social Media Ban for Children Takes Effect

The measure, which affects anyone under 16, is one of the most sweeping efforts in the world to safeguard young people from the potential harms of the platforms.

Machado Won’t Pick Up Peace Prize in Person, Nobel Director Says

The head of the Norwegian Nobel Institute told the state broadcaster that María Corina Machado would not attend Wednesday’s event in Oslo.

Hundreds of Thousands of Thais and Cambodians Flee

People escaped from a deadly border conflict, the authorities said, with some sheltering at a racetrack in Thailand and others near temples in Cambodia.

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U.S.

Three Years After Dobbs, ‘the Reality Is People Are Getting Abortions’

The state divide over abortions has only deepened since the Supreme Court decision. But research shows the number of abortions has climbed.

Student Is Killed in Shooting at Kentucky State University

A suspect who is not a student was arrested after the shooting in Frankfort, Ky., the police said. The university said that a second student was critically injured.

Miami Elects First Democratic Mayor in Nearly 30 Years

Eileen Higgins, a former Miami-Dade County commissioner, will also be the city’s first female mayor and the first non-Hispanic mayor since the 1990s.

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Politics

Kamala Harris Isn’t Ready to Be Written Off

She was seen for two decades as a future face of the Democratic Party. Is she now suddenly a figure of its past?

G.O.P. Will Counter Democrats’ Bid to Preserve Subsidies With Their Own Plan

Senate Republicans plan to offer a proposal that would create a new payment for people with bare-bones health coverage, clashing with Democrats who are pressing for an extension of existing tax credits.

At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke

Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the Biden-era move to the sans serif typeface “wasteful,” casting the return to Times New Roman as part of a push to stamp out diversity efforts.

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Business

Wall Street Is Shaking Off Fears of an A.I. Bubble. For Now.

The valuations of some artificial intelligence companies are approaching those of the dot-com boom. But investors worry that pulling money from today’s market risks future gains.

Asserting a Personal Role in Warner Bros. Battle, Trump Seeks to Expand His Powers Again

The move comes as the Supreme Court also appears poised to put antitrust enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission under his control.

Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ

The findings are the latest example of how the notion of a single price is breaking down in the digital age, a trend economists say could be pushing up some prices.

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Technology

Why the A.I. Boom Is Unlike the Dot-Com Boom

Silicon Valley is again betting everything on a new technology. But the mania is not a reboot of the late-1990s frenzy.

Trump’s Nvidia Chip Deal Reverses Decades of Technology Restrictions

President Trump’s decision to allow Nvidia to sell its chips to China has raised questions about whether he is prioritizing short-term economic gain over long-term American security interests.

Chip Company Plotted to Send Technology to China, Ex-C.E.O. Says

The former chief executive of Nexperia, a Dutch chipmaker, said Dutch officials had known for years that the company’s Chinese owner sought to move its technology to China.

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New York

End of Major Corruption Case Embarrasses N.Y. Cannabis Regulators

A case against the Long Island-based cannabis company Omnium Health was halted on the eve of trial. A judge on Tuesday held off on dropping the matter.

Items Seized From Mangione Included Bullets and Note to ‘Pluck Eyebrows’

Prosecutors showed body camera footage as they argued that some evidence the police said they collected from Luigi Mangione’s backpack when he was arrested should be admitted at trial.

Kathryn Garcia Is Named New Head of the Port Authority

Ms. Garcia, who ran for mayor of New York in 2021 after serving as the city’s sanitation commissioner, would succeed Rick Cotton, who is retiring.

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Arts

What Streaming TV Could Learn from ‘Mad Men’

The classic show arrived on HBO Max with an embarrassing remastering error. But the show’s creative mastery remains undeniable.

Vistas Painted by Georgia O’Keeffe Protected by Conservation Plan

The plan will protect 6,000 acres of land in northern New Mexico, and the state is giving more than $900,000 toward