Politics: 5 stories from this week
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On Politics
October 19, 2025

Here are some stories you might have missed this week, curated by Times editors and personalized for you.

A ship sits at a dock. A bridge sits in the background.

Enea Lebrun/Reuters

U.S. Is Repatriating Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel

Two men rescued by the U.S. military after it attacked a boat in the Caribbean Sea were being sent to their home countries of Colombia and Ecuador, President Trump said.

By Eric Schmitt, Charlie Savage and Carol Rosenberg

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Anna Rose Layden for The New York Times

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million

Public documents show the Department of Homeland Security has contracted to purchase a pair of top-of-the-line Gulfstream jets for the secretary and other top officials.

By Catie Edmondson

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Eric Lee for The New York Times

In Photos and video

Scenes From a Day of Mass Protests

With signs and chants, protesters take part in ‘No Kings’ rallies focused on what they see as overreach by the Trump administration.

A man in a green jacket walking on a red carpet past a crowd of soldiers.

Oliver Contreras/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

White House Memo

Vance Flexes Marines’ Might as Mass Protests Against Trump’s Agenda Take Place

Vice President JD Vance’s trip to a military base in California illustrated rising tensions between the federal government and Democratic leaders.

By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Rachel Parsons

Speaker Mike Johnson, surrounded by three officials, speaks at the podium.

Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

Shutdown Fight Reopens Debate in G.O.P. Over Health Care

The spending showdown has highlighted Republicans’ failure to produce an alternative to Obamacare, which many of them assail but concede is too politically risky to undo.

By Annie Karni

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