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Reçu aujourd’hui — 23 août 2025NYT

Hong Kong Denies Visa Renewal for Senior Bloomberg Journalist

23 août 2025 à 07:30
The unexplained decision raises fresh concerns about the erosion of press freedom in a city transformed by Beijing’s national security law.

© Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times

Hong Kong was long a bastion of press freedom, but conditions have changed since China moved to stifle dissent and calls for democracy.

5 Takeaways From Ghislaine Maxwell’s Interview About Jeffrey Epstein

In a courthouse interview with the deputy attorney general, Ms. Maxwell, who has been convicted of sex trafficking, maintained that President Trump and other famous figures were not involved.

© U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Ghislaine Maxwell, with Jeffrey Epstein in an image used as evidence at her trial. The Justice Department and the F.B.I. had concluded in July that there was no specific “client list” for Mr. Epstein’s trafficking ring.

San Francisco Had Avoided Trump’s Ire. Until Now.

23 août 2025 à 01:40
The president focused on cities like Los Angeles and Washington as he deployed federal troops and railed against crime. But on Friday, in reference to San Francisco, he said, “We’ll clean that one up, too.”

© Loren Elliott for The New York Times

San Francisco voters have veered to the middle in recent elections and have chosen more moderate leaders, including their new mayor. Some believed that could be enough to escape President Trump’s attention.

Impact of State Dept.’s New ‘Continuous Vetting’ for U.S. Visa Holders Remains Unclear

23 août 2025 à 01:38
The State Department offered few details about its plans for the 55 million visa holders, and it was unclear if it was culling travel documents, or making less drastic changes.

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Passengers following signs to complete their immigration procedures at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., last year.

Education Department Backs Away From Program for Hispanic-Serving Colleges

23 août 2025 à 00:53
The federal program supports universities with high numbers of Latino students. Trump officials said they wouldn’t defend it against a lawsuit, which could effectively end the program.

© Rod Lamkey Jr. for The New York Times

Federal officials said on Friday that they would not contest a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Hispanic-serving institution program, which supports colleges where at least 25 percent of the undergraduates are Hispanic.

Trump Begins Buildup of U.S. Naval Forces Outside Venezuela, but Many Remain Skeptical

23 août 2025 à 00:45
President Nicolás Maduro said Venezuela would not back down while facing a U.S. naval buildup. But many in the country doubt a confrontation will come at all.

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President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela during a parade in Caracas earlier this year. Mr. Maduro said on Monday that he was deploying 4.5 million militiamen around the country.

Ron Turcotte, Who Rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown, Dies at 84

22 août 2025 à 23:41
With Turcotte in the saddle, Secretariat powered to victory in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness in 1973 and then demolished the competition in the Belmont Stakes.

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The jockey Ron Turcotte after winning the Kentucky Derby aboard Secretariat at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., in 1973.

New York Is a Big City. Its Graft Has Become Small-Town Stuff.

22 août 2025 à 23:08
The city’s corruption once had ambition to match its soaring skyscrapers. Indictments this week described cut-rate schemes with far lower returns — and there was that cash in a potato-chip bag.

© Janice Chung for The New York Times

City Hall, prosecutors say, has been run like a business. Of a sort.
Reçu hier — 22 août 2025NYT

Justice Department Releases Ghislaine Maxwell Interview Transcripts

The transcripts and audio, covering two days of discussions between Ms. Maxwell and Todd Blanche, the Justice Department’s No. 2, are likely to raise as many questions as they answer.

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Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, pointing to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell during a news conference in New York in 2020.

Justice Dept. Gives Congress Some Subpoenaed Epstein Files

22 août 2025 à 23:05
The G.O.P. chairman of a key House panel was forced to issue the subpoena after a few Republicans banded together with Democrats to push it through.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

The action on the subpoena was one of the last things lawmakers did before leaving Washington for their August recess.

DeSantis Says He Is Undeterred by Order Shutting Down Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

22 août 2025 à 21:54
A federal judge had ordered that much of the Florida immigration detention center be dismantled, a ruling Gov. Ron DeSantis called “preordained.”

© Chris O'Meara/Associated Press

“This is not going to deter us,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said of the judge’s ruling on the immigration detention center. “We’re going to continue working on the deportations, advancing that mission.”
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