The ‘Useful Idiots’ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute

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4 décembre 2025 à 11:05

Having “real estate deal guys” as America’s negotiators on the war in Ukraine is a liability, not an advantage. You want a statesman.

Where Does the Transgender Rights Movement Go From Here?

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Par :Ross Douthat and Victoria Chamberlin

4 décembre 2025 à 11:04

The lawyer and activist Chase Strangio on cultural divisions and common ground.

Macron Urges Xi to Help End War in Ukraine

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Par :Vivian Wang

4 décembre 2025 à 11:03

As President Emmanuel Macron of France visited China, its leader, Xi Jinping, said his country would play a constructive role in ending the fighting.

President Emmanuel Macron of France with Xi Jinping, China’s leader, in Beijing on Thursday. Mr. Macron was welcomed with a red carpet and honor guard.

New York Times to Sue Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights

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Par :Erik Wemple

4 décembre 2025 à 11:03

The company plans to say in a lawsuit that the Defense Department’s new reporting restrictions infringed on the constitutional rights of journalists.

A new set of press restrictions at the Pentagon took effect in October.

Hamas Returns Body of Last Thai Hostage in Gaza

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Par :John Yoon

4 décembre 2025 à 10:44

The militant group took more than 250 hostages from Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, including 31 from Thailand. The remains of all but one other hostage, an Israeli, have been recovered.

Placards of hostage, Sudthisak Rinthalak, during a rally calling for the immediate return of the remains of all hostages held in Gaza, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv in November.

Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself

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Par :Aishvarya Kavi

4 décembre 2025 à 06:17

Workers installed the president’s name on the Washington institute, thrusting it back into the spotlight as it is set to host the signing of a peace deal between Rwanda and Congo.

The United States Institute of Peace on Wednesday, after President Trump’s name was added to the facade.

Taiwan’s Opposition Leader, Once for Independence, Turns Toward China

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Par :Chris Buckley · Amy Chang Chien and Lam Yik Fei

4 décembre 2025 à 06:00

She says Taiwan must embrace its Chinese heritage to avoid war. Her critics say she wants to steer the island into Beijing’s orbit.

The Nationalist Party leader Cheng Li-wun in her office in Taipei, Taiwan, in November.

Pentagon Watchdog Finds Hegseth’s Signal Chat Risked Endangering U.S. Troops

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Par :Robert Jimison · Megan Mineiro and John Ismay

4 décembre 2025 à 03:03

An inspector general report to be released on Thursday examined the defense secretary’s use of a private messaging app to discuss airstrikes in Yemen.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app risked potentially compromising Defense Department information that could have endangered personnel and missions, according to people familiar with the report.

Former F.D.A. Commissioners Sound Alarm on Plan to Change Vaccine Policy

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Par :Rylee Kirk

4 décembre 2025 à 03:49

Twelve former commissioners, in a New England Journal of Medicine article, said they were “deeply concerned” by a leaked memo from the agency’s vaccine regulator.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, has repeatedly criticized Covid-19 vaccines as deadly despite the scientific consensus that they are safe.

What to Know About Putin’s Visit to India as Oil Trade Dries Up

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Par :Anupreeta Das and Valerie Hopkins

4 décembre 2025 à 03:31

The Trump administration, which crippled Russia’s oil sales to India with sanctions, will be watching Mr. Putin’s talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India greeting each other before a meeting in New Delhi in 2021.

5 Takeaways From the 2025 DealBook Summit

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Par :Kailyn Rhone · Brian O’Keefe and Bernhard Warner

4 décembre 2025 à 01:40

President Trump’s economic policies and artificial intelligence were among the central topics at the gathering of business and political leaders.

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, right, speaking to Andrew Ross Sorkin, Dealbook Editor at Large, at the DealBook conference in New York on Wednesday.

Trump’s Former Campaign Manager Assisted Honduran Presidential Candidate

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Par :Kenneth P. Vogel · David C. Adams and Jack Nicas

4 décembre 2025 à 02:51

Brad Parscale advised the campaign of Nasry Asfura, a right-wing candidate who was endorsed by the U.S. president.

Brad Parscale managed President Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign.

Former F.D.A. Commissioners Sound Alarm on Plan to Change Vaccine Policy

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Par :Rylee Kirk

4 décembre 2025 à 02:07

Twelve former commissioners, in a New England Journal of Medicine article, said they were “deeply concerned” by a leaked memo from the Trump administration’s chief scientific officer.

Trump Is Wreaking Havoc With His Favorite Power

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Par :Jamelle Bouie

4 décembre 2025 à 04:51

In the right hands, the pardon power is too strong. In the wrong hands, it is disastrous.

U.S. Military’s Boat Strikes Planning Takes On New Significance

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Par :Helene Cooper · Julian E. Barnes · Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt

4 décembre 2025 à 01:16

The details could raise questions about who was responsible for a follow-up strike on Sept. 2 — the commander who ordered it or the defense secretary.

On orders from President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the U.S. military has attacked 21 boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, killing 83 people.

Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and Shaper of Memphis Soul Music, Dies at 84

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Par :Bill Friskics-Warren

4 décembre 2025 à 06:01

As a member of Booker T. & the MG’s and as a producer, he played a pivotal role in the rise of Stax Records, a storied force in R&B in the 1960s and ’70s.

Steve Cropper in 1973. His guitar licks could be heard in hits by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave and Wilson Pickett, among many others.

Afghan Refugees Face Uncertain Future As Trump Tightens Immigration Policy

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Par :Miriam Jordan

4 décembre 2025 à 02:18

Afghan immigrants in the United States believed they were safe. A deadly shooting that authorities say was carried out by an Afghan has thrown their futures into doubt.

Obaidullah Durani and his daughter, Hela, at the Arizona Refugee Center in Mesa, Ariz. Mr. Durani, a fighter pilot, arrived from Afghanistan with his two children in 2021, but his wife is still in Afghanistan.

Trump Faces Choices on Russia-Ukraine Talks as Peace Deal Deadline Passes

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Par :David E. Sanger and Anton Troianovski

4 décembre 2025 à 01:05

The president wanted Moscow and Kyiv to come to terms by Thanksgiving. Negotiations are now stalled, leaving the White House to decide if an agreement is possible anytime soon.

“It does take two to tango,” President Trump said after his envoys left a meeting in Moscow with no major breakthroughs in their meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

Lawsuit Against Hispanic Scholarship Fund Argues It Discriminates Against Non-Hispanic Students

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Par :Bernard Mokam

4 décembre 2025 à 01:03

The plaintiffs, white and Asian students, said they would qualify for scholarships given out by the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, but for their race.

Edward Blum is the president of the American Alliance for Equal Rights, which filed the lawsuit against the Hispanic Scholarship Fund on behalf of two students.

Trump Plans to Lower Fuel Efficiency Requirements

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Par :Matthew Cullen

4 décembre 2025 à 00:19

Also, Dick Van Dyke shares his secrets to aging well. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

Repatriation Flights With Hundreds of Migrants Arrive in Venezuela

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Par :Simon Romero and María Victoria Fermín

4 décembre 2025 à 00:09

The flights with Venezuelans who had been living in the United States arrived at a time of airspace safety concerns as the U.S. military pressures Venezuela’s leader.

A plane carrying Venezuelan migrants landing at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, Venezuela, on Wednesday.

The Evidence For the Childhood Vaccine Schedule, Explained

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Par :Isobel Whitcomb

3 décembre 2025 à 23:59

Members of a vaccine advisory committee handpicked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will discuss revising the childhood immunization schedule this week. Here’s what to know.

In Yemen, Separatist Forces Backed by UAE March Into Oil-Rich Region

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Par :Saeed Al-Batati and Vivian Nereim

3 décembre 2025 à 23:47

The separatists were battling to secure the region’s oil fields, residents and the group’s officials said. Their swift advance could be a turning point in Yemen’s decade-long civil war.

Forces from Yemen’s separatist Southern Transitional Council being redeployed from the southern province of Abyan in 2020.

Don’t Trust the Epstein Files

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Par :The Editorial Board

3 décembre 2025 à 20:07

Even if the wisdom of releasing the files is a nuanced issue, the president’s behavior has been indefensible.

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