| Soon He’ll Be Mayor Mamdani. To His Soccer Teammates, He Was Just Z.
- Zohran Mamdani isn’t just a superfan. Until recently, he was a key player on the Talking Headers, a rec-league team in Brooklyn.
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:24:33 +0000
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| Paramount Says Money Is No Object. Warner Bros. Isn’t Convinced.
- Larry Ellison is backstopping Paramount’s bid for Warner Brothers, but Warner Brothers is concerned that the billionaire has not provided a personal guarantee to pay.
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:19:49 +0000
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| 100,000 in Washington State Ordered to Evacuate as Rivers Rise
- Days of heavy rain pushed waterways to record flood levels in a mountainous region north of Seattle. “Do not wait,” local officials warned residents, urging them to seek higher ground.
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:52:02 +0000
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| King Charles to Speak About His Cancer in Televised Message
- A video of the king discussing his “recovery journey” will air on Channel 4 on Friday as part of a national cancer awareness campaign in the U.K.
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:38:15 +0000
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| Thailand Says Trump Call About Cambodia Conflict Is Set for Friday
- President Trump’s planned intervention comes as the hostilities entered their fifth day and appeared to escalate, and while Thailand moves toward early elections.
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:30:55 +0000
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| Why Is It So Hard to Build Big Things?
- Today we look at the state of American inertia.
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:14:23 +0000
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| Republicans Defy Trump in Indiana, and Hundreds Quarantined in Measles Outbreak
- Plus, the Friday news quiz.
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:00:08 +0000
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| Historic Shift Underway in China’s Economy as Investment Slump Deepens
- Investment in manufacturing, infrastructure and property is expected to fall this year, a remarkable turn for an economy whose growth reshaped the world.
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:02:27 +0000
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| Does Paramount’s David Ellison Know What He’s Doing?
- David Ellison is cozying up to Trump in his effort to save Hollywood. It’s a risky strategy for our democracy.
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:02:09 +0000
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| Troops Involved in Boat Strikes Face a ‘Moral Injury’ Risk, Experts Say
- Troops who play a part in deadly missions that they see as wrong or unjustified may suffer deep psychological harm as a result, research has shown.
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:02:01 +0000
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| Review of Medical Cannabis Use Finds Little Evidence of Benefit
- Researchers found a chasm between the health reasons for which the public seeks out cannabis and what gold-standard science actually shows about its effectiveness.
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:01:42 +0000
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| Our Book Critics on Their Year in Reading
- Alexandra Jacobs, Jennifer Szalai and Dwight Garner look back at the books that, as Jacobs writes, “bonked me on the head this year.”
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:00:23 +0000
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| Harold Hamm, Oklahoma Oil Tycoon, Allies With Trump to Reshape U.S. Energy
- Harold Hamm, an Oklahoma oil tycoon, has played a central role in reshaping energy policy by allying himself with President Trump.
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:00:19 +0000
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| Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class.
- When teachers do assign whole books, they often choose from a stagnant list of classics.
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:00:17 +0000
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| Jimmy Kimmel Takes a Swipe at Trump’s ‘Gold Card’
- The new visa for rich foreigners had Kimmel rethinking the Statue of Liberty’s inscription: “Never mind your poor and tired. Give us a million bucks — you’re in.”
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 07:39:01 +0000
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| Reddit Sues Australian Government to Block Social Media Ban
- The company said the new law, which makes it illegal for children under 16 to have social media accounts, infringes on children’s rights.
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 07:15:23 +0000
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| China Is Getting Much of What It Wants From the U.S., Including Chips
- For China, President Trump’s moves to loosen chip controls, soften U.S. rhetoric and stay silent on tensions with Japan amount to a rare string of strategic gains.
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 05:01:06 +0000
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| Trump Moves to Stop States From Regulating AI With a New Executive Order
- The order would create one federal regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 04:56:05 +0000
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| Key Takeaways After Indiana Lawmakers Defy Trump’s Redistricting Push
- President Trump’s failure to ram through a Republican-friendly House map was a new sign that his iron grip on the party has slipped, and was likely to reverberate nationally.
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 03:01:11 +0000
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| U.S. Issues New Sanctions Targeting Maduro’s Family and the Oil Sector
- The United States is escalating its pressure campaign on Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, after seizing an oil tanker off the coast.
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:38:33 +0000
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