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December 12, 2025 15 mins

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6 Takeaways From Indiana’s Defiance of Trump by Nick Corasaniti and Mitch Smith

How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed by Megan Twohey and Isabella Kwai

Senate Deadlocks on Health Care, Leaving Subsidies to Expire by Carl Hulse

Trump Signs Executive Order to Neuter State A.I. Laws by Cecilia Kang

Hundreds Quarantined in South Carolina as Measles Spreads by Teddy Rosenbluth

Italian Cooking, Kohl Makeup and Icelandic Pools Are Recognized by UNESCO by Lynsey Chutel

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