Politics: 5 stories from this week
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On Politics
December 13, 2025

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

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Uma Sanghvi/The Palm Beach Post, via Associated Press

Democrats Release Photos Showing Epstein Ties to Powerful Men

The images, released without context by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, revealed little new about the deceased sex offender’s ties to prominent men in politics, entertainment and finance.

By Michael Gold

A photo illustration shows Andrew and Tristan Tate, along with snippets of documents and the faces of Donald Trump Jr., Barron Trump, Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Joseph McBride, Richard Grenell and Alina Habba.

Mark Harris

How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed

Barred from leaving Romania, Andrew Tate courted powerful figures on the American right, from Tucker Carlson to Barron Trump. Then an extraordinary order let him go.

By Megan Twohey and Isabella Kwai

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Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke

Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the Biden-era move to the sans serif typeface “wasteful,” casting the return to Times New Roman as part of a push to stamp out diversity efforts.

By Michael Crowley and Hamed Aleaziz

Republican lawmakers standing on Thursday in the Indiana State Senate chamber.

Jon Cherry for The New York Times

6 Takeaways From Indiana’s Defiance of Trump

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.

By Nick Corasaniti and Mitch Smith

Two radio dishes, with a building and a stony cliff behind them.

Ivor Prickett for The New York Times

Danish Intelligence Report Raises Concerns About U.S.

A new document cites Washington’s shifting strategic priorities and growing pressure on allies under President Trump as sources of uncertainty for Denmark.

By Maya Tekeli and Jeffrey Gettleman

TAKE OUR QUIZ

Former Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California have a complex relationship, as a deep profile of Harris detailed this week. Her book revealed that he never returned her call the day Joe Biden dropped out in 2024. Instead he sent a short text. What did it say?

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