FEMA Is Forcing Towns to Fend for Themselves, and Trump Opens ‘Gold Card’ Visa Applications

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Here’s what we’re covering:


Denied Federal Disaster Aid, a Town in Trump Country Feels Forgotten (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/us...) by Campbell Robertson


U.S. Steps Up Campaign Against Maduro in Seizing Tanker Off Venezuela (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/us...) by Tyler Pager, Eric Schmitt and Nicholas Nehamas


Trump Administration Opens Applications for Million-Dollar Visas (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/us...) by Madeleine Ngo


Starting With Formaldehyde, Trump Administration Reassesses Chemical Risks (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/cl...) by Hiroko Tabuchi


The Fed Cut Rates Again but Deep Divisions Cloud Path Ahead (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/bu...) by Colby Smith


Louvre Heist Was Filmed Live, but the Guards Weren’t Watching (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/wo...) by Ségolène Le Stradic


Fern Michaels, Prolific Author of Romance Novels, Dies at 92 (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/ob...) by Alex Williams


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