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Trump’s Combative Prime Time Speech, and the Growing Right-to-Die Movement

Trump’s Combative Prime Time Speech, and the Growing Right-to-Die Movement

The Headlines
Dec 18, 2025 8 min
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<p>Plus, don’t blame the dogs in strollers. </p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/us/politics/6-takeaways-from-trumps-address-to-the-nation.html" target="_blank">A Bellicose Trump Points Fingers in Defending His Record on the Economy</a> by David E. Sanger</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/politics/obamacare-subsidies-house.html" target="_blank">Republicans Clinch Democratic Bid to Force Vote on Health Subsidie</a>s by Michael Gold</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/politics/dan-bongino-steps-down-fbi.html" target="_blank">Dan Bongino Says He Will Step Down From F.B.I. in January</a> by Glenn Thrush, Maggie Haberman and Adam Goldman</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/politics/trump-immigration-citizenship-denaturalization.html" target="_blank">Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship</a> by Hamed Aleaziz</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/nyregion/medical-dying-assisted-suicide-hochul.html" target="_blank">N.Y. Governor Will Sign Right-to-Die Bill for the Terminally Ill</a> by Grace Ashford</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/world/birthrates-falling-dont-blame-dogs.html" target="_blank">Birthrates Are Falling, but Don’t Blame Dogs in Strollers</a> by Amanda Taub</p><p>Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com">theheadlines@nytimes.com</a>.</p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>

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