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A Million Teenagers Just Got Barred From Social Media, and Trump Calls Affordability a ‘Hoax’

A Million Teenagers Just Got Barred From Social Media, and Trump Calls Affordability a ‘Hoax’

The Headlines
Dec 10, 2025 9 min
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<p>Plus, the travel influencers who aren’t actually real. </p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/world/asia/australia-social-media-ban-under-16.html" target="_blank">Australia’s Social Media Ban for Children Takes Effect</a> by Victoria Kim</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/trump-affordability-economy-pennsylvania.html" target="_blank">Trump Says Americans Are Doing Great, Even as Views on the Economy Sour</a> by David E. Sanger</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/trump-europe-decaying-weak-ukraine.html" target="_blank">Trump Calls Europe ‘Decaying’ and Suggests ‘Size Will Win’ in Ukraine War</a> by Amelia Nierenberg</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/nyregion/ghislaine-maxwell-epstein-grand-jury-unsealed.html" target="_blank">Judge Grants Request to Unseal Grand Jury Records in Maxwell Case</a> by Benjamin Weiser</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/nyregion/ancestry-dna-police.html" target="_blank">Cold Case Inquiries Stall After Ancestry.com Revisits Policy for Users</a> by Corey Kilgannon</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/travel/ai-influencers.html" target="_blank">These Travel Influencers Don’t Want Freebies. They’re A.I.</a> by Julie Weed</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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