We're in early February 2025 [edit:2026] and the article was written on Dec 23, 2025, which makes it less than two months old. I think it's ok not to include a year in the submission title in that case.
I personally understand a year in the submission as a warning that the article may not be up to date.
We're in Feb 2026.
I'm not used to typing it yet, either.
"We're in early February ~2025~ *2026*"
Generally, I'd agree with you. However, the recent Epstein file dump was in 2026, not 2025, so I would say it is relevant in this case..
Less about the age, and more about confusing what they are analyzing, for the files that were just released like a week ago.