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.
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..
"We're in early February ~2025~ *2026*"
Less about the age, and more about confusing what they are analyzing, for the files that were just released like a week ago.