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Nov. 18, 2016
Your Evening Briefing
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
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The 45th President
Trump Picks Hard-Liners for 3 Key Posts
Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / AFP -- Getty, left; Andrew Gombert / EPA, center; Saul Loeb / AFP-- Getty
President-elect Donald J. Trump tapped Senator Jeff Sessions, Representative Mike Pompeo and Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn.
All three are regarded as outliers from conventional Republican thinking, shunned for viewpoints seen as unacceptable.
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News Analysis
Building a Team to Bulldoze the Status Quo
Mr. Trump is realizing his campaign’s vision of relentlessly enforcing immigration laws and viewing Muslims with suspicion.
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Pompeo, Ex-Army Officer, Is Pick for C.I.A. Chief
Representative Mike Pompeo gained prominence for his role in the congressional investigation into the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.
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Sessions Selected for Attorney General
Jeff Sessions, an early Trump supporter who is well liked in the Senate, will face opposition from civil rights groups.
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Transition Briefing: Here’s a quick guide to Mr. Trump’s new picks …
… and here are some possibilities for other key posts.
Politics and business
Bebeto Matthews / Associated Press
Trump University Fraud Suits Settled for $25 Million
Former students said they were cheated out of thousands of dollars in tuition, and one of the cases was set to go before a jury in 10 days.
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Ivanka Trump’s Presence at Meeting With Japan’s Leader Raises Questions
Ms. Trump’s attendance at the meeting again raised the issue of potential conflicts of interest between Mr. Trump’s politics and his family’s business ventures.
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Fifth Avenue in front of Trump Tower will stay open, Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York said.
the nation's mood
Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images
As Trump Rises, So Do Some Confederate Battle Flags
During the campaign, some followers displayed the flag. Since the election, his supporters and others have used it as a kind of rejoinder to anti-Trump protesters.
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Watch: Perspectives from both sides of South Carolina’s 2015 debate over the Confederate flag.
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William van Roden
The Run-Up
19 Questions to Ask Loved Ones Who Voted the Other Way
A guide to facilitate conversation between Trump voters and Clinton voters.
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A holiday approaches
Leslye Davis / The New York Times
The American Thanksgiving
Our nation is diverse. Here’s how that plays out in what we eat over the holiday.
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With this menu planner, you can build a feast for everyone at your table.
Here’s a collection of recipes to cook for your first Thanksgiving.
Roger Cohen
The Man Who Would Not Be President
Trump, Bannon and the looming apocalypse.
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Damon Winter / The New York Times
Dispatch
Will Women Still Want to Run?
Someone else will have to shatter that highest glass ceiling. The question is if it now seems too daunting to try.
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Op-Ed Contributor
Silicon Valley Helped Create Trump, and That’s Bad for It
By publishing fake news and disrupting standards of truth, tech companies allowed Trump to spread his message.
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Ian Glendinning / Ian Glendinning, via Associated Press
Overcoming Your Negativity Bias
Learning to put your attention where it serves you best requires the same sort of deliberate practice necessary to build any new skill, the author writes.
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Carl Richards
The Financial Benefits of Buying What You Love
Buying something you love, regardless of price, may be the best decision you can make because you will get more out of it in the end.
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Editors’ Picks
Bryan Anselm for The New York Times
Custom Suiting for the Suitor and His Pals
Brides aren’t the only ones having fitting parties for wedding wear.
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Talking About Sex and ‘The Affair’
As “The Affair” begins its third season, the star Dominic West confesses he can’t bear to watch himself on television for more than a few minutes.
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Review: Miranda Lambert, After the Heartbreak
“The Weight of These Wings” is a double album by this country star, her first record since her divorce from Blake Shelton.
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Your Daily Mini Crossword
Solve a bite-size crossword in just a few minutes.
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David Mancuso | 1944-2016
Tim Lawrence Collection
David Mancuso, Whose Loft Changed Night Life, Dies
Starting in 1970, Saturday night parties at Mr. Mancuso’s New York apartment became a near-religious rite for dancers and provided the model for dozens of clubs to come. He was 72.
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THE DAILY 360
Dado Galdieri for The New York Times. Technology by Samsung.
Chasing Pirates in the Amazon
Piracy is a growing menace on the rivers of the Amazon. Join the antipiracy police force on a patrol.
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Read the story: “There’s no law on the Amazon.” River pirates are terrorizing ships by night.
new york region
Robert Deitchler for The New York Times
The New Shapes of New York
Towers, an arena, even a salt shed: Over the past decade, the cityscape has been transformed.
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Can you guess these New York City buildings?
Dave Sanders for The New York Times
Details About a Body’s Disposal in New Jersey Emerge
Court filings describe what prosecutors say were the defendants’ efforts to dispose of Joseph Comunale’s body.
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Sexual Abuse Charges for New York Police Inspector
Keith Walton, who was the commanding officer in the 49th Precinct in the Bronx, is accused of abusing a female officer in the station house.
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Video of the Day
Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times
DINING
Watch: How to Carve a Turkey
Ray Venezia, master butcher and Fairway Market meat consultant, shows how to carve a turkey.
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Food »
Felipe Dana / Associated Press
Zika Is No Longer Global Emergency, W.H.O. Says
The World Health Organization said it did not consider the crisis over for the mosquito-borne virus.
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Scott McIntyre for The New York Times
Watch: Supermoon Spurs Super Tides in Florida, and Fears of Global Warming
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Benoit Tessier / Reuters
An Unlikely Contender Rises in France as the Antithesis of Trump
Alain Juppé, a former unpopular prime minister who was once convicted of corruption, is now seen by supporters as a measured answer to the resurgent far right.
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our picks
Alamy
A new book suggests humans have an advantage over other animals because we have
86 billion neurons in our 1,400-gram brains.
A reviewer says the work by Suzana Herculano-Houzel “conveys the huge passion of a scientist on a quest” — a quest that involved dissolving various brains to count the neurons. —
The New York Review of Books
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Kendrick Brinson for The New York Times
Scientists and journalists recently teamed up to study how
microbes proliferate in the drinking game beer pong.
Although the experiment didn’t turn up any major health threats, the researchers did find a lot of bacteria in the communal beer cups after a game. —
Popular Science
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Public Editor’s Mailbag
Tim Lahan
No More Politics. Just Kidding.
This week, the emails to the public editor focused on more of the same: the election. Catharsis, it seemed, was the theme of the week.
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Opinion
Editorial:
Donald Trump’s Plan to Purge the Nation
Op-Ed Contributor:
The Right Way to Resist Trump
David Brooks:
The Danger of a Dominant Identity
Paul Krugman:
The Medicare Killers
World
Protests Erupt in Peru Ahead of
Asia-Pacific
Economic Meeting
Donald Trump, After Fits and Starts, Focuses on Foreign Policy
U.S., in Shift, Backs Arms Embargo for South Sudan as Genocide Risk Rises
U.S.
U.S. News
Battle Lines Over Trump’s Lands Policy Stretch Across 640 Million Acres
A Mother Tried to Escape Gangs. Bullets Found Her Daughter.
Intensified by Climate Change, ‘King Tides’ Change Ways of Life in Florida
Politics
U.S. Politics
Diplomats Confront New Threat to Paris Climate Pact: Donald Trump
Democrats See Comey as Potential Ally in Counterterrorism Fight
Ex-General
and Critic of Islam to Help Guide Trump in White House
New York
Mayor de Blasio’s Political Standing Improves After Trump Win, but Perils Remain
On a New Jersey Speedway, a Thanksgiving Tradition Takes Another Lap
Trilobites:
Your A.T.M. Is Covered in Microbes, but Mostly Harmless
Business Day
Essay:
Trap of Exposing Fake News: Eroding Trust in Real Reporting
Ford Move, Cited as Victory by Trump, Has No Effect on U.S. Jobs
Trump Adviser Takes Stake in China
Ride-Sharing
Company
Technology
Fake News in U.S. Election? Elsewhere, That’s Nothing New
Bitcoin Users Who Evade Taxes Are Sought by the I.R.S.
Automated
Pro-Trump
Bots Overwhelmed
Pro-Clinton
Messages, Researchers Say
Sports
DraftKings and FanDuel Agree to Merge Daily Fantasy Sports Operations
Will the Carolina Panthers Survive Their
1-5
Start? Uh, No
Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev to Meet in a Title Fight Long Overdue
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