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| Immigration Ban, Betsy DeVos, Tom Brady: Your Tuesday Briefing | Immigration Ban, Betsy DeVos, Tom Brady: Your Tuesday Briefing |
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| Good morning. | Good morning. |
| Here’s what you need to know: | Here’s what you need to know: |
| • Court showdown looms for immigration ban. | • Court showdown looms for immigration ban. |
| Oral arguments on the legality of President Trump’s executive order are set to be heard today in a U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco. On Monday night, the Justice Department urged the court to reinstate the measure, which bars all refugees as well as visitors from seven predominantly Muslim countries. | Oral arguments on the legality of President Trump’s executive order are set to be heard today in a U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco. On Monday night, the Justice Department urged the court to reinstate the measure, which bars all refugees as well as visitors from seven predominantly Muslim countries. |
| Here are the main points in the case. | Here are the main points in the case. |
| The court plans to begin the session at 3 p.m. Pacific and will live-stream it. The ruling is likely to be followed by an appeal to the Supreme Court. | The court plans to begin the session at 3 p.m. Pacific and will live-stream it. The ruling is likely to be followed by an appeal to the Supreme Court. |
| • Tensions in Senate over confirmation vote. | • Tensions in Senate over confirmation vote. |
| Democrats continue to protest the nomination of the billionaire philanthropist Betsy DeVos as education secretary, whose confirmation vote is set for today. | Democrats continue to protest the nomination of the billionaire philanthropist Betsy DeVos as education secretary, whose confirmation vote is set for today. |
| Critics say that Ms. DeVos favors voucher programs over repairing public schools — her defenders say she advocates giving parents choices. Two Republican senators have said they will not support her, setting up a possible 50-50 tie that Vice President Mike Pence would have to break. | |
| Separately, the nomination of Mr. Trump’s choice to run the Labor Department, Andrew F. Puzder, may be in peril. Mr. Puzder has acknowledged that he once employed an undocumented immigrant to clean his house. | Separately, the nomination of Mr. Trump’s choice to run the Labor Department, Andrew F. Puzder, may be in peril. Mr. Puzder has acknowledged that he once employed an undocumented immigrant to clean his house. |
| • Cautionary tale about rebuilding America’s roads. | • Cautionary tale about rebuilding America’s roads. |
| Mr. Trump is seeking to spend a trillion dollars on infrastructure, but attempting such major projects can be unwieldy. | Mr. Trump is seeking to spend a trillion dollars on infrastructure, but attempting such major projects can be unwieldy. |
| A case in point: the traffic choke point in Breezewood, Pa. “It shows how legal quirks, powerful politicians and opaque bureaucratic procedures can influence decisions about how to spend taxpayer dollars,” our reporter writes. | A case in point: the traffic choke point in Breezewood, Pa. “It shows how legal quirks, powerful politicians and opaque bureaucratic procedures can influence decisions about how to spend taxpayer dollars,” our reporter writes. |
| • A “milestone” of corruption. | • A “milestone” of corruption. |
| Somalia has languished without a functioning central government for more than 25 years, but it is holding a presidential election this week. | Somalia has languished without a functioning central government for more than 25 years, but it is holding a presidential election this week. |
| Investigators, though, suggest that outside forces like Qatar, Sudan, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates have been buying off candidates to get business deals, spread a harsh version of Islam or spy on American forces. | Investigators, though, suggest that outside forces like Qatar, Sudan, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates have been buying off candidates to get business deals, spread a harsh version of Islam or spy on American forces. |
| • Public health breakthrough. | • Public health breakthrough. |
| Scientists may have found the tools to stop cholera, which rose from the swamps of Bangladesh two centuries ago, killing tens of millions of people over the years. | Scientists may have found the tools to stop cholera, which rose from the swamps of Bangladesh two centuries ago, killing tens of millions of people over the years. |
| A research center in Dhaka, the capital, has developed treatments that save 99.9 percent of all victims. | A research center in Dhaka, the capital, has developed treatments that save 99.9 percent of all victims. |
| • Introducing The Daily, your audio news report. | • Introducing The Daily, your audio news report. |
| Our reporter Michael Barbaro runs down the big stories and the big ideas. Fifteen minutes a day, five days a week. | Our reporter Michael Barbaro runs down the big stories and the big ideas. Fifteen minutes a day, five days a week. |
| Listen here if you’re on a computer, here if you have an iOS device or here for an Android device. | Listen here if you’re on a computer, here if you have an iOS device or here for an Android device. |
| • Net neutrality rules intended to ensure equal access to content on the internet are being rolled back by the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. | • Net neutrality rules intended to ensure equal access to content on the internet are being rolled back by the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. |
| • Technology companies rely heavily on the 85,000 foreign workers allowed into the U.S. annually under the H-1B visa program. But some critics say the program has been used to lower labor costs and cut jobs. | • Technology companies rely heavily on the 85,000 foreign workers allowed into the U.S. annually under the H-1B visa program. But some critics say the program has been used to lower labor costs and cut jobs. |
| • A Syrian refugee is suing Facebook in Germany after a selfie he took with Chancellor Angela Merkel was used in fake news reports tying him to terrorist acts. | • A Syrian refugee is suing Facebook in Germany after a selfie he took with Chancellor Angela Merkel was used in fake news reports tying him to terrorist acts. |
| • U.S. stocks were down on Monday. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. | • U.S. stocks were down on Monday. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. |
| • We’re all busy in the morning, so here’s how to do the shortest effective workout possible. | • We’re all busy in the morning, so here’s how to do the shortest effective workout possible. |
| • Two brothers and a sister credit a surprising source for their lifelong closeness: their parents’ ugly divorce. | • Two brothers and a sister credit a surprising source for their lifelong closeness: their parents’ ugly divorce. |
| • Recipe of the day: Everyone needs a spicy noodle dish that comes together in less than half an hour. Here’s a great one. | • Recipe of the day: Everyone needs a spicy noodle dish that comes together in less than half an hour. Here’s a great one. |
| • Best of late-night TV. | • Best of late-night TV. |
| We’re trying out a new feature this week: a rundown of the funniest and most memorable moments from the comedy shows. | We’re trying out a new feature this week: a rundown of the funniest and most memorable moments from the comedy shows. |
| Super Bowl jokes dominated Monday night, with Jimmy Kimmel getting into a fight with his special guest, “Tom Brady” — a surprisingly short guy who sounded suspiciously like someone else. | Super Bowl jokes dominated Monday night, with Jimmy Kimmel getting into a fight with his special guest, “Tom Brady” — a surprisingly short guy who sounded suspiciously like someone else. |
| • Speaking of Tom Brady … | • Speaking of Tom Brady … |
| The quarterback won the big game, but he seems to have lost his jersey. | The quarterback won the big game, but he seems to have lost his jersey. |
| At some point during the chaos that followed the New England Patriots’ Super Bowl victory on Sunday, part of his uniform disappeared. | At some point during the chaos that followed the New England Patriots’ Super Bowl victory on Sunday, part of his uniform disappeared. |
| • A small town’s stand. | • A small town’s stand. |
| Residents of Yellow Springs, Ohio, a small, predominantly white village, denounced aggressive policing after a black man ended up face down on the ground after a New Year’s celebration. | Residents of Yellow Springs, Ohio, a small, predominantly white village, denounced aggressive policing after a black man ended up face down on the ground after a New Year’s celebration. |
| Not all of their concerns are the same, however. | Not all of their concerns are the same, however. |
| • The slave who defied George Washington. | • The slave who defied George Washington. |
| Ona Judge, who escaped the presidential residence in Philadelphia in 1796 and defied all efforts to recapture her, is the subject of an exhibition and a new book. | Ona Judge, who escaped the presidential residence in Philadelphia in 1796 and defied all efforts to recapture her, is the subject of an exhibition and a new book. |
| The Berlin International Film Festival opens this week with a tale of survival, that of one of the 20th century’s greatest jazz guitarists: Django Reinhardt. | The Berlin International Film Festival opens this week with a tale of survival, that of one of the 20th century’s greatest jazz guitarists: Django Reinhardt. |
| He was born in Belgium in 1910 to a Roma family that earned a living playing music from town to town. | He was born in Belgium in 1910 to a Roma family that earned a living playing music from town to town. |
| Reinhardt started off playing the banjo in Paris dance halls. At 18, he lost the use of two fingers on his left hand in a fire, and adapted with a new technique. | Reinhardt started off playing the banjo in Paris dance halls. At 18, he lost the use of two fingers on his left hand in a fire, and adapted with a new technique. |
| He rose to fame in the ’30s. But with World War II and the Nazi occupation of France, Reinhardt tried to flee, fearing that, as a Roma and a jazz musician, he would be detained and killed. | He rose to fame in the ’30s. But with World War II and the Nazi occupation of France, Reinhardt tried to flee, fearing that, as a Roma and a jazz musician, he would be detained and killed. |
| Instead, his fame — and the popularity of an officially discredited art form — may have saved him. | Instead, his fame — and the popularity of an officially discredited art form — may have saved him. |
| “The Germans used Paris as the base for soldiers to rest and relax,” said Michael Dregni, a Reinhardt biographer. “Jazz was the hot music of the time, so they all want to go out and see jazz, and Django was the biggest star in Europe.” | “The Germans used Paris as the base for soldiers to rest and relax,” said Michael Dregni, a Reinhardt biographer. “Jazz was the hot music of the time, so they all want to go out and see jazz, and Django was the biggest star in Europe.” |
| Reinhardt lived through the war, dying of a sudden stroke in 1953. His legacy lives on in the genre he helped create: Gypsy jazz. | Reinhardt lived through the war, dying of a sudden stroke in 1953. His legacy lives on in the genre he helped create: Gypsy jazz. |
| Patrick Boehler contributed reporting. | Patrick Boehler contributed reporting. |
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