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| Trump Administration, Neil Gorsuch, Rodrigo Duterte: Your Morning Briefing | Trump Administration, Neil Gorsuch, Rodrigo Duterte: Your Morning Briefing |
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| Good morning. | Good morning. |
| Here’s what you need to know: | Here’s what you need to know: |
| • The F.B.I.’s scrutiny of the administration’s ties to Russia is overshadowing President Trump’s week. Agents are also investigating Roger Stone, a longtime Trump associate in connection with Russian interference in the 2016 election. | • The F.B.I.’s scrutiny of the administration’s ties to Russia is overshadowing President Trump’s week. Agents are also investigating Roger Stone, a longtime Trump associate in connection with Russian interference in the 2016 election. |
| But Mr. Trump is trying to continue apace on his agenda, which includes dismantling President Barack Obama’s climate legacy. In six maps, we look at how Americans think about climate change, including points of disagreement with Mr. Trump. | But Mr. Trump is trying to continue apace on his agenda, which includes dismantling President Barack Obama’s climate legacy. In six maps, we look at how Americans think about climate change, including points of disagreement with Mr. Trump. |
| Meanwhile, his Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, held his own in a second day of confirmation hearings. | Meanwhile, his Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, held his own in a second day of confirmation hearings. |
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| • Passengers on foreign airlines headed to the U.S. from eight predominantly Muslim countries have been barred from carrying electronic devices larger than a cellphone. | |
| Officials with the Trump administration said that the ban would address gaps in airport security, but that it was not prompted by a new threat of attack. | |
| Also, representatives from all 68 nations in the coalition fighting the Islamic State are gathering at the State Department in Washington, their first full meeting in more than two years. | |
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| • Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, met with European Union leaders in Brussels to press for a trade pact as he neared the end of his four-day tour of Europe. | • Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, met with European Union leaders in Brussels to press for a trade pact as he neared the end of his four-day tour of Europe. |
| But at home, he faces an unrelenting scandal over allegations that a right-wing education group received improper political favors. | But at home, he faces an unrelenting scandal over allegations that a right-wing education group received improper political favors. |
| The scandal has ensnared two of the most prominent women in Mr. Abe’s life: his wife, Akie Abe, and his defense minister, Tomomi Inada, above right. | The scandal has ensnared two of the most prominent women in Mr. Abe’s life: his wife, Akie Abe, and his defense minister, Tomomi Inada, above right. |
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| • President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines is one of Asia’s most volatile, unpredictable leaders. | • President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines is one of Asia’s most volatile, unpredictable leaders. |
| We took a comprehensive look at his many contradictions — an antidrug crusader who has struggled with drug abuse, a child of privilege turned populist politician — and how he’s turning his violent vision into national policy. | We took a comprehensive look at his many contradictions — an antidrug crusader who has struggled with drug abuse, a child of privilege turned populist politician — and how he’s turning his violent vision into national policy. |
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| • There’s a new world of economics in the making. Companies like Uber and Airbnb, platforms built around matchmaking between vendors and customers, end up controlling more than just their marketplaces. | • There’s a new world of economics in the making. Companies like Uber and Airbnb, platforms built around matchmaking between vendors and customers, end up controlling more than just their marketplaces. |
| • Google apologized to brands whose content was shown alongside hate speech and other offensive material online, and offered marketers who contribute to its multi-billion-dollar ad business greater control over where their ads appear online. | • Google apologized to brands whose content was shown alongside hate speech and other offensive material online, and offered marketers who contribute to its multi-billion-dollar ad business greater control over where their ads appear online. |
| • A new animal center at Kennedy International Airport offers special accommodations to dogs, cats, horses, birds, fish — and even sloths. | • A new animal center at Kennedy International Airport offers special accommodations to dogs, cats, horses, birds, fish — and even sloths. |
| • U.S. stocks fell on fears of delays to Mr. Trump’s promised tax cuts, though the Nasdaq hit a record after Apple’s new iPad drove its stock to an all-time high. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. | • U.S. stocks fell on fears of delays to Mr. Trump’s promised tax cuts, though the Nasdaq hit a record after Apple’s new iPad drove its stock to an all-time high. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. |
| • A flare-up of fighting in Damascus was the Syrian opposition’s first large-scale foray inside the capital in more than four years. [The New York Times] | • A flare-up of fighting in Damascus was the Syrian opposition’s first large-scale foray inside the capital in more than four years. [The New York Times] |
| • A suicide bomber rammed his car into a militia base in Kandahar, Afghanistan, killing at least four and possibly as many as 14 members of a militia belonging to the Afghan intelligence agency. [The New York Times] | • A suicide bomber rammed his car into a militia base in Kandahar, Afghanistan, killing at least four and possibly as many as 14 members of a militia belonging to the Afghan intelligence agency. [The New York Times] |
| • Australia debates putting its values or its trade interests first as Premier Li Keqiang of China visits. [ABC] | |
| • Malaysian exhibitors said they would begin showing Disney’s live-action remake of “Beauty and the Beast” next week. The country’s film censors could not be reached to explain their apparent reversal on a ban over the feature’s “gay moment.” [The New York Times] | • Malaysian exhibitors said they would begin showing Disney’s live-action remake of “Beauty and the Beast” next week. The country’s film censors could not be reached to explain their apparent reversal on a ban over the feature’s “gay moment.” [The New York Times] |
| • Check out some great photos of cherry blossom season in Japan. [National Geographic] | • Check out some great photos of cherry blossom season in Japan. [National Geographic] |
| • A sea turtle in Thailand named Osmin (which is Thai for “piggy bank”) died after undergoing surgery to remove 915 coins from her stomach. [Deutsche Welle] | • A sea turtle in Thailand named Osmin (which is Thai for “piggy bank”) died after undergoing surgery to remove 915 coins from her stomach. [Deutsche Welle] |
| • Borneo is the home of two newly discovered birds: the Meratus White-eye and the Meratus Jungle Flycatcher. [Asian Correspondent] | • Borneo is the home of two newly discovered birds: the Meratus White-eye and the Meratus Jungle Flycatcher. [Asian Correspondent] |
| • Heading off to a job you hate? Here are survival tips. | • Heading off to a job you hate? Here are survival tips. |
| • Recipe of the day: Try Persian herbed rice for a highly fragrant dish scented with dill, mint and saffron. | • Recipe of the day: Try Persian herbed rice for a highly fragrant dish scented with dill, mint and saffron. |
| • We visited one of the most revered institutions in the Tibetan world, the Parkhang printing lamasery in the Chinese province of Sichuan, where a 288 year-old printing press is helping preserve the Tibetan language. | |
| • Advances in stem-cell engineering, including the prospect of synthetic embryos, are forcing the scientific community to confront a number of ethical quandaries. | • Advances in stem-cell engineering, including the prospect of synthetic embryos, are forcing the scientific community to confront a number of ethical quandaries. |
| • In our latest book review, catch up on what’s new in science fiction and fantasy, from “Saga, Volume 7,” an intergalactic love story, to “New York 2140,” which imagines the city in a post-icecaps future. | • In our latest book review, catch up on what’s new in science fiction and fantasy, from “Saga, Volume 7,” an intergalactic love story, to “New York 2140,” which imagines the city in a post-icecaps future. |
| William Shatner has a birthday today. | William Shatner has a birthday today. |
| So does the world-famous character that made his fortune: Capt. James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise, who set out “to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations” in the U.S. television show “Star Trek.” | So does the world-famous character that made his fortune: Capt. James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise, who set out “to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations” in the U.S. television show “Star Trek.” |
| A Canadian, Mr. Shatner trained as a Shakespearean actor before moving into TV and film. | A Canadian, Mr. Shatner trained as a Shakespearean actor before moving into TV and film. |
| In the mid-60s, the first pilot of the show was rejected by television executives, but the second, in which Mr. Shatner played Kirk for the first time, fared better. | In the mid-60s, the first pilot of the show was rejected by television executives, but the second, in which Mr. Shatner played Kirk for the first time, fared better. |
| “I never thought it’d become a big deal, just 13 episodes and out,” Mr. Shatner told The Times Magazine in 2010. | “I never thought it’d become a big deal, just 13 episodes and out,” Mr. Shatner told The Times Magazine in 2010. |
| In fact, it lasted 79. The show gained a cult following in syndication and spawned a pop cultural phenomenon that boasts multiple television series (with a new one planned) as well as 13 feature films (and counting). | In fact, it lasted 79. The show gained a cult following in syndication and spawned a pop cultural phenomenon that boasts multiple television series (with a new one planned) as well as 13 feature films (and counting). |
| Mr. Shatner turns 86 today, but James Tiberius Kirk won’t be born for another 216 years. | Mr. Shatner turns 86 today, but James Tiberius Kirk won’t be born for another 216 years. |
| For those who don’t want to wait until 2233 to pay tribute to one of science fiction’s best-known names, boldly go to Riverside, Iowa, where a plaque proudly announces the “Future Birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk.” | For those who don’t want to wait until 2233 to pay tribute to one of science fiction’s best-known names, boldly go to Riverside, Iowa, where a plaque proudly announces the “Future Birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk.” |
| Kenneth R. Rosen contributed reporting. | Kenneth R. Rosen contributed reporting. |
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| Your Morning Briefing is published weekday mornings and updated online. | Your Morning Briefing is published weekday mornings and updated online. |
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