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Republican Party, Uber, Kentucky Derby: Your Friday Briefing | Republican Party, Uber, Kentucky Derby: Your Friday Briefing |
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Good morning. | Good morning. |
Here’s what you need to know: | Here’s what you need to know: |
• What’s next for the health care bill? | • What’s next for the health care bill? |
Republicans are celebrating the passage in the House on Thursday of a measure to repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act, but it faces uncertainty in the Senate. A handful of Republican senators signaled that they would work on a new version. | Republicans are celebrating the passage in the House on Thursday of a measure to repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act, but it faces uncertainty in the Senate. A handful of Republican senators signaled that they would work on a new version. |
The legislation, which could lead to millions of Americans losing coverage, has an unlikely coalition of opponents: hospitals, doctors and health insurers. Some Democrats say the vote will help them recapture the House in 2018. | The legislation, which could lead to millions of Americans losing coverage, has an unlikely coalition of opponents: hospitals, doctors and health insurers. Some Democrats say the vote will help them recapture the House in 2018. |
Here’s a rundown of what’s in the House bill, the American Health Care Act, and who it helps and hurts. | Here’s a rundown of what’s in the House bill, the American Health Care Act, and who it helps and hurts. |
• Dinner and diplomacy. | • Dinner and diplomacy. |
President Trump, riding high after his political victory on health care, visited his hometown, New York, on Thursday night. | President Trump, riding high after his political victory on health care, visited his hometown, New York, on Thursday night. |
He dined with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of Australia, working to smooth a relationship that had a bumpy start. | He dined with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of Australia, working to smooth a relationship that had a bumpy start. |
• France prepares to vote on Sunday. | • France prepares to vote on Sunday. |
Either the centrist Emmanuel Macron or the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen will become the country’s next president. | Either the centrist Emmanuel Macron or the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen will become the country’s next president. |
Here’s where the two stand on key issues; and their starkly different visions, in their own words. | Here’s where the two stand on key issues; and their starkly different visions, in their own words. |
• “Mass disaster” at the U.S.-Mexico border. | • “Mass disaster” at the U.S.-Mexico border. |
From October 2000 to September 2016, the Border Patrol documented more than 6,000 deaths in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas. | From October 2000 to September 2016, the Border Patrol documented more than 6,000 deaths in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas. |
As part of an in-depth look at the crisis, we visited Texas State University, where a team is documenting the lives of some of the dead. The goal is to “give them their name back,” one researcher said. | As part of an in-depth look at the crisis, we visited Texas State University, where a team is documenting the lives of some of the dead. The goal is to “give them their name back,” one researcher said. |
• Monitoring Chinese students abroad. | • Monitoring Chinese students abroad. |
The booming economy in China has allowed more of its young men and women to attend college in the West; 329,000 now study in the U.S. | The booming economy in China has allowed more of its young men and women to attend college in the West; 329,000 now study in the U.S. |
But their activities are sometimes tracked by the watchful eyes of Beijing, through its ties to the Chinese Students and Scholars Associations. | But their activities are sometimes tracked by the watchful eyes of Beijing, through its ties to the Chinese Students and Scholars Associations. |
• “The Daily,” your audio news report. | • “The Daily,” your audio news report. |
Today’s show examines the tainted past of Marine Le Pen’s National Front party in France, and the political aftermath of the House vote on health care. | Today’s show examines the tainted past of Marine Le Pen’s National Front party in France, and the political aftermath of the House vote on health care. |
Listen on a computer, an iOS device or an Android device. | Listen on a computer, an iOS device or an Android device. |
• Fox News is facing a new gender discrimination lawsuit. A former reporter said she was told that her job was being eliminated shortly after she complained about unfair treatment. | • Fox News is facing a new gender discrimination lawsuit. A former reporter said she was told that her job was being eliminated shortly after she complained about unfair treatment. |
• Uber is the subject of a federal inquiry into its software tool Greyball, which it used to deceive regulators in markets where it was not permitted to operate. The Times reported on the practice in March. | • Uber is the subject of a federal inquiry into its software tool Greyball, which it used to deceive regulators in markets where it was not permitted to operate. The Times reported on the practice in March. |
• Canadian drinkers, beware: There is a recall of Bombay Sapphire London Dry Gin because some bottles are too strong — 154 proof instead of 80 proof. | • Canadian drinkers, beware: There is a recall of Bombay Sapphire London Dry Gin because some bottles are too strong — 154 proof instead of 80 proof. |
• U.S. stocks were mixed on Thursday. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. | • U.S. stocks were mixed on Thursday. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. |
• It takes only nine minutes to complete a full-body strength workout. Here’s how to do it at home. | • It takes only nine minutes to complete a full-body strength workout. Here’s how to do it at home. |
• When it comes to exercise and brain health, there’s no such thing as too much. | • When it comes to exercise and brain health, there’s no such thing as too much. |
• Recipe of the day: Get into the world of rice noodles with Vietnamese-inspired lemongrass shrimp. | • Recipe of the day: Get into the world of rice noodles with Vietnamese-inspired lemongrass shrimp. |
• 36 hours in the Golden Triangle. | • 36 hours in the Golden Triangle. |
See elephants in northern Thailand up close in today’s 360 video. | See elephants in northern Thailand up close in today’s 360 video. |
• Education and the law. | • Education and the law. |
A New York City teacher is under investigation over an accusation that sounds like it’s from another era: Communist organizing. | A New York City teacher is under investigation over an accusation that sounds like it’s from another era: Communist organizing. |
In Kentucky, a university student crawled through an air duct in an effort to steal an exam from an instructor’s office. He was busted and charged with burglary. | In Kentucky, a university student crawled through an air duct in an effort to steal an exam from an instructor’s office. He was busted and charged with burglary. |
• Villains and underdogs. | • Villains and underdogs. |
There’s a soccer club in Portugal deemed so violent that some opponents have chosen to forfeit matches. | There’s a soccer club in Portugal deemed so violent that some opponents have chosen to forfeit matches. |
Separately, the Kentucky Derby is Saturday. Here’s how to watch, and a list of the favorites and the long shots (including a one-eyed horse named Patch). | Separately, the Kentucky Derby is Saturday. Here’s how to watch, and a list of the favorites and the long shots (including a one-eyed horse named Patch). |
• The weekend is here. | • The weekend is here. |
Our movie critic reviews “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” the sequel to a 2014 hit about a ragtag group of futuristic fighters, and we preview “The Dark Tower,” long awaited by Stephen King fans. | |
And in books, “Eve’s Hollywood” reads like Nora Ephron by way of Joan Didion, but with more lust, drugs and tequila. And the poet Patricia Lockwood has a candy-colored memoir, “Priestdaddy.” | And in books, “Eve’s Hollywood” reads like Nora Ephron by way of Joan Didion, but with more lust, drugs and tequila. And the poet Patricia Lockwood has a candy-colored memoir, “Priestdaddy.” |
• Partisan writing you shouldn’t miss. | • Partisan writing you shouldn’t miss. |
Read how the other side thinks: President Trump’s remarks about the Civil War, Jimmy Kimmel’s entrance into the health care debate, and resurgence of blatant sexism in the form of “wolf whistle politics.” | Read how the other side thinks: President Trump’s remarks about the Civil War, Jimmy Kimmel’s entrance into the health care debate, and resurgence of blatant sexism in the form of “wolf whistle politics.” |
• Best of late-night TV. | • Best of late-night TV. |
Seth Meyers reacts to the House vote on a health care bill for which there is no cost estimate. | Seth Meyers reacts to the House vote on a health care bill for which there is no cost estimate. |
When President Trump and his team unveiled their tax plan late last month, they revived the so-called Laffer curve, the theory that cutting taxes spurs economic growth which, in turn, creates tax revenue. The elder President George Bush once called it “voodoo economics.” | When President Trump and his team unveiled their tax plan late last month, they revived the so-called Laffer curve, the theory that cutting taxes spurs economic growth which, in turn, creates tax revenue. The elder President George Bush once called it “voodoo economics.” |
Arthur Laffer, the economist who came up with the idea, first illustrated it on a napkin in 1974, during a dinner with Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld. That napkin is on display in the National Museum of American History and is credited with changing the course of modern economics. | Arthur Laffer, the economist who came up with the idea, first illustrated it on a napkin in 1974, during a dinner with Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld. That napkin is on display in the National Museum of American History and is credited with changing the course of modern economics. |
Many big ideas had similar starts. The design for the Super Bowl trophy was first drawn on a napkin, and the architect Edward Carlson sketched out his vision for the Space Needle in Seattle on a place mat. | Many big ideas had similar starts. The design for the Super Bowl trophy was first drawn on a napkin, and the architect Edward Carlson sketched out his vision for the Space Needle in Seattle on a place mat. |
Roger Ebert, the movie critic, gets a special mention. He used napkin calculations to show Oprah Winfrey the benefits of nationwide syndication, and his great-great grandfather, Hieronymus Ebert, used one for a tick-tack-toe game that inadvertently inspired Chicago’s street grid system. | Roger Ebert, the movie critic, gets a special mention. He used napkin calculations to show Oprah Winfrey the benefits of nationwide syndication, and his great-great grandfather, Hieronymus Ebert, used one for a tick-tack-toe game that inadvertently inspired Chicago’s street grid system. |
Charles McDermid contributed reporting. | Charles McDermid contributed reporting. |
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