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| Roy Moore, Yemen, Amazon: Your Tuesday Briefing | Roy Moore, Yemen, Amazon: Your Tuesday Briefing |
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| Here’s what you need to know: | Here’s what you need to know: |
| • While the Republican tax overhaul would add up to an overall cut for individual taxpayers, at least through 2025, millions could face immediate tax increases. (Check the numbers for each income group here.) | • While the Republican tax overhaul would add up to an overall cut for individual taxpayers, at least through 2025, millions could face immediate tax increases. (Check the numbers for each income group here.) |
| For those in high-tax (and Democratic-leaning) states like New York and California, the increase would come from the repeal of the state and local tax deduction. | For those in high-tax (and Democratic-leaning) states like New York and California, the increase would come from the repeal of the state and local tax deduction. |
| “Who’s going to want to buy our house here in New York?” a resident of an affluent commuter town said. “The whole game has shifted.” | “Who’s going to want to buy our house here in New York?” a resident of an affluent commuter town said. “The whole game has shifted.” |
| • We also explain the push by Republican lawmakers to discredit a nonpartisan agency they had long praised, after it threatened to derail their $1.5 trillion tax rewrite. | • We also explain the push by Republican lawmakers to discredit a nonpartisan agency they had long praised, after it threatened to derail their $1.5 trillion tax rewrite. |
| • The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the third version of the measure to go into effect while legal challenges continue. | • The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the third version of the measure to go into effect while legal challenges continue. |
| Most citizens of Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria and Yemen will be barred from entering the U.S., as will some Venezuelans. | Most citizens of Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria and Yemen will be barred from entering the U.S., as will some Venezuelans. |
| • The move suggests that the administration’s chances of prevailing when the justices consider the ban have markedly increased. | • The move suggests that the administration’s chances of prevailing when the justices consider the ban have markedly increased. |
| • Republican leaders are again coalescing around the Senate candidate in Alabama, with President Trump endorsing him on Monday and the party’s national committee restoring its support. | • Republican leaders are again coalescing around the Senate candidate in Alabama, with President Trump endorsing him on Monday and the party’s national committee restoring its support. |
| Mr. Moore has been accused of sexual misconduct against teenage girls. | Mr. Moore has been accused of sexual misconduct against teenage girls. |
| • Republicans appear increasingly confident that Mr. Moore will win the special election next week. Here’s what has happened since the allegations against him emerged. | • Republicans appear increasingly confident that Mr. Moore will win the special election next week. Here’s what has happened since the allegations against him emerged. |
| • Representative John Conyers Jr., a Michigan Democrat who has been accused of sexual harassment, plans to announce today that he won’t seek re-election, according to a relative who intends to run for the lawmaker’s seat. | • Representative John Conyers Jr., a Michigan Democrat who has been accused of sexual harassment, plans to announce today that he won’t seek re-election, according to a relative who intends to run for the lawmaker’s seat. |
| Separately, a woman who reached a settlement with Bill O’Reilly over harassment allegations sued him and Fox News for defamation and breach of contract. | Separately, a woman who reached a settlement with Bill O’Reilly over harassment allegations sued him and Fox News for defamation and breach of contract. |
| • The Times has started a newsletter, The #MeToo Moment, in which our gender editor, Jessica Bennett, offers updates and analysis. Sign up here. | • The Times has started a newsletter, The #MeToo Moment, in which our gender editor, Jessica Bennett, offers updates and analysis. Sign up here. |
| • That’s one analyst’s assessment of what lies ahead after the killing of Ali Abdullah Saleh, the former president of one of the Arab world’s poorest countries. His death on Monday shattered the alliance between his loyalists and Houthi rebels. | • That’s one analyst’s assessment of what lies ahead after the killing of Ali Abdullah Saleh, the former president of one of the Arab world’s poorest countries. His death on Monday shattered the alliance between his loyalists and Houthi rebels. |
| “His being killed like this is going to deepen the conflict,” April Longley Alley of the International Crisis Group added. “This just adds more layers of revenge.” | “His being killed like this is going to deepen the conflict,” April Longley Alley of the International Crisis Group added. “This just adds more layers of revenge.” |
| • Renewed fighting in the capital, Sana, could worsen the humanitarian crisis, which the U.N. has called the world’s worst. | • Renewed fighting in the capital, Sana, could worsen the humanitarian crisis, which the U.N. has called the world’s worst. |
| • The International Olympic Committee is to decide today how to punish Russia for its elaborate doping scheme in the 2014 Winter Olympics. | • The International Olympic Committee is to decide today how to punish Russia for its elaborate doping scheme in the 2014 Winter Olympics. |
| Possible sanctions include a ban from the Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in February. But that could hurt the Winter Olympics more than it hurts Russia. | Possible sanctions include a ban from the Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in February. But that could hurt the Winter Olympics more than it hurts Russia. |
| • The Olympic committee has a history of being timid and slow in addressing delicate subjects. “Spoiler alert: Some insiders say this thing is going to fizzle,” our sports columnist writes. | • The Olympic committee has a history of being timid and slow in addressing delicate subjects. “Spoiler alert: Some insiders say this thing is going to fizzle,” our sports columnist writes. |
| Listen on a computer, an iOS device or an Android device. | Listen on a computer, an iOS device or an Android device. |
| • CVS and Aetna promise better care and lower costs if they merge, but skeptics question whether the companies can deliver. | • CVS and Aetna promise better care and lower costs if they merge, but skeptics question whether the companies can deliver. |
| • Facebook introduced an app for children ages 13 and younger, reigniting a debate over how young is too young for social media. | • Facebook introduced an app for children ages 13 and younger, reigniting a debate over how young is too young for social media. |
| • Google, which missed out on the rise of the internet in China, is determined not to make that mistake in India. | • Google, which missed out on the rise of the internet in China, is determined not to make that mistake in India. |
| And Amazon began operations in Australia today. | And Amazon began operations in Australia today. |
| • U.S. stocks were mixed on Monday. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. | • U.S. stocks were mixed on Monday. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. |
| Tips, both new and old, for a more fulfilling life. | Tips, both new and old, for a more fulfilling life. |
| • A major shift is underway in treating chronic fatigue. | • A major shift is underway in treating chronic fatigue. |
| • Here are six ways to manage money better. | • Here are six ways to manage money better. |
| • Recipe of the day: Master nine classic Italian sauces. | • Recipe of the day: Master nine classic Italian sauces. |
| • Seven new wonders: The Colosseum. | • Seven new wonders: The Colosseum. |
| In today’s 360 video, visit the largest amphitheater of the Roman Empire, which held up to 70,000 people. | In today’s 360 video, visit the largest amphitheater of the Roman Empire, which held up to 70,000 people. |
| It’s part of our series about the sites and monuments selected in 2007 as additions to the original Seven Wonders of the World. | It’s part of our series about the sites and monuments selected in 2007 as additions to the original Seven Wonders of the World. |
| • Partisan writing you shouldn’t miss. | • Partisan writing you shouldn’t miss. |
| Writers from across the political spectrum discuss the Republican tax plan. | Writers from across the political spectrum discuss the Republican tax plan. |
| • In memoriam. | • In memoriam. |
| John Anderson, a former Republican congressman, left his party to run as a plain-spoken independent candidate for president in 1980, drawing an enthusiastic if transient following among liberals and college students. He was 95. | John Anderson, a former Republican congressman, left his party to run as a plain-spoken independent candidate for president in 1980, drawing an enthusiastic if transient following among liberals and college students. He was 95. |
| • “SpongeBob SquarePants,” the musical. | • “SpongeBob SquarePants,” the musical. |
| “You are never going to see as convincing an impersonation of a two-dimensional cartoon by a three-dimensional human as that provided by Ethan Slater at the Palace Theater.” | “You are never going to see as convincing an impersonation of a two-dimensional cartoon by a three-dimensional human as that provided by Ethan Slater at the Palace Theater.” |
| Our theater critic reviewed Monday night’s opening of the TV series-turned-Broadway show. | Our theater critic reviewed Monday night’s opening of the TV series-turned-Broadway show. |
| • Best of late-night TV. | • Best of late-night TV. |
| On “The Late Show,” Billy Bush gave his first televised interview since the presidential election. | On “The Late Show,” Billy Bush gave his first televised interview since the presidential election. |
| • Quotation of the day. | • Quotation of the day. |
| “Right now, it’s ‘those nutty entomologists.’ But I think this is going to get more and more attention, not just from crazy people with long hair.” | “Right now, it’s ‘those nutty entomologists.’ But I think this is going to get more and more attention, not just from crazy people with long hair.” |
| — Josef Tumbrinck, a member of the Entomological Society Krefeld in Germany, which recently reported that insect populations there had dropped more than 75 percent in three decades. | — Josef Tumbrinck, a member of the Entomological Society Krefeld in Germany, which recently reported that insect populations there had dropped more than 75 percent in three decades. |
| The Times headline was unassuming in its brevity: “Claude Monet dies; famous painter.” | The Times headline was unassuming in its brevity: “Claude Monet dies; famous painter.” |
| A week after the French artist died on this day in 1926, we were more effusive, praising Monet as “one of the names in the history of art to which will be attached a single idea, the idea of light.” | A week after the French artist died on this day in 1926, we were more effusive, praising Monet as “one of the names in the history of art to which will be attached a single idea, the idea of light.” |
| Born in 1840, he was famous for outdoor scenes and for reproducing the effects of light, whether on water lilies, haystacks or the cities of Europe. | Born in 1840, he was famous for outdoor scenes and for reproducing the effects of light, whether on water lilies, haystacks or the cities of Europe. |
| Impressionism, the name of the movement he helped found in the 1870s, was derived from “Impression, Sunrise,” the title of his painting of the harbor of Le Havre in France. Coined derisively by a critic, the name was adopted by Monet and his fellow Impressionists, including Pierre Auguste Renoir and Camille Pissarro. | Impressionism, the name of the movement he helped found in the 1870s, was derived from “Impression, Sunrise,” the title of his painting of the harbor of Le Havre in France. Coined derisively by a critic, the name was adopted by Monet and his fellow Impressionists, including Pierre Auguste Renoir and Camille Pissarro. |
| Almost a century after his death, Monet still captures the public’s imagination. Last year, his painting “Meule” fetched $81.4 million with fees, a new auction high for his work. The painting of a grainstack at sunset reflected the artist’s long fascination with light. | Almost a century after his death, Monet still captures the public’s imagination. Last year, his painting “Meule” fetched $81.4 million with fees, a new auction high for his work. The painting of a grainstack at sunset reflected the artist’s long fascination with light. |
| “These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession for me,” Monet wrote in 1909. “It is beyond my strength as an old man, and yet I want to render what I feel.” | “These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession for me,” Monet wrote in 1909. “It is beyond my strength as an old man, and yet I want to render what I feel.” |
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