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| Hillary Clinton, Pope Francis, ‘Jason Bourne’: Your Friday Briefing | Hillary Clinton, Pope Francis, ‘Jason Bourne’: 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: |
| • “A moment of reckoning.” | • “A moment of reckoning.” |
| That’s what Hillary Clinton called the November election, casting herself as a steady and unifying leader. She asked for faith, if not trust, in her competence. Here’s the full text of her speech Thursday night, which we’ve fact-checked. | |
| As Mrs. Clinton became the first woman to accept the presidential nomination of a major political party, women across the United States said they believed that a female presidency could be a force in their lives, even if they did not yet know how. | As Mrs. Clinton became the first woman to accept the presidential nomination of a major political party, women across the United States said they believed that a female presidency could be a force in their lives, even if they did not yet know how. |
| Here are the highlights and our takeaways from the last day of the convention. The gathering was carefully calibrated to woo Republicans uneasy with Donald Trump. Mrs. Clinton will continue to reach out to them as she campaigns today in Ohio and Pennsylvania. | |
| • More on Trump. | • More on Trump. |
| One of the most talked-about speeches at the convention on Thursday was an emotional rebuke of Mr. Trump’s immigration proposals and his views on religious tolerance by an American Muslim whose son, a U.S. Army captain, was killed fighting in Iraq. | One of the most talked-about speeches at the convention on Thursday was an emotional rebuke of Mr. Trump’s immigration proposals and his views on religious tolerance by an American Muslim whose son, a U.S. Army captain, was killed fighting in Iraq. |
| The website of Mr. Trump’s wife, Melania, which had inaccurately stated that she had an undergraduate degree, has been taken down. | The website of Mr. Trump’s wife, Melania, which had inaccurately stated that she had an undergraduate degree, has been taken down. |
| And Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Trump, each of whom has described the other as unfit to be trusted with classified information, will soon be getting daily intelligence briefings. | And Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Trump, each of whom has described the other as unfit to be trusted with classified information, will soon be getting daily intelligence briefings. |
| • Police and fatal shootings. | • Police and fatal shootings. |
| Two police officers were shot in San Diego late Thursday, the same day that Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch mourned the police officers killed in Baton Rouge, La. | Two police officers were shot in San Diego late Thursday, the same day that Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch mourned the police officers killed in Baton Rouge, La. |
| At the same time, the longstanding deference given to officers in lethal-force cases, enshrined in the laws of some states and Supreme Court rulings, is receiving public scrutiny. | At the same time, the longstanding deference given to officers in lethal-force cases, enshrined in the laws of some states and Supreme Court rulings, is receiving public scrutiny. |
| • The pope in Poland. | • The pope in Poland. |
| Pope Francis visited Auschwitz today, where he prayed and met with survivors of the Nazi death camp. More than one million people, most of them Jews, were killed there. | Pope Francis visited Auschwitz today, where he prayed and met with survivors of the Nazi death camp. More than one million people, most of them Jews, were killed there. |
| Before the war, Poland had the largest Jewish population in Europe, at three and a half million. The pope’s visit seemed likely to revive old questions about whether Christians did enough then to save their Jewish neighbors. | Before the war, Poland had the largest Jewish population in Europe, at three and a half million. The pope’s visit seemed likely to revive old questions about whether Christians did enough then to save their Jewish neighbors. |
| • The fight for Syria. | • The fight for Syria. |
| Syria’s government and its powerful ally Russia have laid out a road map for subduing the rebel-held districts of the city of Aleppo, by opening corridors for civilians to flee and offering amnesty to insurgents who lay down their arms. Residents and rebel fighters were deeply skeptical. | Syria’s government and its powerful ally Russia have laid out a road map for subduing the rebel-held districts of the city of Aleppo, by opening corridors for civilians to flee and offering amnesty to insurgents who lay down their arms. Residents and rebel fighters were deeply skeptical. |
| • Google’s parent, Alphabet, saw its profit surge on strong advertising demand, especially on mobile. The company’s value rose to more than $500 billion. | • Google’s parent, Alphabet, saw its profit surge on strong advertising demand, especially on mobile. The company’s value rose to more than $500 billion. |
| • Amazon posted another record quarter, thanks to its lucrative cloud computing business. | • Amazon posted another record quarter, thanks to its lucrative cloud computing business. |
| • Americans are overconfident about their knowledge of money matters, a study suggests, which could expose them to exploitation by industry pros. | • Americans are overconfident about their knowledge of money matters, a study suggests, which could expose them to exploitation by industry pros. |
| • U.S. stocks inched ahead on Thursday. | • U.S. stocks inched ahead on Thursday. |
| • At the movies. | • At the movies. |
| Matt Damon returns as Robert Ludlum’s assassin in “Jason Bourne,” in which geopolitics and technology serve as scaffolding for what is essentially a story about human resources challenges in a large bureaucracy. | Matt Damon returns as Robert Ludlum’s assassin in “Jason Bourne,” in which geopolitics and technology serve as scaffolding for what is essentially a story about human resources challenges in a large bureaucracy. |
| Anna Gunn (“Breaking Bad”) plays a senior investment banker whose I.P.O. went bad in the financial drama “Equity.” Our reviewer writes that the film “is bracing, witty and suspenseful, a feminist thriller.” | Anna Gunn (“Breaking Bad”) plays a senior investment banker whose I.P.O. went bad in the financial drama “Equity.” Our reviewer writes that the film “is bracing, witty and suspenseful, a feminist thriller.” |
| • On stage. | • On stage. |
| “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” opened this week at the Palace Theater in London. It’s the two-part, five-hour-plus theatrical sequel to J. K. Rowling’s best-selling “Harry Potter” series. | “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” opened this week at the Palace Theater in London. It’s the two-part, five-hour-plus theatrical sequel to J. K. Rowling’s best-selling “Harry Potter” series. |
| Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was in Venice this week, watching her grandson perform in a production of “The Merchant of Venice” and presiding over a mock appeal by Shylock. | Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was in Venice this week, watching her grandson perform in a production of “The Merchant of Venice” and presiding over a mock appeal by Shylock. |
| • A golden ticket? | • A golden ticket? |
| No one has won the Powerball lottery in months, pushing Saturday’s prize close to $500 million. If you beat the odds, you probably shouldn’t take the lump-sum payout. | No one has won the Powerball lottery in months, pushing Saturday’s prize close to $500 million. If you beat the odds, you probably shouldn’t take the lump-sum payout. |
| Here’s one thing not to do with your lottery winnings: A Georgia man who won $3 million put it into a crystal meth business and is facing decades behind bars. | Here’s one thing not to do with your lottery winnings: A Georgia man who won $3 million put it into a crystal meth business and is facing decades behind bars. |
| • Weekend recipes. | • Weekend recipes. |
| You can enjoy soy-grilled steak without having to marinate it for a long time. Add complexity to the table with sweet, salty and smoky grilled broccoli. | You can enjoy soy-grilled steak without having to marinate it for a long time. Add complexity to the table with sweet, salty and smoky grilled broccoli. |
| One of the most astute observers of American politics can’t be found on the airwaves or on social media. Oh, how we’d love to know what Alexis de Tocqueville, the aristocratic Frenchman born in Paris on this day in 1805, would make of the last two weeks. | One of the most astute observers of American politics can’t be found on the airwaves or on social media. Oh, how we’d love to know what Alexis de Tocqueville, the aristocratic Frenchman born in Paris on this day in 1805, would make of the last two weeks. |
| He landed in Newport, R.I., in 1831, commissioned by the French government to report on American prisons. But Tocqueville instead spent nine months visiting more than a dozen states and three sparsely settled territories with his friend Gustave de Beaumont. | He landed in Newport, R.I., in 1831, commissioned by the French government to report on American prisons. But Tocqueville instead spent nine months visiting more than a dozen states and three sparsely settled territories with his friend Gustave de Beaumont. |
| The pair did report and write a book on prisons when they returned home. But Tocqueville became an important historical figure because he turned his meticulous diaries and reflections into the two-volume “Democracy in America” (1835, 1840), a prophetic book about the young United States. | The pair did report and write a book on prisons when they returned home. But Tocqueville became an important historical figure because he turned his meticulous diaries and reflections into the two-volume “Democracy in America” (1835, 1840), a prophetic book about the young United States. |
| He interviewed many Americans, including President Andrew Jackson and his predecessor, John Quincy Adams, and predicted that America would “someday become one of the richest and most powerful countries on earth” and that slavery would produce “the most horrible of all civil wars.” | He interviewed many Americans, including President Andrew Jackson and his predecessor, John Quincy Adams, and predicted that America would “someday become one of the richest and most powerful countries on earth” and that slavery would produce “the most horrible of all civil wars.” |
| The book was the first major study of U.S. society, and its insights have been taught in American schools for 180 years. | The book was the first major study of U.S. society, and its insights have been taught in American schools for 180 years. |
| Political parties are “an inherent evil of free governments,” he wrote, adding that “the most outstanding Americans are seldom summoned to public office.” | Political parties are “an inherent evil of free governments,” he wrote, adding that “the most outstanding Americans are seldom summoned to public office.” |
| But he held much faith in the country’s democracy: “There is one thing which America demonstrates invincibly, and of which I had been in doubt up till now: It is that the middle classes can govern a state.” | But he held much faith in the country’s democracy: “There is one thing which America demonstrates invincibly, and of which I had been in doubt up till now: It is that the middle classes can govern a state.” |
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