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| Netherlands, Republican Party: Your Monday Evening Briefing | Netherlands, Republican Party: Your Monday Evening Briefing |
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| Good evening. Here’s the latest. | Good evening. Here’s the latest. |
| 1. The Republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act would raise the number of people without health insurance by 24 million within a decade, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found. | 1. The Republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act would raise the number of people without health insurance by 24 million within a decade, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found. |
| Republicans had been expecting a bleak accounting of the legislation’s projected effects, and they began trying to undermine the credibility of the office’s numbers last week. | Republicans had been expecting a bleak accounting of the legislation’s projected effects, and they began trying to undermine the credibility of the office’s numbers last week. |
| The American Health Care Act, as Republicans call their bill, has been criticized by health care providers, some conservatives and a united Democratic Party. The report will only make it more difficult for Republican leaders to justify their legislation as an improvement over President Barack Obama’s health law. | The American Health Care Act, as Republicans call their bill, has been criticized by health care providers, some conservatives and a united Democratic Party. The report will only make it more difficult for Republican leaders to justify their legislation as an improvement over President Barack Obama’s health law. |
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| 2. A blizzard warning is in effect for much of the New York area, which may get as much as two feet of snow as a late-winter storm hits the Northeast. | 2. A blizzard warning is in effect for much of the New York area, which may get as much as two feet of snow as a late-winter storm hits the Northeast. |
| “Things get interesting for the East Coast beginning Monday night,” the National Weather Service said. | “Things get interesting for the East Coast beginning Monday night,” the National Weather Service said. |
| The storm could break snowfall records for March. More than 4,000 flights have been canceled, and New York City has closed public schools on Tuesday. Above, the preparations. | The storm could break snowfall records for March. More than 4,000 flights have been canceled, and New York City has closed public schools on Tuesday. Above, the preparations. |
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| 3. Judge Neil Gorsuch faces his Supreme Court confirmation hearing next week, and Democrats have zeroed in on their planned line of attack: that his rulings have favored the powerful and well connected. | 3. Judge Neil Gorsuch faces his Supreme Court confirmation hearing next week, and Democrats have zeroed in on their planned line of attack: that his rulings have favored the powerful and well connected. |
| In one case, Judge Gorsuch argued that a company was not wrong to fire a truck driver who had abandoned his cargo for his own safety in subzero temperatures. | In one case, Judge Gorsuch argued that a company was not wrong to fire a truck driver who had abandoned his cargo for his own safety in subzero temperatures. |
| The judge’s defenders accuse the Democrats of cherry-picking and say his adherence to the law does not indicate a lack of compassion. | The judge’s defenders accuse the Democrats of cherry-picking and say his adherence to the law does not indicate a lack of compassion. |
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| 4. President Trump and Janet Yellen, the chairwoman of the Federal Reserve, appear to be on a collision course, albeit in slow motion. | 4. President Trump and Janet Yellen, the chairwoman of the Federal Reserve, appear to be on a collision course, albeit in slow motion. |
| Mr. Trump says he is determined to stimulate economic growth. But the central bank estimates that the economy is already growing at close to its maximum sustainable pace, and any faster growth could spur inflation. | Mr. Trump says he is determined to stimulate economic growth. But the central bank estimates that the economy is already growing at close to its maximum sustainable pace, and any faster growth could spur inflation. |
| The Federal Reserve has all but announced it will raise its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday, but the rate is expected to remain low. | The Federal Reserve has all but announced it will raise its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday, but the rate is expected to remain low. |
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| 5. The European Union warned Turkey that a constitutional amendment to strengthen the president’s power might harm the country’s longstanding bid to join the bloc. | 5. The European Union warned Turkey that a constitutional amendment to strengthen the president’s power might harm the country’s longstanding bid to join the bloc. |
| Officials also urged Turkey to avoid inflammatory messages after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Germany and the Netherlands of Nazi-like behavior. | Officials also urged Turkey to avoid inflammatory messages after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Germany and the Netherlands of Nazi-like behavior. |
| The two nations barred Turkish officials from campaigning there among expatriates to build support for the amendment. | The two nations barred Turkish officials from campaigning there among expatriates to build support for the amendment. |
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| 6. The tensions with Turkey come as Europe grapples with a wave of anti-Muslim and populist sentiment and splintering impulses. | 6. The tensions with Turkey come as Europe grapples with a wave of anti-Muslim and populist sentiment and splintering impulses. |
| The Netherlands has elections on Wednesday, and the large Muslim population there is worried by the rise of Geert Wilders, a far-right politician who wants to ban the Quran. His party is expected to do well at the polls. | The Netherlands has elections on Wednesday, and the large Muslim population there is worried by the rise of Geert Wilders, a far-right politician who wants to ban the Quran. His party is expected to do well at the polls. |
| Britain’s Parliament cleared the path for talks on its exit from the European Union, while Scotland has renewed its call for a referendum on independence. | |
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| 7. An Egyptian prosecutor has ordered the release of Hosni Mubarak, the strongman who led Egypt for 30 years until he was overthrown in 2011. | 7. An Egyptian prosecutor has ordered the release of Hosni Mubarak, the strongman who led Egypt for 30 years until he was overthrown in 2011. |
| The 88-year-old has been in a military hospital in Cairo for most of the past six years. | The 88-year-old has been in a military hospital in Cairo for most of the past six years. |
| He was cleared this month in the last criminal prosecution he faced. | He was cleared this month in the last criminal prosecution he faced. |
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| 8. The team behind the National AIDS Memorial Grove in San Francisco, above, is pushing to create a museum commemorating the AIDS pandemic. | 8. The team behind the National AIDS Memorial Grove in San Francisco, above, is pushing to create a museum commemorating the AIDS pandemic. |
| The team hopes to draw on the archives of American activists who fought a “cruel lack of interest” from the government and health care institutions in the 1980s, and also to illustrate the toll the disease continues to take around the globe. | The team hopes to draw on the archives of American activists who fought a “cruel lack of interest” from the government and health care institutions in the 1980s, and also to illustrate the toll the disease continues to take around the globe. |
| “The story of AIDS is more than a disease,” the project’s director said. “The real underpinnings of that story are about humanity, social justice, human rights and what it means to be a citizen of the world.” | “The story of AIDS is more than a disease,” the project’s director said. “The real underpinnings of that story are about humanity, social justice, human rights and what it means to be a citizen of the world.” |
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| 9. Are teenagers doing fewer drugs because they’re addicted to their phones instead? | 9. Are teenagers doing fewer drugs because they’re addicted to their phones instead? |
| American teenagers are growing less likely to try or regularly use drugs, including alcohol. The trend has been building for a decade, but researchers are unsure why. | American teenagers are growing less likely to try or regularly use drugs, including alcohol. The trend has been building for a decade, but researchers are unsure why. |
| They say smartphone use, which has grown over the same period, is worth looking at as a factor. It plays to similar impulses as drug experimentation, including sensation-seeking and the desire for independence. | They say smartphone use, which has grown over the same period, is worth looking at as a factor. It plays to similar impulses as drug experimentation, including sensation-seeking and the desire for independence. |
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| 10. Amy Krouse Rosenthal, the prolific author whose bittersweet paean, “You May Want to Marry My Husband,” was one of The Times’s most-read articles this month, has died of ovarian cancer. She was 51. | 10. Amy Krouse Rosenthal, the prolific author whose bittersweet paean, “You May Want to Marry My Husband,” was one of The Times’s most-read articles this month, has died of ovarian cancer. She was 51. |
| In the essay, Ms. Rosenthal sketched a dating profile for her husband of 26 years, Jason Brian Rosenthal, knowing she did not have long to live. | In the essay, Ms. Rosenthal sketched a dating profile for her husband of 26 years, Jason Brian Rosenthal, knowing she did not have long to live. |
| “He is an easy man to fall in love with,” she wrote. “I did it in one day.” | “He is an easy man to fall in love with,” she wrote. “I did it in one day.” |
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| 11. Finally, think the N.C.A.A. bracket’s too easy? Try one of these specialized (some might say byzantine) iterations of the common bracket-picking pool. | 11. Finally, think the N.C.A.A. bracket’s too easy? Try one of these specialized (some might say byzantine) iterations of the common bracket-picking pool. |
| The tournament, which starts Tuesday, is the Super Bowl of sports wagering — twice over, according to trade group estimates. (Much of the betting is illegal.) | The tournament, which starts Tuesday, is the Super Bowl of sports wagering — twice over, according to trade group estimates. (Much of the betting is illegal.) |
| It’s stocked with the usual suspects, but here are six upsets we think can happen. Get your printable bracket here. | It’s stocked with the usual suspects, but here are six upsets we think can happen. Get your printable bracket here. |
| Photographs may appear out of order for some readers. Viewing this version of the briefing should help. | Photographs may appear out of order for some readers. Viewing this version of the briefing should help. |
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