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| Donald Trump, Federal Reserve, Dutch Elections: Your Thursday Briefing | Donald Trump, Federal Reserve, Dutch Elections: Your Thursday Briefing |
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| Here’s what you need to know: | Here’s what you need to know: |
| • Trump’s revised travel ban is blocked. | • Trump’s revised travel ban is blocked. |
| A federal judge in Hawaii has stopped President Trump’s ban on travel from six predominantly Muslim countries from taking effect nationwide. A second judge in Maryland also ruled against a portion of the ban overnight. | |
| The rulings were the second setback for Mr. Trump’s pursuit of a policy he says is critical for national security. His first attempt was also blocked by courts. | |
| In his decision on the new, narrower ban, the judge in Honolulu wrote that it appeared “to disfavor a particular religion.” (Here are some highlights from the judicial order.) “This ruling makes us look weak,” Mr. Trump responded. | In his decision on the new, narrower ban, the judge in Honolulu wrote that it appeared “to disfavor a particular religion.” (Here are some highlights from the judicial order.) “This ruling makes us look weak,” Mr. Trump responded. |
| • White House budget favors military. | • White House budget favors military. |
| Mr. Trump will send a budget to Congress today that would increase spending for the Pentagon and on defending the southern border, while cutting funds for foreign aid, poverty programs and the environment. | Mr. Trump will send a budget to Congress today that would increase spending for the Pentagon and on defending the southern border, while cutting funds for foreign aid, poverty programs and the environment. |
| The president’s proposal represents an “America First” budget that, in one reporter’s analysis, makes parts of America more first than others. We look at who wins and who loses (including arts groups whose government funding would be eliminated). | The president’s proposal represents an “America First” budget that, in one reporter’s analysis, makes parts of America more first than others. We look at who wins and who loses (including arts groups whose government funding would be eliminated). |
| • Republicans reject Trump’s wiretap claims. | • Republicans reject Trump’s wiretap claims. |
| Lawmakers threatened subpoenas and vented about the lack of evidence behind Mr. Trump’s accusation on Twitter that President Barack Obama had wiretapped phones in Trump Tower during the campaign. | Lawmakers threatened subpoenas and vented about the lack of evidence behind Mr. Trump’s accusation on Twitter that President Barack Obama had wiretapped phones in Trump Tower during the campaign. |
| If the president’s comments are taken literally, he is simply “wrong,” one Republican said. | If the president’s comments are taken literally, he is simply “wrong,” one Republican said. |
| Mr. Trump, however, suggested in an interview that he would be vindicated: “Wiretap covers a lot of different things,” he said. (If you’ve lost track of the White House’s responses to the controversy, here’s a quick refresher.) | Mr. Trump, however, suggested in an interview that he would be vindicated: “Wiretap covers a lot of different things,” he said. (If you’ve lost track of the White House’s responses to the controversy, here’s a quick refresher.) |
| • Refining the G.O.P. health law. | • Refining the G.O.P. health law. |
| Mr. Trump urged his supporters to unite behind the Republican plan to overhaul health care, but Speaker Paul D. Ryan, facing resistance to the bill within his party, said it would be refined and improved. | Mr. Trump urged his supporters to unite behind the Republican plan to overhaul health care, but Speaker Paul D. Ryan, facing resistance to the bill within his party, said it would be refined and improved. |
| • Far-right candidate falters in the Netherlands. | • Far-right candidate falters in the Netherlands. |
| The party of the populist politician Geert Wilders gained seats in Parliament in Dutch elections on Wednesday but fell short of expectations. | The party of the populist politician Geert Wilders gained seats in Parliament in Dutch elections on Wednesday but fell short of expectations. |
| Voters turned out in record numbers, and the result was cheered by those hoping to stall the anti-European Union, anti-Muslim forces that Mr. Wilders symbolizes. | Voters turned out in record numbers, and the result was cheered by those hoping to stall the anti-European Union, anti-Muslim forces that Mr. Wilders symbolizes. |
| • The Daily, your audio news report. | • The Daily, your audio news report. |
| In today’s show: Republican presidents have long pledged to roll back regulation, but for Mr. Trump, it’s personal. | In today’s show: Republican presidents have long pledged to roll back regulation, but for Mr. Trump, it’s personal. |
| Listen from a computer, on an iOS device or on an Android device. | Listen from a computer, on an iOS device or on an Android device. |
| • The Federal Reserve is moving toward the end of its nine-year-old economic stimulus campaign. The central bank raised interest rates on Wednesday for the second time in three months. | • The Federal Reserve is moving toward the end of its nine-year-old economic stimulus campaign. The central bank raised interest rates on Wednesday for the second time in three months. |
| • The U.S. charged two Russian intelligence officers with directing a criminal conspiracy that stole data on 500 million Yahoo accounts in 2014. | • The U.S. charged two Russian intelligence officers with directing a criminal conspiracy that stole data on 500 million Yahoo accounts in 2014. |
| • Vowing to expand the number of jobs in the auto industry, Mr. Trump halted a move to tighten fuel standards. | • Vowing to expand the number of jobs in the auto industry, Mr. Trump halted a move to tighten fuel standards. |
| • U.S. stocks were up on Wednesday. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. | • U.S. stocks were up on Wednesday. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. |
| • Last week, we asked readers to share their morning routines, and 331 were gracious enough to respond. Among the most mentioned: Coffee (126 mentions), prayer or meditation (84), running/walking (95) or exercise (94), and breakfast (97). | • Last week, we asked readers to share their morning routines, and 331 were gracious enough to respond. Among the most mentioned: Coffee (126 mentions), prayer or meditation (84), running/walking (95) or exercise (94), and breakfast (97). |
| • Here are some of the tips, and a few quick links about warm-ups and cool-downs, ways to be mindful and the power of to-do lists. | • Here are some of the tips, and a few quick links about warm-ups and cool-downs, ways to be mindful and the power of to-do lists. |
| • Recipe of the day: Have pie for dinner with this torta pasqualina filled with leafy greens and cheese. | • Recipe of the day: Have pie for dinner with this torta pasqualina filled with leafy greens and cheese. |
| • The desert is blooming. | • The desert is blooming. |
| In today’s 360 video, watch as colorful flowers blossom in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in California. | In today’s 360 video, watch as colorful flowers blossom in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in California. |
| • A grim fate for a natural wonder. | • A grim fate for a natural wonder. |
| Scientists say large sections of the Great Barrier Reef, a coral ecosystem off the coast of Australia so large that it can be seen from space, are dead or dying because of rising sea temperatures. | Scientists say large sections of the Great Barrier Reef, a coral ecosystem off the coast of Australia so large that it can be seen from space, are dead or dying because of rising sea temperatures. |
| The level of destruction wasn’t expected for another 30 years, the author of a new study said. | The level of destruction wasn’t expected for another 30 years, the author of a new study said. |
| • A spoiler becomes a savior. | • A spoiler becomes a savior. |
| In the past few decades, the internet has threatened just about every cultural medium, from movies to music to something close to this writer’s heart, journalism. But people are starting to pay for online content, a big deal that our tech columnist says is difficult to overstate. | In the past few decades, the internet has threatened just about every cultural medium, from movies to music to something close to this writer’s heart, journalism. But people are starting to pay for online content, a big deal that our tech columnist says is difficult to overstate. |
| • Press freedom in Egypt. | • Press freedom in Egypt. |
| Declan Walsh, our Cairo bureau chief, joined a group of journalists to discuss the difficulties of reporting from the Middle East. | Declan Walsh, our Cairo bureau chief, joined a group of journalists to discuss the difficulties of reporting from the Middle East. |
| • Best of late-night TV. | • Best of late-night TV. |
| The hosts were not impressed by Rachel Maddow’s anticlimactic revelation of Mr. Trump’s tax forms the day before. “Is this news or a reality show?” asked Stephen Colbert. | The hosts were not impressed by Rachel Maddow’s anticlimactic revelation of Mr. Trump’s tax forms the day before. “Is this news or a reality show?” asked Stephen Colbert. |
| A new space race is underway, fueled by billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos who are eager to capitalize on booming technology and the allure of space tourism. | A new space race is underway, fueled by billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos who are eager to capitalize on booming technology and the allure of space tourism. |
| Such audacious plans weren’t always embraced. In 1920, when Robert H. Goddard outlined how a rocket might reach the moon, The Times wrote that he seemed “to lack the knowledge ladled out daily in high schools” and argued, incorrectly, that thrust was not possible in a vacuum. | Such audacious plans weren’t always embraced. In 1920, when Robert H. Goddard outlined how a rocket might reach the moon, The Times wrote that he seemed “to lack the knowledge ladled out daily in high schools” and argued, incorrectly, that thrust was not possible in a vacuum. |
| History has been kinder to Dr. Goddard since his death in 1945, and he’s now viewed as a pioneer of the space age. | History has been kinder to Dr. Goddard since his death in 1945, and he’s now viewed as a pioneer of the space age. |
| A crucial step in his career came on this day in 1926, when he tested the first liquid-fueled rocket, from his aunt’s farm in Massachusetts. It reached only 41 feet, but, according to NASA, the experiment was “as significant to history as that of the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.” | A crucial step in his career came on this day in 1926, when he tested the first liquid-fueled rocket, from his aunt’s farm in Massachusetts. It reached only 41 feet, but, according to NASA, the experiment was “as significant to history as that of the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.” |
| After Apollo 11 launched in 1969, even The Times came around, noting in a correction that it was “now definitely established that a rocket can function in a vacuum as well as in an atmosphere.” | After Apollo 11 launched in 1969, even The Times came around, noting in a correction that it was “now definitely established that a rocket can function in a vacuum as well as in an atmosphere.” |
| But Dr. Goddard deserves the last word. About perseverance, he wrote: “When old dreams die, new ones come to take their place. God pity a one-dream man.” | But Dr. Goddard deserves the last word. About perseverance, he wrote: “When old dreams die, new ones come to take their place. God pity a one-dream man.” |
| Charles McDermid contributed reporting. | Charles McDermid contributed reporting. |
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