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| Trump, Tillerson, Venezuela: Your Thursday Evening Briefing | Trump, Tillerson, Venezuela: Your Thursday Evening Briefing |
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| Good evening. Here’s the latest. | Good evening. Here’s the latest. |
| 1. A new plot twist in a Washington drama: Two White House officials helped Devin Nunes, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, view the secret reports that showed incidental surveillance of the Trump campaign. | 1. A new plot twist in a Washington drama: Two White House officials helped Devin Nunes, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, view the secret reports that showed incidental surveillance of the Trump campaign. |
| Several U.S. officials identified the pair as Ezra Cohen-Watnick, the senior director for intelligence at the National Security Council, and Michael Ellis, who works at the White House Counsel’s Office. | |
| In the evening, we learned that Michael Flynn, the short-lived national security adviser, had offered to talk to congressional investigators, if he is granted immunity. | |
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| 2. President Trump spent part of the day inciting fellow Republicans. | |
| “The Freedom Caucus will hurt the entire Republican agenda if they don’t get on the team, & fast,” he wrote on Twitter. | “The Freedom Caucus will hurt the entire Republican agenda if they don’t get on the team, & fast,” he wrote on Twitter. |
| The bloc’s foiling of the health care bill has rekindled the civil war between the party’s establishment and hard-line conservatives like Representative Dave Brat of Virginia, above. | The bloc’s foiling of the health care bill has rekindled the civil war between the party’s establishment and hard-line conservatives like Representative Dave Brat of Virginia, above. |
| In the Senate, Vice President Mike Pence cast the deciding “yea” vote on a measure to allow states to block funding to clinics that perform abortions. | In the Senate, Vice President Mike Pence cast the deciding “yea” vote on a measure to allow states to block funding to clinics that perform abortions. |
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| 3. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is heading to his first NATO meeting, after meeting with the Turkish president. | 3. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is heading to his first NATO meeting, after meeting with the Turkish president. |
| Mr. Tillerson showered praise on the Turkish government, which has been accused of authoritarian tactics. But he got an earful over U.S. support for Kurdish forces in Iraq and Syria. | Mr. Tillerson showered praise on the Turkish government, which has been accused of authoritarian tactics. But he got an earful over U.S. support for Kurdish forces in Iraq and Syria. |
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| 4. Just two months into the Trump presidency, the U.S. military is becoming more involved in a string of complex wars that lack clear endgames — and often endanger civilians. | 4. Just two months into the Trump presidency, the U.S. military is becoming more involved in a string of complex wars that lack clear endgames — and often endanger civilians. |
| In the latest case, Mr. Trump relaxed engagement rules for counterterrorism strikes in Somalia, preparing to escalate the campaign against the Qaeda-linked Islamist group Shabab. | In the latest case, Mr. Trump relaxed engagement rules for counterterrorism strikes in Somalia, preparing to escalate the campaign against the Qaeda-linked Islamist group Shabab. |
| Above, a child in a cholera center in Baidoa, Somalia, just a few miles from Shabab territory. | Above, a child in a cholera center in Baidoa, Somalia, just a few miles from Shabab territory. |
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| 5. Uproar on opposite sides of the world. In South Korea, the ousted president, Park Geun-hye, was arrested on criminal charges of bribery and abuse of power. | 5. Uproar on opposite sides of the world. In South Korea, the ousted president, Park Geun-hye, was arrested on criminal charges of bribery and abuse of power. |
| And in Venezuela, there was a big step toward one-man rule under the leftist president, Nicolás Maduro, as his loyalists on the Supreme Court effectively dissolved the elected legislature. | And in Venezuela, there was a big step toward one-man rule under the leftist president, Nicolás Maduro, as his loyalists on the Supreme Court effectively dissolved the elected legislature. |
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| 6. North Carolina’s legislature passed a bill to repeal its “bathroom bill,” and the governor immediately signed it. | 6. North Carolina’s legislature passed a bill to repeal its “bathroom bill,” and the governor immediately signed it. |
| The repeal, ending public bathroom rules aimed at transgender people, does not satisfy many critics. | The repeal, ending public bathroom rules aimed at transgender people, does not satisfy many critics. |
| And it’s not yet clear whether it will reverse a national backlash from companies, entertainers and sports leagues — most notably the N.C.A.A. — that boycotted the state, calling the law discriminatory. | And it’s not yet clear whether it will reverse a national backlash from companies, entertainers and sports leagues — most notably the N.C.A.A. — that boycotted the state, calling the law discriminatory. |
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| 7. “Sometimes I think they’ll come again, even here. I have nightmares — they’re coming to kill me, they’re coming to kill me.” | 7. “Sometimes I think they’ll come again, even here. I have nightmares — they’re coming to kill me, they’re coming to kill me.” |
| That 13-year-old girl is one of 130,000 people who fled the Islamist militants of Boko Haram, only to find themselves stuck along a barren desert highway in Niger, near the Nigerian border. | That 13-year-old girl is one of 130,000 people who fled the Islamist militants of Boko Haram, only to find themselves stuck along a barren desert highway in Niger, near the Nigerian border. |
| It’s a literal road to nowhere. Begun by a Chinese oil company, construction stopped two years ago after attacks spiked. | |
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| 8. A vanguard of prosecutors across the country has jettisoned the traditional lock-’em-up approach and embraced alternatives to harsh punishment. | 8. A vanguard of prosecutors across the country has jettisoned the traditional lock-’em-up approach and embraced alternatives to harsh punishment. |
| Some are facing a backlash from law enforcement groups and more conservative politicians. | Some are facing a backlash from law enforcement groups and more conservative politicians. |
| Among them is Aramis Ayala, the new chief prosecutor in Orlando, who announced this month that she would no longer seek the death penalty. | Among them is Aramis Ayala, the new chief prosecutor in Orlando, who announced this month that she would no longer seek the death penalty. |
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| 9. A first for the space industry: SpaceX launched a commercial satellite into space with the boost of a partly used rocket, a feat that may open an era of cheaper space travel. | 9. A first for the space industry: SpaceX launched a commercial satellite into space with the boost of a partly used rocket, a feat that may open an era of cheaper space travel. |
| And it might be able to be used again, because the rocket returned in one piece, landing on a floating platform in the Atlantic. | And it might be able to be used again, because the rocket returned in one piece, landing on a floating platform in the Atlantic. |
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| 10. A revival of the 1978 musical “Zoot Suit” is a smash hit in Los Angeles, where fans have been showing up decked out in vintage gear. | 10. A revival of the 1978 musical “Zoot Suit” is a smash hit in Los Angeles, where fans have been showing up decked out in vintage gear. |
| The production, which was also adapted for film, is a fantastical reimagining of the so-called Sleepy Lagoon murder case in 1942, in which Mexican-American youths were unjustly convicted by a biased judge. | The production, which was also adapted for film, is a fantastical reimagining of the so-called Sleepy Lagoon murder case in 1942, in which Mexican-American youths were unjustly convicted by a biased judge. |
| “We still have some of the same problems,” said Leka Im, above left with her twin sister Lekit. “This is something we all need to see to understand L.A.” | “We still have some of the same problems,” said Leka Im, above left with her twin sister Lekit. “This is something we all need to see to understand L.A.” |
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| 11. Finally, dive into a futuristic whodunit: “Ghost in the Shell,” a live-action movie adaptation of a Japanese comic book, in theaters this weekend. | 11. Finally, dive into a futuristic whodunit: “Ghost in the Shell,” a live-action movie adaptation of a Japanese comic book, in theaters this weekend. |
| The director, Rupert Sanders, discusses a scene featuring Scarlett Johansson, who plays a cyber-enhanced character who physically walks through a geisha robot’s digital memories to figure out how the robot was hacked. | The director, Rupert Sanders, discusses a scene featuring Scarlett Johansson, who plays a cyber-enhanced character who physically walks through a geisha robot’s digital memories to figure out how the robot was hacked. |
| Have a great night. | Have a great night. |
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