Your Monday Evening Briefing

Tariffs, Michigan, Nor'easter | View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Monday, March 5, 2018 [NYTimes.com »]( [Your Monday Evening Briefing]( By ZACH JOHNK AND DAVID SCULL Good evening. Here’s the latest. Al Drago for The New York Times 1. Paul Ryan, the House speaker, [is “extremely worried”]( that President Trump’s proposed steel and aluminum tariffs could cause a harmful trade war. Mr. Ryan’s reservations [are]( unusual act of defiance](. The president hasn’t backed down from his tariffs plan, but he raised the prospect that some nations could be spared (by way of pressuring Canada and Mexico on a new Nafta trade treaty). In the Senate, Thad Cochran, a Mississippi Republican, [said he would resign because of ill health]( opening up a second Senate race in his home state this November. _____ Tom Brenner/The New York Times 2. “If I can, I will.” President Trump told Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, above center, [that he might visit in May]( for the move of the American Embassy to Jerusalem. Such a visit would probably further inflame Palestinian leaders, who broke off contact with the Trump administration over the president’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Mr. Netanyahu, who was visiting Washington, saw his troubles grow back home. A former top aide became the third close associate to agree to testify against him in [a career-threatening corruption case](. _____ Gemunu Amarasinghe/Associated Press 3. “If America gives me protection, I will tell everything I know.” That’s the [deal on offer from the Belarusian escort above]( who’s been jailed in Thailand. She told our reporter that she has recordings that shed light on Russia’s meddling in American elections. Her assertion would be easy to disregard were it not for a 25-minute video investigation posted last month by a Russian opposition figure that relies heavily on her footage and photographs. Back in the U.S., Sam Nunberg, a onetime Trump campaign aide, [said that he]( been subpoenaed by Robert Mueller]( the special counsel, but that he would refuse to appear. _____ Patrick T. Fallon for The New York Times 4. The #MeToo movement dominated the Oscars. [Here’s what our critics had to say](. [We also went to Vanity Fair’s Oscars party]( where Frances McDormand had a bucket of fried chicken and Mary J. Blige joined a conga line. (Earlier, someone [briefly stole the Oscar awarded to](. McDormand]( onstage above.) Here’s [where to stream the winning movies](. _____ Daniel Dal Zennaro/European Pressphoto Agency 5. Italians are furious, and immigration and money are at the heart of that anger. The country’s voters threw their weight behind hard-right and populist forces in an election on Sunday, continuing a European trend. Above, Matteo Salvini, the leader of an anti-immigrant party. “Immigrants are the perfect scapegoat for all manner of angst, both economic and cultural, and very easy fertile ground for the populists,” an economist said. [Here are four takeaways from the vote](. _____ Dado Galdieri for The New York Times 6. Brazil is dealing with the worst outbreak of yellow fever in decades. The virus kills 3 percent to 8 percent of those infected, and [if it reaches the slums of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo]( fatalities could skyrocket. Above, health workers in São Paulo. Several foreign tourists have died, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised its alert level. Brazilian health officials are struggling to vaccinate 23 million people. _____ Graham Walzer for The New York Times 7. In a surprise move, U.S. regulators asked Qualcomm, the giant California chip maker, to give them [more time to investigate whether a takeover bid by Broadcom]( a Singapore-based rival, would threaten national security. The intervention came before a formal deal, highlighting a drastic increase in scrutiny of takeovers of American companies by international challengers. Any agreement would be the largest technology deal in history, creating a giant whose products would be used in most of the world’s smartphones. _____ David J. Phillip/Associated Press 8. This time, Mayor Bill de Blasio took no chances. Days after his first choice to lead New York’s schools turned him down in a speech from Miami broadcast live on television, [the mayor had his second p]( by his side]( for an announcement at City Hall. It went off without a hitch, and Richard A. Carranza, above, the Houston schools superintendent, will take over the nation’s largest school system. _____ Richard Perry/The New York Times 9. “There is now a subtle fear of boys and the trouble they might bring.” That was a psychologist discussing signs that American parents’ [traditional preference for sons over daughters is changing](. A new study found that fewer couples are trying for a son: If they already have one child, a daughter, they are less likely to keep having babies. Above, infants in Kiryas Joel, N.Y. The reason could be that there’s less bias against girls, and possibly more bias against boys. In a recent Op-Ed, the comedian and actor Michael Ian Black argued that “[The Boys Are Not All Right]( _____ Sam Hodgson for The New York Times 10. Finally, we have piping-hot news out of New York: [A pizza war is raging](. After a period of peace among the city’s pizzerias, two establishments named Famous Joe’s — one in Manhattan, above, and one in Brooklyn — are locked in a fierce trademark case. Some of the key issues: sign fonts, Twitter accounts and the crucial question of which pizzeria the actor Tobey Maguire actually prefers. Have a great night. _____ Your Evening Briefing is posted at 6 p.m. Eastern. And don’t miss Your Morning Briefing. [Sign up here]( to get it by email in the Australian, Asian, European or American morning. Want to catch up on past briefings? [You can browse them here](. What did you like? What do you want to see here? Let us know at [briefing@nytimes.com](mailto:briefing@nytimes.com?subject=Evening%20Briefing%20Feedback). LIKE THIS EMAIL? Forward it to your friends, and let them know they can sign up [here](. ADVERTISEMENT Sponsor a Subscription Inspire the future generation of readers by contributing to The Times’s [sponsor-a-subscription program](. 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