Your Weekend Briefing

Trump, Bourdain, Facebook View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Sunday, June 10, 2018 [NYTimes.com »]( [Your Weekend Briefing]( By KAREN ZRAICK AND LANCE BOOTH Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead. Doug Mills/The New York Times 1. All eyes on Singapore. President Trump and Kim Jong-un are scheduled to meet there on Tuesday. The sit-down will be [a long-anticipated test of Mr. Trump’s conviction]( that he can slice through decades of diplomatic orthodoxy and strike a grand bargain with North Korea, a feat that eluded his three immediate predecessors. But first, Mr. Trump had to get through [a Group of 7 meeting]( with the leaders of America’s closest allies. He refused to sign a joint statement negotiated during the meeting, saying on Twitter that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada was “very dishonest and weak.” [Our Washington correspondents write]( that with his America First agenda, Mr. Trump has driven a wedge between the U.S. and its allies, ceding leadership and its seat at the table. Have you been keeping up with the headlines? Test your knowledge with [our news quiz](. Here’s the [front page of our Sunday paper]( and our [crossword puzzles](. ____ [Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, who died this past week. Escalating suicide rates have affected nearly every demographic group and place, according to new federal data.]Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, who died this past week. Escalating suicide rates have affected nearly every demographic group and place, according to new federal data. Left: Bebeto Matthews/Associated Press; Right: Chris Pizzello/Invision, via Associated Press 2. The suicides of two celebrities — the fashion designer Kate Spade, and then the chef and CNN host Anthony Bourdain — stunned the world. Here are our obituaries of [Ms. Spade]( and [Mr. Bourdain](. Each death prompted an outpouring of emotion from across the globe. [Ms. Spade’s fans recounted]( how her bright handbags were their first “grown-up” big-ticket purchase. And [our TV critic wrote]( that Mr. Bourdain’s appeal was in how he explored culture through cuisine, and relished all of it. Their deaths came as new federal data was released showing [a rise in suicides]( in nearly every state. Here are some [resources for people grappling]( with suicidal thoughts, and [tips from experts]( on how to help a loved one who is depressed. ____ Erin Schaff for The New York Times 3. Speaker Paul Ryan promised that [House Republicans would draft legislation on immigration]( for a floor vote in the coming weeks, setting up a showdown within his party just as the midterm campaigns come into focus. And we met [a 5-year-old Honduran boy separated from his father]( when they arrived at the border in El Paso. He’s been inconsolable since his father was arrested and he was sent to live with a foster family in Michigan. Separating parents and children is the Trump administration’s latest and most widely debated border enforcement policy. ____ Mark Wilson/Getty Images 4. The special counsel for the Russia investigation, [Robert Mueller, brought new obstruction charges]( against President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, above, and an associate accused of ties to Russian intelligence. Mr. Trump’s lawyers continue to argue [that the president is above obstruction statutes](. In fact, he declared on Twitter that he had “the absolute right” to pardon himself for any crime. Separately, a former Senate Intelligence Committee aide was arrested [as part of an investigation into leaks of classified information](. Prosecutors secretly seized years’ worth of a Times reporter’s phone and email records in connection with that investigation. ____ Hilary Swift for The New York Times 5. Democrats enhanced their prospects for winning control of the House [in primaries in eight states]( on Tuesday. California got the most attention: Democrats had feared disaster there, in part because of the state’s unusual open primary system. But they averted one with help from the national party. Above, supporters of the Democratic candidate Mike Levin at a watch party in Oceanside, Calif. The state’s Republicans avoided their own worst-case scenario as well, securing a spot in the governor’s race, which should help bring G.O.P. voters to the polls. [Looking ahead to 2020]( fund-raising for races across the country has already begun in New York. Of course, we can’t include all our politics coverage in this briefing. For more, check out our roundup of this week’s [biggest stories in American politics.]( ____ Bryan Anselm for The New York Times 6. Surveillance cameras monitored by the police have become a ubiquitous presence in many cities. [In Newark, anyone can watch the live stream](. It’s an extraordinary step that few, if any, other departments in the country have pursued: The city has opened up feeds from dozens of closed-circuit cameras to the public, asking viewers to assist the force by watching over the city and reporting anything suspicious. Officials say the Citizen Virtual Patrol, as the program is called, is a move toward transparency. But it has provoked alarm among civil liberties groups and privacy advocates. ____ Richard Drew/Associated Press 7. We reported that [Facebook let Apple, Samsung and other device makers]( tap into the data of users and their friends, raising new concerns about privacy protections. The companies that got access [included Huawei, a Chinese telecommunications equipment company]( flagged by U.S. intelligence as a security threat. The firm has close ties to the Chinese government. Banned in China since 2009, Facebook in recent years has quietly sought to re-establish itself there. But it said it would wind down the deal with Huawei. ____ Sara Krulwich/The New York Times 8. The Miss America Organization is [scrapping the swimsuit portion of the competition]( as it tries to find a foothold in the #MeToo era. Above, the 1981 pageant. We wanted to know what it feels like to participate in these pageants, and why many compete again and again. We asked our readers and heard from more than 170 competitors, from Tiny Miss Snellville 1974 to International Mr. Leather 2015. [Here is a selection of their stories](. ____ Christophe Petit Tesson/European Pressphoto Agency, via Shutterstock 9. Lots of big victories this week in sports: Simona Halep of Romania, above, beat Sloane Stephens [to win the French Open](. [Justify]( the Belmont Stakes]( to become the 13th Triple Crown champion, the second in four years. The Golden State Warriors swept the Cleveland Cavaliers, winning [their third N.B.A. title]( in four years. The Washington Capitals defeated the Vegas Golden Knights [to win their first Stanley Cup]( in franchise history. And we’ve launched Offsides, a twice-weekly newsletter about the World Cup, which starts Thursday. [Sign up here]( and the writer Musa Okwonga will send you lively updates on the scores, the social issues and the hidden stories of the tournament. ____ Sara Krulwich/The New York Times 10. Finally, The Tony Awards are at 8 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, broadcast on CBS from Radio City Music Hall. [Our critics say]( “The Band’s Visit” and the new Harry Potter show, above, are likely to win. In this collection of [our best weekend reads]( we talk to a Broadway producer up for a Tony, chronicle love in New York City and learn about the players we’ll see in the World Cup. For more suggestions on what to watch, read and listen to, may we suggest our rundown of [what’s new on streaming services]( a glance at our [best-seller list]( or our music critics’ [latest playlist](. Have a great week. ____ Your Weekend Briefing is published Sundays at 6 a.m. Eastern. You can [sign up here]( to get our Morning Briefings by email in the Australian, Asian, European or American morning, or to receive an Evening Briefing on U.S. weeknights. Browse our full range of Times newsletters [here](. What did you like? What do you want to see here? Let us know at [briefing@nytimes.com](mailto:briefing@nytimes.com?subject=Weekend%20Briefing%20Feedback). ADVERTISEMENT LIKE THIS EMAIL? Forward it to your friends, and let them know they can sign up [here](. 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