Your Tuesday Evening Briefing

Nikki Haley, Hurricane Michael, Trade | View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Tuesday, October 9, 2018 [NYTimes.com »]( [Your Tuesday Evening Briefing]( By JEAN RUTTER AND HIROKO MASUIKE Good evening. Here’s the latest. Tom Brenner for The New York Times 1. Nikki Haley, the U.N. ambassador, above, [said she would resign]( at the end of the year. Ms. Haley, who was one of the few women in the cabinet, was an outspoken envoy for the U.S., overseeing its shifting relationship with the global body. She has also long been considered a potential presidential candidate — but she insists she isn’t running in 2020. “It was a blessing to go into the U.N. with body armor every day and defend America,” she said, seated next to President Trump in the Oval Office. The announcement caught some in the White House off guard, but the president said Ms. Haley told him roughly six months ago that she wanted to take a break after finishing two years with the administration. Mr. Trump said he would name a replacement in the coming weeks. _____ Joe Raedle/Getty Images 2. “Hurricane Michael is a monstrous storm, and the forecast keeps getting more dangerous,” Florida’s governor, Rick Scott, warned residents. The storm, swirling northward through the Gulf of Mexico, was upgraded to Category 3 and is [expected to make landfall on Wednesday]( with powerful winds, torrential rains and a potentially devastating storm surge. Residents of Alabama, Mississippi and Florida are being urged to evacuate or to fortify their homes. Above, a resident of Mexico Beach, Fla., boards up a shop. Forecasters predicted Michael would veer northeast after landfall — through Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina — before heading into the Atlantic on Thursday night. _____ Joshua Lott/Reuters 3. Why aren’t American farmers cheering? President Trump’s new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico gives them greater access to Canada’s dairy market. It helps the auto industry, too, requiring that more of each car be produced in the U.S. “[The celebration is muted]( because of the tariffs on steel and aluminum,” explained one dairy company C.E.O. The metal tariffs, combined with retaliatory taxes that foreign governments have placed on American products, are undercutting the concessions that Mr. Trump won in the deal. And they do not appear to be ending anytime soon. _____ Erin Schaff for The New York Times 4. Brett Kavanaugh [took his place]( on the far right side of the Supreme Court bench, in the spot reserved for the most junior justice. Chief Justice John Roberts offered a welcome: “We wish you a long and happy career in our common calling.” The court heard two hours of arguments in three cases, all pretty deep in the constitutional weeds. In a first for the court, [all four of Justice Kavanaugh’s clerks]( are women. All graduated from top law schools and worked as clerks for conservative federal judges. We asked readers what lessons they will pass on to the next generation from the Kavanaugh confirmation battle — and [40,000 women across the political divide replied](. _____ Ozan Kose/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images 5. Investigators in Turkey are poring over the movements of Saudi officials who flew into Istanbul on the day that Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident journalist, disappeared, and flew out hours later. They also have been given permission to [search the Saudi consulate]( where he was last seen. Turkish authorities believe Mr. Khashoggi was killed or abducted. Saudi Arabia denies the claims, but international calls to explain his disappearance are mounting. Above, a demonstration in Istanbul for the missing journalist. For Saudi dissidents living abroad, the case carries [a frightening message]( The Saudi leadership “can reach you wherever you are.” _____  6. Amazon won praise last week when it announced a new minimum wage of $15 an hour. [But not everybody is happy](. Many Amazon employees are fuming that their total compensation may shrink, just in time for the holiday season, because the company is eliminating stock grants and bonuses. Some workers are pushing back in meetings and venting on Facebook. Senator Bernie Sanders, who celebrated the pay hike, has asked for clarification. Company officials said they would adjust the pay of some employees to make sure they did not end up losing money with the changes. _____ Tom Jamieson for The New York Times 7. One new trend in books: A growing wave of [female-centered dystopian fiction](. For example, Sophie Mackintosh’s unsettling debut novel, “The Water Cure,” grew out of a simple, sinister question: What if masculinity were literally toxic? It centers on three sisters raised in isolation, sequestered from an outbreak. Most of these new dystopian stories take place in the future but channel the anger and anxieties of the present. As one author put it, “One of the things about looking at the world through a feminist lens is that we are already in a dystopia.” _____ David Butow for The New York Times 8. Forgive Pati Jinich for never visiting a Taco Bell — until she was urged to by her fans on social media. Ms. Jinich, born and raised in Mexico City, is an authority on Mexican food and the host of the PBS show “Pati’s Mexican Table.” Now a Dallas resident, she sees Mexican food as a [bridge between her two countries]( that can unite both sides of the political divide. “Immigration makes the culture more vibrant and more alive on both sides of the border,” she said. _____ Ethan Miller/Getty Images 9. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced its 2019 nominees, a diverse crowd representing folk, new wave, hip-hop, R&B, heavy metal — [and of course, rock ’n’ roll](. Roxy Music, Devo and Todd Rundgren were nominated for the first time. Artists become eligible 25 years after releasing their first recording. Repeat nominees include Janet Jackson, above; Radiohead; and Rage Against the Machine. LL Cool J was nominated for the fifth time; if chosen, he would be the seventh hip-hop inductee. The 2019 class, chosen by fans and industry insiders, will be announced in December. _____ Bryan Denton for The New York Times 10. Finally, how do you capture a man-eating tiger? One way: Seduce it with [Calvin Klein cologne](. The authorities in India are trying to lure and trap an elusive tigress with the Obsession fragrance, which uses a compound called civetone, said to make big cats go wild. “Whatever is in that, cats love it,” a cat expert in Australia told Scientific American. “They just seem to be in absolute heaven.” Have a sweet evening. 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? 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