Today's Headlines: Trump Moves to Roll Back Obama-Era Financial Regulations

[Court Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Travel Ban, and Airlines Are Told to Allow Passengers] | View in [Browser] | Add [nytdirect@nytimes.com] to your address book. | [Unsubscribe] [The New York Times] [Most Popular] | [Video] | [Today's Headlines] Saturday, February 4, 2017 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World] | [U.S.] | [Politics] | [Business] | [Technology] | [Sports] | [Arts] | [N.Y./Region] | [Travel] | [Today's Video] | [Obituaries] | [Editorials] | [Op-Ed] | [On This Day] | [CUSTOMIZE »] [Get The Times for as low as 99¢.] Top News [President Trump met with business leaders in the State Dining Room at the White House on Friday.] [Trump Moves to Roll Back Obama-Era Financial Regulations] By BEN PROTESS and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS The actions constituted a broad effort to loosen rules enacted after the financial crisis that restrict the way Wall Street can operate. [The check-in area of the international terminal at Logan Airport in Boston this week.] [Court Temporarily Blocks Trump's Travel Ban, and Airlines Are Told to Allow Passengers] By NICHOLAS KULISH, CAITLIN DICKERSON and CHARLIE SAVAGE A judge in Seattle ordered a nationwide halt to the ban while a Boston court refused to extend a stay. Earlier the State Department said 60,000 visas had been revoked. [Among the Trump family, Donald Trump Jr., right, is one of two named trustees who have broad legal authority over President Trump's assets. The elder Mr. Trump can revoke the trustees' authority at any time.] [Trust Records Show Trump Is Still Closely Tied to His Empire] By SUSANNE CRAIG and ERIC LIPTON New documents on the president's trust, set up to allay fears of conflicts of interest, show just how closely tied he remains to his business. For more top news, go to [NYTimes.com »] [Get the Morning Briefing in Your Inbox] What you need to know to start your day, delivered Monday through Friday. [Sign up »] ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks SPORTS [[Interactive Feature] Interactive Feature: Brady vs. Dunkin': Rank the New England Institutions] The Patriots have ascended to bona fide New England institution. But have they surpassed the Red Sox? Or Dunkin' Donuts? Certainly not Paul Revere, right? Rank your favorites here. [Michael T. Flynn, the national security adviser, who on Wednesday put Iran ] OPINION | Op-Ed Contributor [What's Wrong With Michael Flynn's Bluster on Iran? Plenty] By PHILIP GORDON Drawing a vague red line with Iran only sets up America for humiliation or war. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "If America doesn't want Iraqis because we are all terrorists, then America should send its sons back to Iraq to fight the terrorists themselves." [CAPT. AHMED ADNAN AL-MUSAWE], who commands an Iraqi Army counterterrorism unit, on President Trump's order temporarily barring Iraqis from entering the United States. World [Tierra Grata, a settlement in La Paz, Colombia, where former rebels have moved. This year, 7,000 across the country are to surrender their guns. ] [Unease in Colombia, as Old Enemies Become New Neighbors] By NICHOLAS CASEY Among the 7,000 FARC rebels surrendering their guns this year, those who have moved near La Paz, find townspeople with long memories are watching warily. [The presidential candidate François Fillon in Paris on Tuesday. Mr. Fillon's nepotism scandal has added another major element of uncertainty to an already unsettled political time.] [Fillon Scandal Indicts, Foremost, France's Political Elite] By ADAM NOSSITER The presidential candidate François Fillon is in deep trouble over payments to his wife and children. But there is a long history of such cozy arrangements. [Iraqi soldiers in Mosul. ] [Travel Ban Drives Wedge Between Iraqi Soldiers and Americans] By DAVID ZUCCHINO President Trump's order banning Iraqis from entering the United States came in the midst of the Iraqi Army's fight for the city of Mosul. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »] ADVERTISEMENT U.S. [Gustavo Valenzuela, left, discussed heath care plans available for Rozetta Finley through the Affordable Care Act on Monday, the day before open enrollment ended.] [Affordable Care Act Sign-Ups Dip Amid Uncertainty and Trump Attacks] By ROBERT PEAR Veterans of the Obama administration said President Trump's opposition to the health law and his efforts to undermine it had taken a toll. [A drilling rig Oil in Qazan, Iraq. Business leaders in the United States are concerned about the potential repercussions for their companies from President Trump's immigration ban.] [Immigration Order Complicates U.S. Businesses' Plans in the Middle East] By CHRISTOPHER DREW and CLIFFORD KRAUSS Companies with interests in Iraq, or ambitions in Iran, are anxious about a deterioration in relations that could deter business travel or investment. [Protesters outside of the Federal District Court in Brooklyn, where Judge Ann M. Donnelly placed an emergency stay on Saturday on part of President Trump's executive order on immigration.] [Broad Challenge to Trump Order May Center on Cleveland Doctor] By ALAN FEUER Lawyers argued that the immigration ban ensnared dozens like a Sudanese physician who said she was deported even after a judge ruled that no one with a visa should be removed. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »] ADVERTISEMENT Politics [Andrew Puzder, President Trump's nominee to be labor secretary, once battled federal labor regulators while working at a law firm owned by a famous mob lawyer and casino owner.] [For Andrew Puzder, Labor Nominee, Fighting for Owners' Interests Began Early] By RUSS BUETTNER and NOAM SCHEIBER As a young lawyer, Mr. Puzder led the defense for his boss, a famous mob lawyer and casino owner accused of squandering millions from his workers' pension funds. [Demonstrators in Chicago protested President Trump's cabinet nominees, including Betsy DeVos, his choice for education secretary, on Tuesday.] [Betsy DeVos, Pick for Secretary of Education, Is the Most Jeered] By DANA GOLDSTEIN President Trump's nominee for education secretary faces ridicule and opposition not only from liberal groups, but also from many in the charter school movement. [Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner at the Liberty Ball on Inauguration Day. They travel in liberal social circles and have long supported L.G.B.T. rights.] [Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Said to Have Helped Thwart L.G.B.T. Rights Rollback] By GLENN THRUSH and MAGGIE HABERMAN President Trump's daughter and son-in-law advised the president to reject a draft executive order that would have rescinded a number of Obama-era protections for the L.G.B.T.Q. community. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »] Business [Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics] [U.S. Starts Year With Job Surge, but Pay Gains Are Weak] By PATRICIA COHEN Employers added 227,000 to payrolls, but pay gains were scant despite increases in minimum-wage laws. The jobless rate ticked up to 4.8 percent. [Coulter and Kristy Lewis, founders of Quinn Snacks, at the company's headquarters in Boulder, Colo.] [Foodies Know: Boulder Has Become a Hub for New Producers] By STEPHANIE STROM With a growing support network of brokers, distributors and investors, this city has allowed new companies to challenge the old guard in the food business. [President Trump with Stephen Schwarzman, chief executive of the Blackstone Group, at the White House. Mr. Trump on Friday signed an executive order seeking to review a rule that would have forced financial professionals to act in customers' best interest when giving advice about their retirement accounts.] [Fiduciary Rule Is Now in Question. What's Next for Investors.] By RON LIEBER What should consumers do now that President Trump is trying to kill a rule that would have forced investment professionals to act in customers' best interests? For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »] Technology [The Chinese-designed multicore processor of the Sunway TaihuLight, the world's fastest supercomputer. The new supercomputer is thought to be part of a broader Chinese push to begin driving innovation.] [China Gains on the U.S. in the Artificial Intelligence Arms Race] By JOHN MARKOFF and MATTHEW ROSENBERG The United States no longer has a strategic monopoly on a technology that is widely seen as the key factor in the next generation of warfare. [Josh Miller will focus at Thrive Capital on technology that serves the needs of underprivileged Americans.] [Josh Miller, Obama's Digital Product Director, Joins Thrive Capital] By KATIE BENNER The venture capital firm is run by Joshua Kushner, the older brother of Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and adviser. Tech Tip [To Lock or Not to Lock the Screen] By J. D. BIERSDORFER It may take an extra step or two to use your phone, but the device's optional security tools can help protect your personal information. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »] Sports [The skyline of Atlanta, a hub of hip-hop, college football and civil rights history, a lure for transplants and the South's de facto capital.] Essay [An Evolving Sports City, Atlanta Chases a Championship] By BEN SHPIGEL The booming growth over the last few decades has shaped Atlanta's layered relationship with its sports teams. [N.F.L. Commissioner Paul Tagliabue at a news conference before Super Bowl XXIV in January 1990. Four years later, he called the concussion epidemic a ] Sports of The Times [Paul Tagliabue Yearns for Hall of Fame, but Concussions Tarnish Legacy] By MICHAEL POWELL Tagliabue, the N.F.L.'s commissioner for 17 years, defended the research on brain injuries during his tenure, but the result was denial and silence. [Tom Brady's release is quicker, but her game face is nicer than Bill Belichick's: Lady Gaga at a Super Bowl news conference earlier this week.] [Flying? 'Bad Romance'? What to Expect From Lady Gaga's Super Bowl Halftime Show] By CHRISTOPHER D. SHEA The pop star has dropped hints of what will happen at the Super Bowl. Here's what we know, and what we don't know. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »] Arts [Kristine Opolais in the title role of ] [The Met Opera's 'Rusalka' Is a Dark, Sexy Hit] By ANTHONY TOMMASINI Under Mary Zimmerman's direction, this haunting tale of a water nymph's doomed love for a prince simmers with haunting energy. [Michel Onfray is one of the latest popular authors to join France's decline industry. ] [France's Obsession With Decline Is a Booming Industry] By RACHEL DONADIO Books, TV shows and other media are digging into the country's preoccupation with its failings and tapping into an anxious mood as elections approach. Critic's Notebook [MoMA Takes a Stand: Art From Banned Countries Comes Center Stage] By JASON FARAGO The museum has rearranged its permanent-collection galleries to showcase art from Iran, Iraq and Sudan, whose citizens are being denied entry to the United States. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »] New York [Intermediate School 27, the Anning S. Prall School, on Staten Island. Tests conducted there in December found 53 outlets where the water had lead concentrations above the Environmental Protection Agency's ] [New York Changes How It Tests for Lead in Schools' Water, and Finds More Metal] By KATE TAYLOR In new tests after experts raised concerns, New York has found many more water outlets with significant levels of the metal than it did last year. [The Ardsley Curling Club played host to a match that was part of the competition for the Herries Maxwell trophy. Since 1952, the United States and Scotland have taken turns hosting the competition every five years.] [An Icy International Rivalry With Warm Relations] By COREY KILGANNON In a renewal of a competition contested every five years, a team of Scottish curlers made a stop on their American tour to face a team in Westchester County. [A downtown scene last week in Westport, Conn., where a student essay contest about ] ['White Privilege' Essay Contest Stirs Up a Connecticut Town] By DANIEL VICTOR The students were fine with the topic. Some adults, most from out of town, were not. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »] Obituaries [H. Boyd Woodruff, right, with his mentor at Rutgers, Dr. Selman A. Waksman, in 1940.] [H. Boyd Woodruff, Microbiologist Who Paved Way for Antibiotics, Dies at 99] By SAM ROBERTS Dr. Woodruff was instrumental in isolating microbes that led to the development of streptomycin, the miracle cure used to treat tuberculosis and other diseases. [Marta Becket performing at the opera house in 2004.] [Marta Becket, Dancer in the Desert, Dies at 92] By RICHARD SANDOMIR Ms. Becket, a ballerina and Broadway dancer, stopped in 1967 at the tiny town of Desert Valley Junction, Calif., and stayed, building a performance center in the Mojave. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »] Editorial [President Trump meeting with business leaders at the White House on Friday.] Editorial [A Poison Pill for the Recovery] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD President Trump doesn't understand or doesn't care that rolling back financial rules will undercut his pledge to create jobs. Editorial [Are You Ready for Some Flag Football?] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The new format for youth games is a welcome acknowledgment, but it's unclear whether it's good enough. [Refugees being thrown life jackets during a rescue operation off the coast of Libya last November.] Editorial [Testing Europe's Values] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Refugees must be allowed legal channels to reach Europe from Libya, where they face intolerable conditions. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »] Op-Ed [Rex Tillerson at the State Department on Thursday.] Op-Ed Columnist [United States to Australia: Get Lost] By ROGER COHEN It is grotesque for Trump to dismiss Australia's stranded refugees as the next "Boston bombers." Op-Ed | Mimi Swartz [Houston's Supersize Super Bowl] By MIMI SWARTZ They sure know how to hold a party here. Oh, and there's a football game. [Tom, left, and Dick Smothers on ] Vietnam '67 [The Smothers Brothers: Laughing at Hard Truths] By DAVID BIANCULLI Millions watched a comedy show that was canceled when its jokes got too serious. 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