Today's Headlines: Trump, Meeting With Netanyahu, Backs Away From Palestinian State

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[Stephen A. Feinberg, right, a founder of Cerberus Capital Management, at the Capitol in December 2008. He is said to be in talks for a White House role examining the country's intelligence agencies.]( [White House Plans to Have Trump Ally Review Intelligence Agencies]( By JAMES RISEN and MATTHEW ROSENBERG The review is being pushed by President Trump's chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and would be led by Stephen A. Feinberg, a billionaire private equity executive. [Andrew F. Puzder, President Trump's nominee for labor secretary, in November.]( [Andrew Puzder Withdraws From Consideration as Labor Secretary]( By ALAN RAPPEPORT Mr. Puzder, a prominent fast-food executive, faced doubts from several Republican senators amid attacks on his business record and personal life. 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 CROSSWORDS & GAMES [The New York Times Celebrates 75 Years of Crosswords]( Once considered a print-only, uber-intellectual pursuit, the puzzle has evolved to provide a satisfying diversion that anyone can learn and solve. OPINION | Op-Ed Contributor [Judges v. Trump: Be Careful What You Wish For]( By ERIC POSNER Can the courts face down President Trump without undermining their own standing? QUOTATION OF THE DAY "The government put sugar in our mouths and took it out before we could swallow. Once the Olympics ended, they turned their backs on us." [LUCIANA OLIVEIRA PIMENTEL]( a social worker from Deodoro, a poor area of Rio de Janeiro. Many Olympic venues have been abandoned, less than six months after the Games ended. [] World [Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, and the secretary general of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, in Brussels on Wednesday. ]( [Defense Secretary Mattis Tells NATO Allies to Spend More, or Else]( By HELENE COOPER The defense secretary said the United States could "moderate its commitment" to NATO if members did not increase military spending. [Mr. Kim, the oldest of three known sons of Kim Jong-il, the late dictator, has been the closest thing North Korea has had to an international playboy.]( [Kim Jong-nam, the Hunted Heir to a Dictator Who Met Death in Exile]( By CHOE SANG-HUN and RICHARD C. PADDOCK The half brother of North Korea's leader, reportedly poisoned in a Malaysian airport, had lived a playboy's life but never stopped looking over his shoulder. [Approximately 400,000 people live in Khayelitsha, which is roughly situated between two of South Africa's richest areas: Cape Town and the wine country of Stellenbosch. The township provides many of the workers for both communities.]( [South Africa, a Nation With Sharp Inequality, Considers a Minimum Wage]( By NORIMITSU ONISHI The move would help reduce poverty and inequality, supporters say, but opponents contend it would worsen already high unemployment. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [A man receiving care in an emergency room. Some emergency room doctors are far more likely than others even within their own department to prescribe opioids to treat pain in older people.]( [Long-Term Opioid Use Could Depend on the Doctor Who First Prescribed It]( By JAN HOFFMAN A study of the use of opioid painkillers found that patients who had encountered a "high-intensity" prescribing doctor in the emergency room were more likely to become long-term users. [A worker stocking shelves at Word in Jersey City, one of many bookstores that have embraced the protest movement against President Trump.]( [Bookstores Stoke Trump Resistance With Action, Not Just Words]( By JULIE BOSMAN Independent shops have become magnets for a growing movement, with some taking a protest role beyond deciding what titles to display. [A vigil in the Park Manor neighborhood of Chicago to honor Takiya Holmes, 11, who died after being shot in the head by a stray bullet on Saturday.]( [Chicago Reels as 3 Children Are Gunned Down in 4 Days]( By CHRISTINE HAUSER A suspect was charged with murder in the shooting of Takiya Holmes, 11, on Saturday, part of a series of shootings that also took the lives of a toddler, a 12-year-old girl and a gang member. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [Sami Jamaleddine, left, signed up for health insurance in Miami on Jan. 31, the final day of open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act. The Trump administration has proposed a shorter enrollment period this year.]( [White House Proposes New Rules to Steady Insurance Markets Under Health Law]( By ROBERT PEAR As the Trump administration works to repeal the Affordable Care Act, it is moving to prevent a collapse of the public marketplaces in 2018. [President Trump on Wednesday described leaks from intelligence agencies as a ]( [After Election, Trump's Professed Love for Leaks Quickly Faded]( By MICHAEL D. SHEAR President Trump once embraced the revealing of Hillary Clinton's emails. But from the White House, he - like others before him - is calling for an end to government leaks. [Despite Democrats' Demands, Broad Inquiry on Russia Ties Isn't Assured]( By MATT FLEGENHEIMER While a handful of Republicans acknowledged concerns about the Trump team's connections to Russia, most declined to embrace a wide-scale investigation. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [Mia Goth as Hannah in ]( [20th Century Fox Used Fake News to Publicize 'A Cure for Wellness']( By LIAM STACK Many users thought articles on sites resembling city newspapers' or HealthCare.gov were real exposés or scoops, like "Trump and Putin Spotted at Swiss Resort." [Outside the New York Stock Exchange last week. Since Election Day, the Standard & Poor's 500 is up more than 9 percent.]( [Investors Look Past Headlines as Bull Market Roars Ahead]( By LANDON THOMAS Jr. Many are choosing to ignore the chaos in Washington and instead are focusing on President Trump's agenda of tax cuts and deregulation. [James Poniewozik, The Times's chief television critic, demonstrates how to cook sous vide with the Joule.]( Tech We're Using [Why I Still Love TiVo and How a Sous Vide Gadget Rescued Me]( By JAMES PONIEWOZIK No ads on TiVo is a timesaver, and its interface is better than a cable box, James Poniewozik says. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology [If completed, a revised agreement with Verizon would help Yahoo focus on finding ways to extract the value of its 15 percent stake in Alibaba and its 36 percent stake in Yahoo Japan.]( [Yahoo and Verizon Are Said to Be Near a Cheaper Deal]( By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED and VINDU GOEL After the revelations of huge data breaches, the new terms would cut the price for Yahoo's core internet business by close to $300 million, a person with knowledge of the matter said. [An artist's rendition of NASA's Space Launch System. NASA announced on Wednesday that it wanted to consider taking astronauts on the rocket's first flight.]( [NASA Looks to Speed Timetable for Putting Astronauts in Deep Space]( By KENNETH CHANG The agency's acting administrator offered the first hints of a notable mission that could lead to a return to the moon in the Trump era. Tech Tip [Caring for Smart Chip Cards]( By J. D. BIERSDORFER The newer type of credit and bank cards can be damaged in some of the same ways as their magnetic-stripe ancestors. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [The site of what was the warm-up pool for the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janiero.]( [Legacy of Rio Olympics So Far Is Series of Unkept Promises]( By ANNA JEAN KAISER Less than six months after the Games ended, many sites have been abandoned, despite government promises to leave "no white elephants" behind. [Cubs infielder Javier Baez waiting to take batting practice in spring training in Arizona. For the first time since 1909, Chicago will begin the season as the defending World Series champion.]( On Baseball [Cubs Setting Out on the Tough Road to Repeat as Champs]( By TYLER KEPNER Chicago will begin the season as the defending World Series champion for the first time since 1909, but winning back-to-back titles, which the Cubs did in 1907 and 1908, is more difficult today. [Luke Donald of England competing in the ]( [Six Holes of 'Cutthroat' Play: A Golf Experiment in Australia]( By TIM WIGMORE The Perth World Super 6 plans a fast-paced finishing round, with match play and a specially designed hole, in an effort to adapt the sport to changing times. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.]( [Love 'La La Land'? Hate It? So Do We]( All awards season, Times staffers have been arguing about this Oscar-nominated musical. We let them go one more round. [Hugh Jackman, ahead of the release of ]( [Hugh Jackman on Nearing the End of Logan's Run]( By DAVE ITZKOFF Mr. Jackman, who has played Wolverine in X-Men films since 2000, considers life after he retracts his adamantium claws for the final time. [Denzel Washington, accepting his award for best male actor in a leading role, at the Screen Actors Guild Awards last month.]( The Carpetbagger [Denzel Washington, the Oscars and Race]( By CARA BUCKLEY The actor, nominated for "Fences," discusses bringing more of August Wilson's work to the screen. And he finds a path to social progress. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] New York [Stanley and Julie Patz outside their SoHo loft in 1980. They became household names after their 6-year-old son vanished.]( Crime Scene [Where Etan Patz Vanished, a Sense of Things Left Incomplete]( By MICHAEL WILSON A guilty verdict may have closed the books in the 1979 murder, but emptiness lingered on the blocks of SoHo where the 6-year-old took his last steps. [Skating, and Scoring, for God's Glory]( By COREY KILGANNON Out of Yeshiva University, an Orthodox Jewish college in Upper Manhattan, comes an unlikely squad of religious roller hockey players. [A rat on the platform of a subway station along 14th Street in Manhattan in June 2015.]( [Rare Disease Strikes a Bronx Area All Too Familiar With Rats]( By MARC SANTORA and NOAH REMNICK A cluster of cases of leptospirosis, which is associated with filth, has left one resident dead and two others severely ill in the Grand Concourse neighborhood. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( [] Fashion & Style [Joan Juliet Buck in her office in the basement of a library in Rhinecliff, N.Y. The former editor of Vogue Paris has just written a memoir, ]( [Shunned by Vogue, Joan Juliet Buck Seeks Inner Peace]( By PENELOPE GREEN The longtime fashion editor has written a memoir, wherein she examines her glamorous, Hollywood-tinged childhood and a checkered career at Condé Nast. [Calvin Klein fall/winter 2017]( [Gender Fluidity on the Runways]( By SUSAN CHIRA What do the clothes shown on men and women who shared the same runway at New York Fashion Week say about gender and fashion in 2017? [Coach, fall 2017.]( [Going Places at Coach and Tory Burch]( By VANESSA FRIEDMAN From a prairie home to Mainline Philadelphia and the Alps, designers' imaginations are all over the map. For more fashion news, go to [NYTimes.com/Fashion »]( []Obituaries [Mr. Ferra in 2013. He retired from Intar in 2004 and moved to Miami but continued to direct.]( [Max Ferrá, a Trailblazer for Latino Theater, Dies at 79]( By RICHARD SANDOMIR The Cuban-born Mr. Ferrá was the first artistic director of the Intar Hispanic American Arts Center, an Off Broadway theater company that nurtures Latino playwrights. [Adele Smithers sued a hospital, saying part of her husband's bequest for an alcoholism treatment center had been diverted.]( [Adele Smithers, Who Empowered Charity Benefactors, Dies at 83]( By SAM ROBERTS In an advance in philanthropy, Adele Smithers sued St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center over its administration of an endowment her husband had left. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial Editorial [Time for Congress to Investigate Mr. Trump's Ties to Russia]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The possibility that Russia has infiltrated the highest levels of our government is a national security threat that Congress must investigate. [President Trump and Prim Minister Netanyahu entering the White House on Wednesday.]( Editorial [Inching Toward a One-State Solution?]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD President Trump's statements on possible solutions to the Mideast crisis do not inspire confidence. [Sen. Charles Grassley, of Iowa, on Capitol Hill earlier this month.]( Editorial [Congress Says, Let the Mentally Ill Buy Guns]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The Republican House and Senate did the gun lobby's bidding in passing a regressive measure that President Trump is expected to sign. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed [A diner patron in Erie, Penn., reading the post-election news.]( Op-Ed | Thomas B. Edsall [The Democrats' Immigration Problem]( By THOMAS B. EDSALL Material and psychological conflicts between the party's core constituencies make this a tricky issue for candidates and voters alike. On Campus [Advice for My Conservative Students]( By AARON HANLON Don't repeat my mistake of comparing disagreement with your ideas to suppression. [President-elect Richard Nixon on Dec. 2, 1968, with his advisers Henry Kissinger, left, and Richard Allen, right.]( Op-Ed Contributor [On the Road to Another Watergate?]( By TIM WEINER Michael Flynn has resigned. 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