European Morning: 'I Inherited a Mess,' Trump Says, Defending His Performance

View in [Browser]( Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [Unsubscribe]( [The New York Times]( [NYT Apps]( | [[The New York Times] Today's Headlines]( Friday, February 17, 2017 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World](#world) | [Business](#business) | [Technology](#technology) | [Sports](#sports) | [U.S. News](#usnews) | [Opinion](#opinion) [] Top News [President Trump during a news conference in the White House on Thursday. ]( ['I Inherited a Mess,' Trump Says, Defending His Performance]( By PETER BAKER In a raw news conference on Thursday, President Trump dismissed reports about contacts between his advisers and Russia and said his administration was not chaotic. [Harry van Bommel, a left-wing member of Parliament, in his office in The Hague. He used a ]( [Fake News, Fake Ukrainians: How a Group of Russians Tilted a Dutch Vote]( By ANDREW HIGGINS With Europe facing critical elections, fears of Russian meddling are high. Many officials say the first test comes in March in the Netherlands. [Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Thursday.]( [Trudeau, Praising the E.U., Doesn't Mention 'Brexit' or Trump]( By JAMES KANTER The Canadian leader, who spoke partly in French, celebrated the ratification of a trade deal between Canada and the European Union. For more top news, go to [INYT.com]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Editors' Picks [Georges Seurat's ]( ARTS | Art Review [Cirque du Seurat at the Metropolitan Museum of Art]( By ROBERTA SMITH Scores of sideshow paintings portray a bustling society on the cusp of dramatic change in 19th-century France. [Karan Johar at an event last month in Mumbai.]( OPINION | Op-Ed | Aatish Taseer [The Man Who Let India Out of the Closet]( By AATISH TASEER Karan Johar has done more to normalize homosexuality in India than anyone else. When will he make peace with that? [] World [An Israeli soldier last month on a street that separates an Israeli settlement and a Palestinian neighborhood inside the West Bank city of Hebron. President Trump's comments on a two-state solution have prompted confusion in the region.]( [Is 2-State Solution Dead? In Israel, a Debate Over What's Next]( By ISABEL KERSHNER Palestinians and Israelis look to the future after President Trump seemingly overturned decades of American policy centered on the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel. [Vice President Tareck El Aissami, who was called a drug ]( [Crime Accusations Have Long Dogged Tareck El Aissami, Venezuela's No. 2]( By NICHOLAS CASEY and ANA VANESSA HERRERO A Venezuelan drug trafficker in 2010 bragged about his connection to Tareck El Aissami, the vice president the U.S. has called a drug "kingpin." [An image from a video in which Syrian rebels killed a group of prisoners in 2012. Haisam Omar Sakhanh, at far left, has been sentenced to life in prison in Sweden.]( [Syrian Rebel Gets Life Sentence for Mass Killing Caught on Video]( By CHRISTINA ANDERSON Haisam Omar Sakhanh, who traveled to Sweden in 2013 and applied for asylum, was convicted of violating international law. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World]( [] Business [Lee Jae-yong on Friday in Anyang, South Korea. He was later arrested on corruption charges. ]( [Lee Jae-yong, Samsung Heir, Is Arrested on Bribery Charges]( By CHOE SANG-HUN The arrest of Mr. Lee, Samsung's de facto leader, is a dramatic turn in South Korea's struggle to end collusive ties between the government and conglomerates. [Rachel Mayer, left, and Zafrir Schop are co-founders of Trigger, which creates automatic trading triggers for small investors. The ones it has built around President Trump's Twitter account have 10,000 subscribers.]( [A Little Birdie Told Me: Playing the Market on Trump Tweets]( By NATHANIEL POPPER Automated bots and armchair investors are watching the president's Twitter feed for company mentions, but predicting what happens next can be tricky. [A web page with a fake article from a fake publication, part of the marketing of the film ]( [20th Century Fox Gives Real Apology for a Fake News Campaign]( By SAPNA MAHESHWARI A promotion tactic for "A Cure for Wellness," which set up false news sites that put out articles that were widely shared, fell flat, as did the film's projected ticket sales. For more business news, go to [INYT.com/Business]( [] Technology [Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook, in September. On Thursday, he said in a 5,800-word letter that ]( [Facebook's Zuckerberg, Bucking Tide, Takes Public Stand Against Isolationism]( By MIKE ISAAC In an update to the social network's mission statement, the C.E.O. said that to achieve progress, people needed to come together "as a global community." [A deer, literally in the headlights in downtown Eastport, Me., last October.]( Wheels [Headlights Get New Attention as More Than a Car Design Flourish]( By ERIC A. TAUB Shifting safety warnings and evaluations focus on how vehicles light up the roadways. At the same time, manufacturers are poised to roll out new headlamp technology. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Tech]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Sports [Jakson Follmann learning to walk with a prosthetic leg after a November plane crash that killed nearly every member of his Brazilian soccer club, Chapecoense. He described his first steps as ]( [A Plane Crash Survivor and a Decimated Soccer Team Push Forward]( By DOM PHILLIPS Jakson Follmann, who lost his right leg in a crash that killed most of his Chapecoense teammates, is starting to walk again as his old team has resumed play. [Lowell Bailey after crossing the finish line on Thursday in the men's 20-kilometer individual race at the biathlon world championships in Hochfilzen, Austria.]( [Lowell Bailey Wins U.S.'s First Biathlon World Title]( By VICTOR MATHER Americans had previously won only two silvers and a bronze at the world championships. For more sports news, go to [INYT.com/Sports]( [] U.S. News [Representative Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio, left, and Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, during a news conference on Wednesday where they discussed plans to replace the Affordable Care Act.]( Congressional Memo [G.O.P.'s Grand Visions for Congress Now Look Like a Mirage]( By JENNIFER STEINHAUER Congressional Republicans eagerly anticipated securing their conservative agenda, but they have yet to deliver on any of the sweeping legislation they promised. [Barronelle Stutzman, left, after a state Supreme Court hearing in November.]( [Florist Discriminated Against Gay Couple, Washington Supreme Court Rules]( By KIRK JOHNSON A florist who refused to sell flowers for a same-sex wedding cannot claim religious belief as a defense under the state's anti-discrimination laws. [Mohammad Razvi, center, hung an American flag outside the Council of Peoples Organization in Brooklyn on Thursday, designated ]( [On a 'Day Without Immigrants,' Workers Show Their Presence by Staying Home]( By LIZ ROBBINS and ANNIE CORREAL In the New York region and around the country, many workers and business owners chose to not work as part of a protest of the Trump administration's policies toward immigrants. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US]( [] Opinion [President Trump addressed a question about anti-semitism at a press conference on Thursday.]( Editorial [Donald Trump's Answer to Anti-Semitism? You Don't Want to Know]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The president missed an opportunity to make a strong statement against hate speech and crimes, which have accelerated since the election campaign. On Campus [Advice for My Conservative Students]( By AARON HANLON Don't repeat my mistake of comparing disagreement with your ideas to suppression. [A student near a burning bus during clashes with the police after a protest over tuition fees in Johannesburg in 2016.]( Op-Ed Contributor [A Chokehold on South African Universities]( By IMRAAN COOVADIA Radical student protesters are shutting down South Africa's universities to force the authorities to make higher education free. For more opinion, go to [INYT.com/Opinion]( FOLLOW US: [Facebook] [Facebook]( | [Twitter] [@NYTimes]( | [Pinterest] [Pinterest]( | [Instagram] [Instagram]( [NYT]( Access The New York Times from anywhere with our suite of apps: [iPhone®]( | [iPad®]( | [Android]( | [All]( [.] Save 15% at [The NYTimes Store »]( [.] Have questions? visit our [Help Section »]( [.] Visit our mobile website at [m.nyt.com »]( About This Email This is an automated email. Please do not reply directly to this email. You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's Today's Headlines European Morning newsletter. 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