Today's Headlines: Trump Chooses H.R. McMaster as National Security Adviser

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GORDON The president called him "a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience." [Emmanuel Macron, center, a French presidential candidate, in southern France on Friday. The head of his party said Mr. Macron had been targeted by Russian news channels.]( [Europe Combats a New Foe of Political Stability: Fake News]( By MARK SCOTT and MELISSA EDDY The rise of sophisticated hacks and a torrent of fake news coincide with angry populist movements across the Continent, and officials are nervous. [Donald J. Trump at the announcement of the establishment of Trump University in 2005. As president-elect, he paid $25 million to settle three lawsuits against the now-defunct institution.]( [For-Profit Schools, an Obama Target, See New Day Under Trump]( By PATRICIA COHEN The Education Department, whose scrutiny has led hundreds of campuses to close, is now led by Betsy DeVos, who has investments in the industry. 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 [Aging vehicles are stored in the old workshops of Fordlândia, Brazil, a community founded in 1928 by Henry Ford.]( WORLD | Reporter's Notebook [Deep in Brazil's Amazon, Exploring the Ruins of Ford's Fantasyland]( By SIMON ROMERO The town of Fordlândia, founded in 1928 by Henry Ford, stands as a crumbling testament to the folly of trying to bend the jungle to the will of man. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "If someone came into your house and built a wall in your living room, tell me, how would you feel about that? This is our home." [VERLON M. JOSE]( vice chairman of the Tohono O'odham Nation, whose reservation extends along 62 miles of the border with Mexico. [] World [Protesters gathered outside Parliament in London on Monday to demonstrate against a formal state visit for President Trump.]( ['I Am Ashamed' vs. 'Get Over It': British Lawmakers Debate Trump Visit]( By STEVEN ERLANGER More than 1.8 million Britons backed a petition to deny a state visit. "The intellectual capacity of the president is protozoan," a lawmaker said. [A group of refugees walking on a highway in Denmark toward Sweden in 2015. Statistics in Sweden found no appreciable increase in crimes from 2015, when the country processed a record 163,000 asylum applications, to 2016.]( White House Memo [From an Anchor's Lips to Trump's Ears to Sweden's Disbelief]( By PETER BAKER and SEWELL CHAN A diplomatic dispute with Sweden illustrates the unusual approach the president takes to foreign policy, as well as the influence that television can have on his thinking. [Mohamed Badie, center, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, with other members during a trial in Cairo in June 2015. Mr. Badie has been sentenced to death or life in prison in different cases.]( [Trump Talk of Terror Listing for Muslim Brotherhood Alarms Some Arab Allies]( By DECLAN WALSH One problem with any potential blanket designation of the Muslim Brotherhood is that the group takes different forms in different countries. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [Barriers on the Mexican border along the Tohono O'odham Nation's reservation in Arizona.]( [Border Wall Would Cleave Tribe, and Its Connection to Ancestral Land]( By FERNANDA SANTOS The Tohono O'odham Nation's reservation in Arizona extends along 62 miles of the border, with 2,000 members living in Mexico. [Holliday Aguilar at her home in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood in Denver. The home is slated for demolition as part of a project to widen Interstate 70, which passes by Ms. Aguilar's doorstep.]( [Colorado Aims to Expand a Main Artery, but Beleaguered Neighbors Balk]( By JULIE TURKEWITZ With Denver booming, the state wants to shore up road infrastructure, but it means a repeat of hardship for the communities living near the highway. [Milo Yiannopoulos last month in Boulder, Colo. The Conservative Political Action Conference rescinded its invitation for him to speak to the group after his comments about pedophilia.]( [Milo Yiannopoulos's Pedophilia Comments Cost Him CPAC Role and Book Deal]( By JEREMY W. PETERS, ALEXANDRA ALTER and MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM The publication of a video in which the contentious Breitbart News editor condoned sexual relations with boys seemed to be more than conference organizers could tolerate. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [Vice President Mike Pence, left, with the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, in Brussels on Monday.]( [Mike Pence, in Europe, Says Trump Supports Partnership With E.U.]( By GARDINER HARRIS and JAMES KANTER The vice president also said he backed the president's decision to seek the resignation of his national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn. [President Trump at a news conference Thursday. ]( [Contradicting Trump on Russia: Russian Officials]( By MATTHEW ROSENBERG President Trump has insisted his campaign had no contact with Russian officials - denials that stand at odds with the utterances of Russian officials themselves. [Jim Mattis, the secretary of defense, arrived in Baghdad on Monday morning.]( [Jim Mattis to Baghdad: 'We're Not in Iraq to Seize Anybody's Oil']( By HELENE COOPER The defense secretary worked to repair breaches of trust with Iraq's leaders just as the two sides began a push to oust the Islamic State from its last Iraqi stronghold. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, left, and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany. They have taken contrasting positions on debt relief toward Athens.]( [Eurozone Agrees to Greece Talks in Exchange for Bailout Payments]( By JAMES KANTER and NIKI KITSANTONIS The agreement falls short of an all-encompassing deal, but is a positive sign ahead of a meeting this week between Germany and the International Monetary Fund. [Milo Yiannopoulos last month in Boulder, Colo. The Conservative Political Action Conference rescinded its invitation for him to speak to the group after his comments about pedophilia.]( [Milo Yiannopoulos's Pedophilia Comments Cost Him CPAC Role and Book Deal]( By JEREMY W. PETERS, ALEXANDRA ALTER and MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM The publication of a video in which the contentious Breitbart News editor condoned sexual relations with boys seemed to be more than conference organizers could tolerate. [Who Are the Richest of the Rich?]( By PAUL SULLIVAN There are 2,473 billionaires in the world by a new count, and how they got their money and what they plan to do with it are matters of global importance. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology [The Venice sign spans the intersection of Windward and Pacific Avenues in the Los Angeles neighborhood. It is a replica of the original sign from 1905, which was hung by the developer to lure buyers. The neighborhood is undergoing change now as tech money flows in.]( [With Snap's I.P.O., Los Angeles Prepares to Embrace New Tech Millionaires]( By KATIE BENNER That prospect has real estate agents, money managers and luxury goods purveyors excited for a potential business windfall, of the sort often seen in Silicon Valley. [WhatsApp, a mobile messaging application owned by Facebook, updated its Status feature, a move that follows a string of actions by Facebook to emulate Snapchat.]( [WhatsApp's New Feature Continues Facebook's Snapchat Mimicry]( By MIKE ISAAC With Facebook and some of its top apps trying to tap into popular features pioneered by Snapchat, WhatsApp unveiled a version of its Status feature that focuses on sharing images. [To remove an icon from the Windows 10 taskbar, right-click it (or press and hold) and select ]( [Changing the Windows 10 Default Browser]( By J. D. BIERSDORFER Microsoft's Edge browser was designed for Windows 10, but a different program can be chosen. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [John Daly at a PGA Tour Champions event in July in Endicott, N.Y. He draws big crowds on the tour, but his best finish is a tie for 11th.]( [John Daly Gets Back in the Swing - on His Own Terms, of Course]( By ADAM SCHUPAK The extravagant golfer at 50 is beloved by fans awed by his refusal to stop living large. But he hopes a slow start on the senior scene is only a period of adjustment. [Eric Thames after signing with the Milwaukee Brewers in November. At first base, he will replace Chris Carter, who left for the Yankees after hitting 41 home runs last year.]( [Brewers Hope Eric Thames, Ruthian in South Korea, Has Crossover Power]( By TYLER KEPNER After averaging 41 home runs and 126 R.B.I. in three seasons overseas, Thames signed a lucrative deal to return to the major leagues. [The New Orleans Pelicans are trading for DeMarcus Cousins and will now have one of the most imposing frontcourts in N.B.A. history.]( Keeping Score [The Pelicans Stole DeMarcus Cousins and Might Shake Up the West]( By BENJAMIN HOFFMAN With a trade that cost very little, New Orleans is suddenly looking like the team that best exploits Golden State's weaknesses. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [A portrait of Walt Whitman, 1853 or 1854.]( [In a Walt Whitman Novel, Lost for 165 Years, Clues to 'Leaves of Grass']( By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER A digital sleuth has discovered an anonymously published 1852 serial novel by the poet, which survived in only a single copy of an obscure newspaper. [.][The First Chapter of 'Life and Adventures of Jack Engle']( [Hillary Clinton chatting backstage with Glenn Close, star of ]( [Hillary Clinton's in the House]( By MICHAEL PAULSON For Broadway audiences, she's become a familiar sight - and another reason to applaud. [An academic center designed by the firm Duvall Decker on the Tougaloo College campus on the northern edge of Jackson, Miss.]( Critic's Notebook [On a Design Mission in Mississippi]( By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN An architectural firm's soup-to-nuts approach is leaving an indelible imprint on poor, once-neglected corners in and around this state's capital. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] New York [The Dutchess Rail Trail in East Fishkill, N.Y. The 13-mile trail would be incorporated into the Empire State Trail.]( [A State 'Hungry for Trails' Savors Cuomo's 750-Mile Plan]( By LISA W. FODERARO The Empire State Trail would be the longest multiuse trail in the country. New York officials are hailing the project's economic and health benefits. [In early February a man wearing a keffiyeh walked past a mural that recalls a less diverse past in Buffalo. The self-described ]( [A Surprising Salve for New York's Beleaguered Cities: Refugees]( By JESSE McKINLEY Communities across upstate New York say an influx of refugees has helped alleviate decades-long struggles with dwindling populations and opportunities. [Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman at a 1993 news conference at which he denounced the World Trade Center bombing but condemned the Egyptian government of Hosni Mubarak.]( About New York [The Voice That Called to Terrorists, Unstilled by Time or Even Death]( By JIM DWYER Omar Abdel Rahman, a blind Egyptian sheikh who died last weekend, rewired public apprehension in the United States about Islam. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( [] Science [Cambodian sex workers waiting for customers at a public park in Phnom Penh.]( Global Health [H.I.V. Stalks Prostitutes and Their Children in Cambodia]( By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. A small survey suggests that many young sex workers cannot protect themselves from infection and pass it on to their infants. [A Hubble Space Telescope image of a group of interacting galaxies called Arp 273.]( Out There [Cosmos Controversy: The Universe Is Expanding, but How Fast?]( By DENNIS OVERBYE A small discrepancy in the value of a long-sought number has fostered a debate about just how well we know the cosmos. [How a Little Bit of Hydra Regrows a Whole Animal]( By JAMES GORMAN A protein scaffold in the body of the hydra, a tiny predator, helps it regenerate a whole animal from even a small piece. For more science news, go to [NYTimes.com/Science »]( []Obituaries [Dick Bruna in 2005 at the opening of an exhibition devoted to his Miffy books in The Hague.]( [Dick Bruna, Author of Miffy Books, Is Dead at 89]( By NINA SIEGAL The Dutch writer and illustrator was known for children's books depicting a sparely drawn round white rabbit who gained a worldwide following. [Richard Schickel and the actress Olympia Dukakis in a conversation in Los Angeles in 2003.]( [Richard Schickel, Critic and Filmmaker, Dies at 84]( By SAM ROBERTS Mr. Schickel reviewed films for Life magazine and wrote 37 books about the movies. [Vitaly I. Churkin, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations, in 2006. He was the longest-serving ambassador on the United Nations Security Council.]( [Vitaly Churkin, Russia's U.N. Ambassador, Dies at 64]( By SOMINI SENGUPTA Mr. Churkin, something of a legend in diplomatic circles with a caustic, wry wit, served at a time of mounting tensions between Washington and the Kremlin. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial Editorial [No, Robots Aren't Killing the American Dream]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD In good times, robots are seen as heroes. In bad times, they're the villains. They're neither. Robots are as good or bad as our public policies allow. [Greek farmers protested new taxation measures during an anti-austerity demonstration in Athens last week.]( Editorial [Save Greece by Saving Its Economy First]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD After a decade of failing to rescue the country, Greece's creditors ought to try a different approach. [Iowans packed a public hearing last week in the State Capitol on proposed changes to the collective bargaining law.]( Editorial [Iowa's G.O.P. Statehouse Shows the Locals Who's Boss]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Republicans love home rule unless it leads to something they don't like. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed [Oscar statuettes awaiting their coating of gold at Epner Technology in Brooklyn.]( The Conversation [#OscarsSoOrange]( By GAIL COLLINS and FRANK BRUNI Frank Bruni and Gail Collins banter about Donald Trump Oscar Night and bask in a "Moonlight" glow. Op-Ed Contributor [How Cities Should Take Care of Their Housing Problems]( By ERIC UHLFELDER A Trump administration is unlikely to help urban areas much on low-income housing. Cities need to take matters into their own hands. [Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Friday.]( Op-Ed Contributors [Why the World Needs a Trump Doctrine]( By ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI and PAUL WASSERMAN Chaos and incoherence in American foreign policy are a threat to global stability. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] ON THIS DAY On Feb. 21, 1965, Malcolm X was shot and killed by assassins as he was about to address a rally in New York City; he was 39. 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