Today's Headlines: U.S. War Footprint Grows in Middle East, With No Endgame in Sight

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GORDON Two months after President Trump took office, indications are mounting that the military is deepening its involvement in complex wars that lack clear outcomes. [Burning coal at an unauthorized steel factory in Inner Mongolia in November. China consumes as much coal as the rest of the world combined.]( [China Poised to Take Lead on Climate After Trump's Move to Undo Policies]( By EDWARD WONG For years, the United States pushed China to commit to limiting its use of fossil fuels. The countries now look likely to switch roles. [Senators Richard Burr of North Carolina, right, chairman of the Intelligence Committee, and Mark Warner of Virginia, the ranking Democrat, updated reporters about their ongoing investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election on Wednesday.]( [Senate Intelligence Committee Leaders Vow Thorough Russian Investigation]( By MATT FLEGENHEIMER and EMMARIE HUETTEMAN The top Republican and Democrat on the committee pledged to forge ahead, while seeking to distance themselves from the troubled House inquiry. 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 [A pro-Europe demonstration in London in March.]( WORLD | News Analysis [Pillars of the West Shaken by 'Brexit,' but They're Not Crumbling Yet]( By STEVEN ERLANGER Britain's withdrawal from the E.U. and Donald J. Trump's election are blows to multilateralism, but many European nations seem to be shying away from going it alone. [House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, center, at a news conference last week in Washington.]( OPINION | Op-Ed Contributor [Why Democrats Should Work With Trump]( By WILL MARSHALL America doesn't have room for two parties of "no." QUOTATION OF THE DAY "China wants to take over the role of the U.S. as a climate leader, and they've baked it into their five-year plans." [BARBARA FINAMORE]( a senior lawyer and Asia director at the Natural Resources Defense Council, on the nation's economic development blueprint. [] Today's Videos [A European Union flag near the Parliament building in London. The British government said on Monday it would invoke Article 50 on March 29 to begin the process to leave the bloc.]( [[Video] Video: The Road to a Post-'Brexit' Deal]( The British government invoked Article 50, the provision that starts negotiations on the country's exit from the European Union. [.]['Brexit' Fuels Feeling in Scotland That Time Is Right for Independence]( [[Video] Video: Few Entrances, and Sometimes, No Exit]( Ride along as a New Yorker in a wheelchair explains why more people with disabilities don't take the train. [] World [A demonstration last month in Sitra, Bahrain, marking the sixth anniversary of major protests in the country. Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson has decided to lift all human rights conditions on a sale of F-16 fighter jets and other arms to Bahrain.]( [Rex Tillerson to Lift Human Rights Conditions on Arms Sale to Bahrain]( By DAVID E. SANGER and ERIC SCHMITT The decision could mend a rift with a critical Middle East ally, but it is bound to be read by other nations in the region as a sign the administration will ease human rights demands. [Tourists at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, in Taipei, last year. Chiang was the leader of the Kuomintang, which fled to Taiwan after being defeated by Mao Zedong's Communists.]( Memo From Taiwan [As Power Wanes, Kuomintang Struggles to Hang On in Taiwan]( By CHRIS HORTON The party that once ruled China now looks to stay relevant in Taiwan politics - a situation with implications for Beijing and Washington. [Burning piles of elephant tusks at the Nairobi National Park in Kenya in 2016.]( [Elephants Get a Reprieve as Price of Ivory Falls]( By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN China's commitment to shut down its domestic ivory trade this year has helped depress demand for ivory. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [Protesters in Raleigh, N.C., last year expressed opposition to a law that they said allowed discrimination against transgender people. The law led some businesses to boycott the state.]( [North Carolina Strikes a Deal to Repeal Restrictive Bathroom Law]( By RICHARD FAUSSET The law had elicited an outcry from liberals and businesses that said it allowed discrimination against transgender individuals. [The Trump International Hotel and Tower, left, as seen from the observation deck of Chicago's John Hancock Center.]( [Trump's Raves About Chicago Have Become Rants]( By JULIE BOSMAN and MONICA DAVEY The president has often bemoaned Chicago's rising street violence. But residents say his long, tangled relationship with the city explains a lot. [Coal miners in Welch, W.Va., in Appalachia. The coal industry has been replacing workers with machines and explosives.]( [Coal Mining Jobs Trump Would Bring Back No Longer Exist]( By HIROKO TABUCHI The jobs the president alluded to - hardy miners in mazelike tunnels with picks and shovels - have become vestiges of the past. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [Dr. Scott Gottlieb, President Trump's nominee to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.]( [F.D.A. Nominee, Paid Millions by Industry, Says He'll Recuse Himself if Needed]( By KATIE THOMAS Scott Gottlieb made millions of dollars doing work for more than 20 health care companies in the private sector. [Ivanka Trump during a meeting with female small-business owners at the White House on Monday.]( [Ivanka Trump, Shifting Plans, Will Become a Federal Employee]( By MAGGIE HABERMAN and RACHEL ABRAMS The president's elder daughter had drawn criticism from ethics experts after saying she would serve as an informal adviser to her father. [Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, on Tuesday. Mr. Pruitt rejected a petition filed a decade ago by two environmental groups asking that the agency ban all uses of chlorpyrifos.]( [E.P.A. Chief, Rejecting Agency's Science, Chooses Not to Ban Insecticide]( By ERIC LIPTON E.P.A. scientists had concluded that exposure to the chemical, chlorpyrifos, which has been in use since 1965, was potentially causing significant health consequences. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [JP Morgan Chase began limiting its display ads to preapproved websites to avoid proximity to content like fake news and offensive videos.]( [Chase Had Ads on 400,000 Sites. Then on Just 5,000. Same Results.]( By SAPNA MAHESHWARI The bank found that limiting its advertising to preapproved hosts, to avoid proximity to fake news or offensive videos, did not hurt its visibility. [Valdese Weavers in Burke County, N.C., is hiring, but can't always find the right employees. ]( [Little Sign of a 'Trump Bump' in the Economic Forecast]( By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ Despite upbeat sentiment among consumers and investors in the new year, actual growth estimates are modest for the quarter and beyond. [A Westinghouse project in Waynesboro, Ga., remains unfinished, its future in doubt after the bankruptcy filing.]( [Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy, in Blow to Nuclear Power]( By DIANE CARDWELL and JONATHAN SOBLE The company, whose corporate parent is Toshiba of Japan, led projects once seen as heralding a nuclear renaissance, but its filing casts a pall over the troubled industry. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology [Attendees wait in line in New York on Wednesday for a Samsung media event, where the company introduced a new smartphone.]( [Samsung, After Combustible Galaxy Note 7, Unveils New Smartphone]( By BRIAN X. CHEN Hoping to overcome a troubled year, the company revealed the Galaxy S8 smartphone with a large 5.8-inch screen and a virtual assistant, Bixby. [Farhad Manjoo, The New York Times's technology columnist, at home. He has installed cameras around his home to capture charming moments from his children's lives.]( Tech We're Using [He Turned His Home Into a Reality Television Show]( By FARHAD MANJOO The Times's tech columnist, Farhad Manjoo, grapples with technology's shortcomings yet embraces it to an extreme degree at home. [The overturning of new privacy rules probably won't make much difference because internet service providers have always been permitted to monitor network traffic, see what websites users visit and share some of that information with advertisers.]( [What the Repeal of Online Privacy Protections Means for You]( By BRIAN X. CHEN Now that internet providers will not have to get permission to collect and sell customers' online information, how will that affect privacy online? For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [Chris Silva cutting off a strand of net after South Carolina reached the Final Four with a 77-70 win over Florida.]( [A Ladder, Sharp Scissors and a Basketball Net. What Could Go Wrong?]( By MARC TRACY College basketball's rite of spring - cutting down the net after a big victory - comes with a snip of danger. [The former gymnast Jamie Dantzscher listened to testimony from Jessica Howard, a former national champion in rhythmic gymnastics, at a congressional hearing about sexual abuse on Tuesday.]( Sports of The Times [Facing Congress, Some Sports Officials (Not All) Begin to Confront Sexual Abuse]( By JULIET MACUR A doctor is accused of molesting dozens of young gymnasts. Now a senator is calling for an investigation into "who knew what and when." [United States midfielder Christian Pulisic, left, and Panama midfielder Aníbal Godoy vied for the ball in a World Cup qualifier Tuesday night in Panama.]( [Christian Pulisic of U.S. Becomes a Target, but Makes His Mark Anyway]( By DAVID WALDSTEIN Pulisic, 18, drew attention and abuse from defenders, a sign of his rise to stardom, in a 1-1 tie with Panama on Tuesday. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [Isabella Beecher Hooker, left, and Susan B. Anthony. A cache of letters to Hooker from Anthony and other women's suffragists has been discovered.]( [A Trove on the Women's Suffrage Struggle, Found in an Old Box]( By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER Nearly 100 letters from Susan B. Anthony and others have come to light, in a collection that shows the complex networks that drove the movement. [From left, Moira O'Sullivan, Sean Hinckle, Missy Burmeister and Gabriel Aprea in ]( Critic's Notebook [Plays About the Art World? Not Sold]( By JASON FARAGO "Beneath the Gavel" gets some things right as it dramatizes an auction. But the subtleties of the art market remain beyond most writers' skills. [President Nixon during a televised news conference in April 1969.]( Books of The Times ['Richard Nixon,' Portrait of a Thin-Skinned, Media-Hating President]( By JENNIFER SENIOR This elegant and sympathetic biography by John A. Farrell arrives as a current president makes comparisons unavoidable. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] New York [2 Christie Allies Are Sentenced in George Washington Bridge Scandal]( By NICK CORASANITI Bill Baroni, a former Port Authority official, and Bridget Anne Kelly, Gov. Chris Christie's deputy chief of staff, were convicted of conspiracy for closing lanes on the bridge. [666 Fifth Avenue on Wednesday. The Kushners paid a record-setting $1.8 billion for the tower in 2007.]( [No Deal Between Kushners and Chinese Company Over Fifth Avenue Skyscraper]( By MICHAEL FORSYTHE and CHARLES V. BAGLI A $4-billion deal to invest in a Manhattan building owned by the family of Trump's son-in-law has fallen apart. [Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has been arguing that Albany should allow New York City to levy a new tax on home sales above $2 million, at a press conference at City Hall.]( [Pursuing Tax, Bill de Blasio Embraces Snowball's Chance in Albany]( By J. DAVID GOODMAN and WILLIAM NEUMAN For almost two years, Mayor Bill de Blasio has been arguing that Albany should allow New York City to levy a new tax on home sales above $2 million. It hasn't worked out. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( [] Fashion & Style [With signature hair bows and millions of YouTube views to her credit, JoJo Siwa has just signed a deal with Nickelodeon.]( [With Hair Bows and Chores, YouTube Youth Take On Mean Girls]( By HAYLEY KRISCHER Newly signed to Nickelodeon, JoJo Siwa is leading an international online movement of kind behavior and demure dress. But not everyone approves. [The designer Tom Dixon at the Parsons School of Design in New York.]( [Designer Tom Dixon Unveils His 'Secret' Project With Ikea]( By TIM McKEOUGH The 57-year-old former musician has gone from being a design maverick to creating mass-produced furniture he hopes will last a lifetime. [At Baselworld, the watch industry's biggest fair, there was some uncommon talk about ]( [At Baselworld, Luxury Timepieces Detect a Slowdown]( By ALEX WILLIAMS The watch industry is facing challenging times, but players big and small still turned out for the giant fair. For more fashion news, go to [NYTimes.com/Fashion »]( []Obituaries [William McPherson in a photograph from 1977.]( [William McPherson, Book Critic and Novelist, Dies at 84]( By WILLIAM GRIMES The Pulitzer Prize winner wrote for The Washington Post and was the author of the acclaimed novel "Testing the Current." [William Powell, as seen in the documentary ]( [William Powell, 'Anarchist Cookbook' Writer, Dies at 66]( By RICHARD SANDOMIR The author was an angry teenager when he began research on the book, which outlined weapon use, bomb-building techniques and drug manufacturing. [Arthur Blythe at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 1984 in The Hague, the Netherlands.]( [Arthur Blythe, Jazz Saxophonist Who Mixed Sultry and Strident, Dies at 76]( By GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO A standard-bearer of the New York jazz avant-garde in the late '70s, he had a vibrato-thickened style and was a spokesman for jazz's Afrocentric vanguard. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial Editorial [Ignoring Diplomacy's Past and Its Future Promise]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD President Trump's proposal to slash State Department and foreign aid funding is misguided, as diplomacy can prevent conflicts and build alliances. [People in line to buy bread in Caracas, Venezuela.]( Editorial [Crisis Upon Crisis in Venezuela]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The international community must start presenting clearer ideas to alleviate Venezuela's humanitarian and political crisis. [The Sheridan Expressway, also known as I-895, in the Bronx.]( Editorial [A Grand Bronx Plan Requires Local Input]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The state must hear how residents want to transform the blight of the Sheridan Expressway. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed Op-Ed Contributor [Why I Support a Border-Adjustment Tax]( By WILLIAM J. JONES My company needs relief, but I don't want to see huge budget deficits. [An Afghan security official during an operation against Taliban militants in Laghman province, Afghanistan, this month.]( Op-Ed Contributor [The Art of a Deal With the Taliban]( By RICHARD G. OLSON America's yearslong war in Afghanistan has cost us hundreds of billions of dollars and thousands of lives. It's time for peace talks. Op-Ed Contributor [How America Fails Black Girls]( By MORGAN JERKINS A viral image has drawn attention to a big problem: Nonblacks aren't stepping up to help missing black kids. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] ON THIS DAY On March 30, 1981, President Reagan was shot and seriously injured outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John W. Hinckley Jr. Also wounded were White House news secretary James Brady, a Secret Service agent and a District of Columbia police officer. 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