Today's Headlines: Congress Reaches Deal on Russia Sanctions, Setting Up Tough Choice for Trump

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SANGER White House officials acknowledge that the president would all but have to sign legislation punishing Russia for its election interference. [There is broad agreement that American infrastructure problems need to be addressed, but debate over how to pay for it. Construction crews worked on a section of an overpass that collapsed from a large fire on Interstate 85 in Atlanta.]( [Trump's 'Great National Infrastructure Program'? Stalled]( By GLENN THRUSH Everyone agrees that America's bridges, roadways and waterworks are in bad need of repair. But the president has yet to deliver on his promised plan. [Taksim Square in Istanbul. Turkey's government has seized more than 950 companies since a failed coup in July last year.]( [Turkey Sees Foes at Work in Gold Mines, Cafes and 'Smurf Village']( By DAVID SEGAL The government has seized more than 950 companies, from a baklava chain to a major construction firm, over suspected ties to a failed coup attempt last year. For more top news, go to [NYTimes.com »]( [Get California Today in Your Inbox]( The news and stories that matter to Californians (and anyone else interested in the state). Delivered Monday through Friday. ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [Antigovernment protesters celebrating in May after seizing control of the Francisco Fajardo Highway through Caracas.]( WORLD [The Battle for Venezuela, Through a Lens, Helmet and Gas Mask]( Photographs and Text by MERIDITH KOHUT These photographs, taken over four weeks, capture the daily turmoil that antigovernment protests have brought to the streets of Caracas. SUNDAY REVIEW | News Analysis [Why Women Aren't C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were]( By SUSAN CHIRA It's not a pipeline problem. It's about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "We are living with a hunger that we have never had before. Things are already really ugly here, and we won't take it anymore." [TYLER]( a 22-year-old protester against Venezuela's government. [] Today's Videos [Mike Gittens for The New York Times. Technology by Samsung.]( [[Video] Video: Battling Wildfires in British Columbia]( More than 40,000 people have been displaced by wildfires in the western Canadian province of British Columbia, where a state of emergency has been declared. [] World [Wedding dresses displayed in April in Beirut by the Lebanese NGO Abaad to protest Article 522 in the Lebanese penal code that stipulates a rapist is absolved of his crime if he marries his victim.]( [One by One, Marry-Your-Rapist Laws Are Falling in the Middle East]( By SOMINI SENGUPTA Women's rights groups are making bold efforts to change loopholes that allow accused and convicted rapists to evade punishment by marrying their victims. [A farmer collecting khat in Infranz, a village in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. The young and underemployed are increasingly chewing khat, a psychotropic leaf that has amphetaminelike effects.]( [For Ethiopia's Underemployed Youth, Life Can Center on a Leaf]( By KIMIKO de FREYTAS-TAMURA About half of Ethiopia's youth are thought to chew khat, a psychotropic leaf. Officials consider such widespread use of the drug, blamed on a lack of work, "a huge problem" for the country's future. [Thousands of migrants leave Tlapacoyan, Mexico, each year to work in the United States with an H-2B visa. But changes to immigration laws have reduced the number of people leaving this summer.]( [Without Visas, Carnival Workers Are Trapped at Home in Mexico]( By PAULINA VILLEGAS and VICTORIA BURNETT A debate over how many visas the United States should issue to seasonal workers has stranded thousands in Mexico with diminished job prospects. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [In Minneapolis, Unusual Police Killing Raises an Old Outcry: Why?]( By JOHN ELIGON, VIVIAN YEE and MATT FURBER The fatal shooting of Justine Damond had uncommon circumstances and stirred an uproar in Australia, but once more there were blanks to fill in. [Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald and the former speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, at a 1994 protest in Georgia against higher taxes and government spending. Dr. Fitzgerald was recently named the head of the C.D.C.]( [New C.D.C. Chief Saw Coca-Cola as Ally in Obesity Fight]( By SHEILA KAPLAN Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald said she would consider taking money from Coke for C.D.C. programs despite the agency's having cut ties with the company in the past. [Dr. Carmen Puliafito, a former dean of the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, in 2014.]( [U.S.C. Moves to Fire Former Medical School Dean Over Drug Allegations]( By HANNAH ALANI The university said on Friday that it had suspended Dr. Carmen Puliafito, barred him from campus and was taking steps to fire him. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [President Trump in the Oval Office on Friday.]( [Can the President Be Indicted? A Long-Hidden Legal Memo Says Yes]( By CHARLIE SAVAGE A document from Kenneth Starr's investigation into President Bill Clinton rejected the view that sitting presidents are immune from being indicted. [President Trump addressed the news media in the East Room of the White House on Monday. Mr. Trump suggested on Twitter that he did not see limits to his pardon power.]( [Trump Says He Has 'Complete Power' to Pardon]( By PETER BAKER The president also attacked the media and Hillary Clinton in a series of early-morning tweets. [Ed Gillespie, the Republican nominee for governor in Virginia, said on Saturday during a debate that his Democratic opponent, Lt. Gov. Ralph S. Northam, was risking damage to the state's economy by attacking President Trump.]( [Candidates for Virginia Governor Employ Trump as a Barometer]( By JONATHAN MARTIN During a debate, the Republican candidate refused to say the president's name - but warned his Democratic opponent about harshly attacking the president. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [David Horowitz at his house in Camarillo, Calif. He moved from a leftist ideologist to a supporter of the Trump administration.]( [One Family, Many Revolutions: From Black Panthers, to Silicon Valley, to Trump]( By DAVID STREITFELD Ben Horowitz is helping define the modern tech age. His father shaped the '60s radical left - before taking a hard right turn. Family chats get interesting. [Volkswagen vehicles stored at a customer center. The company is one of several German carmakers facing a potential antitrust inquiry by European authorities.]( [German Carmakers Face Potential New Scandal Over Antitrust Issues]( By JACK EWING The European Commission said it is looking into accusations that Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW colluded on emissions and other technology. [John H. Hammergren, the chief executive of McKesson, in 2010. Since 2008 he has received $692 million in compensation.]( Fair Game [Hard Questions for a Company at the Center of the Opioid Crisis]( By GRETCHEN MORGENSON McKesson, the nation's largest drug distributor, will be grilled about executive pay and controlled substances at its annual meeting on Wednesday. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology [The Jiaming Center in Beijing, where LinkedIn has its Chinese offices.]( [In China, Silicon Valley Giants Confront New Walls]( By PAUL MOZUR and CAROLYN ZHANG The recent struggles of Apple, LinkedIn and Facebook show why the number of tech companies willing to have a try in China is dwindling. [The lobby of the Ace Hotel in Pittsburgh's East Liberty neighborhood. The hotel opened in 2015, taking over a former Y.M.C.A. building, and is within walking distance of Google's Pittsburgh offices.]( [Pittsburgh Gets a Tech Makeover]( By STEVEN KURUTZ The city is newly stylish, with hyped restaurants and an Ace hotel, thanks to a steady flow of Carnegie Mellon grads who decided to stay. [A Blue Apron meal kit. Amazon edged a toe into the trendy meal kit delivery space this week, and soon after Blue Apron's recently public stock price began to sink.]( Bits [Farhad and Mike's Week in Tech: Meal Kits, Lyft and 'Despacito']( By FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC Should every company create its own self-driving program? Mike and Farhad debate. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [Bethanie Mattek-Sands at a rehab session at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan last Wednesday.]( [Bethanie Mattek-Sands Is Upbeat After Gruesome Injury at Wimbledon]( By CINDY SHMERLER At a rehab session in Manhattan two weeks after she ruptured and dislocated her kneecap in a singles match, Mattek-Sands and her husband displayed some levity. [Ivan Rodriguez, who helped lead the Marlins to a World Series title, threw out a ceremonial first pitch at the All-Star Game this month at Marlins Park. He will be inducted into the Hall of Fame next Sunday.]( Extra Bases [Ivan Rodriguez Hit His Target: First-Ballot Hall of Famer]( By TYLER KEPNER Life is grand these days for Rodriguez, a star catcher who in his memoir disputes a steroids accusation against him. [Matt Kuchar, left, and Jordan Spieth at the end of Saturday's round. Spieth has held at least a share of the lead throughout the British Open.]( [Branden Grace Secures a Record, but Jordan Spieth Owns the Day]( By KAREN CROUSE On a day when Grace became the first man to shoot a 62 in a major championship, Spieth extended his British Open lead to an 11-under 199. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [Amazon Tackles Hollywood's F. Scott Fitzgerald Obsession]( By BROOKS BARNES "The Last Tycoon," a nine-episode series, is the latest good-looking attempt to adapt F. Scott Fitzgerald for the screen. [Gary Panter in his studio in Brooklyn.]( [When a Comic Book Hillbilly and Milton Collide]( By DANA JENNINGS Gary Panter - known for his punk graphics, the sets of "Pee-wee's Playhouse" and Jimbo - returns to graphic novels with a phantasmagoric take on "Paradise Regained." [Hillery Williams, Michael Stack]( The couple met at a New York Rangers hockey game and soon fell in love. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( Movies [Luc Besson on the set of his latest film, ]( ['Valerian' Is France's Most Expensive Film Ever. Luc Besson Says 'Who Cares?']( By RACHEL DONADIO To make "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets," which had a budget of around $150 million, Mr. Besson lobbied the government to change its tax credit system. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] Metropolitan [Colyssa Stapleton left her baby upstairs while she went downstairs to receive a delivery of baby formula. She lost custody for six months.]( [Foster Care as Punishment: The New Reality of 'Jane Crow']( By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD and JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG For women in New York's poorer neighborhoods, the threat that a child will be removed to foster care for little cause is a grim reality. [David Wise, the author of ]( [A Spy Novel Whose Clues Are Found on New York Landmarks]( By JULIE BESONEN A new digital book about Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl sends readers across the city to solve its riddles. [A stylized heart on a gate at Dream Street Park on East 124th Street is seen by some as a symbol of Ezili, the voodoo goddess of love.]( [In an East Harlem Park, Valentine or Voodoo?]( By ALEX VADUKUL A stylized heart in a park in East Harlem looks very much like a voodoo icon used to summon a god, according to occult experts. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( [] Fashion & Style [Bozoma Saint John, the chief brand officer of Uber, this month at the company's offices in San Francisco.]( [Is This the Woman Who Will Save Uber?]( By SHEILA MARIKAR Bozoma Saint John, the marketing star who's worked with Beyoncé, Apple and more, brings humanism, Instagram savvy and Chanel to the beleaguered brand. [The founders of Curly Girl Collective, from left: Gia Lowe, Simone Mair, Tracey Coleman, Charisse Higgins and Melody Henderson.]( [At Curlfest, a Celebration of Natural Hair and Black Beauty]( By TAMARA BEST Thousands of women come together at the Brooklyn event, now in its fourth year, for hair tips and so much more. [The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (wearing a Catherine Walker look) with their children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, on Wednesday as they arrived at Berlin Tegel Airport.]( [The Duchess of Cambridge and Family Refine the Art of Pantone Politics]( By VANESSA FRIEDMAN They dressed for their hosts: Clothing that echoed the national colors of Poland and, then, a blue that had special resonance in Germany. For more fashion news, go to [NYTimes.com/Fashion »]( [] Travel [A view of London from the 10th-floor viewing platform of the Tate Modern's new wing, the Blavatnik Building.]( Cultured Traveler [The Tate Modern and the Battle for London's Soul]( By REIF LARSEN As luxury condos proliferate across London, the evolving Tate Modern provides a model for the city's public spaces. [The bay at Quidi Vidi, home of the Mallard Cottage restaurant.]( Pursuits [Moose, Anyone? In Newfoundland, Food Both Rustic and Sophisticated]( By CRAIG S. SMITH Arctic hare and beaver are also on the menu at a handful of outstanding restaurants in and around the capital of St. John's. [A barn outside Joseph, Ore., with the Wallowa Mountains in the distance.]( Next Stop [The Remote Oregon Town to Try Next]( By FREDA MOON In tiny Joseph, Ore., you can find award-winning local whiskey, fair-trade chocolates and gorgeous scenery. For more travel news, go to [NYTimes.com/Travel »]( [] Magazine [The mifepristone and misoprostol pills used to induce a medication abortion.]( Feature [A New Front in the War Over Reproductive Rights: 'Abortion-Pill Reversal']( By RUTH GRAHAM A San Diego doctor claims his injection can save a fetus after a medication abortion has already begun - the latest attempt by abortion foes to create a narrative of regret. Feature [The Accent Whisperers of Hollywood]( By RYAN BRADLEY Peak TV has brought in a flood of global acting talent. It's the job of dialect coaches like Samara Bay to help them all sound right. For more from the Sunday magazine, go to [NYTimes.com/Magazine »]( []Obituaries [John Heard in 1994 in an episode of ]( [John Heard, the Frazzled Father in 'Home Alone,' Dies at 71]( By ANNIE CORREAL Mr. Heard played pained characters in dramas but was best known as the dad who embarked on a family trip to Paris without his youngest son. [The authors Clancy Sigal and Doris Lessing in the late 1950s or early '60s. They used their romantic relationship as source material for their novels.]( [Clancy Sigal, Novelist Whose Life Was a Tale in Itself, Dies at 90]( By SAM ROBERTS Jailed at 5, blacklisted in Hollywood, the author of "Going Away" fell in with R.D. Laing and Doris Lessing. [Representative Ralph Regula in 2001. He helped create a national park, and led the effort to keep the name of the nation's tallest mountain.]( [Ralph Regula, Long-Serving Ohio Congressman, Dies at 92]( By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Mr. Regula, who served 18 terms in the House of Representatives, played a key role in creating the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial Editorial [The Bogus Voter-Fraud Commission]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Fraud is essentially nonexistent, but that hasn't stopped the crusaders from trying to make voting harder. [President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence viewing a display of American-made products on the White House lawn.]( Editorial [President Trump and His Way-Back Machine]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Rather than churning out false promises of big factory revival, Mr. Trump should be driving manufacturing's real-life future. [A section of the border wall in Hidalgo, Tex.]( Editorial [The Wall With Mexico, and Xanadu]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD It becomes more fantastical each time Mr. Trump brings it up. But that may not keep Congress from throwing bags of money at it. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed Op-Ed Columnist [The Mooch and the Mogul]( By MAUREEN DOWD In memoriam, Sean Spicer. We hardly believed ye. [Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump in Hamburg, Germany, two weeks ago.]( Op-Ed Columnist [Jared Kushner's Got Too Many Secrets to Keep Ours]( By NICHOLAS KRISTOF The president's son-in-law is a security risk and shouldn't be a senior White House adviser. Opinion [The Glory of a Summer Sleep]( By MICHAEL MCGIRR There are worse things to do than nothing. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] ON THIS DAY On July 23, 1914, Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serb assassin; the dispute led to World War I. 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