Your Tuesday Evening Briefing

Your nightly rundown of the day's top stories delivered straight to your inbox. View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Tuesday, August 22, 2017 [NYTimes.com »]( [Your Tuesday Evening Briefing]( By KAREN ZRAICK AND LISA IABONI (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s [the sign-up]( Good evening. Here’s the latest.  1. President Trump is holding [a rally in Phoenix]( — his first since he was widely condemned for his remarks on the violence in Charlottesville, Va. City officials are bracing for big protests. Administration officials said Mr. Trump was not expected to announce a pardon for Joe Arpaio, the former county sheriff who built his reputation on a hard-line stance against undocumented immigrants. He was convicted last month of disobeying a court order to halt his roundups. But speculation continued about such an announcement, which could intensify the protests. Before the rally, Mr. Trump [met with members of Border Patrol]( above, and the military, and surveyed border equipment in Yuma. _____ Adam Ferguson for The New York Times 2. Our Washington team looked at how [President Trump developed his new strategy for Afghanistan]( one that would require thousands more American troops but also place more conditions on the Afghan government. Military and intelligence officials in [Pakistan said the new U.S. strategy]( might worsen relations between the countries. And our bureau chief in Kabul examined how the enemy in Afghanistan, the Taliban, [has evolved into a more tenacious foe](. Read what the other side thinks: We compiled the [best writing from the right and left]( on Mr. Trump’s speech. Above, a view in Bamiyan Province. _____ Reuters 3. The commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Adm. Scott H. Swift, above, [confirmed that divers found the remains]( of missing American sailors in the flooded compartments of the Navy destroyer John S. McCain, which collided with an oil tanker off the coast of Singapore. The commander declined to say how many bodies had been located. Ten sailors had been missing since the accident. A string of Navy accidents on the Pacific’s western edge not only has raised doubts about its operations, but damaged U.S. prestige and [added to fears from Asian allies about Washington’s commitment]( to the region. _____ Wong Maye-E/Associated Press 4. The Trump administration [imposed new sanctions on China and Russia]( as part of its campaign to pressure North Korea to stop its development of nuclear weapons and missiles. The new sanctions affect six individuals and 10 organizations with financial ties to Pyongyang’s weapons program. We tried to answer a big question in the standoff: Can [North Korea actually hit the U.S. with a nuclear weapon]( And an American soldier, James Joseph Dresnok, [who defected to North Korea in 1962]( died after living there for more than 50 years, two of his sons told a pro-North Korea website. Above, a military parade in Pyongyang in April. _____ Brett Gundlock/Bloomberg 5. With talks over renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement underway, our economic columnist takes a look at a proposal from the U.S. labor movement: raising Mexican wages. The [A.F.L.-C.I.O. is demanding a living wage]( for Mexican workers that covers basics like food and housing, but also other essential needs, like saving for retirement. The union argues this would protect U.S. workers from unfair competition. While our writer calls the idea “fairly loopy,” the debate is just getting started. Above, a protest against the deal in Mexico City earlier this month. _____ Joe Buglewicz for The New York Times 6. Open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act starts Nov. 1. But [recruiters are already hard at work]( trying to persuade the uninsured to buy coverage through the law, which remains in effect despite Republicans’ best efforts to repeal it. The uncertainty surrounding the law and the president’s continued attacks on it are making it much harder than in the past years to enroll new recipients. “This is going to be the heaviest lift we have ever tried to undertake,” one health program coordinator said. _____ Scanpix Denmark/Reuters 7. A grisly development in the search for a missing Swedish journalist in the sea off Denmark: A woman’s torso was discovered in the water, and investigators are trying to identify the remains. There’s fear that it’s Kim Wall, who vanished after boarding the self-designed submarine [of a Danish inventor, Peter Madsen]( on Aug. 10. Mr. Madsen, above, a celebrated figure with a reputation as ill-tempered, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. He first said he dropped her at port, but then changed his story to say that she died in an accident on board his ship and that he buried her at sea. _____ James Hill for The New York Times 8. Join us on a visit to the M.N. Rumyantsev State School of Circus and Variety Arts, created in 1927 by the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Education. It’s a real four-year college, with 180 students who attend free. [At the final performance of the semester]( they displayed hair-raising feats of flight and balance. “It is a blast of emotion,” one acrobat said. “You give to people, and they give back to you, and it is such a joy.” _____ Steven Haddock/Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute 9. The depths of the ocean are a lot brighter than you might think. Scientists are finding that [bioluminescence is so common in the oceans]( that it is one of Earth’s dominant traits. The deep sea, of course, is the planet’s largest habitat. Scientists say that creatures there use light much as animals on land use sound — to lure, intimidate, stun, mislead and find mates. _____ Andrew Harnik/Associated Press 10. Finally, of course [he looked](. That was President Trump, peeking up at the sun during the eclipse without protective glasses. “He did it after they told him not to,” [Conan O’Brien said](. “So afterwards, everyone started advising him: Whatever you do, don’t resign.” Another photo getting lots of shares this week: an [Instagram post by Louise Linton]( wife of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, in which she described her designer outfit in hashtags, then mocked a commenter. She became, you might say, a Real Housewife of the Treasury. Have a great night. _____ If photographs appear out of order, please [download the updated New York Times app]( from iTunes. Your Evening Briefing is posted at 6 p.m. Eastern. 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