The arrest of Meng Wanzhou, an executive at the Chinese company Huawei, could imperil trade talks. But it is part of the Trump administration’s efforts to contain China and Iran. Britain, New Zealand, Australia and other countries have grown increasingly worried about potential security risks related to the Chinese telecom giant. The proposal would limit the bird’s protected habitat to just 1.8 million acres, essentially opening up nine million acres of land to drilling. The Trump administration’s proposal would significantly weaken a major Obama-era regulation on clean water, according to a talking points memo. There is little doubt among scientists and economists that carbon taxes are needed to reduce fossil fuel dependence. The question is how to design them to cushion the blow on the most vulnerable. At the president’s New Jersey golf course, an undocumented immigrant has worked as a maid since 2013. She said she never imagined she “would see such important people close up.” Heather Nauert, a former Fox News anchor who has been the public face of the State Department since last year, would replace Nikki Haley as ambassador to the United Nations. William P. Barr, a supporter of executive power who served as attorney general in 1991-93, is a front-runner to lead the Justice Department again. A cutting-edge program to help severely mentally ill people live on their own has endangered people who were not ready, a new investigation shows. Since releasing the results in October, the ancestry issue clouding her possible presidential campaign has only intensified. The Democratic candidate, T.J. Cox, was declared the winner. With this result, Democrats have now captured 40 House seats from Republicans. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. 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The threat from President Trump and Republicans to take health care away — including a pending case that would strike down a large part of the law — has hit alarming levels. ‘I always tell myself that it’s O.K. to be nervous, but it’s not O.K. to let that nervousness impact my game.’ A combative approach from George H.W. Bush put Clarence Thomas on the court and and has been embraced by Mitch McConnell and other Republicans. Indispensable to the Jewish worldview is the idea that humans are unique, that we possess a spiritual component and that our actions are freely chosen. The former first lady’s long-awaited new memoir recounts with insight, candor and wit her family’s trajectory from the Jim Crow South to Chicago’s South Side and her own improbable journey from there to the White House. Genre lines continued to blur and the definition of album shifted further in another year of upheaval in pop music. 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