We’re covering the latest revelations from President Trump’s call to the leader of Ukraine, a surprise in the aftermath of Israel’s election, and a major donation for climate research. | | By Chris Stanford | | After their much-discussed phone call in July, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine met with President Trump in person on Wednesday. Doug Mills/The New York Times | | The testimony by Mr. Maguire comes after the White House allowed lawmakers to view the complaint on Wednesday, and released a log detailing a call in July between Mr. Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. | | What’s next: Democrats aren’t planning a vote on the House floor to authorize an impeachment inquiry, as has been done in the past, because they don’t believe it’s necessary, according to lawmakers and party officials. Instead, they’re expected to build a case against Mr. Trump in the coming weeks. Here’s a look at their strategy and a guide to impeachment. | | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, left, and President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem on Wednesday. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters | | President Reuven Rivlin said Mr. Netanyahu’s chances of putting together a coalition were greater than those of his chief rival, Benny Gantz, “at the moment.” | | What’s next: Mr. Netanyahu, who is facing indictment for corruption, has less than a month to assemble a majority in Parliament. But he has no clear path to the 61 seats required. | | United Auto Workers members and supporters outside the shuttered General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio, this week. Ross Mantle for The New York Times | | But according to people familiar with the offer, the new plant would probably pay about $17 an hour, rather than the $31 an hour that many workers earned at the shuttered facility. | | Go deeper: The offer illustrates shifts that have left manufacturing workers in the U.S. fearing for their living standards and their prospects. The strike is entering its 11th day today. | | Ryan Pfluger for The New York Times | | After a six-year break from acting, the Oscar winner Renée Zellweger is back onscreen, playing Judy Garland. | | She spoke to The Times about her return to the spotlight and what it’s like to reach “a certain place where you just don’t know if your skin is thick enough, and then having to go anyway.” | | PAID POST: A MESSAGE FROM CAMPAIGN MONITOR | TEST: Email Marketing 101: Never Sacrifice Beauty for Simplicity | A drag-and-drop email builder, a gallery of templates and turnkey designs, personalized customer journeys, and engagement segments. It's everything you need to create stunning, results-driven email campaigns in minutes. And with Campaign Monitor, you have access to it all, along with award-winning support around the clock. It's beautiful email marketing done simply. | | Learn More | | | Shake-up at Juul: The e-cigarette company replaced its chief executive with a veteran of Big Tobacco as it faces a federal criminal inquiry, bans on some products, and numerous investigations of its marketing. | | Database of hate symbols: The Anti-Defamation League added 36 entries — including the bowl-shaped haircut worn by the white supremacist who killed nine black worshipers in Charleston, S.C. — to its longstanding online catalog. | | Ulet Ifansasti for The New York Times | | Late-night comedy: “It actually would have been better for Trump if the whole transcript had just said ‘unintelligible,’” Seth Meyers said. (A theater critic for The Times also “reviewed” the call.) | | What we’re reading: This piece from The Bitter Southerner about the literary giant Zora Neale Hurston, and those who fought to ensure she was properly commemorated. “It’s a very American story, for reasons both good and tragic,” says our national correspondent Campbell Robertson. | | Ryan Liebe for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Barrett Washburne. | | Watch: Netflix’s “The Politician” is very different from Ben Platt’s star-making turn in “Dear Evan Hansen,” which is exactly what he was looking for. | | Smarter Living: Apparel and footwear account for more than 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, so one way you can help the environment is buying clothes built to last. | | A written record of a presidential conversation is making front-page headlines — and not for the first time. | | During the impeachment investigation of President Richard Nixon, he released 1,200 pages of edited transcripts of taped White House conversations. He intended them to show that he was not involved in any cover-up of the break-in at the Democratic National Committee’s offices in the Watergate complex in Washington. | | Rose Mary Woods, President Richard Nixon's secretary, at her White House desk in 1973, demonstrating how she might have accidentally erased parts of the Watergate tapes. Associated Press | | But Nixon had spent months excising sections of the tapes from the transcripts, according to “The Final Days,” by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Thousands of passages were marked “(unintelligible),” “(inaudible),” “(expletive deleted)” or “(materials unrelated to Presidential actions deleted).” | | Eventually, the Supreme Court ordered Nixon to release the tapes of 64 of his conversations, one of which — “the smoking gun” — implicated him. | | Infamously, one tape in the Nixon collection had an 18-and-a-half-minute gap during a critical conversation between the president and his chief of staff. Rose Mary Woods, Nixon’s deeply loyal personal secretary, testified that she had accidentally erased part of the tape. | | That’s it for this briefing. See you next time. | | Thank you Melina Delkic helped compile today’s briefing. Mark Josephson, Eleanor Stanford and Chris Harcum provided the break from the news. Victoria Shannon wrote today’s Back Story. You can reach the team at briefing@nytimes.com. | | Were you sent this briefing by a friend? Sign up here to get the Morning Briefing. | | |
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