Today's Headlines: Trump, Defending His Mental Fitness, Says He's a 'Very Stable Genius'

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[Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, with the Hwasong-15 missile in a photo released by the government news agency in November.]( [How U.S. Intelligence Agencies Underestimated North Korea]( By DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD For decades, they warned the North was making progress on a missile that could reach the United States. But the last breakthroughs happened faster than they expected. [Arab governments publicly condemned President Trump's statement on Jerusalem but criticism in state-owned and pro-government media across the Arab world was muted.]( [Tapes Reveal Egyptian Leaders' Tacit Acceptance of Jerusalem Move]( By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK While Egypt denounced President Trump's decision, an Egyptian intelligence officer coached talk show hosts to persuade their listeners to accept it. 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 cannabis dispensary in Oakland, Calif., on Monday. Legal recreational marijuana sales in the state began this year, just before the Justice Department announced it would renew tough enforcement of federal marijuana laws.]( U.S. [In Clash Between California and Trump, It's One America Versus Another]( By TIM ARANGO The growing divide between California and President Trump erupted this week, over marijuana, immigration, taxes and the environment. OPINION | Op-Ed Columnist [The State Where Everyone Wants to Be Governor]( By FRANK BRUNI For the key to our political destiny in 2018, look to Colorado. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "Throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart." [PRESIDENT TRUMP]( in one of a series of Twitter messages denouncing critics who have questioned his mental health. [] Today's Videos [[Video] Video: Will Nearly 200,000 Salvadorans Lose Their Immigration Status?]( Jose Salinas has Temporary Protected Status, which is granted to immigrants who came to the U.S. from countries crippled by disaster or war. The Trump administration may end the program this month. [Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump's former chief strategist, in October in Arizona.]( [[Video] Video: Trump and Bannon: From Bromance to Breakup]( The two anti-establishment Republicans bonded during the campaign. Now they are in the throes of a bad breakup after Steve Bannon made critical statements about President Trump. [] World [Dilip and Manish Patel had to shut down their family's cloth business in Surat, in Gujarat State. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi tightened the currency supply, the businessmen kept coming up short on cash for their payroll.]( [India's Economic Woes Are Piercing Modi's Aura of Invulnerability]( By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and HARI KUMAR Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policies are being criticized as India's hot economy cools. But with society so polarized, his Hindu base still appears solid. [Dancers waiting backstage to take part in a televised Christmas special broadcast in the Guaraní language last month in Asunción, Paraguay.]( [Newfound Pride in Guaraní, a Language Long Disdained in Paraguay]( By MYLES MCCORMICK While the indigenous language is widely spoken across the country, its use is much more common in the streets than the halls of power. Now, officials are pushing to end its second-class status. [Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, at a parade in London in 2016 for the monarch's 90th birthday.]( [What's the Cure for Ailing Nations? More Kings and Queens, Monarchists Say]( By LESLIE WAYNE Proponents of constitutional monarchies argue they offer stability, and a study shows some possible economic advantages. Critics are far from convinced. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [Geese swimming in Izembek Lagoon in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.]( [In Alaska, a Deal Is Made for a Controversial Road Inside a Refuge]( By LISA FRIEDMAN A land swap between the Interior Department and an Alaska tribal corporation will allow a road in a national wildlife refuge. [KBFG radio held a launch party in December at Peddler Brewing Company in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle.]( [As Low-Power Local Radio Rises, Tiny Voices Become a Collective Shout]( By KIRK JOHNSON A diverse new wave of stations, united by the word "alternative" and broadcasting from basements or attics, has arrived in urban America. [City Hall in Elgin, Ill., where government officials asked a man to shut down a makeshift homeless shelter he opened in his basement during frigid nights.]( [Man Who Sheltered Homeless People in His Basement Stops After City Order]( By MAYA SALAM Greg Schiller called the gatherings "movie nights" but the city of Elgin, Ill., said they were unlawful and a zoning and public safety issue. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [At a recent hearing, Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee pressed scientists to explain exactly how gene editing technology could lead to new treatments for sickle cell anemia, H.I.V., cystic fibrosis, Alzheimer's and other diseases.]( [Medical Research? Congress Cheers. Medical Care? Congress Brawls.]( By ROBERT PEAR Lawmakers are pushing for billions in new funding for biomedical research, but sparring over health insurance and almost everything else related to the Affordable Care Act. [President Trump with top congressional Republicans and administration officials at Camp David on Saturday. Mr. Trump said that Republicans were looking at changes to the nation's welfare laws, but that they would have to be done on a bipartisan basis.]( ['Everything I've Done Is 100 Percent Proper,' Trump Says of Russia Inquiry]( By MICHAEL TACKETT Mr. Trump again insisted that he was not under investigation by the special counsel, adding that "there's been no collusion, there's been no crime." [A joking tweet about President Trump purportedly demanding a ]( [Let's Talk About the Gorilla Channel for One More Day]( By VIVIAN WANG A joking tweet claimed that President Trump had demanded a TV channel devoted to primates. Most got the gag, some didn't, and it quickly became fodder for political and social commentary. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [For Mr. Miranda, the end of the road is a freight company's lot 20 minutes north of the border.]( [From Mexico to the U.S., a Nafta Tale of Two Truckers]( By NATALIE KITROEFF and GEORGE ETHEREDGE Restricted from operating in the United States, most Mexican drivers must hand off their cargo. The Trump administration wants even tighter controls. [A Swiss Banker Helped Americans Dodge Taxes. Was It a Crime?]( By DAVID ENRICH Stefan Buck created bank accounts for dozens of Americans hiding money from tax collectors. The U.S. tried to hold him personally accountable. [Allenbrooke Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Memphis is part of a chain of businesses that produced $145 million in revenue over eight years, from which the owners and their families' trusts took 28 percent in distributions.]( [Care Suffers as More Nursing Homes Feed Money Into Corporate Webs]( By JORDAN RAU On average, injury and complaint rates are higher, and staffs smaller, at for-profit facilities that outsource goods and services to their owners' other businesses. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology [Humira's Best-Selling Drug Formula: Start at a High Price. Go Higher.]( By DANNY HAKIM AbbVie's anti-inflammatory drug Humira was never cheap, selling for about $19,000 a year in 2012. It's gone up by 100 percent since then. [Taylor Winkler, a public warning specialist at the New York City Emergency Management Department, said teamwork helped keep the job's stress at bay.]( Vocations [Keeping People Safe in New York City Emergencies]( As told to PATRICIA R. OLSEN When official alerts from the city arrive via Twitter, text, email or mobile app, Taylor Winkler is often the one sending them. [Two security flaws linked to the chips that underpin most of the world's computers has the even the biggest tech companies worried.]( Bits [Farhad and Mike's Week in Tech: Another Huge Security Flaw]( By FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC Two Times technology reporters discuss the goings-on of Silicon Valley and beyond. This week: The year kicks off with a nightmare computer bug and increased scrutiny of YouTube. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [If Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan recovers from an ankle injury in time for the Winter Olympics, he'll be one of the Games' biggest stars. Not since 1952 has a men's champion successfully defended his gold medal in figure skating.]( [The Greatest Figure Skater Ever Is Michael Jackson on Ice, Surrounded by Winnie the Poohs]( By JERÉ LONGMAN "People see Hanyu for the first time and they become hysterical or they're moved to tears. It's like their lives are complete." [Alabama Coach Nick Saban, left, and Jalen Hurts, the Crimson Tide's sophomore quarterback, after winning the Sugar Bowl on Monday and advancing to the national championship game.]( [What Makes a Nick Saban Quarterback]( By MARC TRACY Alabama has been the dominant team in college football for a decade, and yet the Crimson Tide have not produced an elite N.F.L. quarterback recently. [In a critical play of the game, Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota dived for a touchdown after he caught his own pass, which was batted back to him by the Chiefs' Darrelle Revis.]( Titans 22, Chiefs 21 [Marcus Mariota, With a Play for the Ages, Leads the Titans Past the Chiefs]( By BENJAMIN HOFFMAN The Tennessee quarterback ignited a rally from an 18-point deficit to give his team a playoff victory. With the help of a deflection, Mariota completed a pass to himself and sprinted to the end zone. [.] For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [With 'The Chi,' Lena Waithe Heads Home in Search of the Real Chicago]( By DAN HYMAN Her Showtime series aims to paint her hometown in all its complexities and nuances, not just the unremitting violence depicted on the news. [The pianist Igor Levit, known for his thoughtful musicianship and outspoken politics, near his home in Berlin.]( [The Pianist of the Resistance Captures a Surprise Award]( By MICHAEL COOPER Igor Levit, known for bringing together music old and new - and for his outspoken political views - has been given the $300,000 Gilmore Artist Award. [Arthur Mitchell at Columbia's Lenfest Center for the Arts on 129th Street, where ]( [Arthur Mitchell, Ballet's 'Grandfather of Diversity']( By GIA KOURLAS Mr. Mitchell, who at 83 still exudes grandness, is the subject of an exhibition at the Wallach gallery at Columbia's Lenfest Center for the Arts. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( Special Section: Award Season [Clockwise from top left: Gal Gadot in ]( [Hollywood on the Brink]( By A.O. SCOTT and MANOHLA DARGIS Will the industry learn from this moment of reckoning or will it be business as usual? Our chief critics see small signs of hope. [At 9, Mr. Kaluuya wrote a play that went on to win an award. ]( [Daniel Kaluuya Isn't Waiting for Your Approval]( By ROSLYN SULCAS The breakout star of "Get Out" says he can relate to his character: "Being young, working class and black, everything you do is policed." [Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks in New York City in December.]( [Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks on the #MeToo Moment and 'The Post']( By CARA BUCKLEY In a wide-ranging conversation, the stars discuss President Trump, the fallout from the Harvey Weinstein case and why they hadn't worked together until "The Post." [] New York [The Marx Brothers Playground in Manhattan. The city and a developer propose to build a complex including a high-rise and a school on the site.]( [Park or Playground? Semantics Dispute Illuminates Preservationists' Fight]( By VIVIAN WANG Advocates have sued to block the city's bid to redevelop an East Harlem ballpark, citing legal protections for parkland. City officials say the lot is just a playground, not a park. [Harry Bertschmann and his wife, Mary, in their apartment-studio near South Street Seaport.]( [The Struggling Artist at 86]( By SUSAN CHUMSKY Harry Bertschmann started his art career exhibiting alongside Mark Rothko and Franz Kline. For the next 60 years, he painted in almost total obscurity. Now he wants to get discovered. [Magnifiers at Clairmont Nichols Opticians, which has been in business since 1885.]( Neighborhood Joint [A Glasses Menagerie]( By SHIVANI VORA Clairmont Nichols Opticians in Midtown East has been filling prescriptions and repairing glasses since 1885. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( [] Real Estate [As a first-time landlord, Amuche Chukudebelu had a hard time figuring out just how much rent to charge.]( [How Does Your Landlord Calculate Your Rent?]( By KIM VELSEY Big institutional landlords probably use algorithms, but small landlords who know their tenants well sometimes have a hard time raising the rent. On Location [In Hastings-on-Hudson, a House in the Trees]( By TIM McKEOUGH Buying a house and renovating it was within their budget - but only if they gave up the dream of Brooklyn. Right at Home [Confessions of an Open House Addict]( By RONDA KAYSEN Some of the people who visit open houses are not in buying mode at all, they just want a peek at how others live. [] Travel [Sunrise on the shores of La Isla de la Juventud, or the Isle of Youth.]( [A Cuban Island That Has Played Both Paradise and Prison]( By TONY PERROTTET The Isle of Youth - which has been both a Communist Utopian getaway and home to a brutal prison that housed Castro for a time - is a world apart, even by Cuban standards. [The canopy of the rain forest in Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica.]( [After a Tragedy, Making the Case for Costa Rica]( By LUCAS PETERSON The tragedy of the crash is particularly difficult to reconcile with the remarkable beauty of Costa Rica - a place I wouldn't hesitate to return to. [A person sleeping in a doorway opposite Windsor Castle on Friday. According to government statistics, the total number of homeless people in Windsor and Maidenhead is eight.]( [Call to Remove Homeless People (All 8) Before Royal Wedding Stirs Anger]( By CEYLAN YEGINSU A council leader in Britain has been on a campaign to deal with the homeless people who "sleep rough" near Windsor Castle, the wedding venue for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. For more travel news, go to [NYTimes.com/Travel »]( [] Fashion & Style [Now that Harvey Weinstein has fallen, what else about the awards circuit goes?]( [Will Awards Season Ever Be the Same?]( By JODI KANTOR Harvey Weinstein helped build the awards circuit as we know it. He will be gone from this year's Golden Globes, but his presence, and questionable legacy, will be everywhere. [After #AskHerMore and #MeToo, Time's Up]( By CARA BUCKLEY This year, it is the celebrities, in particular the women, who are defining the agenda. [Jennifer Lawrence wearing a white Dior Haute Couture gown at the 2013 Academy Awards.]( [The Red Carpet Is Its Own Economy]( By VANESSA FRIEDMAN Make no mistake: Many of the outfits you see on awards nights are now part of a deal. Could the Golden Globes break the pattern of celebrities paid to pose? For more fashion news, go to [NYTimes.com/Fashion »]( [] Magazine [The 4 line in the Bronx.]( Feature [The Case for the Subway]( By JONATHAN MAHLER It built the city. Now, no matter the cost - at least $100 billion - the city must rebuild it to survive. [Babak Behzadzadeh among the marijuana plants at Green Sativa.]( Feature [Where Pot Entrepreneurs Go When the Banks Just Say No]( By ROBB MANDELBAUM As the legal markets for marijuana spread, a small credit union is solving a big problem: what to do with all the cash. [A case worker in Pittsburgh with a 9-year-old boy who said his father broke his arm.]( Feature [Can an Algorithm Tell When Kids Are in Danger?]( By DAN HURLEY Child protective agencies are haunted when they fail to save kids. Pittsburgh officials believe a new data analysis program is helping them make better judgment calls. For more from the Sunday magazine, go to [NYTimes.com/Magazine »]( []Obituaries [Mr. Young moving across the surface during the Apollo 16 mission, April 1972.]( [John Young, Who Led First Space Shuttle Mission, Dies at 87]( By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN Mr. Young also walked on the moon and was the only astronaut to fly in the Gemini, Apollo and shuttle programs. [Mr. Wegener in 2012.]( [Ulrich Wegener, German Commando Who Ended 1977 Hijacking, Is Dead]( By SEWELL CHAN and MELISSA EDDY After a massacre at the Munich Olympics in 1972, Mr. Wegener created and led an elite counterterrorism squad known as GSG-9. [Dr. Jimmie Holland, who helped create the department of psychiatry at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan.]( [Jimmie Holland, Who Cared for the Cancer Patient's Mind, Dies at 89]( By SAM ROBERTS In a groundbreaking field, Dr. Holland addressed patients' depression and anxiety and rejected what she called "the tyranny of positive thinking." For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial [An assortment of land mines and bomb parts that were removed from the ground in Afghanistan.]( Editorial [Why Do Land Mines Still Kill So Many?]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Because some of the world's biggest military powers - including the U.S. - refuse to sign treaties that would ban these vicious weapons. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed [President Trump departing the White House on Friday.]( Op-Ed Columnist [Trump's Petticoat Government]( By ROSS DOUTHAT How long can this administration work around its president? Gray Matter [Is Your Child Lying to You? That's Good]( By ALEX STONE Kids who know how to deceive are smarter and better adjusted. Opinion [The Alt-Right's Asian Fetish]( By AUDREA LIM How the "model minority" myth blends with racist ideology. Opinion [This Was Not the Good Death We Were Promised]( By KAREN BROWN Hospice care failed my father when it mattered most. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] ON THIS DAY On Jan. 7, 1979, Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing the Khmer Rouge government. [See this Front Page]( | [Buy this Front Page]( FOLLOW US: [Facebook] [Facebook]( | [Twitter] [@NYTimes]( | [Pinterest] [Pinterest]( | [Instagram] [Instagram]( [NYT]( Access The New York Times from anywhere with our suite of apps: [iPhone®]( | [iPad®]( | [Android](