First Draft on Politics: Defying the U.N.

View in [Browser] | Add [nytdirect@nytimes.com] to your address book. Tuesday, December 27, 2016 [The New York Times] [NYTimes.com/Politics »] [The New York Times] Tuesday, December 27, 2016 [Construction last week on the outskirts of Ramat Shlomo, a Jewish housing development in East Jerusalem.] Construction last week on the outskirts of Ramat Shlomo, a Jewish housing development in East Jerusalem. Jim Hollander/European Pressphoto Agency [Defying U.N., Israel Prepares to Build More Settlements] By PETER BAKER Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his response to the Security Council’s condemnation, saying that Israel does not “turn the other cheek.”  Got a confidential news tip? Do you have the next big story? Want to share it with The New York Times? We offer several ways to get in touch with and provide materials to our journalists. [Learn more »]  ADVERTISEMENT  [Senator Mitch McConnell, left, the majority leader, with Representative Tom Price, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for health and human services secretary, in Washington this month.] Al Drago/The New York Times [Trump’s Health Secretary Pick Leaves Nation’s Doctors Divided] By ROBERT PEAR The American Medical Association endorsed the choice of Tom Price, a physician, but thousands of doctors have opposed it, citing Mr. Price’s opinions on health care and other issues. [President Obama and Michelle Obama at an event to thank service members and their families at Marine Corps Base Hawaii on Sunday. In an interview released Monday, Mr. Obama said he was “confident” that if he had run for a third term, he could have “mobilized a majority of the American people.”] Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press [Obama Says He Would Have Defeated Trump Had He Been Able to Run] By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT While praising Hillary Clinton, the president said he could have “mobilized a majority of the American people,” eliciting a rebuttal from the president-elect. [“I hope people can respect that we’re entitled to our opinion, too, and that that can be different from news,” said Rob Collins, the executive editor of The Enid News & Eagle, which in Trump country shocked many with an endorsement of Hillary Clinton.] Nick Oxford for The New York Times [An Oklahoma Newspaper Endorsed Clinton. It Hasn’t Been Forgiven.] By MANNY FERNANDEZ An editorial in Enid opposing Donald J. Trump brought a spate of canceled subscriptions and pulled ads, showing the raw power of partisanship in small-town America. [Roy Cooper, Democratic governor-elect of North Carolina, faces a veto-proof Republican majority in the state legislature, but he may have other options for advancing his priorities.] Jonathan Drake/Reuters [One Party Has Governor’s Mansion; Other Has the Statehouse] By TRIP GABRIEL Governors stymied by hostile lawmakers still have ways to advance their priorities, as Roy Cooper, above, the Democratic governor-elect of North Carolina, will try to do. [U.S. Sold $40 Billion in Weapons in 2015, Topping Global Market] By THOM SHANKER Its deals represented half of all agreements in the worldwide arms bazaar, a study found. The biggest buyers of weapons globally were Qatar, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Sidebar [The Supreme Court will consider whether to take up a case from Minnesota surrounding the collection of “booking fees.”] [Charged a Fee for Getting Arrested, Whether Guilty or Not] By ADAM LIPTAK The Supreme Court will consider hearing a challenge to a Minnesota county’s policy of charging “booking fees” — a growing trend in strapped municipalities. [Apple employees helping shoppers at the company’s new flagship store at Union Square in San Francisco. Apple has the largest overseas cash pile, but it is uncertain what the company may do if given a tax holiday to repatriate some of that money.] [Will Trump’s Corporate ‘Tax Holiday’ Create Jobs? Not Necessarily] By LESLIE PICKER Corporate boards and executives are likely to use much of the cash to acquire businesses in the United States, to buy back their own stock or to pay down debt.  [Gov. Jerry Brown at his 2,514-acre family ranch in Colusa County, Calif. “I wouldn’t underestimate California’s resolve if everything moves in this extreme climate denial direction,” he said. “Yes, we will take action.”] Jim Wilson/The New York Times [California, at Forefront of Climate Fight, Won’t Back Down to Trump] By ADAM NAGOURNEY AND HENRY FOUNTAIN An elevated role on climate change is a sign of how California, one of the world’s 10 largest economies, plans to resist the incoming administration’s policies. [Donald J. Trump and family in October at the opening ceremony at the Trump International Hotel in Washington.] Stephen Crowley/The New York Times [Denying Conflict, Trump Family Tries to Resolve Potential Problems] By ERIC LIPTON AND MAGGIE HABERMAN Donald J. Trump has agreed to shut his charity, weighed a plan for an outside monitor to oversee the Trump Organization and ended some international business projects. Selman Design The New Health Care [Could ‘Repeal and Delay’ of Obamacare Affect the Birthrate?] By AARON E. CARROLL AND AUSTIN FRAKT One possibility: Some women might put off getting pregnant as long as there’s a chance that they could lose their insurance. [Rush Limbaugh in 2012. On his radio show, Mr. Limbaugh accused the mainstream media of spreading fake news, saying, “They just make it up.”] Julie Smith/Associated Press [Wielding Claims of ‘Fake News,’ Conservatives Take Aim at Mainstream Media] By JEREMY W. PETERS The term once referred to fabricated accounts intended to deceive, but many on the right have turned it against news they see as hostile to their agenda. 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