Today's Headlines: With New Congress Poised to Convene, Obama's Policies Are in Peril

[Nightclub Massacre in Istanbul Exposes Turkey’s Deepening Fault Lines] | View in [Browser] | Add [nytdirect@nytimes.com] to your address book. | [Unsubscribe] [The New York Times] [Most Popular] | [Video] | [Today's Headlines] Monday, January 2, 2017 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World] | [U.S.] | [Politics] | [Business] | [Technology] | [Sports] | [Arts] | [N.Y./Region] | [Media & Advertising] | [Today's Video] | [Obituaries] | [Editorials] | [Op-Ed] | [On This Day] | [CUSTOMIZE »] [Get The Times for as low as 99¢.] Top News [Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, last month. The new Congress will convene on Tuesday.] [With New Congress Poised to Convene, Obama's Policies Are in Peril] By JENNIFER STEINHAUER The most powerful and ambitious Republican-led Congress in 20 years plans quick action on several priorities - most notably to clear a path for the repeal of President Obama's health care law. [Nightclub Massacre in Istanbul Exposes Turkey's Deepening Fault Lines] By TIM ARANGO The attack on Sunday, which killed at least 39 people, targeted a symbol of a cosmopolitan Istanbul that is increasingly under threat. [Anita White, a lifelong resident of Washington, D.C., who is staying in transitional housing at Valley Place Family Apartments. She said she would like to leave the city.] [D.C. Homelessness Doubles National Average as Living Costs Soar] By NOAH WEILAND Record housing prices are cited as one cause leaving students and working class people with nowhere to turn but an overburdened shelter system. 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 [President Obama visited Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day in 2009. Section 60 is where many American soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq are buried.] WORLD [The Afghan War and the Evolution of Obama] By MARK LANDLER A strategy that went from a "good war" to the shorthand "Afghan good enough" reflects the president's coming to terms with what was possible in Afghanistan. OPINION | Op-Ed Contributor [Marshall Plans, Not Martial Plans] By CHRIS MURPHY The lesson of Iraq and Syria for America is that economic aid beats military intervention. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "I was very choked up. How do you explain something that you never thought would happen?" [BETSY MORRIS], 70, describing New York City's new Second Avenue subway, as she rode the first Q train leaving the 96th Street station. Today's Videos [Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the celebrity chef Sandra Lee, center, touring the 96th Street stop of the Second Avenue subway line extension on the Upper East Side of Manhattan during the inaugural ride and party on Saturday night.] [A New Subway Line for a New Year] An event on New Year's Eve included a ceremonial ride on the new Second Avenue subway from the 72nd Street station to 96th Street. World [People watch Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the nation, on television in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016. A day after the deadline for depositing old 500- and 1,000-rupee notes, Modi called the demonetization a purification drive during his Saturday speech.] [Modi's Cash Ban Brings Pain, but Corruption-Weary India Grits Its Teeth] By GEETA ANAND Even as poor Indians have struggled under a ban on the largest currency bills, many support the prime minister's efforts to combat a culture of corruption. [Observers during a military exercise involving multiple nations at Camp Adazi in Latvia in 2015.] [U.S. Lending Support to Baltic States Fearing Russia] By ERIC SCHMITT Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are keen to accept help and are shoring up their own modest defense capabilities. But what happens when President-elect Donald J. Trump takes power is an open question. [The Yan'an Revolution Memorial Hall in China. Yan'an is now a city of two million people, much of the progress coming on the back of oil and gas, and patriotic tourism designed to attract Chinese citizens curious about the Communist Party's history.] Yan'an Journal ['Dixie Mission' Americans Scorned for Backing Mao Are Hailed in China] By JANE PERLEZ Members of a 1944 mission to assess Mao Zedong, who had made Yan'an in northern China his guerrilla redoubt, are heralded at a museum in the city. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »] ADVERTISEMENT U.S. [An excerpt from a journal written by Dylann S. Roof, who was found guilty of killing nine people at Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, S.C.] [Dylann Roof Himself Rejects Best Defense Against Execution] By KEVIN SACK and ALAN BLINDER Mr. Roof, who killed nine black worshipers at a Charleston, S.C., church, will represent himself in the penalty phase of his trial starting Tuesday. [President-elect Donald J. Trump and his wife, Melania, speaking to members of the news media at his New Year's Eve party at Mar-a-Lago in Florida.] [Mar-a-Lago, the Future Winter White House and Home of the Calmer Trump] By MAGGIE HABERMAN The 118-room private club, site of an opulent New Year's Eve party, is where the president-elect feels "so comfortable in his own skin, and so relaxed." [An image from a webcam of the Hollywood Sign Trust.] [Hooray for Hollyweed? An Iconic Sign Is Altered] By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH Someone nestled a peace sign and a drawing of a heart into the bottom right corners of the two o's with tarps, echoing a 1976 stunt. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »] ADVERTISEMENT Business [James Cresswell, a professor at the University of Exeter in England, has turned to less controversial areas of research on bees. Here, a bee is mounted on a wire in a wind tunnel, for research designed to estimate normal bee density.] Uncertain Harvest [Scientists Loved and Loathed by an Agrochemical Giant] By DANNY HAKIM With corporate funding of research, "There's no scientist who comes out of this unscathed." [Tony Prince, right, and Barrington Oakley, a British D.J. known as Cutmaster Swift, with a Technics turntable. ] [A Turntable Reborn Turns Its Back on Its Hip-Hop Legacy] By JONATHAN SOBLE Panasonic has reintroduced its Technics SL-1200, long prized by D.J.s, but is marketing it to a different crowd: audiophiles who won't blink at its $2,800 price tag. [The Best Time to Retune Your Career? It's Probably Right Now] By KEVIN GRANVILLE Thinking about asking for a raise, or changing jobs, or just want to be more happy at work? Here's advice on how to get started. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »] Sports [Raul Mendoza, the coach of the Chinle, Ariz., boys' basketball team in the Navajo Nation, leading his team against Tuba City on Dec. 14. Chinle lost a taut contest.] Sports of The Times [In Navajo Nation, a Basketball Elder Earns Respect] By MICHAEL POWELL In a place of poverty, social ills and fractured families, Raul Mendoza, 69, coach of the Chinle, Ariz., Wildcats, is a source of quiet strength for his young players. [Raiders quarterback Connor Cook replaced Matt McGloin, who left the game with a shoulder injury after four drives.] On Pro Football [Raiders Manage to Play Without Derek Carr, but Only Barely] By BEN SHPIGEL Their 24-6 loss to the Broncos corroborated all that they tried to dispel over the past week, after Carr's injury ruined his superlative season. [Clemson defensive end Clelin Ferrell after being named the Fiesta Bowl's defensive player of the game. Ferrell credited his coaches and teammates and said, ] [After Waiting His Turn, Clemson Defensive End Clelin Ferrell Pounces] By KAREN CROUSE Ferrell, who did not play in last season's title game loss to Alabama, made four tackles, including a sack, against Ohio State and was named the Fiesta Bowl's most valuable defensive player. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »] Arts [Items in Jonathan Lethem's archive.] [Inside Jonathan Lethem's Oddball Trove] By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER Mr. Lethem, whose books include "The Fortress of the Solitude," has sold his papers, artifacts, even drawings of vomiting cats, to Yale. [Mariah Carey during her performance on ABC's ] Critic's Notebook [Mariah Carey Smiles and Glitters Through a Television Fiasco] By JON PARELES During a live performance on New Year's Eve, the pop diva let the music play on. [Vittorio Grigolo and Diana Damrau in Gounod's ] [Review: Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo Sizzle in 'Roméo et Juliette' at the Met] By ANTHONY TOMMASINI In this new production of Gounod's opera, directed by Bartlett Sher, the stars disappear into their characters, singing with sensuality and passion. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »] New York [After decades of failed efforts to bring a line to one of the few corners of Manhattan the subway system didn't reach, the Second Avenue subway opened to the public on Sunday, with three stations.] [As Second Avenue Subway Opens, a Train Delay Ends in (Happy) Tears] By EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS Thousands of riders flooded into polished stations on the Upper East Side of Manhattan to witness a piece of history nearly a century in the making. [Workers at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum installing new portraits, found by immigration officials.] [Five Faces, All Immigrants, Are Added to the 9/11 Memorial] By DAVID W. DUNLAP When immigration officials learned that the National September 11 Memorial & Museum couldn't find portraits of some victims, they dug down into a limestone cave. [At an exhibit about Pierre Chareau, a French designer, at the Jewish Museum, visitors can don virtual-reality goggles and see a recreation of an apartment he designed.] [Stepping Into a 1920s Paris Apartment, From Fifth Avenue] By JAMES BARRON An exhibit at the Jewish Museum about Pierre Chareau, a French designer, transports visitors by way of virtual reality. For one visitor, it recalled cherished family history. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »] Media & Advertising [A CNN article served up via Google AMP, a method of loading mobile web pages more quickly.] [Google Helping Mobile Publishing? Some Publishers Are Not So Sure] By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI AMP, a method of loading of mobile web pages more quickly, has raised concern among small publishers worried they are losing control of their content. [A Microsoft commercial, ] Advertising [In Year of Anti-Muslim Vitriol, Brands Promote Inclusion] By SAPNA MAHESHWARI A slew of major American companies prominently featured everyday Muslim men, women and children in their marketing last year. [Dory (voiced by Ellen DeGeneres) in ] [Reality? No, Thanks. Moviegoers Sought Escape in 2016.] By BROOKS BARNES Not one movie rooted in real life was among the year's top 10 box office performers. The top ticket sellers were "Finding Dory" and "Rogue One." For more media and advertising news, go to [NYTimes.com/Media »] Obituaries [Allan Williams in October. As the manager of the Beatles in 1960, he sent them on a stint in Germany that forced the band to improve its stagecraft.] [Allan Williams, First Manager of the Beatles, Dies at 86] By ALLAN KOZINN Mr. Williams booked a long series of shows in Germany in 1960, forcing the band to expand its repertoire and sharpen its stagecraft. [Huston Smith in New York in 2005, after the publication of his book ] [Huston Smith, Author of 'The World's Religions,' Dies at 97] By DOUGLAS MARTIN and DENNIS HEVESI Professor Smith, whose work has been a college fixture for decades, pursued enlightenment in churches, monasteries and even Timothy Leary's living room. [William Christopher as Father Francis Mulcahy on the hit 1970s-1980s sitcom ] [William Christopher, Father Mulcahy on 'M*A*S*H,' Dies at 84] By LIAM STACK Mr. Christopher, who started his career on and Off Broadway, was best known for playing a soft-spoken chaplain at an Army hospital during the Korean War. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »] Editorial Editorial [Why Corporations Are Helping Donald Trump Lie About Jobs] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The emerging, and dangerous, new form of crony capitalism. [A dilapidated home in Baltimore.] Editorial [Housing That Ruins Your Finances and Your Health] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Minority home buyers, disproportionately devastated by the mortgage bust, are in harm's way again. [Protestors for a higher minimum wage rallied in Las Vegas in November.] Editorial [What Donald Trump Doesn't Get About the Minimum Wage] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD States have raised minimum wages, but the raises, while crucial, are not a substitute for a higher federal minimum. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »] Op-Ed [A painting of Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, in Florida.] Op-Ed Columnist [America Becomes a Stan] By PAUL KRUGMAN Rule of law is for the little people. [President Obama at a his final campaign event in 2012.] Contributing Op-Ed Writer [Barack Obama and Me] By J. D. VANCE As a working-class, conservative white kid, I was supposed to hate him. Instead, he became a model for my life. The Stone [What Do We Know?] By PICO IYER This past year was a reminder of how little any of us can anticipate. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »] ON THIS DAY On Jan. 2, 1905, Gen. Nogi of Japan received from Gen. Stoessel of Russia at 9 p.m. a letter formally offering to surrender, ending the Russo-Japanese War. [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] | [All] [.] Save 15% at [The NYTimes Store »] [.] Have questions? [Help Section »] [.] Visit our mobile website at [m.nyt.com »] About This Email This is an automated email. Please do not reply directly to this email. You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's Today's Headlines newsletter. 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