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Donald Trump, California, N.B.A.: Your Tuesday Briefing …

Its a major blow to the militant group, which had long used the city as the de facto capital of its self-declared caliphate.

Astronomers are excited.

It was announced on Monday that they had observed a pair of dead stars colliding, the first glimpse of the violent process by which most of the gold and silver in the universe was created.

I cant think of a similar situation in the field of science in my lifetime, where a single event provides so many staggering insights about our universe, an astrophysicist at the University of Chicago said.

We have a video to explain it all, and answer some questions about the discovery.

For the first time, astronomers have seen and heard a pair of neutron stars collide in a crucible of cosmic alchemy.

One of our reporters, Caitlin Dickerson, visited a remote village in Puerto Rico devastated by Hurricane Maria.

Residents, she said, were quick to point out that other Puerto Ricans were living in worse circumstances, though it was hard to imagine whom they could have been talking about.

And in California, the wildfires are far from over, but officials are confronting the next challenge: the huge amount of debris and ash that will be left behind.

Just think of all the hazardous materials in your house, the chief public health officer in Napa County said. Your chemicals, your pesticides, propane, gasoline, plastic and paint it all burns down into the ash.

In the past two weeks, more than 30 women have accused the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct.

There has been an outpouring on social media of stories of sexual harassment, punctuated by the hashtag #MeToo.

Nina Jacobson, a film producer, predicted a change in the entertainment industry: I think the floodgates being opened is something that had to happen, and that finally brings a subject to the surface that has sort of gone unchecked for countless years.

In todays show, we discuss the guilty plea by Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.

Listen on a computer, an iOS device or an Android device.

The health care industry is the job engine of many parts of the U.S., aided by funding as a result of the Affordable Care Act.

We visited a county in Arkansas where health care accounts for one in four jobs.

Some airlines have begun offering free meals in coach on selected U.S. flights.

U.S. stocks were up on Monday. Heres a snapshot of global markets.

Tips, both new and old, for a more fulfilling life.

Pristine environments for children can contribute to allergies and asthma.

Tough workout? Try these five things to speed up recovery.

Recipe of the day: This pumpkin Bundt cake with a maple brown-butter glaze is full of fall spices.

Biking in New York City.

In todays 360 video, ride through the busy streets of a city that has spent millions to improve safety for cyclists.

The city of New York has spent millions on improving bicycle safety, but a recent study that monitored cyclists brainwaves while biking highlighted the dangers that still exist.

Partisan writing you shouldnt miss.

Writers from across the political spectrum discuss the state of the Republican Party.

Theyre cute now, but then they grow up

No matter how you raise a wolf, you cant turn it into a dog. Scientists are trying to determine why.

Basketball is back.

The N.B.A. tips off its 72nd season tonight. We have previews of the Eastern and Western conferences.

Our new basketball columnist, Marc Stein, has covered the league for more than 20 years and says hes never seen a more overwhelming favorite to win the championship than the Golden State Warriors.

Best of late-night TV.

Kicking off a week of shows from Brooklyn, Jimmy Kimmel took a jab at its reputation for liberal pretension: All of the jokes you will hear tonight were written in small batches, by hand, on biodegradable hemp parchment, using natural ink that was made from sustainably harvested lingonberries.

And we spoke to Mr. Kimmel about his new visibility after he addressed the news in personal terms.

Quotation of the day.

They may have made a miscalculation of historic proportions by proceeding with the referendum over the objections of just about everyone who counts.

Joost Hiltermann, an analyst with the International Crisis Group, on the fallout from the Kurdish independence vote. On Monday, the Iraqi government carried out a military assault to wrest territory from separatists.

The Man Booker Prize, which honors the best novel written in English and published in Britain, will be announced today.

On this years shortlist: 4 3 2 1, by Paul Auster; History of Wolves, by Emily Fridlund; Exit West, by Mohsin Hamid; Autumn, by Ali Smith; Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders; and Elmet, by Fiona Mozley.

First awarded in 1969, the Booker McConnell Prize was named for the multinational company that established it, as an effort to rival the Prix Goncourt in France. In 2002, sponsorship passed to the Man Group, an investment management firm, which added its name to the title.

The award was initially open only to writers from Britain, Ireland, Zimbabwe and the Commonwealth. Eligibility expanded in 2014 to include any English-language novelist, raising concerns that it would become dominated by Americans. (Since then, one U.S. novel Paul Beattys The Sellout has won. Half of the authors on this years shortlist are Americans.)

Winners receive 50,000 pounds, or about $66,000. Howard Jacobson, who won in 2010 for The Finkler Question, told The Guardian that he was going to spend the prize money on his wife: Have you seen the price of handbags?

Sara Aridi contributed reporting.

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Gregg Popovich on Donald Trump: President is ‘soulless …

Spurs head coach Gregg Popovichhas made no secret of his opinion of President Donald Trump, but he took his criticism to another level on Monday afternoon.

Trump held a press conference on Monday during which he claimed that many past presidents have not made phone calls to the families of military members killed in action. Whether he was just being astoundingly ignorant or was telling a massive lie, the comments made Popovichan Air Force veteranirate. Unsolicited, he called journalist Dave Zirin ofThe Nationto vent.

This man in the Oval Office is a soulless coward who thinks that he can only become large by belittling others. This has of course been a common practice of his, but to do it in this mannerand to lie about how previous Presidents responded to the deaths of soldiersis as low as it gets. We have a pathological liar in the White House: unfit intellectually, emotionally, and psychologically to hold this office and the whole world knows it, especially those around him every day. The people who work with this President should be ashamed because they know it better than anyone just how unfit he is, and yet they choose to do nothing about it. This is their shame most of all.

In addition to his military service, Popovich is now the head coach of Team USA. Luckily, his boss is Jerry Colangelonot Trump.

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Donald Trump: We Are Stopping Cold the Attacks on Judeo …

We are stopping cold the attacks on Judeo-Christian values, he said, referring to the first10 months of his administration.

The president made his remarks during a speech at the Values Voters Summit in Washington D.C. on Friday.

America is a nation of believers and we are strengthened and sustained by the power of prayer, he said, quoting the Founding Fathers and the founding documents of the United States.

How times have changed, but you know what? Theyre changing back again, he added.

The president pointed to recent actions by his administration to restore religious liberty for people of faith, especially the Little Sisters of the Poor with the Obamacare mandate.

They were going through hell, he said.

He also pointed to his decision to re-instate the Mexico City policy and restore the National Day of Prayer.

In America, we dont worship government. We worship God, Trump said.

He also previewed the Christmas season, vowing that he would support the use of the word Christmas again.

Were saying Merry Christmas again, he vowed.

Trump also referred to the threat of radical Islamic terrorism pointing to his success of the fight against ISIS and other ideologies of evil, like Communism in Cuba and socialism in Venezuela.

We will not lift the sanctions on these repressive regimes until they restore political and religious freedom for their people, Trump said.

The president recalled the stories of heroes in recent tragedies in the United States including Mattress Mack in Texas and Brady Cook police officer in Las Vegas.

He celebrated the religious faith of Americans across the nation, and their efforts to raise strong families.

We will defeat every evil, overcome every threat, and meet every single challenge, he said. We will defend our faith and protect our traditions.

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Eminem blasts Donald Trump in freestyle rap at BET Hip-Hop …

Eminem, in typical fashion, held nothing back in a blistering freestyle rap attack on President Donald Trump aired on Tuesday night during the BET Hip-Hop Awards.

The Detroit-born rapper filmed a four-minute-and-34-second long video, which debuted during the awards show. Eminem, real name Marshall Mathers, blasted Trump for everything from ignoring tragedies in favor of "causing a Twitter storm" to "support for the Klansman" and slandering Hillary Clinton. He also refers to Trump as "this racist 94-year-old grandpa" in the profanity-filled freestyle filmed in a parking garage in Eminem's home city.

The video had 1.5 million views and was the No. 1 trending video on YouTube within hours of airing on BET.

The 44-year-old rapper also tweeted a link to the video, titled "The Storm," which had nearly 130,000 likes and 70,000 retweets within six hours -- not to mention 4,700 comments.

Eminem cited Trump's recklessness in dealing with North Korea, saying the president would "probably cause a nuclear holocaust."

"We better give Obama props 'cause what we got in office now is a kamikaze that will probably cause a nuclear holocaust while the drama pops, and he waits for s--- to quiet down, he'll just gas his plane up and fly around till the bombing stops," Eminem freestyles in the video.

Eminem references the president's propensity for using Twitter -- something the commander in chief will likely use to attack the rapper before long.

"He gets an enormous reaction when he attacks the NFL, so we focus on that instead of talking Puerto Rico or gun reform for Nevada," Eminem raps. "All these horrible tragedies and he's bored and would rather cause a Twitter storm with the Packers."

Speaking of the NFL, former 49ers quarterback and Trump lightning rod Colin Kaepernick tweeted a link to the video soon after it was posted. Kaepernick's kneeling during the national anthem in protest of racial injustice before a 2016 preseason game created the impetus for Trump's criticism of NFL players at a rally last month. Kaepernick tweeted solely "I appreciate you Eminem" with a link to the freestyle.

The rapper has hardly been silent in his criticism of Trump in the past. He released a track titled "Campaign Speech" in October 2016 which also ripped then-candidate Trump, saying America should "be afraid of this dang candidate."

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Is Donald Trump smart? – CNN International

Take Tuesday night in Arizona when he told a crowd in Phoenix this: "I was a good student. I always hear about the elite. You know, the elite. They're elite? I went to better schools than they did. I was a better student than they were."

For the public, Trump's intelligence is a bit more of an open question -- and becoming more open with each passing day in the White House.

Which is interesting. But not nearly as interesting as how rapidly the number of people who think Trump is smart has dropped since November 2016. In a November 22 Quinnipiac poll -- two weeks to the day after the election -- 74% said Trump was "intelligent" while just 21% said he was not.

That number has steadily declined over Trump's first 7 months in office. By March it had dipped into the high 50s and its continued to fall steadily.

Why does it matter?

It might not!

After all, being "intelligent" is not a prerequisite of being President. And intelligence -- who has it and who doesn't -- is a very, very subjective measure. (Do street smarts count as being "intelligent"? Or is it a pure IQ measure? Something in between? Neither?)

And, some of the question about how smart Trump winds up being a proxy for whether or not you like him. Nine in 10 Republicans say Trump is intelligent while just 25% of Democrats say the same. Fifty-five percent of independents say Trump is intelligent.

Still, the numbers -- and the rapid drop in them -- are interesting and telling. Take, for example, the fact that 42% of Democrats said Trump was intelligent in January and only 25% say that now. Or that 70% of independents called Trump "intelligent" in January, but only 55% say so now.

It's impossible to offer a foolproof conclusion that explains those dips.

But, it is absolutely true that in the wake of the 2016 election that even those who disliked Trump also viewed him as a master reader and manipulator of the American public. The default assumption was that he had been -- and would continue to be -- playing three-dimensional chess, and that Democrats would need to up their game to match him,.

Again, being the smartest person in the country -- whether or not Trump is -- isn't how you get elected president. (Sorry, Stephen Hawking!)

But that doesn't make figuring out why Trump's numbers on the "intelligence" question any less fascinating.

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