 | | A polling station in Seoul, South Korea, today. Relations with North Korea and the U.S. are among the key issues in the country's presidential election. Kim Jin-A/Newsis, via Associated Press | |
| Good morning. |
| Here's what you need to know: |
| • Behind the scenes of Flynn's fall. |
| The White House knew in January that Michael Flynn, President Trump's first national security adviser, had made false statements about his Russian contacts, according to congressional testimony. |
| Sally Yates, the former acting attorney general, told lawmakers on Monday she had warned that Mr. Flynn was vulnerable to blackmail. Only 18 days later, after the news about his statements became public, did he lose his job. |
| Here are our reporter's six takeaways from the Senate hearing. |
| Separately, former Obama staff members told us that President Obama had warned Mr. Trump not to hire Mr. Flynn when they met two days after the election. |
| • 13 men, zero women. |
| The all-male group that is working on the Senate's version of a health care bill includes staunch conservatives, a decision widely seen on Capitol Hill as a move to placate the right. |
| • A populist wave crashes in France. |
| The decisive defeat of Marine Le Pen in Sunday's French presidential election underscored the limits of the nationalist populism that President Trump has come to represent. |
| We also look at why the pre-election hacking attack on the campaign of Emmanuel Macron, the winner, didn't have much of an effect. |
| • South Korea votes. |
| Polls will close soon in an election to choose a successor to Park Geun-hye, the president who was forced from office in a corruption scandal. Here's what we know so far about the election. |
| The leading candidate, Moon Jae-in, is open to dialogue with North Korea. Reining in the country's politically connected conglomerates is also a major issue in the election. |
| • More troops in Afghanistan? |
| Senior Trump administration and military officials are recommending sending several thousand additional American troops to try to break a military deadlock in the 15-year war in the country. |
| • A parable from down under. |
| John Church, an expert on rising sea levels, led the charge when politics intruded on climate science in Australia last year. |
| We spoke with him about his experience — including losing his job — and look at the lessons for climate research in the U.S. |
| • "The Daily," your audio news report. |
| In today's show, we discuss two new accounts of when Donald Trump was warned about Michael Flynn — and didn't act. |
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| Business |
| • The first major piece of legislation President Trump signed stands to benefit Kushner Companies, the business that was run until recently by his son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner. |
| • It's not taxes, but health care costs, that risk crippling the U.S. economy, according to Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor. |
| • Our media columnist visits Philadelphia and tells a story about advertising, fake news and democracy. |
| • U.S. stocks were up on Monday. Here's a snapshot of global markets. |
| Smarter Living |
| • With practice, negative thinkers can become positive. |
| • Relax! You'll be more productive. |
| • Recipe of the day: Pan-roasted pork chops and pea shoot pesto can be on the table within an hour. |
| Noteworthy |
| • Revisiting a Japanese internment camp. |
| In today's 360 video, a survivor recalls his experience at a maximum-security facility in Northern California. |
| • Partisan writing you shouldn't miss. |
| Read about how the other side thinks: Writers from the left and right take a closer look at the French presidential election. |
| • Rethinking salt. |
| It's intuitive and simple: If you eat a lot of salt, you will become thirsty and drink water, diluting your blood enough to maintain the proper concentration of sodium. |
| But this long-held theory may be completely wrong. |
| • Why opera matters. |
| The Metropolitan Opera celebrated the 50th anniversary of its home at Lincoln Center with a five-hour gala concert on Sunday. Our chief classical music critic was there. |
| The evening including a surprise performance by Dmitri Hvorostovsky, the beloved Russian baritone who withdrew from opera last year because of a brain tumor. |
| • Best of late-night TV. |
| On Monday, Jimmy Kimmel addressed critics who took issue with a plea he made last week: "I would like to apologize for saying that children in America should have health care." |
| Back Story |
| South Koreans are voting today to elect the successor to the ousted president Park Geun-hye, who was forced from office in March. |
| From the Blue House, the sprawling presidential palace and executive offices in central Seoul, the next leader will contend with issues including cronyism and the North Korean nuclear threat. |
The Blue House in Seoul, official residence of the South Korean president.
Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters |
| Completed in 1991, the main building is known in Korean as Cheong Wa Dae, or "pavilion of blue tiles," because its gabled roof includes about 150,000 such tiles, which are baked and glazed and intended to last for hundreds of years. |
| Though it incorporates modern design elements and amenities, the building was constructed primarily in the Korean architectural style used for royal palaces. |
| The Blue House is one of several presidential residences named for its color. The White House was painted with lime-based whitewash in 1798 to protect its porous stone walls from freezing. The Casa Rosada, or Pink House, in Argentina was reportedly painted to defuse political tensions: Red and white were the colors of two opposing parties. |
| Inyoung Kang contributed reporting. |
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