 | | President-elect Donald J. Trump with his wife, Melania, and Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, at the Capitol on Thursday. Al Drago/The New York Times | Your Friday Briefing By SEAN ALFANO |
| Good morning. |
| Here's what you need to know: |
| • Trump visits the White House and Capitol Hill … |
| President-elect Donald J. Trump and President Obama spoke for 90 minutes on Thursday and made a public show of putting their differences aside. |
| "We now are going to want to do everything we can to help you succeed, because if you succeed, then the country succeeds," Mr. Obama told Mr. Trump. |
| The president-elect said: "I very much look forward to dealing with the president in the future, including counsel." |
| • … and gets to work. |
| The Republican National Committee chairman, Reince Priebus, and Mr. Trump's campaign chief, the Breitbart executive Steve Bannon, are said to be top candidates for chief of staff. |
| Mr. Trump's transition team includes corporate executives, consultants and lobbyists — roles he said during the campaign exert too much influence in Washington. |
| A number of the members listed are experts with no clear interest in helping private-sector clients. But critics of Mr. Trump in both parties say the inclusion of advisers with industry ties signals that he may not follow through on his promises. |
| • Dissecting the election. |
| White women played a large role in Mr. Trump's victory, according to exit polls. Several told us in interviews that his experience as a businessman won their vote. |
| Hillary Clinton's female supporters expressed pain and shock over her loss. "It kind of felt like being punched in the stomach," one said. |
| We look at some of the campaign missteps that may have led to her defeat. |
| • Hostilities on campus. |
| Universities across the nation are scrambling to address a series of hostile acts against minorities that suggest the election has fueled a backlash against efforts to promote cultural diversity. |
| Similar episodes have been reported at high schools, including one in Pennsylvania where a video circulated of students carrying a Trump sign and yelling "white power" as they walked down a hall. |
| • Lesson on air pollution. |
| We look back to 1873, when a weeklong yellow fog killed more than 700 people in Britain, and at how it took until 1956 for clean air legislation to pass. The crisis demonstrated the difficulties of putting public health first when it comes into conflict with economic growth. |
| Parallels can be seen today in New Delhi, where dirty air recently forced schools to close for three days. |
| • In memoriam. |
| Leonard Cohen, an enigmatic and reluctant pop star, has died at 82. |
| Mr. Cohen, a Canadian poet and novelist, abandoned a promising literary career to become one of the foremost songwriters of the contemporary era. His best-known song may well be "Hallelujah." |
| In "You Want It Darker," the title track of his final studio album that was released last month, he sings, "I'm ready, my Lord." |
Business |
| • LinkedIn, the professional networking site, will be blocked in Russia after a Moscow court ruled that it breached data protection laws. |
| • Marijuana use in some form is legal in more than half the U.S., but the federal ban on the drug means that products cannot cross state lines. |
| Dixie Brands is trying to expand its operation beyond Colorado. Here's a look at the hurdles they're facing. |
| • Are you considering a big life change? If so, the key to pulling it off is planning and rigorous questioning of what you think you know, our financial advice columnist writes. |
| "Maybe something you always considered true is nothing more than someone else's opinion," he suggests. |
| • U.S. stocks were up on Thursday. Here's a snapshot of global markets. |
Noteworthy |
| • Illuminating a world wonder. |
| Our latest 360 video looks at what it takes to keep the lights on at Grand Canyon National Park. |
| • New at the movies. |
| The sci-fi film "Arrival" has some eerie extraterrestrials, but not a lot of action. Instead it "leans into feeling and thinking, and reminds you again that there's more to this genre than heavy artillery," our critic says. |
| "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," J.K. Rowling's first screenplay, is influenced by the spread of populism around the world. Searching for the right tone was a challenge: "One of them was really dark. There was a lot of stuff in the sewers," she said of a draft. |
| • Rats are ticklish. |
| That's the conclusion of researchers studying the importance of touch in forming social bonds. |
| The rats appeared to enjoy being in the lab. They made joyful leaps and emitted ultrasonic calls considered to be their equivalent of laughter. |
| • Recipe of the day. |
| Pork chops with apples make a great meal for a cold night, especially with a bottle of hard cider. |
Back Story |
| On this day in 1918, World War I, one of the largest and deadliest wars in history, effectively ended. |
| Americans honor the occasion with Veterans Day. The U.S. initially celebrated Armistice Day, but in 1954 the name was changed to include all veterans. |
| How do other countries commemorate their World War I troops? |
| In Britain and the Commonwealth of Nations, the bright red poppy is an enduring symbol, popularized by "In Flanders Fields," once called "the perfect war poem" by The New York Times. |
| Canadians celebrate Remembrance Day, which once shared its date with Thanksgiving. To avoid having its veterans overshadowed by food, the government pushed the turkey and stuffing to October. |
| While most such events are solemn, Anzac Day in Australia, held in April, has a boisterous side. Revelers pack bars for the rare chance to legally play two-up, a gambling coin-flip game popular with soldiers from Australia and New Zealand. |
| Parades and memorials are held in parts of Britain's former empire, including Kenya, South Africa and areas of India and the Caribbean, even as their World War I contributions are largely overlooked. |
| But they are getting new attention. The British Library recently posted a trove of letters by Indian soldiers, including one with a poem. |
| Its author writes that his fellow soldiers would "Like tigers, spring upon the prey/And tear the German goat away." |
| Des Shoe contributed reporting. |
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