 | | President Obama at a Veterans Day ceremony in Arlington, Va., on Friday. He leaves this afternoon for Greece, Germany and Peru. Al Drago/The New York Times | Your Monday Briefing By SEAN ALFANO |
| Good morning. |
| Here's what you need to know: |
| • Trump makes a crucial appointment. |
| President-elect Donald J. Trump has picked Reince Priebus to be his White House chief of staff. |
| By selecting the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Mr. Trump is turning to a Washington insider whose ties with the party's congressional leaders could help secure early legislative victories. |
| Here is a list of potential names being considered for cabinet posts. |
| • President-elect addresses campaign promises. |
| In a "60 Minutes" interview, Mr. Trump adjusted his stances on building a wall along the Mexican border (he said a fence may go up in some areas) and on immigration (his focus will be on deporting up to three million people considered dangerous criminals, not 11 million undocumented immigrants). |
| He also restated his pledge to name a Supreme Court justice who opposed abortion rights and would help overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that recognized them. |
| • Populist right gains voice in White House. |
| Despite not being chosen as chief of staff, Stephen K. Bannon, who helped run Mr. Trump's campaign, was named senior counselor. |
| The move closes the distance between Breitbart News, the right-wing website that Mr. Bannon once led, and the president-elect. "Our loyalty is not going to be to Donald Trump," the site's editor in chief countered. |
| • Obama heads overseas. |
| President Obama is scheduled to hold a news conference this afternoon before leaving for Greece, Germany and Peru. |
| We look at Mr. Obama's flexible approach on national security powers to guard against terrorist attacks. A civil liberties advocate says Mr. Obama is handing Mr. Trump "a fully loaded weapon." |
| Separately, some historians are reassessing Mr. Obama's legacy in light of Mr. Trump's election. |
| • Defying DNA. |
| For people with a genetic risk of heart disease, healthy habits like abstaining from smoking, moderate exercise and a diet heavy in fruits, vegetables and grains, are potent weapons to guard against the disease, a new study found. |
| In short, researchers said that genes could double the risk of heart disease, but a good lifestyle might cut it in half. Terrible habits, however, erase about half of the benefits of having good genes. |
Business |
| • Facebook has outwardly defended itself as a nonpartisan information source, but internally, employees are questioning the company's role as a media company and its influence on political discourse. |
| • The Newman's Own brand, known for its pledge to give its profits to charity, is undertaking a marketing initiative aimed at millennials. |
| Research showed that the company's message on its labels didn't stand out to a generation known to favor companies with social consciences. |
| • Personal information kept by money lenders and social networks have something in common: your cellphone number. |
| We look at how those 10 digits are becoming nearly as valuable as a Social Security number. |
| • U.S. stocks finished slightly down on Friday. Here's a snapshot of global markets. |
Over the Weekend |
| • Hillary Clinton cast blame for her election loss on the F.B.I.'s surprise decision to open a new inquiry into her use of a private email server. |
| In remarks to donors, Mrs. Clinton said the revived investigation "stopped our momentum." |
| • Two powerful earthquakes, the first measuring 7.8 magnitude, hit near Christchurch, New Zealand, triggering multiple tsunami waves and forcing evacuations along part of the coastline. At least two people were killed. |
| • In memoriam: Leon Russell, 74, a musician known for his trademark top hat and for writing hit songs. "He sang, he wrote and he played just how I wanted to do it," Elton John once said of Russell. |
| • Conor McGregor defeated the lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez in the Ultimate Fighting Championship's New York City debut. |
| • "Doctor Strange" was again No. 1 at the North American box office during a very good weekend for Hollywood. |
Noteworthy |
| • Urban shepherds |
| Development and drought have depleted pastureland around Nairobi, Kenya's capital, forcing cattle to graze along highways and even in cemeteries. |
| • Paris attacks, one year later. |
| On Nov. 13, 2015, Islamic State militants in Paris killed 130 people and wounded nearly 500. We interviewed 27 people who witnessed parts of those events and asked them to recount what they experienced. |
| "Paris is still full of life," said a man whose wife was killed at the Bataclan concert hall. "I don't think we say enough how courageous this is." |
| • Latest New York City tourist attraction. |
| "They strolled around while a gaggle of onlookers tried to pose for selfies with them. Some people fed the animals soft pretzels from a pushcart by hand." |
| That observation was by our reporter near Central Park. The animals referred to are raccoons. City officials, though, would like to discourage visitors from sharing food. |
| • Recipe of the day. |
| Bake some cod and potatoes for a simple meal. While it's in the oven, read up on a smarter way to roast a turkey for Thanksgiving. |
Back Story |
| The outcomes of the baseball World Series and the United States presidential election were two possible once-in-a-lifetime events this month. Look to tonight's sky and you'll be in for one more. |
| The so-called supermoon makes a beaming return to the night sky. It's the closest full moon to Earth since 1948. |
| If you missed it early this morning, you can catch tonight's rise in spectacular fashion. The moon tonight will appear significantly larger and brighter than usual. (Though some people, our science writer included, argue that the event is overhyped.) |
| You may also hear references to the Beaver Moon, a moniker that the Old Farmer's Almanac traces to Native Americans' naming moons to track the seasons. |
| In August, there's the Sturgeon Moon, when the fish were readily available in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The Strawberry Moon rises in June when the fruit is at its ripest. This week's moonrise coincides with the time of year that beaver traps were set, before the first freeze. |
| "There are a lot of cool things to find in the night sky these days," said Noah Petro, a NASA researcher, but tonight is the night "to enjoy the moon." |
| Remy Tumin contributed reporting. |
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