Mexico, LeBron James, World Cup: Your Monday Briefing
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Here’s what you need to know:
Mexico rejects the status quo
• The landslide victory by Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Sunday’s presidential election puts a leftist at the helm of Latin America’s second-largest economy for the first time in decades.
His win upends the nation’s political establishment and represents a rejection of a centrist vision and embrace of globalization that many Mexicans feel has not benefited them. Here are five takeaways from the election.
In his third bid for the presidency, Mr. López Obrador promised to end corruption, reduce violence and address endemic poverty. But he now has to deliver.
• There are distinct parallels between Mr. López Obrador and President Trump, and there will be pressure for the new Mexican leader to take a less conciliatory line with the U.S. than his predecessor did.
End of one trek, start of another
• Many migrants detained at the southern border are fitted with ankle monitors to ensure that they return for court dates. But with those appointments sometimes months away, the new arrivals disperse across the U.S.
A Times photographer in Texas witnessed the fragments of the immigration crisis as it played out.
Demonstrators across the country marched on Saturday to protest the Trump administration policy that led to the separation of immigrant parents from their children, chanting “families belong together.”
• President Trump encouraged Democratic candidates to embrace demands to dissolve Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying that doing so would doom their party at the polls.
A reshaped abortion fight
• “As partisans on both sides of the abortion divide contemplate a Supreme Court with two Trump appointees, one thing is certain: America even without legal abortion would be very different from America before abortion was legal.”
Our reporters look at how medical advances since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion have changed what might happen if the ruling is overturned. Although many experts say it’s unlikely that Roe v. Wade will be struck down, they expect a rightward-shifting court to uphold efforts to restrict abortion, in turn encouraging some states to further limit access.
On Sunday, Senator Susan Collins, a moderate Republican, said she wouldn’t support a Supreme Court nominee who showed “hostility” toward Roe v. Wade.
• Separately, the court’s decision last week striking down mandatory union fees for government workers won’t just affect organized labor. It will also disrupt a fund-raising pipeline for groups supporting liberal policies and candidates.
Denmark’s thorny integration challenge
• The country is introducing laws to regulate life in 25 low-income and heavily Muslim areas, saying that if families don’t willingly adapt to Danish culture, they should be compelled to.
Starting at age 1, children from neighborhoods that the government describes as “ghettos” will receive mandatory instruction in “Danish values,” including the traditions of Christmas and Easter, and in the Danish language. Noncompliance could result in an end to welfare payments.
“Some will wail and say, ‘We’re not equal before the law in this country,’ and ‘Certain groups are punished harder,’ but that’s nonsense,” the Danish justice minister said.
• One woman, the daughter of Lebanese refugees, said: “Danish politics is just about Muslims now. They want us to get more assimilated or get out. I don’t know when they will be satisfied with us.”
Listen to ‘The Daily’: Susan Collins on Roe v. Wade and the Next Justice
The Republican from Maine is among few senators willing to break from their parties on major issues — and who may decide the makeup of the Supreme Court.Business
• Desperate to catch up to audacious production goals, Tesla has set up a production line for its mass-market Model 3 in a huge tent. Our reporter took a tour to learn more about Elon Musk’s plan to reinvent the way cars are made.
• Amazon, which has big ambitions in India, has recruited hundreds of small businesses to get packages to customers in remote areas — including those high up in the Himalayas.
• The jobs report to be released on Friday is expected to show another strong month of growth. It’s one of the headlines to watch this week.
• U.S. stocks were up on Friday. Here’s a snapshot of global markets today.
• Want to feel happier? Your phone can help.
• Recipe of the day: Start the week on a high note with a Canadian butter tart.
Over the Weekend
• President Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, said that North Korea could dismantle its entire nuclear arsenal “in a year,” a far more aggressive schedule than the one that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlined for Congress recently.
• The German interior minister’s threat of resignation could further weaken Chancellor Angela Merkel.
• LeBron James is headed to Hollywood. The three-time N.B.A. champion announced that he would sign a four-year, $154 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers for the second time.
• China’s embassy in Washington warned citizens traveling to the U.S. about “highly frequent” gun violence.
• At the World Cup, Russia’s upset victory over Spain and Croatia’s win over Denmark were both decided by penalty kicks. Today’s matches begin at 10 a.m. Eastern.
• “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” remained No. 1 at North American box offices and has earned nearly $1 billion worldwide.
Noteworthy
• In memoriam
Dr. Arvid Carlsson, a Swedish scientist, determined the critical role that dopamine plays in the brain, leading to drugs for Parkinson’s disease and winning him a Nobel Prize. He was 95.
• Lincoln Center in turmoil
Now on its fourth leader in five years, the largest performing arts complex in the U.S. faces shuffled priorities and financial difficulties at a time when cultural organizations are already struggling to lure donors and audiences.
• Of all the gin joints in all the world …
Rick’s Café, opened in Casablanca, Morocco, by a former American diplomat, pays homage to a classic movie and is a testament to how art affects real-life destinies.
• Quotation of the day
“Nobody should tell me whether or how my daughter should go to preschool. Or when. I’d rather lose my benefits than submit to force.”
— Rokhaia Naassan, who grew up in Denmark, on new laws that tie welfare payments for residents of some areas to cultural assimilation programs.
• The Times, in other words
Here’s an image of today’s front page, and links to our Opinion content and crossword puzzles.
• What we’re reading
Our food editor, Sam Sifton, recommends this article in The Atlantic: “I thought I was sick of reading about plastic straws. But Alexis Madrigal’s ‘Disposable America’ proved me wrong.”
Back Story
How are Wimbledon ball boys and girls chosen? As the tennis tournament’s main draw begins today, here’s a look at the selection process.
In 1920, Wimbledon became the first tennis tournament to introduce ball boys (girls were not included until 1977). They were initially drawn from a children’s charity, and later from local schools.
This almost led to a shortage in 1969, when students couldn’t be spared during examinations. The tournament faced the “prospect of the world’s best players having to scurry and stoop to retrieve balls,” The Times wrote.
That certainly wouldn’t be an issue today: There are about 700 applicants each year, for 250 positions.
The average age of the candidates is 15, and they are nominated by their teachers. They must pass several exhaustive written tests about the game’s rules.
Next is physical training. Skills like rolling the ball are crucial, and ball boys and girls must do this “with the precision of a champion snooker player.”
Once the tournament begins, there are additional challenges. “Being hit with a 120 m.p.h. serve is quite memorable,” one coach said. “And it will happen to all of them.”
Jillian Rayfield wrote today’s Back Story.
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