But President Trump wants his budget director, Mick Mulvaney, to lead the agency.
• Ms. English filed suit on Sunday to block that appointment, and it’s unclear who will be running the bureau this morning.
Iran’s new patriots.
• Our correspondent in Tehran reports: “After years of cynicism, sneering or simply tuning out all things political, Iran’s urban middle classes have been swept up in a wave of nationalist fervor.”
While years in the making, the changing attitude has been driven by two factors: President Trump and Saudi Arabia, Iran’s regional rival.
• A $100 billion U.S. arms deal with the Saudis — and the foreign policy moves of the Saudi crown prince — have led to widespread public support in Iran for the hard-line view that Washington and Riyadh cannot be trusted.
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Myanmar’s other leader.
• Gen. Min Aung Hlaing has led the military campaign to drive out Rohingya Muslims, an effort that the U.S. has declared to be ethnic cleansing.
He has effectively sidelined Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s de facto civilian leader. She has been heavily criticized for allowing the Rohingya’s expulsion, but she has no authority over the armed forces.
• The general is set to meet Pope Francis, who began a trip to the overwhelmingly Buddhist nation today. Some Roman Catholic officials are worried that the pope’s willingness to call out injustice could endanger Myanmar’s Christian minority.
About that Nazi story ...
• Over the weekend, The Times published a profile of a white nationalist and Nazi sympathizer in Ohio that led to a lot of criticism.
Many readers accused The Times of normalizing neo-Nazi views and behavior.
• Our national editor, Marc Lacey, responded to those concerns and explained how the piece came about, why we wrote it and why we think it was important. The reporter, Richard Fausset, also offered his thoughts.
A special relationship.
• Prince Harry is engaged to his American girlfriend, Meghan Markle, the British royal family announced today. Their wedding is set for next spring.
The prince, 33, is fifth in line to the throne. Ms. Markle, 36, is an actress.
• Their relationship has been the subject of intense media scrutiny, which last year prompted the prince to denounce the “racial undertones” of news coverage of Ms. Markle, whose mother is black and whose father is white.
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Business
• The Meredith Corporation, owner of magazines including Family Circle and Better Homes and Gardens, is buying Time Inc. for nearly $3 billion. Meredith has the support of the billionaires Charles and David Koch.
• Amazon, looking for ways to lower prices, has been recruiting vendors from India to sell their goods directly on its American site.
• A confirmation hearing for Jerome Powell, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, is among the headlines to watch this week.
• U.S. stocks were up on Friday. Here’s a snapshot of global markets.
Smarter Living
Tips, both new and old, for a more fulfilling life.
• Take these small steps to create a happier life.
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• You’re getting better with age. Your makeup should, too.
• Recipe of the day: Spaghetti with a creamy lemon sauce works for a meatless Monday.
Over the Weekend
• In the N.F.L., the Philadelphia Eagles won their ninth straight game. Here are Sunday’s scores.
• Auburn upset top-ranked Alabama, complicating college football’s playoff picture.
• Pixar’s “Coco” made $71 million over the holiday weekend to earn the top spot at North American box offices.
Noteworthy
• An artist ahead of his time.
In today’s 360 video, an exhibit in Milan focuses on the futuristic work of Lucio Fontana, who died in 1968.
VideoFontana, an Artist Ahead of His Time
Lucio Fontana, who died in 1968, was best known for his slashes on canvas. An exhibition in Milan is casting a new light on a less known part of his work that sets him at the forefront of art installation.
By GUGLIELMO MATTIOLI and SAMANTHA QUICK on Publish Date November 27, 2017. Photo by Guglielmo Mattioli/New York Times. Technology by Samsung.. Watch in Times Video »• Making money on the moon.
An international agreement called the Outer Space Treaty spells out what countries are and are not allowed to do in space.
The 50-year-old agreement may be getting in the way of entrepreneurs with plans to push into space farther and faster than agencies like NASA.
• Something everyone can agree on.
She has become America’s Large Adult Daughter, its triumphant baby queen, its reigning diva with the skin texture of a wet avocado.
Meet Fiona, a baby hippo — and social media star — at Cincinnati Zoo.
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• Quotation of the day.
“In the start of the season we have Plan A and in the middle we have Plan Z, and then we go around the alphabet like three times.”
— Ester Ledecka, on juggling her schedule as she tries to become the first athlete to compete in both skiing and snowboarding at the Olympics.
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Back Story
“We’ll always have Paris.”
Seventy-five years ago today, The Times published its review of “Casablanca,” the romance filmed and released during World War II that became one of the most beloved — and oft-quoted — Hollywood movies of all time.
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The film is set in Rick’s Café Américain, a swinging bar “through which swirls a backwash of connivers, crooks and fleeing European refugees,” as the Nazis take over Europe. Vichy France controls the port city — and the exit visas required to leave it. The price is high, and refugees are desperate to snag them on the black market.
The stars were Hollywood A-listers: Humphrey Bogart as Rick; Ingrid Bergman as his long-lost love, Ilsa; and Paul Henreid as her husband, the heroic resistance leader Victor Laszlo.
Mr. Henreid was, in fact, a staunchly anti-Nazi European. Critics have written that the film was strengthened by the many refugees and exiles in the supporting cast, including Madeleine Lebeau, who belts out “La Marseillaise” through tears in one of the most famous scenes.
Noah Isenberg, the author of a recent book on the film, said it still retains its magic, in part because it confronts a deep moral question: “Do you stick your neck out?”
Karen Zraick contributed reporting.
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An earlier version of a picture caption in this briefing misidentified the country that the athlete Ester Ledecka is from. It is the Czech Republic, not Czechoslovakia. (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993.)
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