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TRENTON — The debate in theNew Jersey Legislature overwhether to legalize recreationalmarijuana is unexpectedly turn-ing into a wrenching discussionabout fairness in the criminal jus-tice system and the role of race inhundreds of thousands of drugconvictions over the decades.

As lawmakers edge closer toapproving a marijuana legaliza-tion bill, they are also weighing agroundbreaking companionmeasure that would clear thecriminal records of many peoplewith drug offenses. Ten otherstates and Washington have de-criminalized recreational mari-juana, but none have gone so far inaddressing historic inequities indrug sentencing in tandem withlegalization measures.

Supporters of the proposal inNew Jersey to expunge criminalrecords say strict drug laws in thestate have long unfairly targetedminorities: A black New Jerseyresident is three times more likely

to be arrested on marijuana-relat-ed offenses than a white resident,a recent study found.

As Trenton begins to debate amarijuana bill approved on Mon-day by a joint legislative commit-tee, creating an efficient processfor tossing out past convictionshas become central to gainingsupport from lawmakers who rep-resent predominantly African-

New Jersey Ties Legalizing PotTo a Debate on Racial Fairness

By NICK CORASANITI

Medical marijuana at a dispen-sary in Secaucus, N.J.

BRYAN ANSELM FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

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SARAJEVO, Bosnia andHerzegovina — Arijan Kurbasic,the manager of the War HostelSarajevo in the Bosnian capital,

knows that hisidea of hospital-ity is not to ev-eryone’s taste

and is ready to relax the houserules a bit.

He will, for example, turndown the volume on a soundsystem that, day and night, fillsthe place with the din of gunfireand explosions.

Getting to sleep can still be achallenge: There are no beds,only thin mattresses on the floorwith no pillows or sheets, andheavy, scratchy blankets thatcreate the feeling of sleepingwith a dead horse.

The décor is hardly soothing —lots of guns and, in one room, aposter screaming “Death” and“The End.”

And while other hotels offerluxury suites and sweepingviews of Sarajevo’s old town toguests looking for a particularlymemorable stay, Mr. Kurbasic

offers the ultimate in self-depri-vation — “the bunker,” a window-less dungeon room so hellishlyand deliberately uncomfortablethat, he said, “it is insane to wantto sleep there.”

A former Sarajevo tour guide,

Mr. Kurbasic, 27, said he hadquickly realized that what manytourists really wanted to knowabout was the glorious city’sagonies during Bosnia’s 1992-95war. “I decided to give people

No Bed, No Breakfast. But the Gunfire Is Divine.By ANDREW HIGGINS

The sounds of war are piped into rooms at a Sarajevo hostel.LAURA BOUSHNAK FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

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SARAJEVODISPATCH

WASHINGTON — Furiousover being denied a C.I.A. briefingon the killing of a Saudi journalist,senators from both partiesspurned the Trump administra-tion on Wednesday with a stingingvote to consider ending Americanmilitary support for the Saudi-backed war in Yemen.

The Senate voted 63 to 37 tobring to the floor a measure to lim-it presidential war powers in Yem-en. It was the strongest signal yetthat Republican and Democraticsenators alike remain vehementlyskeptical of the administration’sinsistence that the Saudi crownprince cannot, with certainty, beblamed for the death of the jour-nalist Jamal Khashoggi.

While the vote showed wide-spread disapproval of the admin-istration’s stance, it did not neces-sarily indicate that the measurewould ultimately be approved.

It took place hours after Secre-tary of State Mike Pompeo andDefense Secretary Jim Mattisbriefed senators about the Yemenconflict in a classified discussion,which the administration hadhoped would convince lawmakersthat Saudi Arabia must remain avital American ally.

But many senators had insistedthat Gina Haspel, the C.I.A. direc-tor, also be there to answer ques-tions about Mr. Khashoggi’sdeath. American officials havesaid the C.I.A., which Mr. Pompeoled until the spring, has concludedthat the Saudi crown prince, Mo-hammed bin Salman, ordered thekilling in the Saudi Consulate in Is-tanbul last month.

ANGRY SENATORSSPURN PRESIDENTON WAR IN YEMEN

A STINGING VOTE ON AID

Disapproval of Trump’sDefense of Saudis in

Journalist’s Killing

This article is by Gardiner Harris,Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper andNicholas Fandos.

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WASHINGTON — Representa-tive Nancy Pelosi overwhelm-ingly won the Democratic nomi-nation on Wednesday to bespeaker when the new Congressconvenes in January, but the de-fection of 32 Democrats signaledthat she could still face a divisivefight to lead the House just as theparty assumes control.

The result kept alive the threatof a messy intraparty feud andtouched off what promises to bean intense period of internal arm-twisting and cajoling by a leaderrenowned for both. At the sametime, it confirmed that despite adrumbeat of calls within her cau-cus for new leadership, mostDemocrats support returning the78-year-old Californian, the firstwoman to be speaker, to the post.

In a secret-ballot vote thatdramatized rifts among Demo-crats only weeks after midtermelection victories handed themthe majority, Ms. Pelosi, runningunopposed, won support from 203Democrats. Beyond the 32 novotes, three ballots were leftblank.

“It’s a big victory,” she exultedas she made her way to the Capitolafter the results were announced,brushing aside questions abouther detractors and saying she felt“great.”

To become speaker, Ms. Pelosimust win 218 votes in a Housefloor vote on Jan. 3. That gives op-ponents time to recruit a seriouschallenger, something they havesaid could occur only once theyshowed that she lacked the votesto be elected.

But the tally also demonstratedthe limits of a group of dissidentswho want fresh faces at the top ofthe party. They include newcom-ers who campaigned promising tochange Congress, some of whommade explicit pledges not to votefor Ms. Pelosi, who has led HouseDemocrats for more than 15 years.

Speaking with reporters as the

Win for Pelosi,But Defections Signal a Tussle

Democratic Rifts OverHouse’s Next Leader

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS

Representative Nancy Pelosi of California secured the Democratic nomination for House speaker on Wednesday in a 203-to-32 vote.ERIN SCHAFF FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

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With just two words on Wednes-day, the Federal Reserve’s chair-man sent stocks surging by rais-ing hopes that the central bankmight be closer to ending its pushto drive up interest rates.

The chairman, Jerome H. Pow-ell, said the Fed’s benchmark in-terest rate was “just below” theneutral level, meaning the centralbank was close to the point whereit would not be tapping on thebrakes or pressing on the gas.Only last month, Mr. Powell hadsaid it was “a long way” from neu-tral, leaving investors worriedthat the rate increases wouldcrimp growth.

The small change sent stockssoaring 2.3 percent, erasing thelosses from a rocky November. To

investors, the new wording meantthat the Fed might leave ratescloser to their current level, keep-ing in place the steady fuel thatlow rates have provided to a 10-year-long bull market.

Analysts quickly warned thatinvestors were overreacting.There was little evidence in therest of Mr. Powell’s speech that heintended to signal a change inplans.

But the market’s euphoria un-derscored the chairman’s strug-gles to strike the right pitch in an

increasingly challenging eco-nomic and political environment,as President Trump attacks theFed and the country’s growthcomes under pressure. The mar-ket has been jittery over concernsthat further rate increases couldundermine the economy at a timewhen the prospects for companiesand consumers may be softening.

The economy has been a pictureof health, expanding at a 3.5 per-cent annualized pace during thethird quarter. The unemploymentrate has fallen to 3.7 percent, itslowest level in almost half a cen-tury. Inflation has picked up this

Markets Soar on Two Words From Fed ChairmanBy BINYAMIN APPELBAUM

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A Rebound After PowellHints at a Minimal

Change to Rates

After three weeks of draws failed toproduce a winner, Norway’s MagnusCarlsen retained his world title bybeating the American Fabiano Caruanain sudden-death chess. PAGE B8

SPORTSTHURSDAY B8-11

Crowning a Chess King

The exiting president of Mexico causeda national furor by bestowing a presti-gious award to Jared Kushner, Presi-dent Trump’s son-in-law. PAGE A4

Kushner Honor Angers Mexico

Russia’s seizure of three Ukrainianships has complicated PresidentTrump’s plan to talk to President Vladi-mir V. Putin of Russia in Buenos Airesthis week. News Analysis. PAGE A6

INTERNATIONAL A4-10

High Stakes for Putin Meeting

Investigators searched the office of thepresident of the Catholic Bishops Con-ference for records on a priest accusedof indecency with a child. PAGE A17

NATIONAL A12-18

Archdiocese Office Raided

Margaret Atwood says “The Testa-ments,” the sequel to be released inSeptember 2019, will explore the paral-lels between her imagined dystopia andour current political climate. PAGE C1

ARTS C1-8

Another ‘Handmaid’s Tale’

The Carpetbagger columnist Kyle Bu-chanan won’t ponder whether the Acad-emy Awards matter. He knows they do— because as a snapshot of Hollywood,they also reflect so much more. PAGE C1

Why the Oscars Are Essential

After lunch with President Trump at theWhite House, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomoleft with no deal on funding for a newHudson River train tunnel. PAGE A20

NEW YORK A20-23

No Resolution on Train Tunnel

In his final State of the Art column,Farhad Manjoo offers three new max-ims for surviving the next era of tech-nology. PAGE B1

BUSINESS B1-7

Last Words of Advice on Tech

Bayard Winthrop, American Giant’sfounder, was told the fabric couldn’t bemade in the U.S. He disagreed. PAGE D1

THURSDAY STYLES D1-10

American-Made Flannel

Gail Collins PAGE A26

EDITORIAL, OP-ED A26-27

WASHINGTON — Escalatinghis attacks on the special counselinvestigation, President Trumpsaid on Wednesday that a presi-dential pardon for his former cam-paign chairman Paul Manafort is“not off the table,” casting him andother subjects of the inquiry asvictims of prosecutorial abuse.

Although Mr. Trump had notdiscussed a pardon for Mr. Man-afort, “I wouldn’t take it off the ta-ble,” he said in an Oval Office in-terview with The New York Post.“Why would I take it off the ta-ble?”

He said that prosecutors for thespecial counsel, Robert S. MuellerIII, had poorly treated Mr. Man-afort, who was convicted of eightfelonies this summer and pleadedguilty to two more.

Though Mr. Trump is given toloose promises that go unfulfilled,the suggestion of a pardon wasnonetheless remarkable. It cameas his rhetorical attacks on Mr.Mueller have grown increasinglyprovocative — the presidenttweeted on Wednesday that pros-ecutors were “viciously tellingwitnesses to lie about facts & theywill get relief” — and as leadingRepublican senators againthwarted an effort to protect Mr.Mueller from being fired.

The president’s declaration alsocapped a turn of events for Mr.Manafort, who was a cooperatingwitness for Mr. Mueller until pros-ecutors declared this week that hehad lied to them in breach of hisplea agreement. They were said tobe frustrated in part because oneof his lawyers was updating Mr.Trump’s legal team about thecase.

By leaving open the possibilityof pardoning a former aide whoselawyer was a source of inside in-formation about an investigationinto Mr. Trump himself, the presi-dent showed a new willingness to

Trump RaisesIdea of Pardon

For ManafortBy SHARON LaFRANIEREand NICHOLAS FANDOS

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