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Following Others on Migration

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U.S. Downs Iranian DroneWith the government nearing a debtdefault, budget negotiators try to isolateMick Mulvaney, who has been skepticalabout a default’s fallout. PAGE A14

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Sidelining the Chief of StaffWho’s the boss? In Westchester Coun-ty’s Mount Vernon, two men occupyseparate offices in City Hall and bothclaim to be the mayor. PAGE A20

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WASHINGTON — Nervous Re-publicans, from senior membersof Congress to his own daughterIvanka, urged President Trumpon Thursday to repudiate the“send her back” chant directed ata Somali-born congresswomanduring his speech the night beforeat a rally in North Carolina, amidwidespread fears that the rallyhad veered into territory thatcould hurt their party in 2020.

In response, Mr. Trump disa-vowed the behavior of his ownsupporters in comments to re-porters at the White House andclaimed that he had tried to con-tain it, an assertion clearly contra-dicted by video of the event.

Mr. Trump said he was “nothappy” with the chant directed atRepresentative Ilhan Omar of

Minnesota, a freshman Democratwho is Muslim. At the rallyWednesday evening, he had beenin the middle of denouncing her asan anti-American leftist who hasspoken in “vicious, anti-Semiticscreeds” when the chant was tak-en up by the crowd.

Pressed on why he did not stopit, Mr. Trump said, “I think I did —I started speaking very quickly.”In fact, as the crowd roared “sendher back,” Mr. Trump paused andlooked around silently for morethan 10 seconds as the scene un-folded in front of him, doing noth-ing to halt the chorus. “I didn’t saythat,” he added. “They did.”

Mr. Trump’s cleanup attemptreflected the misgivings of politi-

PRESSED BY G.O.P.,TRUMP DISAVOWS

‘SEND HER BACK’

‘NOT HAPPY’ WITH CHANT

Backing Off as Allies SeeRisks for 2020 AfterCrowd Jeers Omar

This article is by Julie HirschfeldDavis, Maggie Haberman and Mi-chael Crowley.

Just returned to the White House from the Great State of North Carolina. What a crowd, and what great people. The enthusiasm blows away our rivals on the Radical Left.

Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump

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Federal prosecutors signaled ina court document released onThursday that it was unlikely theywould file additional charges inthe hush-money investigationthat ensnared members of DonaldJ. Trump’s inner circle and threat-ened to derail his presidency.

In the document, the prosecu-tors said they had “effectivelyconcluded” their inquiry, whichcentered on payments made dur-ing the 2016 presidential cam-paign to buy the silence of twowomen who said they had had af-fairs with Mr. Trump.

The outcome appeared to be alegal victory for Mr. Trump, whomprosecutors implicated last yearin directing the payments. Mr.Trump had denied the affairs andany wrongdoing, but his aidesconsidered the inquiry a greaterthreat than even the special coun-sel’s investigation into Russian in-terference in the election.

At the same time, other docu-ments released on Thursday of-fered the government’s most de-tailed account yet of Mr. Trump’sinvolvement in the hush-moneypayments, showing he was inclose touch with Michael D. Co-hen, the president’s former law-yer and fixer, while the paymentswere being arranged. The day be-fore paying $130,000 to StormyDaniels, a pornographic film ac-tress, in October 2016, Mr. Cohenspoke on the phone with Mr.Trump twice. Less than 30 min-utes later, Mr. Cohen took steps toopen a bank account to pay thewoman, the documents showed.

Mr. Cohen also spoke with Pres-ident Trump the day after wiringthe money to the woman’s lawyer,the documents said. Although it isnot known what was said duringthe phone calls, the new disclo-sures seem to contradict repeatedstatements by Mr. Trump, andthose close to him, that they wereunaware that Mr. Cohen had ar-ranged the payments.

The documents did not addresswhat led the prosecutors with theUnited States attorney’s office inManhattan to conclude their in-quiry, but people briefed on thematter said that earlier this yearinvestigators had encountered ob-stacles to filing additionalcharges.

With Mr. Trump, the prosecu-tors were limited by more thanjust a Justice Department policythat bars charging a sitting presi-dent with a federal crime, one ofthe people said. Prosecutors alsograppled with whether they hadenough evidence to show that Mr.Trump had understood campaignfinance laws and had intentionallyviolated them.

New ChargesIn Payoff CaseAre Not Likely

A Legal Win for Trump,Despite Revelations

By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUMand BEN PROTESS

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TOKYO — The attacker washeard screaming “Die!” as he ig-nited the liquid he had splashedaround an anime studio in Japan.

Within minutes the studio, Ky-oto Animation, was a scene of hor-ror: a man hanging from a ledgeas flames licked the walls; a pile ofbodies on a staircase leading tothe roof; a barefoot woman sobadly burned that all a bystandercould do was spray her with waterand wait for help.

By the time the fire was dousedon Thursday, 33 people had diedand three dozen had been injured,shocking a nation considered oneof the world’s safest. The blaze ap-peared to be its worst mass killingin decades, and prompted a globaloutpouring of grief, especiallyamong fans of anime — a school ofanimation that has become synon-ymous with Japan.

The attack shook a country stillreeling from a stabbing rampagein a Tokyo suburb just weeks ago.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe saidthe latest attack left him “at a lossfor words.”

Although Japan has a very lowrate of violent crime, there areeruptions of rare but extremely vi-olent attacks.

In May, a man stabbed 17schoolgirls, killing one of themand an adult.

In 1995, members of a dooms-day cult, Aum Shinrikyo, carriedout a nerve-gas attack on Tokyo’ssubway system, killing 13 peopleand injuring thousands.

And in 2016, a mass stabbing ata center for people with disabili-ties outside the city became theworst massacre in Japan sinceWorld War II.

The death toll of the Kyoto firewas higher than in any of those at-tacks, and nearly rivaled that of afire in 2001 that killed 44 people ina crowded gambling club in To-kyo’s entertainment district. Thatfire was investigated as possiblearson, but the authorities couldnot confirm that it had been delib-erately set.

For the Japanese public, the Ky-oto fire touched a nerve, and manypoured out their grief on socialmedia: The hashtag #pray-forKyoAni was circulated hun-dreds of thousands of times on-line.

The studio has produced popu-lar shows and movies, amongthem “The Melancholy of HaruhiSuzumiya,” “K-On” and “Clan-nad,” and has done contract work

33 Are KilledIn Kyoto Arson,Startling Japan

By MOTOKO RICH

An attack on an animation studio in Kyoto, Japan, on Thursday appeared to be the country’s worst mass killing in decades.KYODO NEWS, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

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SAN JUAN, P.R. — In the crush-ing days after Hurricane Maria,Gov. Ricardo A. Rosselló declaredin no uncertain terms, “PuertoRico se levanta.” Puerto Ricorises.

The call was meant as a rallyingcry for recovery from the brutalhurricane that struck the island in2017, a slogan of hope amid calam-ity.

A year and a half later, PuertoRico was rising in a different way— a popular uprising that fornearly a week has filled the cob-blestone streets of colonial SanJuan with tens of thousands ofpeople and a unifying message:The governor must go.

Ostensibly, the demonstratorswere protesting the arrogant and

crass exchanges by the governorand his inner circle in a leakedgroup chat and the corruption oftop politicians unveiled by a seriesof high-profile arrests. But theforceful display amounted to a re-jection of decades of scandals andmismanagement involving afflu-ent and disconnected leaders whohave time and again benefited atthe expense of suffering PuertoRicans.

The outcry triggered by thechat has brought the UnitedStates commonwealth to a cross-roads, with far-reaching implica-

tions. For now, Mr. Rosselló is stillgovernor. But the persistent ques-tion about how Puerto Rico mightbe governed amid so many diffi-culties remains.

Some of Mr. Rosselló’s ambi-tious goals, including the push forstatehood, will almost certainly beshelved now. And his rapidly di-minishing power has handed po-litical fuel to President Trump,who on Thursday again deridedthe island’s leaders as not compe-tent enough to manage federaldisaster relief funds.

“A lot of bad things are happen-ing in Puerto Rico,” Mr. Trumpsaid in a pair of Twitter posts. “Iknow the people of Puerto Ricowell, and they are great. But muchof their leadership is corrupt, &robbing the U.S. Governmentblind!”

‘Process of Trauma’ Drives Puerto Rico ProtestsBy PATRICIA MAZZEI

and FRANCES ROBLESScandal and Disregard

on an Island ReelingFrom Disasters

Puerto Rican musicians joined a protest against Gov. Ricardo Rosselló on Wednesday in San Juan.ERIKA P. RODRIGUEZ FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

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CINCINNATI — On a drizzlymorning last summer, PatriciaJackson opened her door to twostrangers. They told her they hadcome on behalf of a man namedAngelo Robinson.

Ms. Jackson grew cold at themention. Angelo Robinson wasthe man who had shot and killedher sister, Veronica, 21 years earli-er. She told them she wanted noth-

ing to do with him.“I understand,” one of the wom-

en said, as she recalled. “Can I atleast talk with you about somethings?”

Reluctantly, Ms. Jackson letthem in. And they talked about

some things: tragic mistakes, re-morse, retribution and the possi-bility of redemption.

Though the United States hasthe world’s largest prison popula-tion, attempts to roll back mass in-carceration have largely been lim-ited to inmates convicted of nonvi-olent crimes. Though more thanhalf of those in state prisons wereconvicted of hurting or killingsomeone, their release has been,politically, off limits. Now an effort

A Push to Reduce Prison Time, Even for Murder

By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON Hard Questions in OhioAbout Redemption

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President Trump said Thurs-day that he would name EugeneScalia as his next secretary of la-bor, tapping the longtime laborlawyer and son of the former Su-preme Court justice AntoninScalia for a position with vast re-sponsibility over the Americanwork force.

The appointment is likely to becontested by Democrats and laborunions because Mr. Scalia has along record of representing Wal-mart and other companies thatpushed back against unions andtougher labor laws. He was a toplawyer for the Labor Department

in the George W. Bush administra-tion and is currently a partner inthe Washington office of Gibson,Dunn & Crutcher, a prominentcorporate law firm.

In a post on Twitter, Mr. Trumpsaid Mr. Scalia “has led a life ofgreat success in the legal and la-bor field and is highly respected.”

If confirmed, Mr. Scalia will re-place Alexander Acosta, who wasdistrusted by anti-labor conserva-tives during his two and a halfyears in the job. He said last weekthat he would resign amid scru-tiny of his handling of a sex crimescase involving the financier andonetime Trump friend Jeffrey Ep-stein when Mr. Acosta was a fed-eral prosecutor in Florida.

Scalia’s Son, Union Antagonist,Is Trump’s Pick for Labor Chief

This article is by Maggie Ha-berman, Noam Scheiber and Mi-chael Crowley.

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The agency declined the advice of itsexperts, who said the chemical, chlor-pyrifos, could cause developmentaldisabilities in children. PAGE A13

E.P.A. Won’t Ban Pesticide

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