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White House Memo
One Year In, Searching for a Strategy Behind Trump’s Unpredictability
One great truth of Trump II so far is that nobody has any idea what tomorrow holds.
By Shawn McCreesh
CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times
Syria, in Ruins
A year after the dictator fell, Syrians are returning to a country with no clear plan for rebuilding.
By Carlotta GallSaad Alnassife and Nicole Tung
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1. Despite Drastic Financial Steps, Met Opera Turns to Layoffs and Cuts
  The largest performing arts organization in the country will lay off workers, cut salaries and reduce its offerings. It may also sell its Chagall murals that are valued at $55 million.
  By Adam Nagourney
  CreditJeenah Moon/Reuters
2. News Analysis
  Canada Flexes on Global Stage With an Eye to Its Own Survival
  Prime Minister Mark Carney got a standing ovation in Davos for starkly describing the end of Pax Americana. He is looking for new allies to help his country survive it.
  By Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Ian Austen
  CreditMarkus Schreiber/Associated Press

The Front Page

Highlights

One Year In, Searching for a Strategy Behind Trump’s Unpredictability

Syria, in Ruins

Despite Drastic Financial Steps, Met Opera Turns to Layoffs and Cuts

Canada Flexes on Global Stage With an Eye to Its Own Survival

How Trump Is Pushing to Expand Presidential Power

With Threats to Greenland, Trump Sets America on the Road to Conquest

Stocks Post Biggest Drop in Months as Tensions Over Greenland Mount

Volunteers in Minnesota Deliver Groceries So Immigrants Can Hide at Home

The Subway Vigilante Who Never Left Is Back

Hidden in a Stream, New Clues About the Cause of the Spain Rail Crash

A Venezuelan Political Prisoner Finally Comes Home

Majority of Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Hawaii Gun Law

Suicides Were Frequent at the Golden Gate Bridge. Not Anymore.

Netflix Revamps Its Warner Bros. Bid, Seeking to Thwart Paramount

Now Boarding the Freedom Plane: Precious Founding-Era Documents

Joe Montgomery, Who Made Bicycles Lighter, Dies at 86

Is America Breaking Up With the Calorie?

TODAYS FRONT PAGES

International

A Venezuelan Political Prisoner Finally Comes Home

How Trump Uses the Oval Office to Flex Power on the World Stage

With Threats to Greenland, Trump Sets America on the Road to Conquest

National

Trump Store to Close as Sales Falter, With No Election Battles Ahead

Islamic Scholar’s Post-Sept. 11 Convictions Are Tossed on Free Speech Grounds

White Students Hurt by L.A. Desegregation Policy, Lawsuit Says

Obituaries

Tina Packer, Powerhouse of Shakespeare Performance, Dies at 87

Wilbur Wood, Ironman Knuckleballer for the White Sox, Is Dead at 84

Joe Montgomery, Who Made Bicycles Lighter, Dies at 86

Editorials, Op-Ed and Letters

An Old Theory Helps Explain What Happened to Renee Good

We Ask Only That You Don’t Harm Greenland

Trump Is Obsessed With Oil, but Chinese Batteries Will Soon Run the World

Business Day

Trump Threatens New Trade War as Court Weighs Whether to Check Him

All Bets Are On: The Rise of Prediction Markets

Netflix Revamps Its Warner Bros. Bid, Seeking to Thwart Paramount

The Arts

The World’s Reigning Carmen Breaks Down Her Signature Aria

Now Boarding the Freedom Plane: Precious Founding-Era Documents

President Trump’s Chosen Artist? A Christian Speed Painter.

Food

The Dinner Yotam Ottolenghi Can’t Wait to Eat in Front of the TV

To Tune Out Food Noise, Our Critic Listened to His Hunger

There’s Never Been a Better Time to Eat Chinese Food

Pages A2-A3 and Corrections

From Seal Meat to Ice Sheets: A Century of Reporting From Antarctica

Quote of the Day: Trump Mocks Allies in E.U. Before Davos

3 Steps to Fix Your Attention Span