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Good evening. Here’s the latest.
1. Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, was sentenced to three years in prison, in part for his role in a scheme during the 2016 campaign to buy the silence of two women who said they had affairs with Mr. Trump.
Prosecutors also announced they had struck a deal with the tabloid publisher American Media Inc., which played an important role in keeping those women silent.
In federal court in Manhattan, the judge said Mr. Cohen, above, had committed a “veritable smorgasbord” of crimes involving deception and “motivated by personal greed and ambition,” each of which “standing alone warrant serious punishment.”
Mr. Cohen’s sentencing involved a guilty plea in a second case as well, filed by the special counsel, Robert Mueller. Mr. Cohen admitted that he lied to Congress, failing to divulge the extent of Mr. Trump’s involvement in negotiations during the campaign to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.
“I blame myself for the conduct which has brought me here today,” Mr. Cohen told the court, “and it was my own weakness and a blind loyalty to this man that led me to choose a path of darkness over light.”
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2. Theresa May, Britain’s prime minister, survived a no-confidence vote against her leadership, called by lawmakers in her party who are angry at how she has handled the country’s troubled departure from the European Union.
Mrs. May, above, won the support of 200 Conservative lawmakers, while 117 voted against her, a close margin. The sizable opposition could further imperil her Brexit efforts, experts said.
After the vote, Mrs. May spoke of her “renewed mission”: “delivering the Brexit that people voted for, bringing the country back together and building a country that truly works for everyone.”
Here is a guide to how the process unfolded .
Separately, a shooting at a market in Strasbourg, France, was an act of terrorism, officials said. The police were conducting an intensive search for the gunman, who killed at least two people and wounded 12 others.
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3. Representative Nancy Pelosi is nearing a deal with dissident Democrats that would limit her to four years as House speaker, Democratic officials told our reporter.
The move is a clear effort to soothe Democrats eager for a new generation of leadership. Ms. Pelosi, 78, center, won an internal party vote this month to be nominated as speaker, a post she held from 2007 to 2011. But a small group of defectors has been threatening to withhold their support when the new Congress convenes next month.
Separately, our fashion critic decodes the powerful message telegraphed by Ms. Pelosi’s bold choice of outerwear leaving a meeting with the president: a flame-orange overcoat that buttons left of center.
