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VOL. CLXVII . . . No. 58,023 © 2018 The New York Times Company NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JULY 14, 2018
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New York City has built more than 70pedestrian plazas in the last 10 years toimprove traffic flow. To many, they looklike parks in the street. PAGE A19
NEW YORK A17-19
Places to Park Without a Car
A New Jersey power company and thefamily of a woman who used an oxygenmachine disagree on the events leadingto the loss of her electricity. PAGE A17
Powerless Before Death
Late Edition
Àngela Ponce of Spain will become thefirst transgender woman to compete inthe Miss Universe pageant. PAGE A10
INTERNATIONAL A4-10
Aiming for a Crown and Rights
A special election for a House seat pitsrural voters against the kind of affluent,rapidly growing suburbs that Demo-crats need to win. PAGE A11
NATIONAL A11-16
Testing G.O.P.’s Grip in OhioTech for Campaigns, a volunteer net-work of people with jobs at places likeGoogle, is trying to drag Democraticcampaigns into the digital age. PAGE B1
BUSINESS DAY B1-7
Some Tech Help for DemocratsTHIS WEEKEND
WASHINGTON — It was one ofthe more outlandish statements ina campaign replete with them: Ina news conference in July 2016,Donald J. Trump made a direct ap-peal to Russia to hack Hillary Clin-ton’s emails and make them pub-lic.
“Russia, if you’re listening, Ihope you’re able to find the 30,000emails that are missing,” Mr.Trump said, referring to emailsMrs. Clinton had deleted from theprivate account she had usedwhen she was secretary of state.“I think you will probably be re-warded mightily by our press.”
As it turns out, that same day,the Russians — whether they hadtuned in or not — made their firsteffort to break into the serversused by Mrs. Clinton’s personal of-
fice, according to a sweeping 29-page indictment unsealed Fridayby the special counsel’s office thatcharged 12 Russians with electionhacking.
The indictment did not addressthe question of whether the Rus-sians’ actions were actually in re-sponse to Mr. Trump. It said noth-ing at all about Mr. Trump’s re-quest for help from Russia — a re-mark that had unnervedAmerican intelligence and law en-forcement officials who wereclosely monitoring Russia’s ef-forts to influence the election.
But the indictment did offersome clues about what happened,implying that the hacking had oc-curred later on the day Mr. Trumpissued his invitation. He made the
‘Russia, if You’re Listening . . . ,’ Trump Said. Perhaps It Was.
By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
Continued on Page A13
Corporate profits have rarelyswept up a bigger share of the na-tion’s wealth, and workers haverarely shared a smaller one.
The lopsided split is especiallypronounced given how low the of-ficial unemployment rate hassunk. Throughout the recessionand much of its aftermath, whenmany Americans were grateful toreceive a paycheck instead of apink slip, jobs and raises were inshort supply. Now, complaints oflabor shortages are as common astweets. For the first time in a longwhile, workers have some lever-age to push for more.
Yet many are far from makingup all the lost ground. Hourlyearnings have moved forward at acrawl, with higher prices givingworkers less buying power thanthey had last summer. Last-minute scheduling, no-poachingand noncompete clauses, and theuse of independent contractorsare popular tactics that put work-ers at a disadvantage. Threats tomove operations overseas, wherelabor is cheaper, continue to loom.
And in the background, the na-tion’s central bankers standpoised to raise interest rates anddeliberately rein in growth ifwages climb too rapidly.
Workers, understandably, areasking whether they are getting araw deal.
“Sure, you can get a job slinginghamburgers somewhere or work-ing in a warehouse,” saidChristina Jones, 53, of Mobile, Ala.Ms. Jones spent eight monthssearching for a job with livingwages and benefits, after beinglaid off from a paper companywhere she had worked for nearly13 years. Dozens of interviews lat-er, she landed work last month at aconcrete crushing company as anaccounts payable clerk for $14 anhour — two-thirds her previoussalary.
“You hear, ‘Oh, the unemploy-ment rate is as low as it’s everbeen,’” Ms. Jones said, but “it wasdiscouraging.”
Businesses have been moresuccessful at regaining lossesfrom the downturn. Since the re-cession ended in 2009, corporateprofits have grown at an annu-alized rate of 6.5 percent. Severalsectors have done much better. OnFriday, for example, banks like JP-Morgan Chase and Citigroup re-ported outsize double-digit earn-ings in the second quarter.
Yearly wage growth has yet to
Profits Swell,But LaborersSee No Relief
By PATRICIA COHEN
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ATTACK ON THE PRESS The president took his denigration of journal-ists on the road, giving a fresh audience a front-row seat. PAGE A14
POWERFUL REACH Russia military intelligence has been entangledwith some of that nation’s most contentious actions. PAGE A13
WASHINGTON — The specialcounsel investigating Russian in-terference in the 2016 election is-sued an indictment of 12 Russianintelligence officers on Friday inthe hacking of the Democratic Na-tional Committee and the Clintonpresidential campaign. The indict-ment came only three days beforePresident Trump was planning tomeet with President Vladimir V.Putin of Russia in Helsinki, Fin-land.
The 29-page indictment is themost detailed accusation by theAmerican government to date ofthe Russian government’s inter-ference in the 2016 election, and itincludes a litany of brazen Rus-sian subterfuge operations meantto foment chaos in the months be-fore Election Day.
From phishing attacks to gainaccess to Democratic operatives,to money laundering, to attemptsto break into state electionsboards, the indictment details avigorous and complex effort byRussia’s top military intelligenceservice to sabotage the campaignof Mr. Trump’s Democratic rival,Hillary Clinton.
The timing of the indictment, byRobert S. Mueller III, the specialcounsel, added a jolt of tension tothe already freighted atmospheresurrounding Mr. Trump’s meetingwith Mr. Putin. It is all but certainto feed into the conspiratorialviews held by the president and
some of his allies that Mr. Muel-ler’s prosecutors are determinedto undermine Mr. Trump’s designsfor a rapprochement with Russia.
The president has long ex-pressed doubtthat Russia wasbehind the 2016attacks, and the11-count indict-ment illustrateseven more thedistance be-tween his skep-ticism and thenearly unani-mous views ofthe intelligenceand law en-
forcement agencies he leads.“Free and fair elections are
hard fought and contentious, andthere will always be adversarieswho work to exacerbate domesticdifferences and try to confuse, di-vide and conquer us,” Rod J.Rosenstein, the deputy attorneygeneral, said Friday during anews conference announcing theindictment.
“So long as we are united in ourcommitment to the shared valuesenshrined in the Constitution,they will not succeed,” he said.
It was a striking statement aday after Republican members ofCongress, engaging in a shoutingmatch during a hearing, attackedPeter Strzok, the F.B.I. agent who
12 RUSSIAN AGENTS CHARGED IN DRIVE
TO UPSET ’16 VOTEIndictment in Mueller’s Inquiry Comes
Days Ahead of Trump-Putin Talks
By MARK MAZZETTI and KATIE BENNER
Continued on Page A12
RodRosenstein
LONDON — It was damagecontrol, Trump style.
A day after creating a diplo-matic incident in Britain, Presi-dent Trump kind of apologized tohis host, Prime Minister TheresaMay, but did not entirely back offthe critical statements about herhandling of Britain’s withdrawalfrom the European Union that cre-ated the problem in the first place.
He used a news conference atMrs. May’s country home to assailthe news media once again, denyfacts in plain evidence and make aseries of false or questionable as-sertions. On a day when 12 Rus-sian intelligence officers were in-dicted by the Justice Department
for interference in the 2016 elec-tion, he chose not to condemnMoscow for its actions.
He also had tea with Queen Eliz-abeth II.
The second day of Mr. Trump’svisit to Britain was a jarring mix ofcarefully choreographed pompand pageantry on the one handand the unpredictability of his re-lentless convention-breaking onthe other. The special relationshipbetween the United States and
Britain may survive, but for a dayat least it encompassed a ballooncaricature of a scowling babyTrump in a diaper floating overParliament Square, perhaps themost enduring image of the wide-spread protests against the presi-dent’s presence.
“I am doing a great job, that Ican tell you,” Mr. Trump said, “justin case you haven’t noticed.”
He acknowledged that hisviews on immigration in Europe— that it is “changing the culture”and creating security problems —were not politically correct. “ButI’ll say it and I’ll say it loud,” headded. He suggested that Russia’sannexation of Crimea was the re-sult of weakness by his predeces-
Trump Tries to Mend Fences on Day 2 in BritainBy JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS
Trafalgar Square in London was filled with protesters on Friday. Rallies were organized across Britain to greet President Trump.CHRIS J RATCLIFFE/GETTY IMAGES
U.S. President Offers aMea Culpa to the
Prime Minister
President Trump with Queen Elizabeth II on Friday in Windsor, England, where they had tea.DOUG MILLS/THE NEW YORK TIMES
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SAN FRANCISCO — BarneyHarford was hired late last year tohelp fix problems at Uber, theride-hailing company. Instead, hehas created new ones.
On a conference call this springwith colleagues, Mr. Harford, thecompany’s chief operating officer,critiqued a new ad that showed amixed-race couple, said five peo-ple familiar with the conversation.He debated aloud how commonthe pairing was among the audi-ences that would see it. He alsosaid he found parts of the ad’s
early cut confusing, mixing up twoblack women in the video becausethey had similar hairstyles, saidthe people, who declined to beidentified because they havesigned nondisclosure agree-ments.
Though Mr. Harford later toldcolleagues that he regretted hisphrasing, his comments struckmany on the call as insensitiveabout race. They said it was partof a pattern by Mr. Harford inwhich he talked about women orminorities.
They said Uber employees hadsince filed several informal andformal complaints to the humanresources department, the head of
diversity and other top executivesabout Mr. Harford’s behavior.Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber’s chiefexecutive, was also notified andhas addressed the matter directlywith Mr. Harford, two Uber em-ployees said.
The conduct is surfacing asUber has been trying to turn itselfaround after a tumultuous 2017.The company was rocked lastyear by accusations of gender dis-crimination and harassment in itsworkplace, as well as other issues,ultimately leading to the ouster ofthe chief executive at the time,Travis Kalanick. After Mr. Khos-
At Uber, More Turmoil Over Executive BehaviorBy MIKE ISAAC
and KATIE BENNER
Uber employees are said to have filed complaints about com-ments by Barney Harford, the company’s chief operating officer.
VIPIN KUMAR/HINDUSTAN TIMES, VIA GETTY IMAGES
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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo appeared toembrace parts of a state Health Depart-ment report favoring legalizing, regulat-ing and taxing marijuana. PAGE A17
Legal Marijuana Gets Closer
A trip to Raqqa, Syria, looks at howpeople are trying to recover after yearsof war. Syria Dispatch. PAGE A8
Going Home After ISIS
Kevin Anderson beat John Isner, 7-6(6), 6-7 (5), 6-7 (9) 6-4, 26-24, in 6 hours36 minutes to reach the final. PAGE D1
SPORTSSATURDAY D1-8
A Marathon at Wimbledon
The World Cup has transformed Russiancities, but some changes were merelyfacades to hide a grim reality. PAGE D4
Spruced Up to Impress
The Netflix movie is based on a book bya real teenager, adapted by a fan of ’80steen rom-coms and features stars whoactually became a couple. PAGE C1
ARTS C1-7
Why ‘Kissing Booth’ Clicked
Roger Cohen PAGE A20
EDITORIAL, OP-ED A20-21
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