Giuliani urged deportation of Turkish cleric

Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer, repeatedly urged President Donald Trump to arrange for the deportation of a Turkish cleric, Fethullah Gulen, calling him a violent extremist who needed to face justice in Turkey, former White House officials said Tuesday.

Turkey has requested that the United States hand over Mr. Gulen, a permanent U.S. resident living in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania, to be tried on charges that he instigated a failed coup in Turkey in 2016.

The disclosure came as Mr. Giuliani escalated his battle with Democratic lawmakers Tuesday by defying a congressional subpoena for documents about a campaign that pressured Ukraine’s president to dig up dirt on Mr. Trump’s political rivals.

The characterization of Mr. Gulen as a dangerous extremist echoed language that Michael Flynn, Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser, used to describe the cleric when he was serving as a secret lobbyist for the Turkish government while also advising Mr. Trump’s campaign in 2016.

Mr. Giuliani was at times so insistent that a number of White House officials came to believe he was secretly lobbying for Turkey, one of the former officials said. Officials said they even checked lobbying records to see if Mr. Giuliani was registered on behalf of Turkey. (He was not.)

Trump vetoes again

President Trump on Tuesday issued his second veto against legislation seeking to end his national emergency at the southwestern border, rejecting bipartisan objections to his efforts to obtain funds for a border wall.

His move, announced late Tuesday night, was expected and will return the resolution to Congress. It is unlikely to garner the twothirds majority needed there to override the veto.

The announcement comes exactly seven months after Mr. Trump issued the first veto of his presidency against a nearly identical resolution that would have terminated the national emergency. He declared the emergency earlier this year after Congress declined to designate money for his border wall.

Mr. Trump said he had vetoed the earlier measure “because it was a dangerous resolution that would undermine United States sovereignty and threaten the lives and safety of countless Americans.”

Chicago teachers’ strike

Chicago parents and community groups are scrambling to prepare for a massive teachers’ strike set to begin Thursday, prompting the city to preemptively cancel classes in the nation’s third-largest school district.

The Chicago Teachers Union confirmed Wednesday night that its 25,000 members would not return to their classrooms Thursday after months of negotiation between the union and Chicago Public Schools failed to resolve disputes over pay and benefits, class size and teacher preparation time.

The strike is Chicago’s first major walkout by teachers since 2012, and city officials announced early Wednesday that all classes had been canceled for Thursday in hopes of giving more planning time to 300,000 students’ families.

Actor’s son kills mother

The son of actor Ron Ely, who starred in 1960s TV series “Tarzan,” killed his mother Tuesday in Santa Barbara, Calif., before being fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies when he threatened them, the authorities said Wednesday.

Valerie Lundeen Ely, 62, died from stab wounds inside the home in Hope Ranch, a suburb of Santa Barbara, that she had shared with her husband, Mr. Ely, 81.

Cameron Ely, 30, was shot and killed by deputies, who identified him as the suspect and said he “posed a threat.”