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CHENGDU, China — With aneon-red backpack and white Adi-das shoes, he looks like any otherundergraduate on the campus ofSichuan University in southwest-ern China.

But Peng Wei, a 21-year-oldchemistry major, has a specialmission: He is both student andspy.

Mr. Peng is one of a growingnumber of “student informationofficers” who keep tabs on theirprofessors’ ideological views.They are there to help root outteachers who show any sign of dis-loyalty to President Xi Jinpingand the ruling Communist Party.

“It’s our duty to make sure thatthe learning environment is pure,”Mr. Peng said, “and that profes-sors are following the rules.”

In a throwback to the Mao Ze-dong era, Chinese universities aredeploying students as watchdogsagainst their teachers, part of asweeping campaign by Mr. Xi toeliminate dissent and turn univer-sities into party strongholds.

The use of student informershas surged under Mr. Xi, China’smost powerful leader in decades,

In China, SpiesIn ClassroomsInhibit Speech

By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ

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WASHINGTON — The Trumpadministration is expected to rollback an Obama-era regulationmeant to limit the leaching ofheavy metals like arsenic, leadand mercury into water suppliesfrom the ash of coal-fired powerplants, according to two people fa-miliar with the plans.

With a series of new rules ex-pected in the coming days, the En-

vironmental Protection Agencywill move to weaken the 2015 reg-ulation that would have strength-ened inspection and monitoring atcoal plants, lowered acceptablelevels of toxic effluent and re-quired plants to install new tech-

nology to protect water suppliesfrom contaminated coal ash.

The E.P.A. will relax some ofthose requirements and exempt asignificant number of powerplants from any of the require-ments, according to the two peo-ple familiar with the Trump ad-ministration plan, who requestedanonymity because they were notauthorized to speak about the newrules.

E.P.A. Plans to Soften Rules to Help Coal PlantsBy LISA FRIEDMAN

A coal ash landfill that was breached by Hurricane Florence last year near Wilmington, N.C.KEMP BURDETTE/CAPE FEAR RIVER WATCH, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Opponents of Rollback Warn of Health Risks

He was a 14-year-old boy play-ing basketball at dusk before cur-few. Just another night, on his usu-al court, focused on the game heenvisioned as his future.

Then came the gunshots, splin-tering the fall air. From 100 yardsdown the block, a bullet sailedacross a parking lot, slippedthrough a fence and struck theteenager — a neighborhood jewelwhom everyone knew — AamirGriffin.

A boy and a dream crumpled tothe concrete. Not the target, butthe victim.

Some would chalk it up towrong place, wrong time. ButAamir had been where he wasmeant to be: outside his apart-ment building in Jamaica, Queens,shooting hoops, staying far fromthe trouble that had lured away somany of his peers.

“Aamir was not like these littlekids out here running around andtrying to gangbang for fun,” saidhis friend Isis Eastman, 16. “Aamirjust played ball. That’s all he did.”

Crime is at an all-time lowacross New York City, dropping tolevels not seen for nearly sevendecades. But gun violence stillflares in some pockets, shatteringworlds and igniting despair. Offi-

cials have attributed recent burststo gang conflicts.

Northern Brooklyn has seen arise in shootings this year, with sixin one weekend alone. So haveseveral precincts in Manhattanand Queens. The 113th Precinct,where Aamir was killed on Satur-day, has had more than 20 shoot-ings so far this year, comparedwith 13 for the same period in2018.

Police officials acknowledge theuptick and say they plan to deployextra resources to certain areas

A Boy and His Dream CrumpleOn a Queens Basketball Court

By CORINA KNOLL

Aamir Griffin in a photo on hisFacebook page from 2016.

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Win, Lose or Drag

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WASHINGTON — A bitterly di-vided House of Representativesvoted Thursday to endorse theDemocratic-led impeachment in-quiry into President Trump, in ahistoric action that set up a criticalnew public phase of the investiga-tion and underscored the politicalpolarization that serves as itsbackdrop.

The vote was 232 to 196 to ap-prove a resolution that sets outrules for an impeachment processfor which there are few prece-dents, and which promises to con-sume the country a little morethan a year before the 2020 elec-tions. It was only the third time inmodern history that the Househad taken a vote on an impeach-ment inquiry into a sitting presi-dent.

Having resisted such a vote formonths, Democrats muscledthrough their resolution overunanimous Republican oppositionwith only two of their membersbreaking ranks to vote no. Thetally foreshadowed the battle tocome as Democrats take theircase against the president fullyinto public view, sending both par-ties into uncharted territory andreshaping the nation’s politicallandscape.

On the House floor, SpeakerNancy Pelosi presided over thevote in an unusually packedchamber, after a debate that wasfraught with the weight of the mo-ment. Ms. Pelosi read from thepreamble of the Constitution, apicture of the American flag byher side, and declared somberly,“What is at stake in all of this isnothing less than our democracy.”

Representative Kevin McCar-thy, Republican of California andthe minority leader, quoted Alex-ander Hamilton, who warned inthe Federalist papers against im-peachment as a partisan tool.Lawmakers listened from theirseats, stone-faced and somber,while members of the publicwatched from the crowded galleryabove.

“We don’t know whether Presi-dent Trump is going to be im-peached but the allegations are as

FRACTURED HOUSE BACKS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY

By NICHOLAS FANDOSand SHERYL GAY STOLBERG

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Bitter Vote, 232-196,Approves Rules for

a Rare Process

He came of age in Queens, builtTrump Tower, starred in “The Ap-prentice,” bankrupted his busi-nesses six times, and drew cheer-ing crowds and angry protestersto Fifth Avenue after his election.Through it all, President Trump —rich, bombastic and to manyAmericans the epitome of a NewYorker — was intertwined withthe city he called his lifelonghome.

No longer.In late September, Mr. Trump

changed his primary residencefrom Manhattan to Palm Beach,Fla., according to documents filedwith the Palm Beach County Cir-cuit Court. Melania Trump, thefirst lady, also changed her resi-dence to Palm Beach in an identi-cal document.

Each of the Trumps filed a “dec-laration of domicile” saying thatthe Mar-a-Lago Club, Mr. Trump’sresort in Palm Beach, will be theirpermanent residence.

The president confirmed the de-cision on Twitter after The NewYork Times reported on the move,saying that he would “be makingPalm Beach, Florida, our Perma-nent Residence.”

“I cherish New York, and thepeople of New York,” he added,“and always will.”

But he didn’t have much nice tosay about the public officials ofNew York.

“I have been treated very badlyby the political leaders of both thecity and state. Few have beentreated worse,” he said, describ-ing his decision as the “best for allconcerned.”

Some New York leaders sharedthe sentiment. “Good riddance,”Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo tweeted.“It’s not like Mr. Trump paid taxeshere anyway. He’s all yours, Flor-ida.”

In the documents, Mr. Trumpsaid he “formerly resided at 721Fifth Avenue,” referring to Trump

Trump MakesFlorida ResortHis New Home

A New Yorker No MoreAfter a Court Filing

By MAGGIE HABERMAN

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WASHINGTON — When theRepublican-led House voted in1998 to begin an impeachmentinquiry into President Bill Clin-ton, 31 Democrats sided withRepublicans, and the WhiteHouse breathed a sigh of reliefthat the number was not signifi-cantly larger. In today’s hyper-polarized Washington, defections

of that magnitude on the ques-tion of impeachment would beconsidered a tsunami.

Not a single House Republicanon Thursday joined Democrats insupporting a resolution outliningthe parameters for the nextstage of impeachment proceed-ings, despite having demandedsuch a vote for weeks. Just twoDemocrats broke from theirparty to oppose the investigation.

The stark division in the 232-to-196 vote made clear that theaccelerating impeachment inqui-ry will continue to be highlypartisan as it moves into its morepublic phase, with the two par-ties pulling ever further apart asthey dig in deeper on the right-eousness of their respectivecauses.

Democrats say it is their con-stitutional duty to hold a lawless

President Trump to account evenif he is unlikely to be removedfrom office. Republicans aredetermined to defend a presidentthey say is being persecuted forpolitical gain. Little evidence hasemerged that either side is will-ing to give an inch, and the cer-tainty of facing a major politicalbacklash for doing so wouldseem to decrease chances of that

Few Defectors, and No Signs That Either Side Will Give an InchBy CARL HULSE

Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the House voted on Thursday to outline the parameters for the next stage of its impeachment proceedings.ERIN SCHAFF/THE NEW YORK TIMES

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