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MARSEILLE, France — No or-dinary preacher, El Hadi Doudi isperhaps France’s leading propo-nent of fundamentalist Islam. Hisinfluence extends throughout Eu-rope, where his lawyer says thecleric is the only imam authorizedto issue fatwas. Over 37 years, hehas often berated Jews, womenand the modern world, yet the au-thorities have tolerated his hard-line sermons and occasionally cul-tivated him as an ally.

That was until now.The government of President

Emmanuel Macron appearspoised to expel the preacher inone of the most striking examplesof its hardening stance towardradical Islam. Mr. Macron has al-ready used his huge majority inParliament to inscribe into lawsome government tactics —searches and seizures, house ar-rests, shutting down mosques —

that had been applied before onlyas part of the state of emergencyput in place after terrorist attacksin Paris killed 130 people in No-vember 2015.

The case of Imam Doudi, 63,who was born in Algeria and is nota French citizen, is part of a high-profile effort by the Macron ad-ministration to intensify scrutinyof Muslim clerics and, in somecases, to deport them. Some ana-lysts say that Mr. Macron is usingit to display toughness, as Euro-pean governments struggle fortools to battle radical Islam, and ashe fends off political challengesfrom the far right.

“They want to make an exam-ple of him,” said Vincent Geisser,an Islam expert at the Universityof Aix-Marseille. “It’s got more todo with communicating firm-

Macron’s Fight on Radical IslamMay Lead to Exile of Vocal Imam

By ADAM NOSSITER

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WASHINGTON — At least fiveofficials at the EnvironmentalProtection Agency, four of themhigh-ranking, were reassigned ordemoted, or requested new jobs inthe past year after they raisedconcerns about the spending andmanagement of the agency’s ad-ministrator, Scott Pruitt.

The concerns included unusual-ly large spending on office furni-ture and first-class travel, as wellas certain demands by Mr. Pruittfor security coverage, such as re-quests for a bulletproof vehicleand an expanded 20-person pro-tective detail, according to peoplewho worked for or with the E.P.A.and have direct knowledge of thesituation.

Mr. Pruitt bristled when the offi-cials — four career E.P.A. employ-ees and one Trump administra-tion political appointee — con-fronted him, said the people, whowere not authorized to speak pub-licly.

The political appointee, KevinChmielewski, was placed on ad-

ministrative leave without pay, ac-cording to two of the people withknowledge of the situation. Mr.Chmielewski was among the firstemployees of Donald J. Trump’spresidential campaign, serving asa senior advance official. The twopeople, who are administration of-ficials, said that Mr. Chmielewski

OFFICIALS AT E.P.A.RAISED CONCERNSAND WERE OUSTED

PUSHBACK ON EXPENSES

Sinking Morale as Pruitt’sStewardship Comes

Under Scrutiny

This article is by Eric Lipton, Ken-neth P. Vogel and Lisa Friedman.

ILANA PANICH-LINSMAN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

Immigrants newly released from detention at the United States border stop briefly at a relief center before moving on. Page A16.Waiting in South Texas

MANCHESTER, N.H. — JohnKasich had been here before. Thismuch he pointed out, twice, beforeanyone had a chance to wonderwhy he was back.

“Wow!” he called out, steppinginto the Red Arrow Diner on Tues-day for an unannounced stop,emitting the kind of surprise thatonly a politician can summon overthree dozen people eating lunch.“It was just this crowded the lasttime.”

Mr. Kasich sidled up beside thecounter, squatting to greet ayoung customer, Sophia Bauer,whose name he seemed to hear as“Sylvia.”

“How old are you?” he asked.“Five? Are you going to be in firstgrade? Do you have a dog? Oh, re-ally?” Soon, Sophia was beingtickled by the two-term Republi-can governor of Ohio.

He led her by the hand toward abooth in the corner, where a televi-sion crew was waiting. “Isn’t thatcool?” he said. The two peeredinto the camera. The governorsmiled. Then Sophia was dis-missed. “All right, Sylvia,” he said.

Ohio Is Lovely,But a PrimaryTempts Kasich

By MATT FLEGENHEIMER

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He strode up and down a busyBrooklyn street on Wednesday,lunging at passers-by — someonepushing a cart, someone holding ayoung child’s hand — with acurved silver pipe resting on hisfingers like the barrel of a gun.

Neighbors and police officersknew the man, Saheed Vassell, asthe broom handler for a local bar-bershop, an idiosyncratic fixtureon the block who was mentally illand liked to drink outside. Patrolofficers chatted with him andsometimes bought him Jamaicanfood. They had taken him to thehospital to be treated for mentalillness a number of times in recentyears.

But the plainclothes anti-crimeofficers who answered a smart-phone alert for someone waving asilver gun on Wednesday didn’tknow him at all, the police said.Given nothing more than what 911callers told a dispatcher — that ablack man with a brown jacketand bluejeans was pointing at peo-ple with something that lookedlike a gun — they screeched to astop at the corner where Mr. Vas-sell spent most days and, after hecrouched and aimed the pipe atthem, almost instantly shot andkilled him.

Police officials argued it hardlymattered which officers answeredthe call or what training they had.Any officers facing what appearedto be a gun aimed at them wouldhave little choice but to fire, these

officials said. Security camera vid-eos from nearby businessesshowed Mr. Vassell, 34, just mo-ments before his death, startlingpeople on the street and jabbingthe pipe into one man’s chest.

But the killing may reveal amore pervasive problem: theshortcomings of a neighborhoodpolicing program that Mayor Billde Blasio has pitched as a cure forexcessive police force, but whichoften plays no role in the hurriedencounters that determine

whether someone lives or dies.Community policing officers fo-

cus on meeting residents and get-ting to know their concerns. Butthey are very often not the onesrushing to reports of armed peo-ple or stickups in progress. The of-ficers who answer those fast-mov-ing calls — many of them part ofspecialty units, like the anti-crimeofficers who responded Wednes-day — have little more to go onthan a dispatcher’s relay of a 911call and what they see in front of

them, telescoped into split sec-onds.

Too often, skeptics of the may-or’s plan say, that means someonewho looks dangerous but actuallyneeds help is met with an onrushof officers who know nothingabout him. Police officials havenot definitively answered ques-tions about whether the respond-ing officers said anything beforeopening fire. Several witnessessaid they did not.

Locals Knew He Was Mentally Ill. Officers Who Shot Him Didn’t.This article is by Benjamin Muel-

ler, Jan Ransom and Luis Ferré-Sadurní.

The fatal shooting of Saheed Vassell on Wednesday raises questions about community policing.TODD HEISLER/THE NEW YORK TIMES

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WASHINGTON — ScottLloyd’s unadorned job title be-trays little hint of the power he hasover the pregnant teenagers in hiscustody.

As director of the Office of Ref-ugee Resettlement, he overseesthe assistance program for thetens of thousands of refugees whostill seek shelter in the UnitedStates, even with the Trump ad-ministration’s crackdown. But asthe government official who isalso responsible for the care ofyoung, undocumented immi-grants who enter the UnitedStates without their parents, hespends much of his time trying tostop those who want an abortion.

He has instructed his staff togive him a spreadsheet each week

that tells him about any unaccom-panied minors who have asked forone and how far along they are intheir pregnancy. In at least onecase he directed staff to read toone girl a description of what hap-pens during an abortion. Andwhen there’s a need for counsel-ing, Mr. Lloyd’s office calls onsomeone from its list of preferred“life affirming” pregnancy re-source centers.

Last fall Mr. Lloyd’s refusal tolet a 17-year-old in Texas leave theshelter where she was living to get

an abortion drew an admonish-ment from a federal judge whosaid she was “astounded” the gov-ernment had been so insistent onkeeping someone from obtaininga constitutionally protected pro-cedure. Last week another judgebarred him from trying to preventany girl in his care from getting anabortion, but government lawyershave asked for a stay and plan toappeal.

How Mr. Lloyd, an appointee ofPresident Trump, turned a smalloffice in the Department of Healthand Human Services that pro-vides social services to refugeesinto a battleground over abortionrights is part of the larger story ofthe Trump administration’s pushto enact rules that favor sociallyconservative positions on issues

New Front in Abortion Battle: A Small U.S. OfficeBy JEREMY W. PETERS Shaping Rules to Favor

Social Conservatives,Under the Radar

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IMPERILED As top aides eye theexits and ethical questions swirl,a growing crisis makes the fate ofScott Pruitt uncertain. PAGE A15

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Scott Pruitt of the E.P.A.AARON P. BERNSTEIN/GETTY IMAGES

The yearbook of the Florida schoolwhere a gunman struck will record thetragedy and the good days. PAGE A12

NATIONAL A12-18

Two Stories in One Book

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil sayshe will still run for president again eventhough the nation’s top court rejectedhis bid to remain free. PAGE A6

INTERNATIONAL A4-11

Brazilian’s Jail Term to Begin

Japan’s new prosperity has rekindledan interest in the 1980s, when the coun-try’s economy truly boomed. PAGE B1

BUSINESS DAY B1-7

Intoxicating Era Bubbles Back

Several women have spoken out againstRichard Meier’s sexual misconduct, andthey say the firm seemed powerless tostop him. PAGE A24

NEW YORK A19-21, 24

More Women Accuse Architect

April has come in like a turtle this year,but there are spots, like the orchidshow, above, in the Bronx, where thingsare beginning to blossom. PAGE C13

WEEKEND ARTS C1-28

Spring in Her Steps

The surgeon general urged more peopleto keep on hand a drug that can savevictims of opioid overdoses. PAGE A13

A Lifesaving Advisory

The Pentagon is spending about $1million to secure detention camps forIslamic State prisoners, broadening itsinvolvement in northern Syria. PAGE A11

Getting Deeper in ISIS Fight

In a time of mass shootings, companiesare rethinking safety measures andsome are ramping up. PAGE B1

Revisiting Office Security

A day after dislocating his left ankle,Tony Finau was tied for second placebehind Jordan Spieth after the firstround of the Masters. PAGE B8

SPORTSFRIDAY B8-12

Hobbling Into Contention

Paul Krugman PAGE A23

EDITORIAL, OP-ED A22-23

Four women were ejected from a sumoring as they tried to help a man whohad collapsed. Some see a metaphor forJapan’s gender inequality. PAGE A4

A Sumo Tradition Questioned

WASHINGTON — PresidentTrump said Thursday that theUnited States would considerslapping an additional $100 billionin tariffs on the Chinese, escalat-ing a potentially damaging tradedispute with Beijing.

Mr. Trump said in a statementthat he was responding to “unfairretaliation” by China, which pub-lished a list on Wednesday of $50billion in American products thatwould be hit by tariffs, includingsoybeans and pork. That movewas a direct reaction to the $50 bil-lion in tariffs on Chinese goodsthat the White House detailed onTuesday.

“Rather than remedy its mis-conduct, China has chosen toharm our farmers and manufac-turers,” Mr. Trump said, addingthat he has instructed the UnitedStates trade representative to de-termine if another $100 billion intariffs were warranted and, “if so,to identify the products uponwhich to impose such tariffs.”

The announcement came oneday after some of Mr. Trump’s ad-visers tried to calm markets andtamp down fears of a trade war be-tween the world’s two largesteconomies, saying that the tariffthreats were the first step in a ne-gotiation process. Mr. Trump saidin his statement that the potentialfor new tariffs would not precludediscussions with the Chinese “toprotect the technology and intel-

TRUMP ESCALATESFIGHT WITH CHINAIN TARIFF THREAT

ANOTHER $100 BILLION

President Doubles Downa Day After Advisers

Pushed for Calm

By ANA SWANSONand KEITH BRADSHER

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NAFTA After months of stalemate,American negotiators are eagerfor quick progress on the NorthAmerican trade deal. PAGE A9

Late EditionToday, mostly cloudy, high 56. To-night, considerable cloudiness, low36. Tomorrow, a mix of snow andsleet, some accumulation possible,high 39. Weather map, Page B16.

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