Today's Headlines: Speed Cited in Amtrak Derailment That Killed at Least 3 in Washington

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[Trump Delivers a Mixed Message on His National Security Approach]( By MARK LANDLER and DAVID E. SANGER The disconnect between the president's speech and the administration's blueprint suggests the broader challenge of developing an intellectual framework for his policies. [President Trump's directive that federal agencies eliminate two regulations for every new one added could wreck havoc for the Internal Revenue Service.]( [Have You Ever Felt Sorry for the I.R.S.? Now Might Be the Time]( By PATRICIA COHEN Already struggling with its workload, the agency must start adapting systems to the new tax code while processing returns under the old one. For more top news, go to [NYTimes.com »]( [Get the Morning Briefing in Your Inbox]( What you need to know to start your day, delivered Monday through Friday. [Sign up »]( ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [The Kensington section of Brooklyn is a hub for the Bangladeshi immigrant community in New York. Bangladeshi and American investigators say Akayed Ullah, who is accused of trying to set off a bomb in a Manhattan subway station, was radicalized in the United States.]( WORLD [On Trip to Bangladesh, Subway Bomb Suspect Reached Out to Refugees]( By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN The suspect in the attempted New York subway attack last week rode a bus across Bangladesh to help Rohingya. Was he following Al Qaeda or his heart? OPINION | Op-Ed Columnist [Passing Through to Corruption]( By PAUL KRUGMAN Are Republicans more concerned with their bank accounts than with the country's welfare? QUOTATION OF THE DAY "Just because you've seen 'My Cousin Vinny' doesn't qualify you to be a federal judge." [Senator John Kennedy]( Republican of Louisiana and a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, after video of him grilling a nominee for the federal bench last week spread online. The nominee, Matthew Petersen, was unable to answer many of the senator's questions and withdrew his nomination over the weekend. [] Today's Videos [Recovering a boat that had become snared in mangroves.]( [[Video] Video: Reuniting With Boats in the Virgin Islands]( The U.S. Coast Guard is working to retrieve boats that were displaced during Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Ralph Evey's vessel was rescued in a two-day process involving cranes and buoys. [[Video] Video: Trump's Strategy: 'Wealth and Power at Home']( In an address on Monday in Washington, President Trump said his national security strategy will advance four vital United States interests. [] World [Cyril Ramaphosa during the African National Congress conference in Johannesburg on Saturday.]( [Cyril Ramaphosa Wins A.N.C. Leadership Battle in South Africa]( By NORIMITSU ONISHI The wealthy businessman and former Mandela protégé is now in position to succeed Jacob Zuma as president of the country. [Sebastián Piñera and his wife, Cecilia Morel, celebrating his victory in the Chilean presidential election outside a hotel in Santiago.]( [Chile's Election Consolidates Latin America's Rightward Shift]( By ERNESTO LONDOÑO, PASCALE BONNEFOY and DANIEL POLITI The vote was the left's final shot to hold on to power in one of the region's economic and diplomatic heavyweights. [President Alexander Van der Bellen of Austria, center, and Sebastian Kurz, Austria's new chancellor, center right, at the swearing-in ceremony of the new government in Vienna, on Monday.]( [Austria's New Government: A Mix of Far-Right, Pro-Europe and Youth]( By MELISSA EDDY The new chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, is now Europe's youngest leader after joining forces with the Freedom Party, founded by neo-Nazis after World War II. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [Wreckage from Hurricane Maria in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, in September.]( [Puerto Rico Orders Review and Recount of Hurricane Deaths]( By PATRICIA MAZZEI The governor acknowledged on Monday that the official toll of 64 deaths from Hurricane Maria might be too low, after independent analyses yielded far higher estimates. [Passengers at Hartfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday after a power outage the day before.]( [Atlanta's Airport Has Power Again, but Many Passengers Are Stranded]( By ALAN BLINDER and RICHARD FAUSSET Thousands of passengers worldwide were stuck or seeking new travel plans after a sustained power failure at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. [Salvage workers lifted a damaged sailboat from the waters off St. Thomas, one of the United States Virgin Islands, this month.]( [Recovering What Was Lost in the U.S. Virgin Islands, One Boat at a Time]( By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA Back-to-back hurricanes destroyed hundreds of boats that were people's livelihoods and even homes. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee was active in the real estate business there before being elected and retains a financial stake in companies that could benefit from the tax bill's changes.]( [Corker Says He Faced 'Tough' Decision in Supporting Republican Tax Bill]( By ALAN RAPPEPORT The bill's expected passage along party lines had Democrats scrambling to pressure a late supporter, Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, to vote against the bill. [Matthew Petersen, one of President Trump's choices for a seat on the federal bench, has withdrawn his nomination.]( [Poor Vetting Sinks Trump's Nominees for Federal Judge]( By CHARLIE SAVAGE In recent days, three nominees have withdrawn from consideration, including one who failed to answer basic courtroom questions in his confirmation hearing. [The House candidate Lizzie Pannill Fletcher, right, and her campaign manager, Erin Mincberg, looking over a map at campaign headquarters in Houston last week.]( [Rebelling Republican Suburbs Offer Democrats Path to House Control]( By JONATHAN MARTIN and ALEXANDER BURNS From Houston to Seattle, suburban districts once locked down by Republicans are looking to Democratic candidates to oppose President Trump. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [The headquarters in Englewood, Colo., of Catholic Health Initiatives, a nonprofit hospital system that plans to merge with Dignity Health in San Francisco.]( [Hospital Giants Vie for Patients in Effort to Fend Off New Rivals]( By REED ABELSON The flurry of mergers among big hospital groups is aimed at retaining patients while new competitors, including insurance giants and technology outfits, try to steal them away. [European antitrust officials are looking into whether tax rulings in the Netherlands gave an unfair advantage to a division of Ikea.]( [Ikea Is Focus of European Inquiry Over Possible Skirting of Tax Bills]( By LIZ ALDERMAN The European Commission is concerned that tax rulings in the Netherlands may have allowed the Swedish furniture retailer to pay fewer taxes and to gain an advantage. [Many on Wall Street and in corporate America are scrambling to understand how much bigger their bill will be.]( Dealbook [Tax Cuts Benefit the Ultra Rich, but Not the Merely Rich]( By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN Many wealthy Americans are complaining bitterly that the new tax code will have them paying more, not less, in taxes. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology [A Tesla owner charging his car at a station in Mountain View, Calif., earlier this year.]( [What Needs to Happen Before Electric Cars Take Over the World]( By JACK EWING Electric vehicles have only a tiny market share, but the auto industry is betting billions that they will soon be as cheap as conventional cars. [In iOS 11, when the Camera app senses a QR code in the frame, it offers to open the encoded website address in the Safari browser.]( Tech Tip [Cracking Quick Response Codes With iOS 11]( By J. D. BIERSDORFER The camera app that comes with latest version of Apple's mobile operating system can automatically detect and translate QR codes for you. [Referees measured to determine whether the Dallas Cowboys reached the first down line against the Oakland Raiders at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on Sunday.]( [Why Doesn't the N.F.L. Use Tracking Technology for First-Down Calls?]( By DANIEL VICTOR An N.F.L. spokesman said the league has "not found one to date that we were comfortable with to deploy." For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [Roger Goodell, left, did not immediately intervene when the Carolina Panthers said they would handle an investigation into the team's owner, Jerry Richardson.]( [The N.F.L. Shows Surprising Deference to Jerry Richardson]( By KEN BELSON Despite graphic allegations of sexual harassment against Jerry Richardson, the N.F.L. hesitated before taking action against the powerful owner. [John Skipper, who resigned on Monday, has been the president of ESPN since 2012.]( [At ESPN, John Skipper Resigns as President, Citing Substance Addiction]( By KEVIN DRAPER George Bodenheimer, a former ESPN president who has also served as its executive chairman, will take over as the company's acting chairman. [Jerry Richardson, facing allegations of sexual harassment, announced on Sunday that he would sell the Carolina Panthers after this season.]( Sports of The Times [Jerry Richardson Is About to Cash In on His Abuse]( By JULIET MACUR The owner of the Carolina Panthers stands to profit handsomely after accusations of sexual harassment by selling the team. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [A gallery in the Civil Rights Museum is devoted to telling the personal stories of activists who participated in the Freedom Rides, along with the police mug shots of every rider arrested lining the walls.]( Critic's Notebook [The New Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Refuses to Sugarcoat History]( By HOLLAND COTTER Our critic visits a museum whose story is still unfolding, from 1960s Jackson, to Ferguson and Charlottesville. It leaves us upset -and that's good. [The Eminem of ]( Album Review [Hip-Hop Changes. Eminem Doesn't.]( By JON CARAMANICA His new album, "Revival," is entrancing and mystifying, a showcase for a dexterous rapper and over-the-top provocateur searching for his middle-aged sound. [From left: Manny Ureña, Camilo Almonacid and Zuleyma Guevara in ]( Critic's Notebook [When Disenfranchised Lives and American Ideals Collide Onstage]( By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES Three small, powerful pieces of political theater consider those wounded by racism and xenophobia. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] New York [Avner Siani, a friend of the family, passing by the home in Brooklyn where a woman and three of her children died in a fire early Monday.]( [Menorah Blamed for Brooklyn Fire That Killed Mother and 3 Children]( By BENJAMIN MUELLER and NATE SCHWEBER An oil-burning menorah in the window of a Sheepshead Bay home was responsible for a fire that killed four family members and injured others, officials said. [Mayor Bill de Blasio is traveling to Iowa this week. He will be the first of likely many New York-area Democrats with national ambitions to visit the presidential battleground in the near future.]( [Democrats in New York Can Already Hear Iowa's Siren Song]( By SHANE GOLDMACHER The region is home to a glut of nationally ambitious politicians and a confluence of egos that promise friction heading into 2020. [Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the Renewal Schools program just over three years ago, pledging to flood the schools with support where the previous administration preferred to shut down schools that struggled and replace them.]( [New York City Will Close or Merge 14 Schools From Renewal Program]( By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS and KATE TAYLOR Mayor Bill de Blasio's initiative gives some low-performing schools extra help, but a number have made little progress. Some others will "graduate." For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( [] Science [An abandoned car along the Amargosa River Trail, which runs between Death Valley and the Mojave Desert in California.]( [The Amargosa River Defies the Desert]( By JIM ROBBINS The slender, delicate stream flows through the Mojave, giving life to plants and animals found nowhere else in the world. [John Sueme of St. Louis was the first patient to receive an experimental treatment that exposes scarred heart tissue to radiation, eliminating damaged cells that cause rapid, sometimes fatal heartbeats.]( [A 'Game Changer' for Patients With Irregular Heart Rhythm]( By GINA KOLATA Rapid, erratic heartbeats - called ventricular tachycardia - can lead to sudden death. An experimental radiation treatment has eased the condition in five patients. Matter [Ancient Penguins Were Giant Waddling Predators]( By CARL ZIMMER Scientists have discovered a fossilized penguin as big as a human, and with a long, spearlike beak. For more science news, go to [NYTimes.com/Science »]( []Obituaries [Keely Smith and Louis Prima, as captured in the 1999 documentary ]( [Keely Smith, Torch Singer With a Deadpan Role, Is Dead at 89]( By RICHARD SANDOMIR As the calm half of a lounge act with the ebullient Louis Prima, Ms. Smith had hit records and won a Grammy. She went on to a successful solo career. [Lones Wigger after winning a gold medal in shooting at the 1972 Olympics in Munich.]( [Lones Wigger Jr., 'Best Ever' Rifle Marksman, Is Dead at 80]( By FRANK LITSKY Wigger won Olympic gold medals and broke dozens of world records on the rifle range. One magazine called him "the greatest shooter in history." For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial Editorial [Tax Bill Lets Trump and Republicans Feather Their Own Nests]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD A 20 percent deduction on real estate income would help the president and a senator whose vote is crucial for passage. Editorial [Thought Control, Trump-Style]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The administration has tried continually to mute, censor and spy on federal employees whose words or views don't sync with the president's agenda. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed Op-Ed Contributor [The Bitcoin Boom: In Code We Trust]( By TIM WU Bitcoin may be in a bubble, but it is part of a much bigger trend that is here to stay: a shift in trust from government to technology. [President Trump with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in May.]( Op-Ed Contributors [Actually, Egypt Is a Terrible Ally]( By ANDREW MILLER and RICHARD SOKOLSKY The United States needs to face reality: Egypt is neither important nor helpful. Op-Ed Contributor [My Favorite Movie Theater Is in a Dingy Basement]( By BARI WEISS You don't go to Lincoln Plaza Cinemas for the concessions or the crowd. 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