Today's Headlines: Trump Says Military Is 'Locked and Loaded' and North Korea Will 'Regret' Threats

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[The Environmental Protection Agency has become more secretive under the leadership of Scott Pruitt.]( [Scott Pruitt Is Carrying Out His E.P.A. Agenda in Secret, Critics Say]( By CORAL DAVENPORT and ERIC LIPTON He has made it clear that his mission is to dismantle the E.P.A.'s environmental mission. His critics say he is deploying extraordinary secrecy as he does so. [President Vladimir V. Putin during a visit last week to a hydroelectric power plant on the Bureya River in Russia. President Trump thanked Mr. Putin on Thursday for expelling United States diplomats from Moscow.]( News Analysis [Combative Trump Pulls His Punches for One Man: Putin]( By PETER BAKER The Russian leader ordered the United States to cut its staff in the country, and President Trump thanked him. For more top news, go to [NYTimes.com »]( [Get California Today in Your Inbox]( The news and stories that matter to Californians (and anyone else interested in the state). Delivered Monday through Friday. ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [Workers install a sign at the Organ Mountain-Desert Peaks National Monument in Las Cruces, N.M., in March 2015.]( [[Graphic] Graphic: 27 National Monuments Are Under Review. Here Are Five to Watch.]( No president has ever abolished a national monument designated by a predecessor. President Trump may try to change that. OPINION | Op-Ed Contributor [Tom Brokaw: Friends Across Barbed Wire and Politics]( By TOM BROKAW The friendship between Norman Mineta and Alan Simpson, who met at an internment camp for Japanese-Americans, reminds us of what Washington has lost. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "We started singing and she lifted her finger up to her mouth. She tapped her lips twice and I thought she was singing with us." [JESSICA MOLASKEY]( one of the performers who sang to Barbara Cook, a star of Broadway and cabaret, at her bedside in the days before she died. [] Today's Videos [[Video] Video: Swimming While Black: Then and Now]( Black children drown five times as often as white children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Harlem Honeys and Bears, a senior synchronized swim team, is trying to help by offering free lessons for young people. [[Video] Video: 'No Mixed Messages' on North Korea? Take a Closer Look]( President Trump claims his administration's response to North Korea weapons tests has been consistent. Here's what officials actually said. [[Video] Video: Michael Moore Hits the Stage, Then Hits Trump]( The director Michael Moore talks about his one-man show, "The Terms of My Surrender," which opened on Broadway on Aug. 10. It focuses on the Trump presidency and activism. [] World [President Uhuru Kenyatta, left, celebrated with Deputy President William Ruto on Friday.]( [President Uhuru Kenyatta Is Declared Victor of Kenyan Election]( By KIMIKO de FREYTAS-TAMURA Mr. Kenyatta won a contest marred by allegations of vote-rigging and the killing of a top election official. [Howard Lam, a pro-democracy activist, displayed metal staples in his thighs at a news conference in Hong Kong on Friday. He said he had deferred medical treatment to get the word out.]( [Hong Kong Activist Says Chinese Agents Stapled His Legs Over Messi Photo]( By AUSTIN RAMZY and ALAN WONG Howard Lam, a democracy activist, said he was abducted and beaten after he got the soccer star Lionel Messi to send a photo for the dissident Liu Xiaobo. [The C-Star vessel in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast last Saturday.]( [Ship Monitoring Rescues of Migrants Refuses to Be Rescued]( By JASON HOROWITZ A hard-right group chartered a ship to monitor the rescue of migrants. But when it ran into engine trouble on the Mediterranean, it rejected an offer of help from an aid vessel. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [O.J. Simpson at his parole hearing last month at Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nev.]( [Nevada Parole Board Unaware of O.J. Simpson's Old Conviction]( By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA Parole commissioners were unaware that Mr. Simpson pleaded no contest in 1989 to battery of his wife, though it is unclear whether that might have made them reconsider setting him free. [Dumaine and North Derbigny Streets under water after a torrential downpour flooded city streets last Saturday in New Orleans.]( [New Orleans Scrambles to Repair Drainage System After Severe Flooding]( By KATY RECKDAHL Problems with the pumping and drainage system caused severe flooding in the city last weekend and put residents on edge. [White nationalists rallied at a statue of Thomas Jefferson on the grounds of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville on Friday. Student protesters resisting the rally stood with a banner at the foot of the statue.]( [White Nationalists March on University of Virginia]( By HAWES SPENCER and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG Fights broke out Friday night after several hundred torch-bearing men and women rallied on the university's main quadrangle. It was the first in what was expected to be a weekend of such rallies. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [Eugene Yu, an Army veteran who immigrated from South Korea, at a restaurant in Evans, Georgia. Mr. Yu said he welcomed President Trump's tough talk on North Korea.]( ['We've Had Enough': Conservatives Relish the 'Fury' in Trump's Talk]( By RICHARD FAUSSET Conservatives in the mainland United States are celebrating the idea of potentially taking down someone they see as a bully. [Omarosa Manigault-Newman, a White House aide, speaking to a reporter in July at the White House.]( [Uproar Over Omarosa Manigault-Newman at Black Journalists Convention]( By YAMICHE ALCINDOR The White House aide spoke at the annual gathering of the National Association of Black Journalists for a panel that was moderated by Ed Gordon, a host at Bounce TV. [President Trump and Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster in June.]( [White House Aide Forced Out After Claim of Leftist Conspiracy]( By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS A National Security Council staff member, Rich Higgins, was told to resign last month after a memo accused "deep state" Marxists of seeking to overthrow the president. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [Allbirds shoes are popular with those working in Silicon Valley.]( [To Fit Into Silicon Valley, Wear These Wool Shoes]( By NELLIE BOWLES Silicon Valley has gone through many shoe style trends, including Crocs and Vibrams. Now it's Allbirds, the wool shoe that techies love to wear. [Macy's flagship store in Herald Square in Manhattan. The storied retailer has reported declining sales for more than two years.]( [Wall Street's Patience With Retailers' Turnaround Efforts Runs Thin]( By MICHAEL CORKERY After underwhelming earning reports by brick-and-mortar retailers like Macy's and J.C. Penney, investors sent shares of traditional department stores tumbling. [Bill Gurley of the venture capital firm Benchmark, left, hopes to reduce Travis Kalanick's remaining power on the Uber board. Shervin Pishevar of Sherpa Capital, right, has been a vocal supporter of Mr. Kalanick, the company's former C.E.O.]( [Kalanick Loyalists Move to Force Benchmark Off Uber's Board]( By MIKE ISAAC The investors, led by the venture capitalist Shervin Pishevar, demanded the change after Benchmark, a major Uber shareholder, sued Travis Kalanick, the former C.E.O. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology [Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, jogging in Beijing's Tiananmen Square last year.]( [In China, Facebook Tests the Waters With a Stealth App]( By PAUL MOZUR The social media giant has quietly authorized the release of a Chinese version of its Moments app, a highly unusual move that raises transparency questions. [Sundar Pichai, Google's chief executive, canceled a companywide meeting on Thursday that had been scheduled to address questions over a contentious internal memo.]( [A Crisis Forces Google to Uphold Its Values While Fostering Debate]( By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI Employees are encouraged to speak up in online forums, but those forums have become heated over an internal memo that questioned the role of women in tech. [Another Silicon Valley Start-Up Faces Sexual Harassment Claims]( By NATHANIEL POPPER A former employee of the financial start-up known as SoFi said in a lawsuit that he witnessed female employees being harassed by managers and was fired when he reported it. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [Derek Jeter during his jersey-retirement ceremony at Yankee Stadium in May.]( [Derek Jeter's Group Is Said to Have Deal to Buy Marlins]( By KEVIN DRAPER The group, which is led by the venture capitalist Bruce Sherman, agreed to buy the team for nearly $1.2 billion. [Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott led the N.F.L. in rushing yards as a rookie in 2016.]( [Cowboys' Ezekiel Elliott Suspended 6 Games on Domestic Violence Allegations]( By BEN SHPIGEL The N.F.L. made its ruling after an independent investigation into allegations of domestic violence. The Dallas running back has not been charged. [Jon Rahm, 22, of Spain, chipping to the 11th green, shot a 4-over 75. Rahm, ranked sixth in the world, opened with a 70.]( On Golf [Jon Rahm, a Rising Star, Stalls at Golf's Majors]( By KAREN CROUSE Rahm, a 22-year-old from Spain ranked sixth in the world, mostly kept his frustrations in check in the second round of the P.G.A. Championship. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [The new season of ]( ['The Great British Bake Off' as We Know It Is Over. What Comes Next?]( By LIAM STACK The cheerful British hit has been rocked by drama since it left BBC last year. Here's what is next for the show and its original hosts. [The director Craig Anderson.]( [Growing Pains: Horror Directors on Their Creepy Childhood Memories]( By ERIK PIEPENBURG As a doll terrorizes little girls in the new film "Annabelle: Creation," five directors talk about what frightened them as children. [Eva Rausing and Hans Kristian Rausing in Sweden in 1991.]( Books News [A Wealthy Family's Battle With Drugs Laid Bare, but to What End?]( By DAN BILEFSKY Sigrid Rausing's coming book raises questions of whether the lines between memoir and voyeurism, family catharsis and score-settling, have been blurred. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( [] New York [Daniel S. Loeb was criticized by political foes after a social media attack on a black lawmaker that invoked the Ku Klux Klan.]( [Comment on Race Reopens New York Democrats' Split Over Schools]( By SHANE GOLDMACHER A Facebook post by a proponent of charter schools singled out an African-American state senator and invoked the Ku Klux Klan. [Barbara Cook at Carnegie Hall in 2014.]( [In Barbara Cook's Final Days, Her Friends Came to Sing at Her Bedside]( By SOPAN DEB Vanessa Williams, Norm Lewis and others came to sing by Ms. Cook's bedside as she lay dying. Others sent audio and video recordings to say goodbye. [A shield tunneling machine at the Jinyue Road Station of the Shanghai Metro in July; a tour inside the Second Avenue and 86th Street subway stop and nearby tunnels in New York in July 2013.]( [Shanghai's Subway Looks to New York, but Not for Everything]( By KEITH BRADSHER Chinese officials say they want to emulate New York's public transport infrastructure. But that is not always the case. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( [] Editorial Editorial [Make Commuters Pay Their Share Again]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Looking for money for subways? The state gave up a revenue source 18 years ago that would bring in almost $1 billion a year for the city. Editorial [The Foolish Transgender Debate in Texas]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Conservative Republicans are fighting business leaders, police officials, tourism officials, parents and pastors. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed [President Trump spoke to reporters Thursday at his golf club in New Jersey.]( Op-Ed Columnist [Trump Tweets Tough]( By GAIL COLLINS Let's just pray that Trump's current bellicosity is all hot air and no balloon. [In this photo released by Carl's Jr., Paris Hilton is shown eating The Spicy BBQ Six Dollar Burger while washing a Bentley in her swimsuit.]( Op-Ed | Jennifer Weiner [Skinny Women Who Eat Cheeseburgers in Magazines]( By JENNIFER WEINER Summer is the season for contradictory messages on women's bodies. [Kim Kardashian at the Met Gala.]( Op-Ed Contributor [To Stay Sane, Read More Celebrity Gossip]( By JULIE KLAM Enough with the news alerts on North Korea. Give me a Kardashian Twitter war instead. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] ON THIS DAY On Aug. 12, 1898, the peace protocol ending the Spanish-American War was signed. 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