Rainfall from Harvey Could Reach 50 Inches in Some Spots, Highest Ever Recorded in Texas; Catastrophic Flooding to Continue for Days  —  Story Highlights  —  Harvey has stalled inland over Texas, resulting in catastrophic, record flooding.  —  Periods of torrential rain will continue …

Storm Response Showed a President Monitoring the Unfolding Drama  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump wrapped up a sparkling late-summer weekend at Camp David on Sunday.  But his Twitter feed and the photos and statements released by the White House indicated that he did little other than monitor the catastrophic storm in Texas.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio is no conservative and no hero, no matter what President Trump says  —  Convicting Arpaio of contempt of court was like busting Al Capone on tax evasion.  It was the tip of an iceberg of misdeeds I saw my longtime sheriff commit.  —  CONNECT

First Cohn, now Tillerson, turn on Trump  —  Asked by Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace about President Trump's values, Secretary of State Tillerson said, “the president speaks for himself.”  Wallace followed up by asking Tillerson if he was separating himself from Trump's values …

15 rescued from Dickinson nursing home  —  Fifteen senior citizens were evacuated from the La Vita Bella nursing home in Dickinson, David Popoff, the city's emergency management coordinator confirmed on Sunday afternoon.  —  A picture of the residents sitting in waist-deep water went viral on Twitter Sunday.

‘We Are Living Through a Battle for the Soul of This Nation’  —  In January of 2009, I stood waiting in Wilmington, Delaware, for a train carrying the first African American elected president of the United States.  I was there to join him as vice president on the way to a historic Inauguration.

Trump Island: Risk rising with Republican leaders  —  It started with Charlottesville.  The pardon of Joe Arpaio sped it up.  —  Until now, most Republicans on the Hill have either backed Trump, or mostly stayed silent about their differences.  Now, he's being openly defied.

Top State Department Officials Step Down in “Black Friday” Exodus  —  The State Department's Top U.N. Expert Steps Down On Eve of Trump's Turtle Bay Debut  —  The top State Department envoy responsible for overseeing U.S. policy at the United Nations and other international organizations stepped …

Exclusive: Trump vents in Oval Office, “I want tariffs.  Bring me some tariffs!”  —  The following is a rare account of President Trump in a small Oval Office meeting, venting at senior staff for sometimes resisting his hawkish trade agenda.  —  This account — confirmed by sources …

Trump expected to lift ban on military gear to local police forces  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is preparing to lift a controversial ban on the transfer of some surplus military equipment to police departments whose battlefield-style response to rioting in a St. Louis suburb three years ago prompted a halt to the program.

Kasich on a 2020 Run With Dem Hickenlooper: ‘The Answer Is No’  —  WASHINGTON — Ohio's Republican Governor John Kasich on Sunday tried to shut down reports that he is considering an independent presidential bid in 2020 with Colorado's Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper.