Congress Faces a Tense Agenda, With Little Margin for Error  —  After a summer recess, Congress must grapple with keeping the government open, paying U.S. creditors and passing a hurricane-aid bill—a test of the uneasy alliance between the president and the GOP

The New York Daily News Is Said to Be Nearing Sale  —  The Daily News, the nearly 100-year-old tabloid owned by the real estate magnate Mortimer B. Zuckerman, is close to announcing an agreement for its sale to Tronc, the publisher of The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune.

UNDERCOVER IN NORTH KOREA: “ALL PATHS LEAD TO CATASTROPHE”  —  The most alarming aspect of North Korea's latest nuclear test, and the larger standoff with the U.S., is how little is known about how North Korea truly functions.  For 65 years it's been sealed off from the rest of the world …

Florida governor declares state of emergency over Hurricane Irma  —  Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) has declared a state of emergency affecting every county in Florida in preparation for Hurricane Irma, which has been upgraded to a Category 4 storm.  —  Scott's order signed Monday notes …

EPA now requires political aide's sign-off for agency awards, grant applications  —  The Environmental Protection Agency has taken the unusual step of putting a political operative in charge of vetting the hundreds of millions of dollars in grants the EPA distributes annually …

No One Asked for Verrit, but Here We Are  —  On Sunday evening, former secretary of state and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton endorsed Verrit, a “media platform for the 65.8 million” who supported her candidacy, immediately creating a minor Twitter firestorm.

Everything you need to know about Sen. Menendez's bribery trial  —  Sen. Menendez vows to fight corruption charges  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)It's a case with allegations spanning seven years, multiple countries, and involving hundreds of thousands of dollars.  At the center of it: a sitting US senator.

18th charity pulls event from Trump's Mar-a-Lago after Charlottesville  —  An 18th charity has pulled its event from President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate since his controversial remarks on the violence in Charlottesville, Va., last month.  —  The Palm Beach Habilitation Center will no longer hold …

Impeaching Trump is a long shot.  There's another way to protect the country.  —  With the impeachment and removal of President Trump a long shot at best, there is another way to provide the country some protection from our unfit president: congressional government.

Betsy DeVos Is Planning A Major Title IX Announcement This Week  —  The US Department of Education may unveil plans to change to federal policy dealing with campus rape.  —  US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is planning to make a major announcement on Title IX, the campus gender equality law …

Spicer lands post-White House gig  —  President Donald Trump's former press secretary will go on the paid speaking circuit.  —  Sean Spicer is cashing in on “candor.”  —  President Donald Trump's first press secretary - who ceded his high-profile post to Sarah Huckabee Sanders in July …

In Conversation: Bill de Blasio  —  The mayor thinks New Yorkers appreciate real talk, even if some of it is bad news.  But also, he says, a lot of it isn't.  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio rounds the corner of a Gracie Mansion porch wearing a broad smile.  It's a Friday afternoon in late August, and he's had a good week.