Puerto Rico is all our worst fears about Trump coming real  —  A real crisis comes and Trump can't handle it.  —  For the first nine months of his administration, observers have had occasion to wonder — and wonder, and wonder, and wonder — how exactly Donald Trump would manage to handle …

“Pretty safe bet”: Former national security adviser warns Kushner compromised by foreign intel  —  The National Security Agency warned top Trump administration officials in a series of classified briefings that using their personal cell phones and emails could make them vulnerable to espionage …

Trump signed presidential directive ordering actions to pressure North Korea  —  Early in his administration, President Trump signed a directive outlining a strategy of pressure against North Korea that involved actions across a broad spectrum of government agencies and led to the use …

Column Time's up: As CHIP expires unrenewed, Congress blows a chance to save healthcare for 9 million children  —  Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price voted twice against expanding CHIP as a George state legislator.  —  Advocates for children's health started worrying months ago …

Kasich hints at leaving GOP if it's not ‘fixed’  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich said on CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday that a time could come when he no longer supports the Republican Party.  —  “If the party can't be fixed, Jake, then I'm not going to be able to support the party.

Graydon Carter Remembers S.I. Newhouse, Jr., the Magazine Visionary Who Modernized Condé Nast  —  S.I. Newhouse, Jr., the Chairman Emeritus of Condé Nast, died today in New York, the city he was born in and the one that gave foundation to the empire he built.

Trump Tax Cut Already In Trouble  —  Don't believe the unrestrained enthusiasm coming from the White House and congressional leaders: The tax cut they announced last Wednesday is already in trouble and isn't going to be enacted quickly.  —  Of course the party line coming from the Trump administration …

NFL owners struggled to retain control after Trump's attacks, rise of player protests  —  As DeMaurice Smith drove Monday morning to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport for a flight to his annual locker room meeting with the Buffalo Bills, his phone rang.  It was Roger Goodell.

At Trial, a Focus on the Facts, Not the Politics, of Benghazi  —  WASHINGTON — Almost from the moment that Islamist militants overran the American consulate and assaulted a C.I.A. annex in Benghazi, Libya, in September 2012, politics consumed the deadly attacks.