Trump dedicates golf trophy to hurricane victims  —  President Trump on Sunday dedicated a golf trophy to the victims of recent powerful storms that tore through Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, all the while defending the government's response to the disasters.

Scoop: Trump urges staff to portray him as “crazy guy”  —  In an Oval Office meeting earlier this month, President Trump gave his top trade negotiator, Robert Lighthizer, an Art of the Deal-style coaching session on how to negotiate with the South Koreans.  —  Trump's impromptu coaching came …

9 million kids get health insurance under CHIP.  Congress just let it expire.  —  Congress just allowed the Children's Health Insurance Program, which provided low-cost health insurance to 9 million children, to expire.  —  If action is not taken soon to restore the funding …

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.

Trump called Cowboys' Jerry Jones four times about anthem protests: report  —  President Trump last Monday reportedly called Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones four times imploring him not to let his team kneel during the national anthem.  —  The president repeatedly called Jones while the owner stood …

Grace du Pont, Conor Sutherland  —  Grace Hays Holcomb du Pont was married Sept. 30 to Conor Jackson Sutherland in Manhattan.  The Rev. J. Donald Waring performed the ceremony at Grace Episcopal Church.  —  The bride and groom both graduated from Princeton, she cum laude and he magna cum laude

“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 …

Semen-contaminated flutes might have been given to children, California school officials warn  —  Several school districts in Southern California warned parents this weekend that flutes and recorders given to children through a nonprofit music program may have been contaminated with bodily fluids.

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.

Democrats, Please Get Ready to Lose  —  There's a saying that what matters isn't winning or losing.  It's whether you beat the spread.  —  But what's the spread for Democrats in 2018?  —  Is the spread — which means the predicted margin of victory or defeat — gaining the 24 seats …

She Had Questions.  He Had No Answers.  Flirting Began.  —  Sonia Moghe and Eric Douglas Koch were married Sept. 30 in West Dennis, Mass. Pandit Jayant Sane, a Hindu priest, officiated at the Lighthouse Inn, in a ceremony that also included the Greek wedding tradition of placing crowns on the heads of the bride and the groom.

Budget battles loom on Capitol Hill  —  Republicans on Capitol Hill are focused on one thing this week: the budget.  The House and Senate need to pass budgets — and sign off on a single product in conference — in order to get a bill ready to pass tax reform.

Samuel I. Newhouse, Jr., the Longtime Owner of The New Yorker and Chairman of Condé Nast, Has Died at Eighty-Nine  —  Forty -eight years ago, Gardner Botsford, a longtime editor at this magazine, wrote an obituary and appreciation in these pages of his stepfather, Raoul Fleischmann …