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 …

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

Program that provides low-cost health care to 9M children set to expire  —  Amid intense debates about the Graham-Cassidy health care bill, the Senate and House missed the deadline to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) — meaning federal funding for the program will expire at the end of the month.

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 …

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.

The Vietnam War gets the Ken Burns treatment  —  I didn't watch all 18 hours of Ken Burns' series about the Vietnam War, but I forced myself to endure roughly two-thirds of it.  I found Burns' version of the war biased and superficial.  —  Scott has performed a service by posting a conference …

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.

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.

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.