Gary Cohn: Trickle-down is good for the economy  — Gary Cohn says, “I don't believe that we've set out to create a tax cut for the wealthy.  If someone's getting a tax cut, I'm not upset that they're getting a tax cut.”  —  Gary Cohn, 57, was in some ways an unlikely choice for Donald Trump's White House.

The Anti-Trump Wave  —  Democrats come out in droves and the GOP is caught in the undertow.  —  Republicans took a thorough beating in Tuesday's elections, and no one should sugar coat the results because the voting was confined to a few states.  Democrats came out in droves to send a message …

Goodlatte: It's An Honor to Serve You  —  f t # e  —  Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the following letter today announcing that he will not seek re-election in 2018:  —  Dear Friend,  —  When I first decided to run for Congress there were several things I wanted to achieve …

White House chief of staff tried to pressure acting DHS secretary to expel thousands of Hondurans, officials say  —  Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Elaine Duke meets with Britain's Home Secretary on Oct. 20.  Duke refused to bow to pressure from White House Chief …

Fox, facing new competitors, clings tighter to Trump  —  During the Republican primary contest, Donald Trump feuded frequently with Fox News, going after Megyn Kelly and, at the height of his pique, even skipping one of the network's debates.  That now seems like eons ago.

Trump cooperates with Chinese effort to control image  —  BEIJING (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump was a cooperative partner for Beijing's sweeping efforts to control the message of his heavily choreographed visit to China.  —  Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping …

Roy Moore was removed from 1990s divorce case after he barred lesbian from seeing her children unsupervised  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Roy Moore, the Republican nominee for Senate in Alabama, ruled in a 1990s divorce case that a woman who had a lesbian affair couldn't visit …

More layoffs planned at Carrier plant Trump promised to save  —  Carrier Corp., the HVAC manufacturer that had planned to move its operations to Mexico before President Trump staged a much-heralded intervention, said Tuesday it is gearing up for yet another round of layoffs.

Prosecutors Seek Plea Deal With Manafort's Former Son-in Law  —  Jeffrey Yohai, who worked with his father-in-law on real-estate deals, hasn't been charged with any crime  —  The Justice Department is seeking to reach a plea deal in its criminal investigation of the former son-in-law of Paul Manafort …

Flynn worries about son in special counsel probe  —  Washington (CNN)Former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn has expressed concern about the potential legal exposure of his son, Michael Flynn Jr., who, like his father, is under scrutiny by special counsel Robert Mueller …

Sean Parker unloads on Facebook: “God only knows what it's doing to our children's brains”  —  Sean Parker, the founding president of Facebook, gave me a candid insider's look at how social networks purposely hook and potentially hurt our brains.  —  Be smart: Parker's I-was-there account …

Academic at heart of Clinton ‘dirt’ claim vanishes, leaving trail of questions  —  Poll: Americans concerned about Russia probe  —  (CNN)Joseph Mifsud, the Maltese academic suspected of being a link between the Trump campaign and Russian officials, was once a regular on the foreign policy circuit, attending conferences the world over.

Rand Paul's neighbors rip media ‘landscaping dispute’ reports  —  The Bowling Green, Ky. neighbor who allegedly sucker attack Sen. Rand Paul last weekend, causing six broken ribs, was aggressively anti-Trump and anti-GOP in his social media, calling for the impeachment of the president …

Is the National Anthem Racist?  —  There are several possible answers to this question:  —  1) Of course, because everything is racist.  —  2) It's anyone's guess.  The word “racist” has no meaning.  —  3) Don't be stupid.  —  “Yes” isn't really on the list.

GOP election drubbing scrambles tax reform outlook  —  Top Republicans in Congress had an urgent message to lawmakers after the party's drubbing in Tuesday's elections: Pass tax reform or we're toast in 2018.  —  “I think it simply means we've got to deliver,” Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday.

A New York courtroom gave every detained immigrant a lawyer.  The results were staggering.  —  And now a dozen more cities are getting on board.  —  Omar Siagha has been in the US for 52 years.  He's a legal permanent resident with three children.  He'd never been to prison, he says …

OTL: Jerry Jones threatens to sue NFL if Roger Goodell's contract extension is approved  —  Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has threatened to sue the National Football League if a contract extension for commissioner Roger Goodell is approved by the league's compensation committee, sources told Outside the Lines.

After Night of Drinking, F.B.I. Supervisor Wakes to Find a Woman Stole His Gun  —  WASHINGTON — An F.B.I. counterterrorism supervisor is under internal investigation after a woman stole his gun following a night of heavy drinking in a North Carolina hotel, according to documents and government officials.

‘Canary in the coal mine’: Republicans fear Democratic wins mean more losses to come  —  Virginia republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie pauses in his concession speech Tuesday night in Richmond, Va. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)  —  A wave of Democratic victories ignited …

Shocker: Kevin Spacey Dropped From ‘All The Money In The World;’ J Paul Getty Role Recast With Christopher Plummer  —  EXCLUSIVE: In an unprecedented bold move, director Ridley Scott, along with Imperative Entertainment's Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas have decided to remove Kevin Spacey …

Dem candidate: It 'shouldn't take brain cancer' for John McCain to show courage  —  A House Democratic candidate said this week that Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has shown an amount of “courage” recently by standing up to President Trump, but lamented that this only happened after his brain cancer diagnosis.

The New Washington Drama: Treasury Secretary Versus Treasury Secretary  —  WASHINGTON — It is an unwritten rule that if a former Treasury secretary has nothing nice to say about one of his successors he does not say anything at all.  But in the nation's capital these days, the rules of political comity are meant to be broken.

The Blabbermouth angle  —  It is among our national misfortunes that the ineffable Debbie Wasserman Schultz remains in the middle of the drama implicit in the great Russian hack attack of 2016.  She served as Barack Obama's appointed leader of the Democratic National Committee at the time.

Elite Media Harassment Scandal Expands After NPR Chief Is Accused of Covering Up Complaints  —  The left-wing Washington Post reports that NPR “leaders were aware of at least four complaints against” Michael Oreskes, NPR's top editor, prior to his resignation last week after two allegations went public.

Texas gunman's iPhone could reignite FBI-Apple feud over encryption  —  The FBI and Apple are bracing for another potential fight over encryption, this time because of the iPhone of the dead gunman in Sunday's Texas church shooting, according to people familiar with the matter.