Trump's chief of staff: ‘I do not follow the tweets’  —  Hours after President Trump provoked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Twitter, suggesting he is “short and fat,” the White House chief of staff said he tells aides not to react to Trump's comments on social media.

Everyone Knew Roy Moore Dated High School Girls, Says Former Colleague  —  And they thought it was “weird,” according to former deputy district attorney.  —  A former prosecutor who worked in Alabama with GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore in the early 1980s told CNN on Saturday that it was …

Pricing access to the Trump White House: the strange case of the Times social media policy  —  Follow these events with me.  Then I will share my view of what is going on here.  —  On Sep. 17, Glenn Thrush, White House reporter for the New York Times, posted this on Twitter:

In ‘Watershed Moment,’ YouTube Blocks Extremist Cleric's Message  —  WASHINGTON — For eight years, the jihadist propaganda of Anwar al-Awlaki has helped shape a generation of American terrorists, including the Fort Hood gunman, the Boston Marathon bombers and the perpetrators of massacres in San Bernardino, Calif., and Orlando, Fla.

How the ex-DNC chair ruined Clinton's chance at 2020  —  MORE FROM: … Who's afraid of the Clintons?  Not Donna Brazile.  —  The explosive book by the former head of the Democratic National Committee is rocking the political world with its tales of Hillary Clinton's brazen corruption and tawdry deceits.

Sources: Committee to talk Roger Goodell contract; last commish proposal included $49.5M salary, private jet  —  The NFL's Compensation Committee will hold a conference call Monday to discuss and further push ahead the proposed extension for commissioner Roger Goodell, sources confirmed to ESPN.

Tom Perez: ‘I am not talking about impeachment’  —  Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tom Perez  —  said Sunday he's not focusing on impeaching President Trump despite a $10 million ad campaign from a Democratic mega-donor.  —  “I am not talking about impeachment,” Perez said on ABC's “This Week.”

Can My Children Be Friends With White People?  —  My oldest son, wrestling with a 4-year-old's happy struggles, is trying to clarify how many people can be his best friend.  “My best friends are you and Mama and my brother and ...” But even a child's joy is not immune to this ominous political period.

Since When Did Chuck Todd Give a Dang About the Deficit?  —  I do not know why I watch Meet The Press; I suppose that I have some latent sense of self-loathing that emerges every Sunday morning when I sit down with a cup of coffee.  Chuck Todd is the most liberally biased major news anchor in America …

Bannon Put a Target on His Back.  McConnell's Answer: ‘Ha-Ha.’  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Mitch McConnell, the taciturn Republican leader, watched stoically from across the Capitol two years ago as Speaker John A. Boehner resigned rather than contend with mounting troubles …