Trump Assails Critics and Mocks #MeToo.  What About Putin?  'He's Fine'  —  GREAT FALLS, Mont. — President Trump lobbed personal and derogatory attacks at two Democratic senators, mocked the #MeToo movement and vouched for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday during a freewheeling …

Trump Administration in Chaotic Scramble to Reunify Migrant Families  —  Faced with a court-imposed deadline to reunite families separated at the southwest border, federal authorities are calling in volunteers to sort through records and resorting to DNA tests to match children with parents.

Memos detail FBI's ‘Hurry the F up pressure’ to probe Trump campaign  —  Multiple reviews of whether FBI agents' political bias affected the Russia-Trump collusion case remain in their infancy, but investigators already have unearthed troubling internal communications long withheld from public view.

Calls for Rep. Jim Jordan's Resignation Heat Up As 5th Witness — Former UFC Champion — Comes Forward  —  Things aren't looking all that good for Republican Congressman Jim Jordan.  Jordan, who has been a staunch ally of President Trump, in his attempts to discredit the Special Counsel investigation …

Donald Trump to almost entirely avoid London during UK visit  —  Meetings with Theresa May and the Queen to be held away from protests in capital  —  Donald Trump will almost entirely avoid London during his four-day visit to the UK next week, Downing Street has said, unveiling an itinerary likely …

Wisconsin Supreme Court sides with Marquette professor John McAdams in free speech case, orders university to reinstate him  —  The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that embattled Marquette University political science professor John McAdams was improperly suspended after he publicly criticized …

VA-07: Brat Moves from Lean Republican to Toss Up  —  In 2014, economics professor Dave Brat turned the political world upside-down when he upset House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the GOP primary by taking a hard line on illegal immigration.  But four years later, he's at risk of getting swept …

Chinese Tariffs Hit Trump Counties Harder  —  Beijing's retaliation would be felt by U.S. soybean farmers, auto makers and oil producers  —  The fallout from President Donald Trump's tariffs and China's countertariffs—which formally went into effect on Friday—will have the greatest impact …

Pruitt's Resignation Is Just the Beginning  —  There has never been a cabinet official who has survived as many scandals as Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency — until his resignation Thursday.  Mr. Pruitt faced up to 19 separate investigations …

Most Americans oppose key parts of Trump immigration plans, including wall, limits on citizens bringing family to U.S., poll says  —  Americans overwhelmingly oppose the Trump administration's now-rescinded policy of separating immigrant children from their parents, and smaller majorities …

De Blasio used a $3M counterterrorism plane to zip home from vacation  —  The NYPD used a $3 million counterterrorism plane to shuttle Mayor Bill de Blasio back and forth from his Canada vacation to the Big Apple for an event Thursday, The Post has learned.  —  Hizzoner, who is in Quebec …

John Kelly, Scott Pruitt, and the Epic Turnover of the Trump Administration  —  What does the endless death watch for the President's chief of staff tell us about the worst-run White House of modern times?  —  Is John Kelly finally on his way out?  Now that President Trump has accepted …

The Tunnel That Could Break New York  —  How politics, and Donald Trump, turned America's most important repair job into a $30 billion grudge match.  —  President Donald Trump was in an unusually bipartisan mood on September 7, when he convened a White House meeting about a massive project …

Pompeo Brings ‘Rocket Man’ CD for Kim Jong-un  —  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo left for North Korea on Thursday for denuclearization talks and brought two gifts for leader Kim Jong-un.  —  One is a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump and the other an Elton John CD with his song “Rocket Man.”

Amazon continues to profit from the sale of white-supremacist propaganda, report says  —  Shoppers can purchase Amazon.com merchandise displaying symbols of white supremacy, such as a swastika necklace, a baby onesie with a burning cross, and a child's backpack featuring a neo-Nazi meme …

North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Research Center: Testing of Reactor Cooling Systems; Construction of Two New Non-Industrial Buildings  —  Recent commercial satellite imagery indicates that North Korea has finished work on the secondary cooling system for the 5 MWe reactor.

The Onion, Clickhole, A.V. Club Brace for Layoffs … When media giant Univision Communications Inc. bought a reported 40-percent stake in Onion Inc. in 2016, executives believed that being funnier would help connect the Spanish-language media company with a millennial audience.

Anne Frank's family tried to escape to U.S. but hit immigration roadblocks  —  BERLIN — Research suggests the family of Anne Frank, the world famous Jewish diarist who died in the Holocaust, attempted to immigrate to the United States and later also to Cuba, but their efforts were thwarted …

Divorcing Trump: Why some conservatives are now pushing Democrats (!)  —  The conservative commentators who absolutely despise President Trump are in a box.  —  During the campaign, many loudly proclaimed that they could never vote for Trump.  But they said they didn't want Hillary Clinton to win either.

What is Devin Nunes up to?  House Trump-Russia probe expands as Intel chair focuses on informants  —  Devin Nunes is up to something.  The House Intelligence Committee chairman has been writing letters lately, asking that two other House chairman — Bob Goodlatte of the Judiciary Committee …

Kavanaugh's unorthodox path to Trump's Supreme Court shortlist  —  Brett Kavanaugh's career had traveled a most unusual path through Washington's scandals.  He had overseen an investigation into whether President Clinton's deputy counsel, Vincent Foster, had been murdered or committed suicide.

JeffCo woman shoots estranged husband during attempted sexual assault  —  A man has been arrested and charged for attempting to sexually assault his estranged wife.  —  Eric Austin, 31, was arrested and charged with second-degree attempted rape and second-degree domestic violence.

Who Killed the Center-Left?  —  The victory of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over longtime Democratic congressman Joe Crowley of New York inspired some hysterical punditry.  We were told that the 28,000 people that voted in a district of more than 600,000 had decided the fate of the political universe.

Virginia Man Sentenced for Obstructing Counterterrorism Investigation  —  Sean Andrew Duncan, 22, of Sterling, Virginia, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for obstructing a counterterrorism investigation and receipt of child pornography.

‘This will take us out of our comfort zone’: Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson planning $10 million match-play showdown  —  Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are working on putting together a $10 million, winner-take-all match-play event.  —  The greatest match that never was almost took place …