TRUMP'S BREXIT BLAST I told May how to do Brexit but she wrecked it — the US trade deal is off, says Donald Trump  —  In a world-exclusive interview with The Sun, the US President said Theresa May had ignored his advice by opting for a soft Brexit strategy  —  DONALD Trump today accuses …

Things will not be okay  —  Human beings often choose self-delusion over painful reality, and so in the days and weeks to come, we will hear reassurances that the NATO alliance is in good shape.  After all, there have been spats in the past — over the Suez crisis in 1956, Vietnam in the 1960s and '70s …

Giuliani says Mueller probe results should be dismissed after Strzok testimony  —  President Trump's lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani said Friday that congressional testimony by FBI agent Peter Strzok demonstrated such a bias against Trump that the results of the investigation being led …

White House Orders Broader Access to Files About F.B.I. Informant  —  WASHINGTON — The White House has rebuffed concerns among American intelligence and law enforcement officials and ordered that more lawmakers be given access to classified information about an informant the F.B.I. used …

Kavanaugh Is a Mentor To Women  —  I can't think of a better judge for my own daughter's clerkship.  —  Judge Brett Kavanaugh's jurisprudence will appropriately be dissected in the months ahead.  I'd like to speak to a less well-known side of the Supreme Court nominee: his role as a mentor for young lawyers, particularly women.

Don't drink the water if you live in parts of Northeast and Northwest Washington  —  D.C. residents who live in parts of Northwest and Northeast should not drink the water until further notice, officials said, after a problem arose at a pumping station.  —  The warning came from D.C. Water …

A Man Has Been Charged With A Hate Crime After Going On A Racist Tirade Against A Woman For Her Puerto Rico Shirt  —  “You should not be wearing that in the United States of America.  Are you a citizen?  Are you a United States citizen?” the man said.  —  A man who was filmed yelling …

Donald Trump is the president I didn't want, but now I know we need … Over the years, my caricatures of Donald Trump have evolved but not as much as my opinion of him.  —  When Trump announced he was running for president, I admit that I didn't take this millionaire, hotel magnate, reality TV show celebrity as a serious candidate.

“An Amateur Boxer Up Against Muhammad Ali”: Washington Fears Trump Will Be No Match for Putin in Helsinki  —  All American Presidents adore the pageantry of summits, none more so than Donald Trump, who is addicted to the idea of himself as one of the great men making history with a capital “H.”

Don't Let Trump Go to War With Iran  —  Fifteen years after the U.S. entered Iraq, the president is inching us closer to another unnecessary fight.  —  The decision of the United States to wage war against Iraq in 2003 was one of the worst mistakes our country has ever made.  Was Saddam Hussein a brutal dictator?

‘Kiss my you know what’: Schumer hamstrung in SCOTUS fight  —  The Democratic leader has little sway over the Democrats he needs the most.  —  Chuck Schumer says he's going to fight Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court with “everything I've got.”  To do so, he'll need to get centrist Democrats to hold the line.

Senate Democrats blast former Trump attorney for ‘selling access’ to White House  —  Michael Cohen's relationship with the Swiss drug company Novartis was more extensive than the company previously disclosed, as shown in newly uncovered emails exchanged by President Donald Trump's former lawyer and the company's former top executive.

FEMA admits failures in Puerto Rico disaster response, in after-action report  —  The Federal Emergency Management Agency experienced personnel shortages, was caught with a critical lack of aid supplies, had trouble coordinating logistics and found itself struggling to do the work …

As Trade War Persists, Mnuchin Says China Talks Have ‘Broken Down’  —  WASHINGTON — The trade war between the United States and China showed no signs of yielding on Thursday, as Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, told lawmakers there was no clear path to resolution and Beijing blasted the administration over its approach.

Fox News Poll: Democrats ahead in election enthusiasm, interest — and the vote  —  Democrats are more interested in the upcoming midterm elections and more enthused to vote than usual, and that helps them to an 8-point edge in the generic congressional ballot test.

Trump is a bully.  Brett Kavanaugh will stand up to him.  —  The Trump administration is not known for its consistency, but some contradictions are too revealing to ignore.  —  In nominating Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, President Trump has chosen a jurist who is deeply committed to the Bill of Rights and the rule of law.

What Ben Bradlee Would Think of Donald Trump  —  My late husband would not have been impressed.  Nor intimidated.  He believed the truth mattered.  —  There is a big, white, two-story wall in the center of the newsroom at the Washington Post directly across from the glass-walled Ben Bradlee conference room.