Home of the Whopper: In a White House meeting yesterday, President Trump used a scatological term for some of the countries from which he’d rather not accept immigrants. According to multiple witnesses, Trump was in an Oval Office meeting with …

The Trump Thing: President Trump had a busy day yesterday, denying collusion with the Russians, denouncing the court system, trashing California Sen. Diane Feinstein, and calling for stricter libel and slander laws, even while libeling and slandering his enemies. Russia …

Mudslides: At least 13 people died in Southern California after heavy rains produced devastating mudslides on fire-ravaged hillsides. Homes were swept away and the 101 Freeway in Montecito southeast of Santa Barbara was buried in mud. Cars were destroyed and …

Diplomacy: North Korea will send athletes to the Winter Olympics in South Korea as a result of three hours of direct talks today. It’s a symbolic easing of tensions over North Korea’s escalating nuclear missile development. It will be the …

What I Meant Was: In Washington, it’s called “walking that back.” President Trump’s former Chief Strategist Steve Bannon modified but didn’t retract his comments about a “treasonous” 2016 meeting between top campaign staffers and a Russian lawyer dealing dirt on …

The Genius Bar: After several days getting pummeled about his mental and intellectual capability to be President, Donald Trump yesterday declared himself “a very stable genius.” The mental competence issue had the President in a Twitter rage. “Now that Russian …

The Wall for Hostages: The Trump administration has presented Congress with a list of immigration demands, including $18 billion to build the President’s southern border wall in exchange for protecting the undocumented immigrants known as “dreamers,” who were brought to …

Weather Watch: The East Coast is zipping up for its first major winter storm. The system crawling up the coast is called a “bomb cyclone,” which sounds ominous, but it’s named for its sudden drop in atmospheric pressure. It happens …

Buttonman: President Trump was busy on Twitter yesterday, singing his own praises, chest bumping with North Korea, claiming credit for airline safety, criticizing the Palestinians, the Justice Department, and “the failing” NY Times. Where to begin? Most alarmingly, Trump was …

The Swamp: Congress and the President return to work with an ambitious and pressing agenda before turning to mid-term elections in the fall. Major items include funding the government to avoid a shutdown, re-stabilizing the national health insurance program for …