Aftermath: Florida woke up to clear blue skies yesterday and shocking  hurricane damage in Mexico Beach and Panama City on the panhandle. The storm erased whole neighborhoods and ripped roofs and facades off buildings while sinking and piling up hundreds …

Category 4: Hurricane Michael hit the Florida panhandle as one of the most powerful storms known to have made landfall in the United States with winds up to 155 mph. It was just shy of a Category 5. The center …

Resigned:President Trump’s UN ambassador, Nikki Haley, announced yesterday that she is resigning at the end of the year. Often mentioned as a potential candidate for president, she said she has no intention of running in 2020. Now with experience in …

The Brett Bounce: President Trump is making the fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment to the Supreme Court into a cause to motivate Republican voters next month. Opening a ceremonial swearing of Kavanaugh at the White House last night, Trump apologized …

Kavanaugh Confirmed: Ending one of the nastiest Supreme Court nomination fights in American history, US Appeals Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in to the highest court in a private ceremony only a few hours after he was confirmed by …

Advise and Consent: Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh appears to be assured that he will be confirmed after two key senators announced they will vote for him Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia said …

Advise & Dissent: The White House was briefed last night on the results of the FBI investigation into sexual misconduct accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, The Washington Post reports. The investigation appears to have been pretty limited. The paper says …

Schemes and Fraud: In a blockbuster story released last night, The New York Times reports that during the 1990s then private-citizen Donald Trump engaged in numerous tax schemes and in some cases outright fraud to pump up the value of the fortune …

Supreme Mess: The White House has granted the FBI a limited expansion of its investigation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, but Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell says he plans to bring the nomination to a floor vote this week, …

Supreme Mess: Republican leaders are calling for an investigation into how Christine Blasey Ford’s confidentiality agreement with Sen. Diane Feinstein was breached and her accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh went public. Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton said Feinstein’s office …