Evening Edition: Woodward’s book reveals a ‘nervous breakdown’ of Trump’s presidency

The Fix: The most damning portrait of Trump's presidency yet — by far; Annotated transcript of the phone call between Trump and Woodward

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Woodward's book reveals a 'nervous breakdown' of Trump's presidency Aides routinely stole documents off President Trump's desk. Military leaders ignored the president's orders. And the backstabbing went both ways. A forthcoming book by Bob Woodward paints a harrowing portrait of the Trump presidency, based on in-depth interviews with administration officials and other principals. By Philip Rucker and Robert Costa  •  Read more » The Fix: The most damning portrait of Trump's presidency yet — by far Bob Woodward's book is an indictment of Trump's leadership unlike any other. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis Annotated transcript of the phone call between Trump and Woodward The president called Bob Woodward after the manuscript of his book had been completed. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   Kavanaugh hearing devolves into political brawl; GOP's Grassley refuses to delay At the outset, Democrats repeatedly interrupted the opening statement of Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) — as protesters in the room heckled the senators — and sought to adjourn. By Seung Min Kim, Ann Marimow and John Wagner  •  Read more »   The Fix: Democrats' surprise, coordinated attack to tank Kavanaugh's nomination Senate Democrats proposed not even going through with the hearing on Day 1 of the confirmation of process. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   Hours before Kavanaugh hearings, Bush lawyer releases 42,000 pages of documents Senators considering the Supreme Court nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh won't have time to review the newly released material, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said. By Fred Barbash and Seung Min Kim  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT The Daily 202 | Analysis Trump shows fresh disdain for the rule of law as confirmation hearings begin An 11th-hour document dump highlights how much still isn't known about Trump's pick. By James Hohmann  •  Read more »   Tropical Storm Gordon bears down on northern Gulf Coast, with hurricane warnings in effect Only slight intensification is required for this system to become the first Atlantic hurricane to make landfall in 2018. By Jason Samenow  •  Read more »   Arizona governor appoints ex-senator Jon Kyl to fill McCain's seat The Republican served in the Senate from 1995 until 2013. More recently, he guided President Trump's second nominee for the Supreme Court as he navigated meetings with senators. By Sean Sullivan  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Perspective Enough, already, with anything Steve Bannon has to say. We got it the first time. President Trump's former chief strategist was disinvited to a high-profile interview after a backlash. But he never should have been asked in the first place, The Post's media columnist writes. By Margaret Sullivan  •  Read more »   Democrats regain edge as midterms turn into referendum on Trump, poll finds The Washington Post-ABC News also points to broad unrest and frustration with the political system, with a majority saying the Republican and Democratic parties are out of touch with most people. By Scott Clement and Daniel Balz  •  Read more »   Perspective What do we still want from Monica Lewinsky? Here's the problem, our columnist writes, with the question about Bill Clinton that prompted Lewinsky to cut an interview short and leave the stage. By Monica Hesse  •  Read more »   Rahm Emanuel announces he won't seek third term as Chicago mayor The surprise decision comes amid escalating criticism of his response to allegations of misconduct by the city's police officers in recent years. By Felicia Sonmez  •  Read more »   People are destroying their Nike gear to protest the Colin Kaepernick 'Just Do It' campaign The company revealed the former NFL quarterback — who generated controversy for kneeling during the national anthem in protest — would be one of the faces of the campaign. By Amy Wang and Rachel Siegel  •  Read more »

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