Trump Wanted Tenfold Increase in Nuclear Arsenal, Surprising Military  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he wanted what amounted to a nearly tenfold increase in the U.S. nuclear arsenal during a gathering this past summer of the nation's highest ranking national security leaders …

Harvey Weinstein's Wife Georgina Chapman Is Leaving Him: ‘My Heart Breaks for All the Women Who Have Suffered’  —  Harvey Weinstein's wife, Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman, is leaving him — as more women continue to step forward to accuse the movie mogul of decades of sexual harassment and assault.

Carter Page says he won't testify before Senate Intelligence panel in Russia probe  —  Carter Page, a former foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign, informed the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that he will not be cooperating with any requests to appear before the panel …

Mitch McConnell Goes to the Mattresses for Trump's Judicial Nominees  —  The Senate majority leader takes charge of the confirmation process.  —  The Republican drive to confirm federal judges has gained momentum from a series of actions by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

'He's better than this,' says Thomas Barrack, Trump's loyal whisperer  —  NEW YORK — Thomas J. Barrack Jr., a billionaire who is one of President Trump's oldest friends, had spent weeks trying to smooth the way for a May presidential meeting in Saudi Arabia with Gulf leaders.  —  All initially went well.

An old-school pharmacy hand-delivers drugs to Congress, a little-known perk for the powerful  —  ASHINGTON — If House Speaker Paul Ryan comes down with the flu this winter, he and his security detail won't be screeching off toward the closest CVS for his Tamiflu.

How Israel Caught Russian Hackers Scouring the World for U.S. Secrets  —  It was a case of spies watching spies watching spies: Israeli intelligence officers looked on in real time as Russian government hackers searched computers around the world for the code names of American intelligence programs.

Eminem unleashes on Trump: The 11 fiercest lines  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  " to a “racist grandpa” in an explosive 4.5-minute freestyle rap.  —  The Detroit rapper challenged his fans at the BET Hip Hop Awards to “decide who you like more” — Eminem or Trump.

Trump's Benghazi?  Ambush of U.S. soldiers in Niger goes unnoticed  —  Four dead Americans.  —  It's been five years since terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2012, leaving four Americans dead.  Last week, as CIA officers disguised in wigs and mustaches testified …

Pledge to Impeach Trump, a Key Donor Demands of Democrats  —  One of the Democratic Party's most prominent financial backers is demanding that lawmakers and candidates on the left support removing President Trump from office, putting pressure on Democrats to make Mr. Trump's ouster a defining issue in the 2018 midterm elections.

What Bob Corker Really Fears  —  It doesn't matter all that much that Bob Corker and Donald Trump are insulting each other via Twitter.  Sooner or later, Trump insults almost everyone.  What matters is that Corker, the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a confidant …

New disclosure shows a casino guard alerted hotel to gunman before Vegas massacre began.  So why did it take so long to stop him?  —  Police say gunman Stephen Paddock shot a security guard before opening fire on concertgoers.  —  Before the Las Vegas massacre began, a wounded Mandalay Bay …

Mark Zuckerberg apologizes for tone-deaf virtual tour of hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg apologized after a live-streamed virtual trip to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico to promote Facebook's Spaces app drew sharp criticism on social media.

The real fix for gerrymandering is proportional representation  —  It's time to consider radical solutions.  —  The furor over the Supreme Court case considering limits on gerrymandering has reminded me of a conference I attended years ago.  This was a meeting mostly composed …

VA conceals shoddy care and health workers' mistakes  —  Behind the walls of the nation's oldest veterans' hospital, the reports were grim.  —  Medical experts from the Department of Veterans Affairs blamed one botched surgery after another on a lone podiatrist.