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The shadows of site engineers are seen Tuesday on the wall of a new twin-tube road tunnel straddling the Suez Canal in the Egyptian city of Ismailia.

A real paranormal expert would know bullets don’t work on ghosts

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Isn’t there a saying about what you shouldn’t do where you eat?

A Tolland, Conn., man who told police he was a paranormal investigator is due in court next week after firing shots in his house at what he said may have been a ghost. Christian Devaux is charged with illegal discharge of a firearm and making a false statement to police, among other things.

Police say Devaux put two bullet holes in his wall and reported it as a break-in. He later told police he believes the intruder was actually a spirit. (AP)

A naked man who sprinted from Los Angeles police running after him with a police helicopter overhead is in custody after a long chase. The pursuit at dawn Friday began after the man left a suspected stolen truck on a freeway. Illuminated by a helicopter spotlight, he ran along dirt paths and scaled a fence. As officers closed in, he ran across several busy roads, dodging cars. He then fled into a wooded area, but officers caught up with him. (AP)

A St. Louis man is the new tenant of an apartment with a unique layout: The kitchen and bathroom (including toilet, bathtub, oven and sink) are in the same room. The 200-square-foot studio is $525 a month. The 111-year-old building started as 12 luxury apartments. Around the Great Depression, it was remade into 50 units; the studio is the smallest.

Harold Karabell of S.F. Shannon Real Estate Management says the new tenant loves it. (AP)

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Visitors cheer no-pass entry The African American museum experiments with weekday walk-ins

PEGGY MCCLONE (THE WASHINGTON POST)

NATIONAL MALL A hot ticket for the past two years, Washington’s popular National Museum of African American History and Culture did away with its ticket requirement Monday, the first day of a monthlong experiment with nopass weekday admission.

Visitors began lining up before 8 a.m. on the last day of the holiday weekend, which was the first of the museum’s September Walk-Up Weekdays. Several hundred were waiting when the doors to the Smithsonian’s newest venue opened at 10 a.m.

“It’s truly a blessing to be here,” said Melva Thornton, 68, of Charlotte, N.C., one of the first in the queue. On vacation in D.C., Thornton arrived at 7:45 a.m. to guarantee getting in. She had tried to get passes online in the past but had had no success. She was delighted to wait without worry as she watched a multicultural, multi-age crowd form behind her.

“I’m glad to see it’s a mixed group. I hope it brings the country together,” she said.

No-pass entry brought a steady stream of visitors to the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Monday.

Since its historic opening on Sept. 24, 2016, the museum at the corner of the Mall near the Washington Monument has attracted more than 4.3 million people, making it one of the city’s most popular museums.

The timed passes — available at no charge in advance or at 6:30 a.m. for same-day entry — have been used to prevent long lines at the entrance and keep the galleries from getting too crowded.

This month’s pilot program is the latest test of no-pass entry as

“I hope it works.

It’s a good problem to have, that there are still so many people trying to get in.”

CRAIG STUART, a visitor to D.C. from New Jersey, who visited the museum with a pass over the weekend and decided to return Monday after hearing about the new weekday policy

museum officials try to balance access for everyone who seeks it with optimal conditions for enjoying the galleries. For more than a year, small numbers of visitors have been allowed to enter without passes on weekday afternoons, if capacity allows.

In April and May, the museum debuted Walk-Up Wednesdays and saw an increased number of visitors. Passes are still required on weekends, when attendance rises.

Jaclyn DeVore was among the hundreds who had arrived early Monday because they were uncertain how difficult it would be to get in. The Harlem resident and her children Lawrence, 11, Lukas, 10, and Lauren, 8, spent about 35 minutes waiting for the doors to open. “I figured everyone would have the same idea,” DeVore said.

It didn’t take long for the family to snake through the queue.

By 10:30 a.m., visitors could go right in.

Beverly Morgan-Welch, the associate director of external affairs for the museum, said they will analyze visitor data from this month to look for patterns.

“We’re hopeful it will be a successful experiment,” she said.

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MARYLAND At Tulip Grove Elementary, much of the building in Bowie, Md., was new — tall windows, gleaming classrooms, an indoor garden and media center. And so it seemed only fitting that as the academic year opened Tuesday, the newest leader of the Prince George’s County school system was there to cheer the change.

“We’re excited to see you, and we know your teachers are excited to see you,” Monica Goldson, interim chief executive of the county’s schools, told Tulip Grove’s 325 students as she wished them “an amazing first day.”

The school was one of hundreds across Maryland that welcomed students for the 20182019 academic year, as the state projected another year of record enrollment. For a second year, most schools in the state started classes after Labor Day, in keeping with a state order.

Maryland’s largest school systems, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, expected more than 163,500 and 134,000 students, respectively. Both systems reported rising enrollment.

In Prince George’s, Goldson crossed the county greeting parents, students and employees, while sounding a message of

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First-graders at Tulip Grove Elementary School in Bowie, Md., head into the cafeteria Tuesday on the first day of class inside their brand-new building.

Metal detectors?

An official with Maryland’s largest public school system says metal detectors may be added to student entrances. WTOP-FM reported the president of the Montgomery County Board of Education, Mike Durso, said the idea is being considered, but there are installation and cost concerns. He says he doesn’t know if they would be an immediate solution for the system’s 205 schools. (AP)

coming together in a system where many are looking for a reset.

Last school year, Prince George’s was mired in scandals over questionable pay raises and inflated graduation rates. Earlier, it lost its federal Head Start

grant and reeled after a major sex abuse case raised questions about its practices and oversight.

“I feel like it’s a new beginning,” Goldson said, noting elected officials and school board members joined her as she toured schools.

“We want to show a united front and that it really is about children.

We have to get beyond some of the issues we have had to face.”

In Montgomery County, a new school opened in Rockville — Bayard Rustin Elementary — while several others were expanded and the Thomas Edison High School of Technology was rebuilt. Officials said key goals for the year ahead include early learning, career preparation and access to advanced courses.

DONNA ST. GEORGE (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Naval school eases rules on hairstyles The U.S. Naval Academy is allowing female midshipmen to wear ponytails and other longer hairstyles. The policy was announced Monday during a Board of Visitors meeting.

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson first announced the Navy’s changes in July, saying they make the Navy more inclusive. The academy conducted its own review before accepting the changes. The regulation allows braids and ponytails in service, working and physical training uniforms.

The width or diameter of hair buns can’t extend beyond the width of the back of the head. The academy is stipulating that ponytails cannot be seen from the front.

Vice Adm. Ted Carter, the superintendent, says the class of 2022 is about 28 percent female. (AP)

EXCESSIVE HEAT KEEPS SOME SCHOOLS CLOSED

The number of schools and learning centers in Baltimore County, Md., that were closed Tuesday — the first day of classes — as temperatures exceeded 90 degrees. Roughly 70 Baltimore city schools released students early due to the heat. City schools have established new guidelines for closing schools, after years of extreme temperatures in winter and summer highlighted infrastructure problems. Baltimore County schools’ chief of staff Mychael Dickerson said his district takes it “day by day” when deciding whether schools without air conditioning need to be closed. (AP)

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Howard County, Md., police: Woman apparently killed Monday by dog she adopted two weeks ago

U.S. Rep. Scott Taylor has been subpoenaed to testify in a lawsuit that accuses members of his campaign staff of forging signatures to help an independent candidate get on the ballot for the 2nd Congressional District.

Democrats are suing state election officials to remove Shaun Brown from the Nov. 6 ballot in the competitive U.S. House race.

Taylor is among several people who have been ordered to appear at a court hearing today.

Taylor, a Republican, has said he knew his staff was circulating petitions, but he denounced the use of false signatures. (AP) WALLOPS ISLAND, VA.

NASA set to test system for landing craft on Mars A parachute system that’s designed to land spacecraft on Mars will be tested this week off Virginia. Friday’s scheduled launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility will be the third test of the parachute system.

NASA said the system is designed for spacecraft descending onto the Red Planet from supersonic speeds. The rocket carrying the parachute system is expected to reach an altitude of 32 miles. It is expected to splash down in the Atlantic Ocean. (AP) BALTIMORE

Lawyers: Foster children made to bunk in offices Attorneys representing Baltimore’s foster children say the city’s social services department is illegally keeping children in offices overnight, 30 years after entering into a federal consent decree over treatment of foster children. An ongoing class-action lawsuit led to a 1988 consent decree forbidding foster children from spending more than four hours in departmental offices.

But plaintiffs’ attorney Mitchell Mirviss tells The Baltimore Sun more than 100 children have been kept in unlicensed facilities beyond legal limits this year. (AP)

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Guns playing a big role in tight Virginia race POLITICS As the nation grapples with mass shootings, gun policy could be a deciding factor in the competitive race between Rep. Barbara Comstock, R, and Democratic challenger state Sen. Jennifer Wexton in northern Virginia.

Gabby Giffords, the former congresswoman severely injured in a 2011 shooting, last week kicked off her national campaign to elect Democrats with $1 million in television ads targeting Comstock. Her group chose the 10th District because Comstock is one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the country and her district is near the NRA’s headquarters in Fairfax County.

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Voters in Virginia believe gun control is more important than protecting gun rights, according to a recent poll that captured a watershed moment in a

once-conservative state.

Democrats’ pro-gun control message contrasts sharply with Comstock’s conservative record on gun issues and A rating from the National Rifle Association.

She wrote an op-ed published in a Loudoun County newspaper last week saying she supports more money for law enforcement, school safety and treatment for mental illness, which she said is often behind gun violence.

But experts said the national outrage over mass shootings and clamor for limits on gun sales is a challenge that may be difficult for Comstock to overcome in her quest for a third term. Independent rating agencies say the race leans toward Wexton.

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THE DISTRICT | People bike along the C&O Canal Towpath on a sweltering Tuesday in Georgetown. D.C.’s low Tuesday settled at a toasty 79 degrees, and the high was a scorching 95, both records. In 2018, Washington has now recorded six lows of 79 degrees or higher, which ties for the third most on record.

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Public figures decry pay freeze President Trump informed Congress last week that he is canceling pay raises due in January for most civilian federal employees, although Congress could still pass a spending bill by the end of the year that includes a raise. The president’s move was immediately panned in the Washington region, home to about 15 percent of the federal workforce. (AP/THE WASHINGTON POST)

“President Trump’s plan to freeze wages for these patriotic workers next year ignores the fact that they are worse off today financially than they were at the start of the decade.”

J. David Cox Sr., national president of the American Federation of Government Employees — which represents some 700,000 federal workers — saying federal worker pay and benefits have been cut by more than $200 billion since 2011.

“I almost never differ with President Trump, but in this case I do.”

Corey Stewart, GOP nominee for U.S. Senate in Virginia, urging Trump to reconsider freezing federal worker pay. His statement said: “Federal employees in Virginia wake up early, face punishing traffic and work hard to serve their nation and support their families. These workers need and deserve a pay raise.”

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“Today’s announcement has nothing to do with making government more cost-efficient — it’s just the latest attack in the Trump administration’s war on federal employees.”

“They have already endured years of little to no increases and their paychecks cannot stretch any further as education, health care costs, gas and other goods continue to get more expensive.”

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., criticizing Trump’s decision. Virginia Reps. Barbara Comstock and Scott Taylor — both Republicans running for re-election in districts with many federal workers — were also critical.

Tony Reardon, national president of the National Treasury Employees Union, pushing Congress to pass a 1.9 percent pay raise that was previously approved by the Senate but not the House.

Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., will likely go to trial on corruption charges after Election Day

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Typhoon Jebi slams Japan Strongest storm since 1993 leaves at least eight dead, 150 injured

Bones found in museum fire provide hope

ICHIRO BANNO (KYODO NEWS VIA AP)

JAPAN A powerful typhoon slammed into western Japan on Tuesday, inundating the region’s main international airport and blowing a tanker into a bridge, disrupting land and air travel and leaving thousands stranded. At least eight people died and scores were injured.

Jebi, reportedly the strongest typhoon to make landfall in Japan since 1993, headed north across the main island of Honshu toward the Sea of Japan. It was off the northern coast of Fukui on Tuesday evening, with sustained winds of 78 miles per hour and gusts up to 110 mph, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

More than 700 flights were canceled, according to Japanese media tallies. High-speed bullet train service was suspended from Tokyo west to Hiroshima, though service partially resumed later Tuesday when the typhoon left the region.

More than 1.6 million households remained without power in Osaka, Kyoto and four nearby prefectures late Tuesday, according to Kansai Electric Power Co. High seas poured into Kansai International Airport, built on artificial islands in Osaka Bay, flooding one of its two runways, cargo storage and other facilities, and forcing it to shut down, said the Ministry Mini of

High waves from Typhoon Jebi hit breakwaters at the port of Aki in Japan’s Kochi prefecture on Tuesday.

Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. A passenger was slightly injured by shards from a window shattered by the storm.

A 2,591-ton tanker that was mooring slammed into the side of a bridge connecting the airport to the mainland, damaging the bridge and making it unusable, leaving about 3,000 passengers stranded at the airport, transport ministry official Mitsuo Nakao said. The tanker was also damaged, but its 11 crew members were not, the coast guard said.

A man in his 70s died apparently after being blown to the ground from his apartment in Osaka prefecture. Police said

five others died elsewhere in the prefecture after being hit by flying objects or falling from their apartments. In nearby Shiga prefecture, a 71-year-old man died when a storage building collapsed on him, and a man in his 70s died after falling from a roof in Mie, officials said.

The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said 150 people were injured.

Daihatsu Motor Co. stopped production at its Kyoto and Osaka factories, while Panasonic halted work at its air conditioning and refrigerator factory in Shiga.

Major beverage maker Kirin Co. suspended production at its

brewery in Kobe, according to Kyodo News agency.

Elsewhere in Osaka, the Universal Studios Japan theme park and U.S. Consulate were both closed. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe canceled a scheduled trip to Kyushu, Japan’s southernmost main island, to oversee the government’s response to the typhoon, said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.

In nearby Nishinomiya in Hyogo prefecture, about 100 cars at a seaside dealership were in flames after their electrical systems were shorted out by seawater, fire officials said.

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“I left because it is more important than ever for women to [...] not allow others to control their narrative.”

MONICA LEWINSKY, the former White House intern turned anti-bullying advocate, who walked off stage Monday at a conference in Jerusalem when asked about former President Bill Clinton. She said she’d been told the topic would be off-limits.

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RIO DE JANEIRO Firefighters found bone fragments from a collection in Brazil’s still-smoldering National Museum, an official said Tuesday, raising hopes that a famed skull might somehow have survived a massive blaze that turned historic and scientific artifacts to ashes.

Flames tore through the museum Sunday night, and officials have said much of Latin America’s largest collection of treasures might be lost. Aerial photos of the main building showed only heaps of rubble and ashes in the parts of the building where the roof collapsed.

The firefighters “found fragments of bones in a room where the museum kept many items, including skulls,” said Cristiana Serejo, the museum’s vice director.

In its collection of about 20 million items, one of the most prized possessions is a skull called Luzia, which is among the oldest fossils ever found in the Americas.

Museum spokesman Marcio Martins noted that the collection contains hundreds of skulls, and all material would first need to be examined by the Federal Police, who are investigating the still-unknown cause of the fire.

Experts will then examine them to determine their identity.

Many have said that regardless of what is salvaged, the loss will be immeasurable. Marina Silva, a presidential candidate, called it a “lobotomy of Brazilian history.”

MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA AND MAURICIO SAVARESE (AP)

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Quarrels kick off Kavanaugh hearing SUPREME COURT Fighting and confusion marked the Senate hearing Tuesday for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, with politically charged arguments about White House documents and process getting as much attention as the role the conservative judge would likely play in shaping rulings on abortion, executive power and other national issues.

Strong Democratic opposition to President Trump’s nominee reflected the political stakes for both parties two months before congressional elections. The Democrats tried to block the proceedings in protest of Kavanaugh records being withheld by the White House. Republicans accused them of turning the hearing into a circus. Protesters shouted out frequent and persistent disruptions from the audience.

After hours silently listening to the partisan exchanges, Kavanaugh rose to be sworn in and give opening remarks. He stressed the court’s independence at a time when Democrats say he was picked because Trump believes the judge’s expansive views of executive power will help the president in investigations.

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“The Supreme Court must never, never be viewed as a partisan institution,” Kavanaugh said at his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday.

“The Supreme Court is the last line of defense for the separation of powers and the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution,” Kavanaugh said.

Democrats raised objections to the nomination from the moment Chairman Chuck Grassley gaveled the Judiciary Committee to order. Several, including Kamala Harris of California, Cory Booker of New Jersey and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, all potential presidential contenders, demanded that Republicans delay the hearing. They railed against the unusual vetting process by Republicans that failed to include many documents from three years Kavanaugh worked in the George W. Bush

administration, and 100,000 more pages withheld by the Trump White House. Some 42,000 pages were released the evening before the hearing.

“We cannot possibly move forward, Mr. Chairman, with this hearing,” said Harris at the top of proceedings.

Grassley denied all requests to postpone. He said the chaotic scene was something he’d “never gone through” in 15 past confirmation hearings.

Questioning of Kavanaugh will begin today, and votes on the Senate floor could occur this month. Kavanaugh could be on the bench when the court begins its new term on Oct. 1.

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The Chicago Tribune reported Emanuel had already amassed more than $10 million for his re-election campaign. (AP)

Arizonan is seen as a more reliable partisan vote than predecessor NO PLACE LIKE HOME

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PHOENIX Prolonging the uncertainty over who will fill the late John McCain’s U.S. Senate seat, the governor of Arizona on Tuesday announced the appointment of former Sen. Jon Kyl but said he has only committed to serve until the end of the year.

“It’s my hope that he serves longer,” Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, said as he announced the pick at the Arizona Capitol.

He said Kyl was “the best possible person, regardless of politics.”

Kyl, a Republican who retired from the Senate in 2012, is currently shepherding Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. Kyl’s appointment will make it possible for him to vote for the nomination.

But it’s unclear what more Kyl, 76, will do in Washington. He said he agreed to serve briefly out of a “sense of duty” and will not run for the seat in 2020, when Arizona voters will have their

Jon Kyl, a Republican who retired from the Senate in 2012, is shepherding President Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

first decision on who fills the remainder of McCain’s seat through 2022. The seat will then be up again for a full six-year term.

For now, Kyl will pad Republicans’ margin in the narrowly divided Senate. They hold a 5149 majority, which dwindled to a single vote while McCain stayed in Arizona for much of this year being treated for the brain cancer that killed him on Aug. 25.

The GOP is hoping Kyl will be a more reliable partisan vote than McCain, whose opposition

to a partial repeal of President Obama’s health care law pitched the party into turmoil last year.

Kyl is well-respected in Arizona and has been able to avoid many of the battles with activists that complicated McCain’s career.

McC ai n’s widow, Ci ndy, tweeted: “Jon Kyl is a dear friend of mine and John’s. It’s a great tribute to John that he is prepared to go back into public service to help the state of Arizona.”

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Ruby slippers recovered after 13 years A pair of ruby slippers used in “The Wizard of Oz” and later stolen from a museum were recovered in a Minneapolis sting operation after a man approached the shoes’ insurer and said he could help get them back, the FBI said Tuesday. The slippers were on loan to the Judy Garland Museum in the late actress’ hometown of Grand Rapids, Minn., when they were taken in 2005 by someone who broke in.

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Spain cancels arms deal with Saudi Arabia Spain said Tuesday it has canceled the delivery of 400 laser-guided bombs purchased by Saudi Arabia, amid fears that the weapons could be used against Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen. Spain plans to return the 9.2 million euros ($10.7 million) already paid by the Saudis. (AP)

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AFGHANISTAN The death of Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of Afghanistan’s outlawed militant network that bears his name, is unlikely to weaken the group that is considered the most formidable of the Taliban’s fighting forces.

The Taliban said Haqqani died Monday at age 71 after reports of years of ill health, including Parkinson’s disease. Because of his infirmity, stewardship of the organization had been given to one of his 12 sons, Sirajuddin, who is credited with plotting and carrying out some of the most audacious attacks assigned to the network.

The younger Haqqani is also deputy head of the Taliban, which have waged increasingly sophisticated attacks against Afghanistan’s struggling security forces.

Washington’s own watchdog in a recent report said nearly half of Afghanistan is either under the control of the Taliban or influenced by the religious militia.

Jalaluddin Haqqani, once hailed as a freedom fighter by President Ronald Reagan for opposing the Soviet Union’s presence in Afghanistan during the Cold War, had been paralyzed for the past 10 years, Taliban

MOHAMMED RIAZ (AP)

Loss of Haqqani seen as unlikely to weaken the outlawed network

Due to ill health, Jalaluddin Haqqani had handed off control of the group he founded to one of his 12 sons.

spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed told The Associated Press.

Reports of his death were widespread in 2015, and he had not been heard from in several years.

In announcing his death, Mujahed called Haqqani a religious scholar and exemplary warrior.

The U.S. declared the Haqqani network a terrorist organization in 2012, and it has been one of the fiercest opponents for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan.

The elder Haqqani’s death is not expected to affect the network’s military might or strategy. One of the most resilient of Afghanistan’s insurgents, Haqqani joined the Taliban when they overran Kabul in September 1996, expelling feuding fighters whose battles left the capital in ruins. KATHY GANNON (AP)

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‘An administrative coup d’etat’ Woodward’s new book paints alarming portrait of Trump’s presidency POLITICS John Dowd was convinced that President Trump would commit perjury if he talked to special counsel Robert Mueller. So, on Jan. 27, the president’s then-personal attorney staged a practice session to try to make his point.

In the White House residence, Dowd peppered Trump with questions about the Russia investigation, provoking stumbles, contradictions and lies until the president eventually lost his cool.

“This thing’s a goddamn hoax,” Trump erupted at the start of a 30-minute rant that finished with him saying, “I don’t really want to testify.”

The dramatic and previously untold scene is recounted in “Fear,” a forthcoming book by Bob Woodward that paints a harrowing portrait of the Trump presidency. Woodward writes that his book is drawn from hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand participants and witnesses that were conducted on “deep background,” meaning the information could be used but he would not reveal who provided it.

The 448-page book was obtained by The Washington Post.

Woodward, an associate editor at The Post, sought an interview with Trump through several intermediaries, to no avail. The president called Woodward in early August, after the manuscript had been completed, to say he wanted to participate. The president complained that it would be a “bad book,” according to an audio recording of the conversation.

Woodward replied that his work would be “tough” but factual and based on his reporting.

A central theme of the book is the stealthy machinations used by those in Trump’s inner sanctum

Jeff Sessions

John Dowd

James Mattis

Reince Priebus

Gary Cohn

John Kelly

to try to control his impulses and prevent disasters, both for the president personally and for the nation he was elected to lead.

Woodward describes “an administrative coup d’etat” and a “nervous breakdown” of the executive branch, with senior aides conspiring to pluck official papers from the president’s desk so he couldn’t see or sign them.

Again and again, Woodward recounts at length how Trump’s national security team was shaken by his lack of curiosity and knowledge about world affairs and his contempt for the mainstream perspectives of military and intelligence leaders.

At a National Security Council meeting on Jan. 19, Trump disregarded the significance of the massive U.S. military presence on the Korean Peninsula, including a special intelligence operation that allows the U.S. to detect a North Korean missile launch in seven seconds versus 15 minutes from Alaska, according to Woodward. Trump questioned why the government was spending resources in the region at all.

“We’re doing this in order to

Other revelations in ‘Fear’

Highway overpass collapses in Kolkata, India; at least 1 dead

President Trump said of Attorney General Jeff Sessions: “This guy is mentally retarded. He’s this dumb Southerner. … He couldn’t even be a one-person country lawyer down in Alabama.”

After a chemical weapons attack in Syria, Trump said he wanted to assassinate Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “Let’s f---ing kill him! Let’s go in. Let’s kill the f---ing lot of them.” Defense Secretary James Mattis told Trump he would get on it, and then told others to stand down. “We’re not going to do any of that,” he told them.

Mattis once told associates that Trump, in Bob Woodward’s paraphrase, “acted like — and had the understanding of — ‘a fifth- or sixth-grader.’ ” Senior officials, most notably former chief economic adviser Gary Cohn, have taken stuff from Trump’s desk so that he couldn’t see it and act upon it.

Chief of staff John Kelly once said of Trump during a small meeting: “He’s an idiot. It’s pointless to try to convince him of anything. He’s gone off the rails. We’re in Crazytown. I don’t even know why any of us are here. This is the worst job I’ve ever had.”

Trump believed the late former Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., had gotten an early release from the prison known as the “Hanoi Hilton.” But Mattis swiftly corrected his boss, saying that McCain actually declined early release.

White House staffers react to excerpts Kelly on Tuesday denied that he called Trump an “idiot,” adding that Trump “always knows where I stand, and he and I both know this story is total BS.” Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement: “This book is nothing more than fabricated stories, many by former disgruntled employees, told to make the President look bad.” She added that Trump’s accomplishments don’t get enough coverage in the press: “Democrats and their allies in the media understand the president’s policies are working and with success like this, no one can beat him in 2020 — not even close.” (TWP/AP)

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Inside the White House, Woodward portrays an unsteady executive detached from the conventions of governing and prone to snapping at high-ranking staff members, whom he unsettled and belittled on a daily basis.

White House chief of staff John Kelly frequently lost his temper and told colleagues that he thought the president was “unhinged,” Woodward writes.

Reince Priebus, Kelly’s predecessor, fretted that he could do little to constrain Trump from sparking chaos. Woodward writes that Priebus dubbed the presidential bedroom, where Trump obsessively watched cable news and tweeted, “the devil’s workshop” and said early mornings and Sunday evenings, when the president often set off tweetstorms, were “the witching hour.”

The book vividly recounts the ongoing debate between Trump and his attorneys about whether the president would sit for an interview with Mueller. On March 5, Dowd and Trump attorney Jay Sekulow met in Mueller’s office with the special counsel and his deputy, James Quarles, where Dowd and Sekulow reenacted Trump’s January practice session.

Dowd explained to Mueller and Quarles why he was trying to keep the president from testifying: “I’m not going to sit there and let him look like an idiot.”

Later that month, Dowd told Trump: “Don’t testify. It’s either that or an orange jumpsuit.”

But Trump had by then decided otherwise.

“I’ll be a real good witness,” Trump told Dowd, according to Woodward.

“You are not a good witness,” Dowd replied. “Mr. President, I’m afraid I just can’t help you.”

The next morning, Dowd resigned. PHILIP RUCKER AND ROBERT COSTA (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Major underdogs: Playoffs far-fetched for these Redskins ground game. Key playmakers such as running back Chris Thompson, tight end Jordan Reed and linebacker Zach Brown enter Sunday’s regularseason opener at Arizona without playing in the preseason. Pro Bowl tackle Trent Williams played sparingly in one exhibition.

Defensively, the Redskins showed little chemistry and some of the same old problems in the rare times starters played. There was no run defense and poor tackling.

Maybe the Redskins faked the preseason in terms of schemes, but they can’t fake poor individual efforts. That’s why national publications have once again picked Washington to finish last in the division.

“It’s my job to make sure we have the right mentality going in, and if it’s under the radar, fine,” Gruden said. “Sometimes teams get overhyped and think they’re better than they are, and that’s not a good thing either.”

The Redskins are an OK team in a good division. The

(THE WASHINGTON POST)

3 RHP Kyle McGowin

GAIL BURTON (AP)

Redskins coach Jay Gruden has admitted that Washington is a sleeper pick to make the playoffs after going 7-9 last season. But in a division where the Eagles’ top quarterback still isn’t healthy, the Giants are coming off a 3-13 year and the big D in Dallas always stands for drama, maybe Washington is an underdog that’s capable of winning the NFC East.

Maybe … as in maybe you might win the lottery.

The Redskins will contend this season only if two things happen: they maintain perfect health and they’re young players mature ahead of schedule.

Defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia would also have to come back to the pack for Washington to possibly steal the NFC East, like it did with a 9-7 record in 2015.

The Redskins have already lost running back Derrius Guice for the season and must rely on 33-year-old veteran Adrian Peterson to power the

MLB teams are allowed to carry up to 40 players in September.

Since Saturday, the Nationals have added eight men, including five pitchers. Here are three players to watch.

Redskins coach Jay Gruden said he’s fine with Washington flying under the radar this year, and being overhyped by the media isn’t good, either.

Eagles can afford to wait for QB Carson Wentz to get healthy. The Cowboys’ problem won’t be winning 10 games, but succeeding in January. Running back Saquon Barkley will help the Giants improve to at least six wins.

Meanwhile in Washington, Alex Smith looks like the second coming of Mark Brunell, an aging quarterback who bores fans with his dink-anddunk routine. Grab tight end Vernon Davis and receiver Jamison Crowder for your fantasy team, because deep threat Paul Richardson will essentially be running wind sprints for most of his games.

Every team in the division is strong at running back, which is why Washington drafted defensive tackle Daron Payne in the first round and Guice in the second. But Payne will need a little time to recognize pro schemes, and Guice tore his ACL. The Redskins can’t keep up unless Peterson wins NFL Comeback Player of the Year.

Barring the usual bad luck and incessant injuries for Washington, the playoffs seem a long shot for this year’s Redskins.

In eight starts at Class AAA Syracuse this year, the 26-year-old held opposing batters to a .147 average and posted a 1.20 ERA. He’ll likely be used in middle relief.

2 RHP Joe Ross A proven back-end starter, Ross went 5-3 for the Nats last year before undergoing Tommy John surgery. He’s posted a 2.39 ERA in six minor league starts this year.

1 OF Victor Robles A wrist injury kept the Nats’ top-rated prospect from getting called up earlier this year. He should get plenty of time in center field at the expense of Michael A. Taylor.

Rick Snider has covered sportss ow in Washington since 1978. Follow rks him on Twitter @Snide_Remarks

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Caretaker wants Cup stands to stop

When four members of the Capitals dipped d Alex Ovechkin face-first into a beer-filled Stanley Cup in Georgetown on June 9, they made history.

According to Philip Pritchard, the trophy’s caretaker for the past 30 years, the Caps are the first team to popularize kegs stands in the Cup — or Cup stands — and he’d like them to stop. “We ask them politely not to do it,” Pritchard told The Washington Post, saying he fears damage to the Cup — and to participants. (EXPRESS) S) WNBA semifinals: Mystics-Dream Game 5 ended after Express’ deadline

AP football poll: Va. Tech jumps from 20th to 12th after win at FSU; LSU up to 11 after win over MIami

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Nike prompts debate in new Kaepernick ad

Gymnastics CEO resigns after 9 months

Colin Kaepernick tweeted this teaser ad Monday for a Nike campaign.

was down nearly 3 percent.

President Trump has been critical of NFL players protesting during the anthem. He and others have frequently mischaracterized the protests as being against the anthem or the flag.

Trump told The Daily Caller on Tuesday that using Kaepernick in the campaign sends “a terrible message” but the freedom to send that message “is what this country is all about.”

ESPN reporter Darren Rovell, who broke the news Monday, reported the Nike campaign would target teenagers and also include pro athletes such as Odell Beckham Jr., Shaquem Griffin, Lacey Baker, Serena Williams

and LeBron James.

Nike has a deal to provide NFL game apparel through 2028.

Jocelyn Moore, the NFL’s executive vice president of communications and public affairs, said Tuesday that the league embraces the role of players to promote “meaningful, positive change in our communities.”

The irony of people discarding or defacing typically expensive Nike merchandise they had already purchased was not lost on Kaepernick supporters who made satirical videos of themselves “destroying” Nike gear in ludicrous ways. Others vowed to wear or buy more Nike gear.

USA Gymnastics on Tuesday announced the resignation of chief executive Kerry Perry as the organization continues to struggle with fallout from the Larry Nassar sex abuse crisis. Perry, who held her job for just nine months, is the second CEO shown the door under criticism over Nassar, the convicted serial pedophile and former physician for the Olympic team. Recently hired U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland called for Perry to step down last week because of a decision to hire Mary Lee Tracy, who publicly supported Nassar, as USAG’s elite development coordinator. (TWP)

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(THE WASHINGTON POST/AP)

“I admit I was excessive and emotional and inebriated. …

But the focus of my tweets remains intact.”

BRAYLON EDWARDS, the ex-Michigan receiver turned Big Ten Network analyst, talking to the Detroit News about his comments criticizing Wolverines players in a loss to Notre Dame. Edwards was suspended indefinitely from his TV job.

Ryder Cup: Furyk adds DeChambeau, Mickelson, Woods to U.S. team

Sloane Stephens, the defending U.S. Open champion, lost her quarterfinal match 6-2, 6-3 to No. 19 seed Anastasija Sevastova on a brutally hot Tuesday in New York. The American had beaten Sevastova in three sets in the quarterfinal last year en route to her first Grand Slam title. On Tuesday, Sevastova broke Stephens’ serve twice in the opening set, then broke her again to take a 2-0 lead in the second. She controlled the match from then on. The 28-year-old is the first Latvian woman to make the U.S. Open semifinals. (TWP)

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NFL Some sliced the swooshes right out of their socks. Others lit their shoes on fire and filmed while they burned in their yards.

All had strong feelings about Nike’s new “Just Do It” campaign and one of its newest faces: Colin Kaepernick.

Nike revealed on Monday that Kaepernick — the out-of-work NFL quarterback who sparked controversy for kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice and police brutality — would be part of its 30th anniversary “Just Do It” campaign.

“Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything,” read a teaser for an ad that Kaepernick tweeted. The ad stood out as a bold statement on racial justice from Nike, marketing experts said.

Some Kaepernick critics took that to mean sacrificing their Nike products. Immediately, people began posting pictures of socks and shoes they had defaced or destroyed, or declaring they would be soon be switching allegiances to other brands. Video of a pair of shoes that had been set on fire went viral.

The hashtag #NikeBoycott was trending on Twitter on Tuesday.

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After a three-set win over Joao Sousa at the U.S. Open in New York on Monday, Novak Djokovic surely expected he’d meet 20-time major champion Roger Federer in the next round. But John Millman would have none of that as Monday night turned to Tuesday. Millman, above, surprised the second-seeded Federer, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-3) in a match that ended around 1 a.m. Now Djokovic, the sixth-seeded man coming off wins at Wimbledon and at the Cincinnati Masters, faces the unseeded Aussie in a quarterfinal tonight (9, ESPN). (TWP)

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The Australian matures as a singer-songwriter on new record ‘Bloom’ ALBUM REVIEW On Troye Sivan’s debut album in 2015, he admitted he was “just a lost boy ready to be found.” The Australian singer-songwriter was often shy, anxious, almost quivering. When asking his lover for a kiss, he begged him not to bite. Sivan is back this year and, wow, what a difference three years makes.

A confident, in control and very knowing Sivan returns with the aptly titled “Bloom,” an addictive 10-track collection of unrushed, synth-rich pop songs from a man now not afraid of love bites. “I got my tongue between your teeth,” he sings in “My My My!,” a euphoric flash-bang burst of freedom and happiness.

The actor-model-YouTube star reunites with some of his main songwriting partners — Brett

McLaughlin, Bram Inscore and Allie X — but the result is more adult, atmospheric ‘Bloom’ and assured Troye Sivan than his impressive debut album “Blue Neighbourhood.” That portrayed a young man coming to grips with his sexuality and a new world of sensual experiences.

On the last album, he was asking to hold hands and just sleep next to his lover (“but that’s all I want to do right now”). Now he’s offering a “trip into my garden,” a line that comes from the title cut, a sly and sensual love song cleverly stuffed with double entendres. (“I bloom just for you.”)

Sivan shows off his confidence and ability in a stripped-down “Postcard,” with Gordi offering her vocals. “What a Heavenly Way to Die,” which takes its name from The Smiths’ “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out,”

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Ariana steals the show Nowhere on “Bloom” is Troye Sivan’s newfound maturity more apparent than on “Dance to This,” his fantastic, spacy duet with pop star Ariana Grande that is perfectly calibrated and features voices melding beautifully. The track goes down like an ice-cold glass of water on a hot night. M.K.

initially sounds like a risky move but ends up quite beautiful and perfectly executed. The only real misstep on the CD is the lyrics

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Big Red Machine is a long-in-the-making project led by Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and The National’s Aaron Dessner. Besides the usual formats, the self-titled album was released Friday on PEOPLE, a digital platform (co-founded by the two musicians) that helped shape the creative process. A variety of artists appear on the record, and the predominant sounds on “Big Red Machine” reflect its collective nature. Sometimes the layers of vocals and sounds enhance the pleasure, like on “Lyla,” “Gratitude” and “Hymnostic,” while sometimes they’re a distraction (“Air Stryp,” ‘’Melt”). But as the first tangible result of the project, it’s an auspicious start.

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Yes, “Mayans M.C.” focuses on similar motorcycle outlaw themes of crime, contradictions and divided devotions as its artistic predecessor. Yet it also aims to tackle the conflicted world along the U.S.-Mexico border amid poverty, a drug war and populations with blurred nationalities.

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The debut of the show at a time when immigration and President Trump’s attacks on Latinos are consistently in the news was pure coincidence, James and Sutter say. Although both note they are seeking to humanize people who live on the border and those who are members of motorcycle clubs, they also want to avoid romanticizing the fact that some motorcycle clubs are linked to a dangerous world.

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There will be another slight chance for an isolated shower or storm later in the day, but the heat will be the main story.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You’re nearing a point of equilibrium at which personal and professional concerns will balance out. Evening brings good news.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You must have eyes in the back of your head in order to know what’s going on all around you today. A friend helps you help yourself.

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1997: Breaking the royal reticence over the death of Princess Diana, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II delivers a televised address in which she calls her former daughter-in-law “a remarkable person.”

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