Saturday's Headlines: Fact Checker: Did President Trump add $33 million to Puerto Rico’s debt by bankrupting a golf course there?

Fact Checker: Did President Trump add $33 million to Puerto Rico's debt by bankrupting a golf course there?; José Andrés, a naturalized U.S. citizen, has become the face of...

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Lost weekend: How Trump's time at his golf club hurt response to Maria As storm-ravaged Puerto Rico struggled for food, water and electricity, President Trump and his top aides said virtually nothing about it for four days while he fixated on public feuds with North Korea's leader, Republicans in Congress and the NFL. "We've invaded small countries faster than we've been helping American citizens in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands," one lawmaker said. By Abby Phillip, Ed O'Keefe, Nick Miroff and Damian Paletta  •  Read more » Fact Checker: Did President Trump add $33 million to Puerto Rico's debt by bankrupting a golf course there? The golf resort was flailing with a nearly $30 million debt to Puerto Ricans even before Trump came along. By Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •   Read more »   José Andrés, a naturalized U.S. citizen, has become the face of American disaster relief The Washingtonian is working with chefs in Puerto Rico to help feed thousands of people a day. By Tim Carman  •   Read more »   Swamp rises around administration that vowed to drain it The image of a top government official, a Washington fat cat, blowing taxpayer money to pay for private chartered flights is exactly what President Trump seemed to have in mind when he vowed to "drain the swamp." But former Health and Human Services secretary Tom Price is not the only example of waste, carelessness or entitlement in an administration that pledged to speak for the little guy. By Anne Gearan  •   Read more »   Report shows Republican tax plan would help the rich as party struggles for unity The GOP tax plan would deliver major gains for the richest 1 percent of Americans and uneven benefits for the middle class, a leading group of nonpartisan experts concluded, creating a fresh hurdle for Congress as it pivots toward writing legislation overhauling the tax code. By Carolyn Y. Johnson and Mike DeBonis  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Opinions   Greatness is within Trump's reach By Dana Milbank  •   Read more »   So about that 'sexual revolution in the Republican Party'. . . By Kathleen Parker  •   Read more »   The Iran deal is working. Here's how we know. By John F. Kerry  •   Read more »   Don't let Roy Moore fool you: Alabama is not lost By Roy Hoffman  •   Read more »   President Trump has the best words. But what if he had more of them? By Kath Barbadoro  •   Read more »   Trump and his team do a heckuva job in Puerto Rico By Editorial Board  •   Read more » ADVERTISEMENT More News   Rick Perry proposes sweeping new steps to help struggling coal and nuclear plants The Energy Department announced $3.7 billion in new loan guarantees for a struggling nuclear plant and a controversial new policy that could pay coal and nuclear plants for keeping the grid stable. By Chris Mooney and Steven Mufson  •  Read more »     Scientists may have found an explanation for the atmosphere's methane mystery The cause of an alarming uptick in atmospheric methane has been hotly debated. Now new research shows that cows are filling the air with more of the gas than we thought. By Chris Mooney  •   Read more »   U.S. citizen convicted in 2009 suicide attack in Afghanistan Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh, an American who joined al-Qaeda, was convicted on Friday of participating in a failed suicide bombing in 2009 at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan. By Tom Hays | AP  •   Read more »   Tillerson says Kurdish independence referendum is illegitimate and U.S. does not recognize it Meanwhile, in its first major step to express outrage over the referendum, the Iraqi government banned international flights to airports in the region and prepared to seize border crossings. By Mustafa Salim, Karen DeYoung and Tamer El-Ghobashy  •   Read more »   Obituaries • 1921–2017 Personal attorney to Nixon and 'most mysterious figure' in Watergate scandal dies at 95 Herbert W. Kalmbach was drawn into the scandal as an alleged bagman and later went to prison for illegal political fundraising that included peddling an ambassadorship. By Emily Langer  •   Read more »   Meet the Air Force general who delivered a powerful speech against racism After racial slurs were found written on the doors of five black cadet candidates at the Air Force Academy Preparatory School, Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria's forceful denunciation of hatred was heard far beyond the academy in Colorado. By Herman Wong and Rachel Chason  •   Read more »   NBA memo reinforces national anthem rule and encourages community engagement The memo stated that teams don't have discretion to waive the rule and offered outreach tips to "create positive change." By Tim Bontemps  •   Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:    Twitter     Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Today's Headlines or because it is included in your subscription. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. 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