Tuesday's Headlines: At least 10 dead as fast-moving wildfires ravage Northern California’s wine country

Trump aides scramble to manage the president's outbursts; After Trump-Corker flap, Hill Republicans choose a simple strategy: Avoidance; Some in GOP fear Trump's hostile rhetoric...

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   At least 10 dead as fast-moving wildfires ravage Northern California's wine country Tens of thousands of residents fled after at least 14 blazes burned more than 70,000 acres, nearly all of it in Sonoma and Napa counties. Officials warned that high winds and other conditions would likely exacerbate the fires in the days ahead. The situation is "not under control by any means," Gov. Jerry Brown said. "But we're on it in the best way we know how." By Breena Kerr, Alissa Greenberg, Cara Strickland, Scott Wilson and Herman Wong  •  Read more » Trump aides scramble to manage the president's outbursts Frustrated by his Cabinet and angered by criticism of his administration's response to hurricanes, the president has lashed out. In a matter of days, Trump has torched bridges all around him, nearly imploded an informal deal with Democrats to protect young immigrants known as "dreamers," and plunged into the culture wars on issues such as the national anthem. By Robert Costa, Philip Rucker and Ashley Parker  •   Read more »   After Trump-Corker flap, Hill Republicans choose a simple strategy: Avoidance The reaction highlighted a strategy GOP lawmakers have adopted when it comes to the president's tendency to wage rhetorical war against their own or incite other controversies: Don't engage in public no matter how anxious they may be in private. By Sean Sullivan  •   Read more »   Some in GOP fear Trump's hostile rhetoric and actions toward Latinos will do lasting damage to party While some Republicans had hoped the president could reset his deeply frayed relationship with Latino voters, they say newly proposed hard-line immigration measures and other actions could undercut GOP candidates and further tarnish the party's brand. By John Wagner and Ed O'Keefe  •   Read more »   Some Democrats threaten a government shutdown if Trump doesn't deal on 'dreamers' The prospective standoff is the latest hurdle in the years-long struggle on Capitol Hill to reach an accord on reforming the nation's immigration policy. By Ed O'Keefe and David Nakamura  •   Read more »   Las Vegas police revise timeline, say gunman shot security guard minutes before massacre The sheriff had previously said that while he did not know what caused the shooter to stop firing at concertgoers, he assumed it was due to the security guard's arrival. By Mark Berman  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Opinions   The issue that is — unfortunately — uniting Americans on the left and the right By Michael Gerson  •   Read more »   How Roman emperors dealt with government officials abusing travel budgets By Catherine Rampell  •   Read more »   Trump has more than three years left in his term. What are we going to do? By Eugene Robinson  •   Read more »   Trump's NFL bullying is filtering down to America's schools By Editorial Board  •   Read more »   ESPN doesn't deserve Jemele Hill By Erik Wemple  •   Read more »   The evil entering your home via cable and Internet By Richard Cohen  •   Read more » ADVERTISEMENT More News   'We are paying attention': After Charlottesville, University of Florida braces for Richard Spencer speech The school is in the position of spending an anticipated $500,000 to try to ensure security for a white nationalist speaker it did not invite and does not want to host. By Susan Svrluga  •  Read more »     U.S.-Turkey tensions boil over after arrest of consulate employee  The United States announced that it was suspending the issuance of nonimmigrant visas in Turkey, and Ankara quickly responded with identical restrictions. The argument has exposed divides that began in the Obama administration and have become steadily deeper. By Karen DeYoung and Kareem Fahim  •   Read more »   Loyalty to Trump thrusts Pence deeper into NFL controversy For weeks, the vice president had plans to be at another big Colts game. Then President Trump intervened, and circumstances left some of Pence's most deeply held convictions pitted against each other: his advocacy for the First Amendment against his fidelity to the flag, and his loyalty to Trump against his love for his hometown team. By Abby Phillip  •   Read more »   Fact Checker • Analysis President Trump has made 1,318 false or misleading claims over 263 days Two-thirds of the way into a year-long project analyzing, categorizing and tracking every false or misleading claim by President Trump, the president continues to make claims full of superlatives with little to no empirical evidence to support them. By Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Glenn Kessler and Meg Kelly  •   Read more »   Comic Riffs • Perspective 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' trailer beguilingly teases a young warrior's path forward The video, which debuted during "Monday Night Football," answers questions from the end of 2015's "The Force Awakens" and gives poignant glimpses of actress Carrie Fisher, who died Dec. 27. By Michael Cavna  •   Read more »   Texas Tech student in custody after fatal shooting of police officer, campus lockdown After a campus police officer making a student welfare check found evidence of drugs, the officer brought the student to the police station, where the suspect pulled out a gun, shot the officer and fled, a university spokesperson said. By Associated Press  •   Read more »   Nationals/MLB • Perspective Nationals' .121 NLDS batting average puts fans back on an all-too-familiar cliff In the 26 innings that aren't the eighth of Game 2, in which Bryce Harper and Ryan Zimmerman launched series-altering home runs, the Nationals are hitting just .083. By Barry Svrluga  •   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. 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