Ashley Parker Josh Dawsey The Washington Post

President Donald Trump and his aides reacted with indignation Wednesday to an unsigned opinion column from a senior official blasting the president's "amorality" and launched a frantic hunt for the author, who claims to be part of a secret "resistance" inside the government protecting the nation from its commander in chief.

The White House on Tuesday aggressively challenged aspects of Bob Woodward's explosive new book on President Donald Trump's administration, which paints a devastating portrait of a presidency careening toward a "nervous breakdown."

Administration officials had hoped that maybe, just maybe, Monday's summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladmir Putin would end differently - without a freewheeling 46-minute news conference in which Trump attacked his own FBI on foreign soil and warmly praised archrival Russia.

President Donald Trump is privately telling aides that he is strongly considering pardoning Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old woman serving a life sentence, after meeting with Kim Kardashian to discuss her case, as he becomes increasingly fixated on his ability to issue pardons.

The historic nuclear disarmament summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un - the one that Trump thought might earn him the Nobel Peace Prize - crumbled nearly as quickly as it came together, in a sudden and startling decision Thursday morning by the American president.

He may have had a strategy, but Rudy Giuliani hatched it almost entirely in secret. The White House counsel had no idea. Neither did the White House chief of staff, nor the White House press secretary, nor the new White House lawyer overseeing its handling of the Russia investigation.

President Donald Trump exercised uncharacteristic public restraint Monday following an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes" in which adult film star Stormy Daniels described, in vivid detail, a consensual sexual encounter with Trump, a relationship the president has repeatedly denied.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was asleep in his Nairobi hotel room early Saturday morning fighting a stomach bug when White House Chief of Staff John Kelly called to wake him around 2 a.m. to relay a terse message from President Donald Trump: The boss was not happy.

Inside the White House, aides over the past week have described an air of anxiety and volatility - with an uncontrollable commander in chief at its center.

The shortest month of the year delivered 28 days of tumult that many inside and outside the White House say could mark the fall of the House of Kushner.

Jared Kushner, senior adviser and son-in-law to President Donald Trump, had his security clearance downgraded last Friday, sharply limiting his access to some of the nation's most sensitive secrets amid concerns raised by the ongoing investigation of his background, two White House officials said Tuesday.

On Wednesday, as Republicans were clamoring to make public a secret document they think will undercut the investigation into Russian meddling, President Donald Trump made clear his desire: Release the memo.

The White House is readying a plan to oust Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and install loyalists to President Trump in two top national security positions, laying the groundwork for another seismic personnel change in an already turbulent presidency, two administration officials confirmed Thursday.

President Donald Trump and his aides reacted with indignation Wednesday to an unsigned opinion column from a senior official blasting the president's "amorality" and launched a frantic hunt for the author, who claims to be part of a secret "resistance" inside the government protecting the nation from its commander in chief.

The White House on Tuesday aggressively challenged aspects of Bob Woodward's explosive new book on President Donald Trump's administration, which paints a devastating portrait of a presidency careening toward a "nervous breakdown."

Administration officials had hoped that maybe, just maybe, Monday's summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladmir Putin would end differently - without a freewheeling 46-minute news conference in which Trump attacked his own FBI on foreign soil and warmly praised archrival Russia.

President Donald Trump is privately telling aides that he is strongly considering pardoning Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old woman serving a life sentence, after meeting with Kim Kardashian to discuss her case, as he becomes increasingly fixated on his ability to issue pardons.

The historic nuclear disarmament summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un - the one that Trump thought might earn him the Nobel Peace Prize - crumbled nearly as quickly as it came together, in a sudden and startling decision Thursday morning by the American president.

He may have had a strategy, but Rudy Giuliani hatched it almost entirely in secret. The White House counsel had no idea. Neither did the White House chief of staff, nor the White House press secretary, nor the new White House lawyer overseeing its handling of the Russia investigation.

President Donald Trump exercised uncharacteristic public restraint Monday following an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes" in which adult film star Stormy Daniels described, in vivid detail, a consensual sexual encounter with Trump, a relationship the president has repeatedly denied.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was asleep in his Nairobi hotel room early Saturday morning fighting a stomach bug when White House Chief of Staff John Kelly called to wake him around 2 a.m. to relay a terse message from President Donald Trump: The boss was not happy.

Inside the White House, aides over the past week have described an air of anxiety and volatility - with an uncontrollable commander in chief at its center.

The shortest month of the year delivered 28 days of tumult that many inside and outside the White House say could mark the fall of the House of Kushner.

Jared Kushner, senior adviser and son-in-law to President Donald Trump, had his security clearance downgraded last Friday, sharply limiting his access to some of the nation's most sensitive secrets amid concerns raised by the ongoing investigation of his background, two White House officials said Tuesday.

On Wednesday, as Republicans were clamoring to make public a secret document they think will undercut the investigation into Russian meddling, President Donald Trump made clear his desire: Release the memo.

The White House is readying a plan to oust Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and install loyalists to President Trump in two top national security positions, laying the groundwork for another seismic personnel change in an already turbulent presidency, two administration officials confirmed Thursday.