A week that held – and still holds – so much peril for President Donald Trump ends with reminders of how much things might yet break in his direction.

“We’ve never been in a position like this with that regime,” the president said at his news conference, this time most likely not overstating his case.

Questions of loyalty – both high and low – haunt the Trump White House.

Its tenuous threads have ensnared many names in the administration.

This "slime ball" gets his say, and then some.

In this grand national drama, he has been a missing figure, save for some enigmatic tweets, for the 10 months since the congressional testimony that rocked Washington.

Drafted into the job to bring order to congressional chaos, Ryan will leave a Washington that’s more chaotic than ever.

As the possible targets of inquiries have broadened, so have the presidential attacks.

It's a critical period for Silicon Valley and its relationship with Washington.

What happens when Trump really lets Trump be Trump?

Trump is getting his way – if his goal is to be able to say what he wants.

The waters of the swamp are rising around Scott Pruitt.

It all makes for another presidential episode that’s as confounding as it is illuminating. The president’s point isn’t to make policy; it’s to make noise.

The counter-puncher may find himself pulling a punch or two.

As White House chaos continues - does Trump still have a grasp on things?

The TAKE with MaryAlice Parks The White House yesterday could have tried to allay the fears of immigrants, civil right activists, and Democrats worried that the last-minute addition to the 2020 census -- a question on citizenship -- will significantly dampen immigrant participation.

Will adultery allegations for Trump set him back?

What's next for the White House in the wake of the Stormy Daniels interview?

This week seemed to do its best to overload Washington’s circuits.

The presidential tweets are definitely mean.

E&E News first reported that Pruitt told the Heritage Foundation last week he'll will likely propose a new policy similar to a bill backed by House Science Committee Republicans last year that proposed green lighting the crafting of rules based in scientific studies as long as the study makes its raw data public.

If Newman wins, cue the analyses of Democratic disarray and — to again quote Lipinski — whether there’s a “tea party of the left” set to rock politics — right?

President Trump is in New Hampshire to unveil plan for opioid crisis.

The Washington Post gives a rundown of the half-dozen senior officials being investigated over alleged extravagant expenses.

Do Republicans believe the spin, or do they believe the math?

More than $10 million, a visit by President Donald Trump … all to buy a tie?

It will be up to a deep-red House district today to provide a blueprint.

What we’re talking about is an invitation by the leader of North Korea to meet face-to-face with the president of the United States." - A senior administration official on Thursday after news broke that President Trump had accepted an invitation to meet with Kim Jong Un. NEED TO READ Trump agrees to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on denuclearization.

Trump’s economic nationalism is colliding with the national economy.

What Texas has stirred will take a while to settle down.

There's been more drama than comedy in the Trump White House.

The 2018 elections are here. Where is the White House response to Russia?

The president is vowing to “turn our grief into action.”

If the political world is different now, it sure won’t look like it for a while.

This national conversation has a ways to go before becoming a national movement.

Social media companies said on Wednesday they are moving to address reports of online harassment of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students in the wake of a deadly mass shooting and subsequent teen activism on gun policy reform.

Signs abound suggesting that skepticism is warranted.

There's a backlash against “thoughts and prayers” as reaction to school attack.

Inaction appears to be the most likely result of legislative pushes.

Not for the first time in the Trump era, politics pauses for tragedy.

It's a saga with a few chapters already – none of which favor the president.

The debate could have generational implications. Or it could fizzle out.

Trump is demanding "Due Process," but due first is scrutiny of his staff.

Budget peace is expensive.

The president has set a series of patriotism traps for his political enemies.

“This man should not have been allowed back into this country after he was deported in 2007,” Donnelly said in a statement, urging a fix to "our broken immigration system to help prevent this from happening again."

The “Trump Bump” went bust.

This showdown is putting strong institutions to some serious tests.

He is fighting. But he's not fighting alone.

The time for deals may be over. And the time for politics is already here.