'Chaos president': Shutdown, indictments test limits of Trump's appeal as a disruptor

WASHINGTON - Hours after the indictment and arrest Friday morning of President Donald Trump's longtime advisor Roger Stone on seven charges of lying and obstructing justice, another dramatic development demanded the nation shift its weary eyes.

At some of the nation's busiest airports, planes were halted because so many air traffic controllers, unpaid through a 35-day government shutdown, called in sick. The split-screen images captured a sense of the chaos that has surrounded President Trump for much of his two years in the Oval Office.

For most of that time, the country has adjusted to a reality-television-styled presidency that has delivered its share of shocks to the system. Trump has not always faced the kind of severe consequences that might have blown back at his predecessors. Friday, however, the president's ability to avoid a