Good Monday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today.

• The woman who has accused Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her more than 30 years ago came forward in an interview with The Washington Post, saying the Supreme Court nominee pinned her on a bed and groped her when they were in high school. [Read the story]

• Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has been careful to not criticize President Trump outright. Pentagon officials said Mr. Mattis had bent over backward to appear loyal. But cracks are showing. [Read the story]

• For seven years, Kim Jong-un has pursued an in-your-face strategy for building North Korea’s nuclear arsenal. Now he appears to be changing his approach, current and former American intelligence officials say, tailoring it to his reading of one man: Mr. Trump. [Read the story]

• Paul Manafort, Mr. Trump’s former campaign chairman, is forfeiting an estimated $22 million worth of real estate in New York — including three Manhattan apartments, a Brooklyn townhouse and a home in the Hamptons — as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors. [Read the story]