GOP remains in crisis after Trump remarks

Donald Trump insisted there was ?zero chance? he would withdraw from the race just 30 days before the election.

Donald Trump said there was ?zero chance? he would withdraw.

Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Donald Trump said there was ?zero chance? he would withdraw.

John McCain said he couldn?t ?continue to offer even conditional support.?

Marko Djurica/Reuters/File 2016

John McCain said he couldn?t ?continue to offer even conditional support.?

Senator Mike Lee asked Trump ?with all due respect to step aside.?

Rick Bowmer/Associated Press/File 2016

Senator Mike Lee asked Trump ?with all due respect to step aside.?

Representative Barbara Comstock: ?This is disgusting, vile, and disqualifying.?

Jahi Chikwendiu/Washington Post/AP

Representative Barbara Comstock: ?This is disgusting, vile, and disqualifying.?

?I do not condone his remarks and cannot defend them,? said Mike Pence.

Darron CUMMINGS/ASSOCIATED PRESS

?I do not condone his remarks and cannot defend them,? said Mike Pence.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/11/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abrahamy_20131027.jpg The misogynist in full

Men like Donald Trump exist because men like Billy Bush exist.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/1edaeeb2e67548639d5137c4b53e4361-7dc153aed93f48c9b8bba5f14e6d7e4e-2.jpg What can the GOP do?

On Saturday, many Republicans around the country asked: Can we get a divorce? But it?s probably too late.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/8579edca86c545668fe48df899388bbf-8579edca86c545668fe48df899388bbf-0.jpg Some evangelicals are still backing Trump

Conservative Christian activist Ralph Reed is among those standing behind the candidate.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/09/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/05576306[1].jpg Faux-Trump on SNL: ?Are you not entertained??

Sometimes, the GOP nominee makes it too easy for late night comedy writers. This was one of the times.

Linda and Nathan Carman in June.

A son?s hard times and his mother?s concern

Five years after an outburst at school, Nathan Carman was found in a life raft and his mother is presumed dead.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/08/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/ea0093edb11e4c6293b9ca37948d7de3-ea0093edb11e4c6293b9ca37948d7de3-0.jpg Hillary Clinton isn?t a natural. So she?s got to be prepared.

As Clinton heads into the second presidential debate, it?s evident viewers can once again expect her to be keenly prepared.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/08/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/7ba7e074-13da-49c4-99c9-8702bccae1c7.jpg Trump?s disdain for preparation adds to debate pressures

Donald Trump has rarely put much stock in preparation, instead relying on sheer force of personality and a confidence that he could wing it.

Patriots at Browns | 1 p.m. (CBS)

Tom Brady and Bill Belichick are doubtless both happy the quarterback?s suspension is over.

Maddie Meyer/Getty Images/File 2016

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Don?t believe what Bill Belichick says ? Tom Brady?s return is a big deal

Belichick was measured, as always, in his comments, but he was no doubt giddy on the inside.

BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/161006_PATRIOTS_009.jpg What to expect of Tom Brady in his first game back

Consider this: Brady is 39 and hasn?t played a meaningful NFL snap since January.

Justin Reynolds died of an apparent drug overdose in August.

Yvonne Abraham

A man who was more than the troubles he bore

Even amid despair, Justin Reynolds?s sweetness and charm shone.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/05517277.jpg A 6-year bid for a moment of silence for veterans

A Weston family has reached the cusp of a goal that often seemed unreachable.

ALDS: Indians at Red Sox | 4:08 p.m. (TBS)

David Ortiz waved to the Fenway Park fans before his final regular-season home game.

Jim Davis/Globe Staff

KEVIN CULLEN

With David Ortiz around, there?s always hope for Red Sox

The improbable, worst-to-first Red Sox run in 2013 was inextricably linked to the Marathon bombings.

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/08/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin100816RedSoxworkout_Spts22.jpg Clay Buchholz ready for his career moment

After struggling most of the season, it?s up to the veteran to save the Red Sox? postseason hopes.

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/2016-10-02T173133Z_1493245996_S1BEUERSAFAA_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-CLINTON.jpg Hillary Clinton for president

Only one candidate for president belongs anywhere near the White House: The Globe endorses Clinton.

Globe investigations

The desperate and the dead

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight9090-11856.jpg The broken covenant

Behind the fragmented state of mental health care lies a political system failure that spans decades ? and continues.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight-9497.jpg Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight?

?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

The Big Picture

Trees sway from heavy rain and wind from Hurricane Matthew in front of Exploration Tower early Friday, Oct. 7, 2016 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Matthew weakened slightly to a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds near 120 mph, but the U.S. National Hurricane Center says it's expected to remain a powerful hurricane as it moves closer to the coast. (Craig Rubadoux/Florida Today via AP)

Craig Rubadoux/Florida Today via AP

Hurricane Matthew

The most powerful Atlantic storm in nearly a decade left a path of destruction over the Caribbean and the US.