Saudis are said to have lain in wait for Jamal Khashoggi  —  ISTANBUL — As Jamal Khashoggi prepared to enter the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, a squad of men from Saudi Arabia who investigators suspect played a role in his disappearance was ready and in place.

Wave watch: Inside the Democratic primary turnout surge  —  Data: Ballotpedia; Chart: Chris Canipe and Neal Rothschild/Axios  —  Democratic voter turnout in this year's House primaries increased in each of the 19 competitive, comparable House districts compared to 2014, and doubled in more than two thirds of them.

Dina Powell tops White House list for U.N.  —  NEW YORK — Dina Powell, the Goldman Sachs executive and former senior White House official, is the top candidate to replace outgoing U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, two people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.

Abrupt release of hundreds of migrants in Phoenix is ‘start of dam breaking’  —  “You'll start to see this all across the southern border soon,” a senior DHS official told NBC News.  —  WASHINGTON — Hundreds of migrant families seeking asylum in the U.S. were released from detention …

Lindsey Graham says Trump jokingly asked if he wanted to be attorney general  —  Graham: I don't like what Trump said about Ford  —  (CNN)Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina told CNN on Tuesday that President Donald Trump asked him while they were playing golf over the weekend …

Kavanaugh Yale classmate: The FBI investigation was a joke.  I tried to help and was ignored. … Sen. Mitch McConnell said the vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court showed the Republican Party standing up for the presumption of innocence, and he doesn't see the fight hurting his party, in fact he says it may help.

Administration mum on climate change report as Trump says: ‘I want to look at who drew it’  —  The day after an international panel of scientists issued a stark warning about the short window in which world leaders can act to avoid catastrophic climate change, the president of the United States …

Quam's mic grab creates a commotion  —  Legislative forums sponsored by the League of Women Voters Rochester are typically earnest, decorous and orderly affairs.  —  But an exception to that rule occurred Monday during a forum between incumbent GOP state Rep. Duane Quam and DFL challenger Jamie Mahlberg at Rochester Public Library.

Soldiers in Facebook's War on Fake News Are Feeling Overrun  —  MANILA — The fictional news stories pop up on Facebook faster than Paterno Esmaquel II and his co-workers can stamp them out.  —  Rodrigo Duterte, the president of the Philippines, debated a Catholic bishop over using violence to stop illegal drugs — and won.

EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler Engaged With Racist, Conspiratorial Posts On Social Media  —  Exclusive: The agency head brushed off his interactions with a Pizzagater and said he doesn't remember liking a racist picture of the Obamas.  —  Andrew Wheeler, the acting administrator …

Russian Whistleblower Assassinated After Uncovering $200 Billion Dirty Money Scandal  —  Andrei Kozlov was gunned down in 2006, weeks after trying to shutter the world's biggest money-laundering scam—one reportedly used by Putin's family and the FSB.  —  LONDON—A crusading Russian official traveled …

Supreme Court Makes It Harder for Tribal North Dakotans to Vote  —  The order could hurt the reelection chances of Heidi Heitkamp, the most vulnerable Democratic senator. … The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a lower-court order requiring voters in North Dakota to present certain forms …

Beto O'Rourke May Benefit From an Unlikely Support Group: White Evangelical Women  —  In the Texas race, any small shift among evangelical voters could be a significant loss for Senator Ted Cruz — and a signal to Democrats.  —  October 9, 2018  —  Nikki Haley to Resign as Trump's Ambassador to the U.N.

Five Teenage ‘Mean Girls’ Falsely Accused A Boy Of Sexual Assault.  They Weren't Punished.  —  Several high school girls - dubbed “mean girls” - claimed a male student sexually assaulted them because they “just don't like him.”  Now the school district and district attorney are facing heat …

Rand Paul on political climate: ‘I really worry that someone is going to be killed’  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said lawmakers should tamp down their political rhetoric, warning that otherwise it could lead to violence.  —  Paul, during an interview with a Kentucky radio station …

Judge calls Missouri voter photo ID advertising ‘misleading’  —  • A Cole County judge ruled Tuesday that Missouri election officials can no longer tell voters that a photo ID is required to cast a ballot.  —  With the Nov. 6 election less than a month away, Senior Judge Richard Callahan …

Trump officials plan maintenance downtime for healthcare.gov during ObamaCare sign-ups  —  The Trump administration is planning hours-long downtimes for maintenance on healthcare.gov during the coming ObamaCare sign-up period.  —  The administration drew criticism for a similar move last year …

SoftBank Discusses Taking Majority Stake in WeWork  —  Investment could total between $15 billion and $20 billion and would likely come from SoftBank's Vision Fund  —  SoftBank Group Corp. 9984 -3.93% is in discussions to take a majority stake in WeWork Cos., in what would be a giant bet …

Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Ross Questioning in Census Suit  —  (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court late on Tuesday temporarily blocked an order forcing Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to be questioned this week by lawyers for states suing over his decision to ask respondents to the 2020 census whether they are citizens.

RT Correspondent Faces Disciplinary Review After ‘Misguided’ Praise of Stalin's Gulags  —  “The memes I shared re: Stalin's gulags were inaccurate.  My apologies to all those who were offended,” Sameera Khan says  —  RT's Kremlin-financed Washington Correspondent Sameera Khan will face a …