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.

Donald Trump: Democrats ‘Medicare for All’ plan will demolish promises to seniors  —  The Democrats want to outlaw private health care plans, taking away freedom to choose plans while letting anyone cross our border.  We must win this.  —  CONNECT  —  Throughout the year …

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.

Trump's Patron-in-Chief  —  Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has never been more powerful.  The Trump administration has advanced his ideological and financial interests, including an assist in his quest to build a casino in Japan.  —  LATE ON A THURSDAY evening in February 2017 …

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 …

Poll: Kavanaugh confirmation energizes Democrats more than GOP  —  A total of 46 percent say the Senate ‘made the wrong decision.’  —  Republicans are touting the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh as rocket fuel for the GOP grass roots in next month's midterm elections …

Poll: Martha McSally gaining in Senate race against Kyrsten Sinema  —  abc15.com staff , Danielle Lerner  —  PHOENIX - A new poll of Arizona's contested Senate race shows frontrunner Republican Martha McSally increasing her lead over Democrat Kyrsten Sinema.

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.

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 …

Vice President Mike Pence On The U.N., The Missing Saudi Arabian Journalist, and the PRC  —  Vice President Pence joined me this afternoon for an interview Tuesday afternoon that aired in its entirety Wednesday morning:  —  10-10hhs-pence  —  Transcript:  —  HH: Vice President, Hugh Hewitt.

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 …

Florida Panhandle Bracing for Category 4 Hit from Michael  —  Above: Infrared satellite image of Hurricane Michael at 0212Z Wednesday, October 10, 2018 (11:23 pm EDT Tuesday).  Image credit: NASA/MSFC Earth Science Branch.  —  Just hours away from an expected Wednesday afternoon landfall …

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.

U.S. Spycraft and Stealthy Diplomacy Expose Russian Subversion in a Key Balkans Vote  —  WASHINGTON — For years, Ivan Savvidis has been the Kremlin's man in Greece.  —  A Greek-Russian billionaire, a former member of the Russian Duma and the owner of a professional Greek soccer team …

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 …

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 …

Ford announces plan to lay off workers after tariffs cost them $1B  —  The economy remains strong, but are we starting to see the first signs of stalling?  Stephanie Ruhle is joined by Politico's Ben White to discuss Ford's plan to lay off workers after they say President Trump's tariffs have cost them a billion dollars.

Mattis orders fighter jet readiness to jump to 80 percent — in one year  —  WASHINGTON — Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has ordered the Air Force and Navy to get mission capable rates for four key tactical aircraft up above 80 percent by the end of next September, a daunting challenge given …