Surveillance footage shows Saudi operative in Khashoggi's clothes after he was killed, Turkish source says  —  Graphics by Henrik Pettersson, CNN  —  Istanbul (CNN)One member of the 15-man team suspected in the death of Jamal Khashoggi dressed up in his clothes and was captured …

Trump distances himself from a potential GOP thumping  —  At his rallies, President Donald Trump argues that the midterm elections are about one person — Donald Trump.  “Get out in 2018,” Trump told a crowd in Missouri last month, “because you're voting for me!”  —  Privately, the president says the exact opposite.

Special counsel examines conflicting accounts as scrutiny of Roger Stone and WikiLeaks deepens  —  In recent weeks, a grand jury in Washington has listened to more than a dozen hours of testimony and FBI technicians have pored over gigabytes of electronic messages as part of the special counsel's quest …

Florida's culture clash pits Gillum against Trump voters  —  THE VILLAGES, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump's loyalists here at Florida's premier retirement community fear Andrew Gillum.  —  It has nothing to do with his race, they insist, when asked about the 39-year-old Democrat …

Tribalism Isn't Our Democracy's Main Problem.  The Conservative Movement Is.  —  A pernicious force was hollowing out American democracy.  It had neutered Congress, and lobotomized the electorate.  Lawmakers had become incapable of taking action on many of the day's most pressing issues …

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Michael Avenatti Lived the High Life While Owing Millions to IRS  —  As Michael Avenatti floats a 2020 presidential run, court records reveal the lawyer and his companies owed millions in unpaid taxes and judgments.  —  Kate Briquelet  —  On the Fourth of July, Michael Avenatti suited …

Malta academic in Trump probe has history of vanishing acts  —  SWIEQI, Malta (AP) — It was her last day of class and Leida Ruvina was getting suspicious.  —  The Albanian student had just finished the first module in what was purported to be a doctoral program co-administered …

Bolton relays Trump's message to Russia: U.S. out of arms control treaty  —  National Security Adviser John Bolton has relayed to his Russian counterpart in “strong, clear and precise words” exactly what President Trump said on the Nevada tarmac on Saturday: “We're going to terminate the agreement …

Dem Senate hopes shift from winning majority to limiting losses  —  Republicans could lock up a multi-cycle Senate majority by winning Indiana and other states like it this fall.  —  INDIANAPOLIS — Democratic hopes of winning the Senate have faded in the final weeks of the 2018 election …

The Real Reason They Hate Trump  —  He's the average American in exaggerated form—blunt, simple, willing to fight, mistrustful of intellectuals.  —  Every big U.S. election is interesting, but the coming midterms are fascinating for a reason most commentators forget to mention: The Democrats have no issues.

Joachim Ronneberg, Leader of Raid That Thwarted a Nazi Atomic Bomb, Dies at 99  —  The Norwegian saboteurs skied across the Telemark pine forest in winter whites, phantom apparitions gliding over moonlit snow.  They halted at a steep river gorge and gazed down at a humming hydroelectric power plant …

In Win for Trump, Merkel Changes Course on U.S. Gas Imports  —  Chancellor calls her decision to open Germany up to U.S. liquefied natural gas a ‘strategic’ move  —  BERLIN—Chancellor Angela Merkel has offered government support to efforts to open up Germany to U.S. gas …

Man who abused 9/11 widow identified and fired from job … The incident occurred on Oct. 13 after a “flash march for Law and Order” was organized by a conservative group.  —  Video captured by Brandon Farley (@FarelyFilms) shows the woman and a man, who appears to have been protesting the march …

‘Antifa’ Facebook prank sends Trump supporters to protect North Carolina outdoors store  —  GASTONIA, N.C. — Several dozen people showed up to a North Carolina outdoors store on Saturday to mount a counter-protest against an Antifa rally that didn't exist.  —  A recent Facebook page called …

Manchin increases lead in new Gray TV West Virginia poll  —  WASHINGTON (Gray DC) — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is now 16 percentage points ahead of his Republican challenger, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey.  That's according to a new Gray Television poll released Monday.

Tax cuts a bust for Republicans in midterms  —  Republicans thought their massive tax overhaul would be the centerpiece of their midterm strategy.  But It turns out they were so wrong they've been barely mentioning the $1.5 trillion tax cut on the campaign trail.

The Mooch interprets what the White House was like through dance  —  Anthony “The Mooch” Scaramucci stopped by The Post in advance of his upcoming book, “Trump The Blue-Collar President,” out Oct. 23.  Watch as his historic tenure in the White House...

End could be near for House investigation of Trump-Russia investigators  —  Republicans on Capitol Hill have added enormously to the public's understanding of what happened in the Trump-Russia investigation.  They're still doing it.  But it will come to a screeching halt if the GOP loses control …

Will Donald Trump's Houston rally for Ted Cruz motivate Republicans — or Democrats?  —  Like everything else in 2018, political operatives and candidates argue over whether President Trump's Houston rally will help or hurt local Republican candidates.

House Republicans' day after  —  With Speaker Paul Ryan retiring, House Republicans will return from what could be a brutal election — and have no guarantee about their next leader.  —  The big picture: Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, a favorite of President Trump who's the current #2 …