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 …

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 …

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 …

Trump gets ready to play midterm blowout blame game  —  In public the president says the 2018 election is about him.  In private, he talks about pointing the finger after likely Democratic gains.  —  At his rallies, President Donald Trump argues that the midterms are about one person — Donald Trump.

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 …

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 …

Kremlin: We'll respond in kind if U.S. develops intermediate missiles  —  MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia would be forced to respond in kind if the United States began developing new missiles after quitting a landmark Cold War-era treaty.

Harry Reid's Political Machine Roars Again in Nevada, With an Assist From Trump  —  The major labor union in the state has been hitting the pavement hard as early voting begins.  The numbers, so far, are staggering.  —  Gideon Resnick By Gideon Resnick  —  LAS VEGAS—Jeff Kugele emerged …

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.

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...

DNC chair: we ‘always knew that this election was going to be close’  —  Perez on Trump's approach to election security  —  Washington (CNN)Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez said Monday that the party “always knew that this election was going to be close,” …

The Post's endorsements in NY, NJ House races  —  Political control of the House of Representatives is up for grabs in the Nov. 6 midterm election, and several key races in New York and New Jersey could end up deciding the balance of power.  If Democrats retake the House …

The myth of the modernizing dictator  —  Many Americans have an odd fascination with the idea of the reforming autocrat, the strongman who can “modernize” and lead his nation out of its backward and benighted past.  This was the hope for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia …

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 …

A man on Ryanair yelled racist insults at a black woman.  She was the one who had to change seats.  —  David Lawrence had just settled into Seat 22F on a Ryanair flight Thursday when he heard a commotion brewing on the other side of the plane.  —  A few rows behind him …

New Report Shows Racist, Anti-Muslim Candidates Are Losing Their Elections  —  A new report from the group Muslim Advocates shows that candidates who ran Islamophobic campaigns faced backlash and eventually lost their elections.  —  The use of anti-Muslim bigotry in political campaigns …