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President Donald Trump talks to reporters as before boarding Air Force One, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to campaign stops in Montana, Arizona and Nevada. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump: Saudi arrests in Khashoggi death a ‘good first step’

By ZEKE MILLER and ASHLEY THOMAS - Associated Press

FILE- In this Sept. 6, 1947, file photo Dolores Hennessy, bulletin clerk in the quotation department, changes bid and asked prices on the information relayed to her from the central tube room in New York. The lettered cards carry symbols for Curb Exchange stock issues while the numbered cards show the current market in those issues. The S&amp;P 500, the stock market’s benchmark index, has climbed in the 12 months after each of the midterm elections going back to 1946. That’s 18 elections, many of which ended up shuffling the balance of power in Congress. (AP Photo/Dan Grossi, File)

US stocks typically ride midterm elections to solid gains

By ALEX VEIGA and MARLEY JAY - Associated Press

President Donald Trump gives thumbs up as he steps off Air Force One as he arrives Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Trump is returning from Orlando, Fla. Forget Obamacare. President Donald Trump has found a new target when it comes to ideas from the Democrats for the nations health care system. Before the midterm elections, Trump is going after Medicare for All, the rallying cry of Sen. Bernie Sanders. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump asks Cabinet agencies to cut 5 percent from budgets

By S.A. Miller and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., gestures while speaking to California Sen. Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, during a debate on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, in San Francisco. Feinstein shared the stage with an opponent for the first time since 2000 when she debated state Sen. Kevin de Leon.The two Democrats are facing off in the Nov. 6 election. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Dianne Feinstein to back new Brett Kavanaugh investigation if Democrats take Senate

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Recent editorials published in Indiana newspapers

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Illustration on freedom of religion by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Is Central Asia becoming a model for religious tolerance?

By L. Todd Wood

President Donald Trump reacts as he speaks to a crowd at Eastern Kentucky University, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, in Richmond, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s tall tale on ‘record’ judges, income

By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2018 file photo, a boat sits amidst debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Fla. Hurricane Michael has shown that President Donald Trump can’t be counted on to give accurate information to the public when a natural disaster unfolds. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump on hurricane and political winds

By HOPE YEN and SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 13, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during as he reviews border wall prototypes, in San Diego, as Rodney Scott, the Border Patrol's San Diego sector chief, listens. Congress is heading toward a post-election showdown over President Donald Trump’s border wall, as GOP leaders signal they’re willing to engage in hardball tactics that could spark a partial government shutdown and the president revs up midterm crowds for the wall, a centerpiece of his 2016 campaign and a top White House priority. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Congress heads toward postelection fight over border wall

By LISA MASCARO and MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

In this Oct. 10, 2018, file photo, people hold signs during a protest at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia about the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in Washington. The Trump administration’s ongoing courtship of Saudi Arabia is on pause over allegations that the key U.S. ally is involved in the mysterious disappearance of a Saudi writer and dissident who went into his nation’s consulate in Turkey but never came out. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File )

Journalist’s disappearance tests Trump’s close Saudi ties

By DEB RIECHMANN and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks after the Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

GOP, home to Trump and tea party, decries Dems’ ‘mob rule’

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

In this Sept. 20, 2018 photo, voting booths stand ready in downtown Minneapolis for the opening of early voting in Minnesota. Minnesota and South Dakota are tied for the earliest start in the country for early voting in the 2018 midterm elections. A new poll finds that a large majority of Americans are concerned the nation’s voting systems might be vulnerable to hackers, with Democrats more concerned than Republicans. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

Showdown at the midterm corral

By Frank Miniter

ILE - In this July 22, 2018 file photo, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks during a news conference at the G20 meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Treasury Department has issued new rules on foreign investments into American companies that will give the government more power to block foreign transactions on national security grounds. The rules represent the latest escalation in an intensifying economic conflict between the United States and China. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

US Treasury issues new rules on foreign investments

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

Transcript of The AP’s interview with Mitch McConnell

Associated Press

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference about the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

As voters focus, Democrats haven’t earned the right to rule

By Matt Mackowiak

Congress OKs construction of new Great Lakes shipping lock

Associated Press

President Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a campaign rally Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump fudges history on black vote, drug cost

By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Gary Johnson, right, talks with disabled military veteran Henry Pacheco during a campaign stop in Tucumcari, N.M. Former governor of New Mexico and two-time presidential candidate Gary Johnson says he would act as an influential swing vote and a voice of reason in a bitterly divided Senate.AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Early absentee voting begins in New Mexico

Associated Press

Then-House Speaker Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, attends a news conference in Washington on Sept. 13, 2018. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Paul Ryan: GOP has kept promises, deserves 2019 majority

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In city sans vote in Congress, ballot measure repeal angers

By FENIT NIRAPPIL - Associated Press