Evening Edition: Voters say they are more likely to cast ballots in this year’s midterm elections

GOP claims of voter fraud threat fuel worries about ballot access in November; Michael Cohen: 2018 midterms 'might be the most important vote in our lifetime'

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Campaign 2018 Voters say they are more likely to cast ballots in this year's midterm elections A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that enthusiasm is up across almost all demographic groups. But the increases are greater among younger adults, nonwhite voters and those who say they favor Democrats for the House. At the same time, President Trump's job approval rating has risen five points after tying a record low point in August. By Scott Clement and Dan Balz  •  Read more » GOP claims of voter fraud threat fuel worries about ballot access in November Numerous studies have found no evidence of large-scale voter fraud in the United States, but Republican officials are going after what they describe as threats to voting integrity — moves that critics see as attempts to keep some Americans from casting ballots in the midterms. By Amy Gardner  •  Read more »   Michael Cohen: 2018 midterms 'might be the most important vote in our lifetime' President Trump's former personal attorney, who pleaded guilty in August to eight violations of tax, banking and campaign finance laws, last week changed his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat. By Felicia Sonmez  •  Read more »   Elizabeth Warren builds expansive Democratic campaign effort ahead of likely 2020 bid Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has quietly built a wide-ranging network in all 50 states that is aimed at some of the early-primary contests that will be influential in the 2020 presidential race. By Matt Viser  •  Read more »   Trump unsure whether Mattis will leave, says he is 'sort of a Democrat' Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has often publicly walked back some of President Trump's more controversial statements on foreign policy, and the two have a strained relationship, veteran journalist Bob Woodward has reported in his book "Fear." By Felicia Sonmez  •  Read more »   After journalist vanishes, focus shifts to charming Saudi prince's 'dark,' bullying side The disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi has thrown a spotlight on the authoritarian rule of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Turkish authorities allege the self-exiled Saudi journalist was killed and gruesomely dismembered earlier this month by Saudi agents inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. By Karen DeYoung and Kareem Fahim  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Saudi Arabia rejects 'threats' after Trump vows 'severe punishment' The kingdom's government is as "glorious and steadfast as ever" and neither threats of sanctions nor the repetition of "false accusations" will hurt it, the country's official news agency said, even as the Saudi financial market plummeted. By Loveday Morris and Souad Mekhennet  •  Read more »   'Back to frontier days': Hurricane Michael turns many rural Floridians into unwilling 21st-century pioneers The storm delivered misery to one of the poorest regions of Florida, where a large percentage of people live in mobile homes and other vulnerable structures, and where many of the homes have no insurance. By Patricia Sullivan, Luz Lazo, Frances Sellers and Joel Achenbach  •  Read more »   Kudlow defends Trump for calling Fed 'crazy,' says president respects central bank's independence White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on "Fox News Sunday" that the president was not telling the central bank what to do but was merely expressing his view that interest rates are being raised too quickly. By Felicia Sonmez  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Exit polls in Bavaria show voters spurning Merkel's allies, boosting parties on the left and right The result of Sunday's vote is likely to reverberate loudly in Berlin, where it will be seen as yet another blow to Chancellor Angela Merkel's once-mighty fusion of her own Christian Democratic Union with its Bavarian sister. By Griff Witte  •  Read more »   Chinese ambassador: It's 'very confusing' trying to discern who has Trump's ear on trade policy President Trump announced three weeks ago that he was levying a new round of tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods, prompting China to respond by imposing tariffs on $60 billion of American imports. By Felicia Sonmez  •  Read more »   A senator snatched a student's phone while he was being asked about Georgia voter registration uproar Before the student could ask his question, Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) snatched the phone out of his hands, as evidenced by a video, which continued to record even after Perdue had grabbed it. By Amy Wang  •  Read more »   Retropolis SNL has skewered every president since Ford. All of them reacted the same way — until now. Trump is the first president to attack his portrayal on Saturday Night Live instead of laugh along. By Steve Hendrix  •  Read more »   Mapping the roots, influences and origins of every head coach in the NFL The web of coaching connections in the NFL is nearly endless. But through the branches, every coach can point to one head coach who's most responsible for helping him land one of the league's 32 coveted positions. By Adam Kilgore  •  Read more »   Self-described 'communists' tried to donate to a Democrat. They were actually GOP activists. Rep. Tom O'Halleran's finance director drove over to the local Arizona Republican office to return the donation and confronted on camera the men who left it. By Amy Wang  •  Read more »

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