Thursday's Headlines: Amid global outrage over Khashoggi, Trump takes soft stance toward Saudis
Mounting evidence points to crown prince's involvement in Khashoggi's disappearance; Secret recordings give insight into Saudi attempts to silence critics; Low-cost reinforcements...
Democracy Dies in Darkness
The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors
The president has repeatedly emphasized oil, arms sales and dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi's Saudi citizenship as reasons for moving slowly on investigations into his alleged killing and dismemberment at the hands of Saudi operatives.
By Robert Costa, Josh Dawsey and Philip Rucker • Read more »
It will be difficult for Mohammed bin Salman to escape scrutiny, as evidence suggests not only the Saudi government's knowledge of the journalist's fate, but Mohammed's connection to his disappearance.
Recordings made by a dissident activist and friend of Jamal Khashoggi offer a chilling depiction of how Saudi Arabia tries to lure opposition figures back to the kingdom with promises of money and safety.
By Loveday Morris and Zakaria Zakaria • Read more »
Florida instituted a stricter building code after Hurricane Andrew, but structures built beyond those standards — such as a group of five homes built by Habitat for Humanity — survived Michael.
By Patricia Sullivan, Frances Sellers and Emily Wax-Thibodeaux • Read more »
They seized on comments made by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to argue that Republicans ballooned the deficit by passing a $1.5 trillion tax cut that mostly benefited the wealthy, and will now try to repair the damage by slashing critical safety net programs.
By Erica Werner, Damian Paletta and David Weigel • Read more »
A seizure and forced sale of the Houston-based oil company would mean Venezuela loses one of its most valuable assets and could choke off a reliable source of cash for the already struggling country.
By pushing hard for creative control and production credit, the 11-time Emmy winner and next recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor became a model for the wave of talented women who emerged on TV over the past decade-plus.
"Though we would have paid any ransom to have her back, any price in the world, this disease would not let her go until she was gone," read the obituary for 30-year-old Madelyn Ellen Linsenmeir.
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