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For Democrats, a midterm election that keeps on giving; The Take: Will House Democrats help or hurt the party's chances of winning in 2020?

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Recount to begin in Fla. Senate and governor's races As heavily Democratic counties in South Florida scrambled to meet today's deadline to report election returns, Republican Rick Scott's lead over Democrat Bill Nelson in the U.S. Senate race shrunk to just 12,562 votes out of nearly 8.2 million votes cast, triggering a recount. By Beth Reinhard and Lori Rozsa  •  Read more » For Democrats, a midterm election that keeps on giving Although Republicans will gain seats in the Senate, Democrats appear poised for their biggest gain in the House since the post-Watergate election of 1974. By Dan Balz and Michael Scherer  •  Read more »   The Take: Will House Democrats help or hurt the party's chances of winning in 2020? The first important event of the next presidential election cycle will not take place in Iowa or New Hampshire. It will unfold in the capital, in a test of wills between the leader of the new Democratic-controlled House and President Trump. By Dan Balz  •  Read more »   Audio of Khashoggi's killing given to U.S., Saudis, Europeans, Erdogan says The tape is a critical piece of evidence that Turkey says backs up its assertion that Jamal Khashoggi, a contributor to The Post, was killed by a hit team after he entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. By Loveday Morris, Louisa Loveluck and Souad Mekhennet  •  Read more »   More than 200,000 flee as wildfires leave trail of death, destruction in Calif. Officials announced nine dead in the Camp Fire and two more killed in Southern California fires. The massive Camp Fire north of Sacramento has destroyed some 6,700 structures, becoming the most destructive inferno in a state with a long and calamitous history of fires. By Joel Achenbach, Cleve Wootson, Lindsey Bever and Eli Rosenberg  •  Read more »   'Real low energy': Critics rail after Trump cancels visit to U.S. military cemetery outside Paris The White House said President Trump and the first lady scuttled plans due to bad weather, but the sight of dignitaries at other sites outside Paris, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, led analysts to speculate Trump just wasn't up for it. By David Nakamura, Seung Min Kim and James McAuley  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Retropolis: The Battle of Belleau Wood was deadly and forgotten. But it forged a new Marine Corps. By Michael Ruane  •  Read more »   Omega-3 fatty acid drugs reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes, two major studies suggest Medications derived from fish oil are effective in protecting people from cardiovascular disease, according to two large, multi-year research efforts. By Leonard Bernstein  •  Read more » New cholesterol management guidelines call for personalized risk assessments Experts advised doctors to tailor cholesterol treatment decisions to each patient's risk for heart disease, the leading killer of Americans. By Leonard Bernstein  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Arizona Democrat expands her lead in Senate race as count continues Kyrsten Sinema pulled ahead of Martha McSally as mail-in ballots are counted — a flip in fortunes that could narrow the size of the GOP majority next year. By John Wagner and Elise Viebeck  •  Read more »   The 12 lives lost in the California bar shooting They included a new entrepreneur, a college student, two military veterans, a church staffer who worked with kids, and a sheriff's deputy who ran to the scene. Here are the stories of the victims. By Washington Post Staff  •  Read more »   High-tech farmers using LED lights in ways that seem to border on science fiction The latest lights can be used to alter how plants grow, how they taste and how nutritious they are. And in some cases, scientists say, they're better at the job than the sun. By Adrian Higgins  •  Read more »   Perspective What, didn't everyone's dad light a fire near their face? Parenthood — "the scariest 'hood you'll ever go through" —is the subject of a new exhibition at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore. By Theresa Vargas  •  Read more »

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