Monday's Headlines: Midterms test whether Republicans not named Trump can win by stoking racial animosity
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Democracy Dies in Darkness
The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors
President Trump succeeded in 2016 after disparaging minority groups, and that strategy has spread to this year's elections. A GOP victory would validate the attacks while a loss might prompt some to call for a rethinking of the party's direction — but that would collide with a president who relishes over-the-edge rhetoric.
The state's rapidly changing electorate somehow manages to produce cliffhangers every other November. This year, there are two closely-watched races and a range of issues on the ballot that will reach beyond Tuesday and into 2020.
In the campaign's final days, President Trump has claimed without evidence that Democrats want to destroy the economy, obliterate Medicare and open the borders to violent criminals.
As voters head to cast ballots, majorities of both Democrats and Republicans say the opposing party has "little or no commitment to fair and accurate elections," new polling finds.
As Georgia's secretary of state, Kemp oversees the same election he is competing in for governor. Democrats called the investigation a sham and abuse of power.
By Avi Selk, Vanessa Williams and Amy Gardner • Read more »
The killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul by a team of Saudi agents has prompted fresh scrutiny of the kingdom's pursuit of Saudi nationals abroad, from ordinary dissidents to defectors from the tight ranks of the royal family.
In a speech at a high-profile trade fair to political and business leaders in Shanghai, China's president sounded alternately assuaging and unbowed as he made veiled jabs at President Trump's leadership style and warned about the dangers of unilateralism.
The expected exodus would bring fresh uncertainty and churn to the White House, and many in the president's orbit worry that the administration will face challenges filling the vacancies.
By Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey and Philip Rucker • Read more »
Iranian President Rouhani said America can't talk to Iran "with the language of pressure and sanctions," vowing that his country would continue to sell oil on the global market.
The challenge has been on display in Missouri, where Republican Josh Hawley has embraced the president and Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill has distanced herself from liberal activists.
In an amicus brief siding with Sudan, the Trump administration says the outcome of the case could have significant foreign affairs implications and affect the treatment of the U.S. in other nations' courts.
She raced motorcycles and speed boats, dove off hotel rooftops, leaped from helicopters, set herself on fire, water skied and reached speeds of about 600 mph while piloting a rocket car.
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