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Honduran migrants walk toward the U.S. as they arrive at Chiquimula, Guatemala, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to cut aid to Honduras if it doesn't stop the impromptu caravan of migrants, but it remains unclear if governments in the region can summon the political will to physically halt the determined border-crossers. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Honduras begs migrant caravan to turn back

The Honduran government called on 2,000 immigrants Tuesday to give up their trek north and return home, just hours after President Trump threatened to withhold $65 million in U.S. money if the country's leaders don't find a way to head off the caravan.

October 16, 2018
President Donald Trump participates in a "Celebration of America" event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. Trump quickly scheduled the event with military bands after canceling a visit with the Philadelphia Eagles as he stoked fresh controversy over players who protest racial injustice by taking a knee during the national anthem. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Donald Trump sees federal deficit soar in first full year

President Trump oversaw a massive increase in the deficit during his first full year in office, the Treasury Department announced Monday, pointing to rising spending and stagnant taxes that threaten to send the government back into the realm of trillion-dollar shortfalls.

October 15, 2018
The entrance to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul is the last place Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been seen. (Associated Press)

Jamal Khashoggi mystery risks U.S.-Saudi relations

Congressional pressure is mounting for a full rethink of U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia as evidence grows that the kingdom, a longtime American ally, was responsible for the disappearance of, and increasingly likely the death of, a Washington Post journalist.

October 14, 2018
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listens to question from Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic, during The Atlantic Festival, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Hillary Clinton lost security clearance

Hillary Clinton has given up her security clearance in the wake of the scandal over her handling of secret information on her email server, the Senate Judiciary Committee revealed Friday.

October 12, 2018
First lady Melania Trump weighed in on Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, the treatment of men under the #MeToo Movement and her own abuse at the hands of the internet. (Associated Press Photographs)

First ladies step deeply into political moment

The country's former first ladies are showing there are second acts in political life after the White House. From Hillary Clinton abetting the anti-Trump resistance to Michelle Obama's warning that men should indeed be on edge amid the MeToo movement, the former White House sidekicks are stepping deeply into the political moment.

October 11, 2018
In this file photo, then-White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on cybersecurity in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Jan. 31, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Stephen Bannon pushed adding citizenship to census, feds admit

Then-Trump political adviser Stephen K. Bannon was instrumental in pushing the Census Bureau to ask about citizenship on the full 2020 count, the government admitted in court papers Thursday, further complicating the administration's defense of the controversial question.

October 11, 2018
Rep. Conor Lamb, Pennsylvania Democrat, is now given the edge in his battle to win a new seat, part of the court-drawn maps the state is using in November, where he faces Rep. Keith Rothfus. It's the only race in the country to pit two incumbents against each other. (Associated Press)

Pennsylvania redistricting boosts Democrats’ bid for House control

There's little good news for Republicans when it comes to the battle for control of the U.S. House, save for one district in southwestern Pennsylvania that every prognosticator says is a virtual lock to flip to the GOP next month. The tradeoff for that, however, is six or seven other Pennsylvania seats that Democrats have designs on -- all because of a major court-ordered redraw earlier this year of the state's congressional maps.

October 10, 2018
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks during an interview at The Associated Press in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Mitch McConnell predicts ‘record’ turnout in election

Republicans are ready to turn out in "record" numbers, joining an already electrified Democratic electorate to produce what's likely to be a surge of voters, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell predicted Wednesday.

October 10, 2018