• Federal budget deficit clocks in at $779 billion for 2018, the largest since 2012 (Washington Examiner)

• Cherokee Nation knocks Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s DNA test results (NBC Tulsa)

• You don’t say: Major women’s groups silent on Hillary Clinton’s “abuse of power” comments (Huffington Post)

• Keith Ellison’s lead in Minnesota attorney general election vanishing amid domestic abuse allegations (Fox News)

• Jeff Sessions rips federal judges over anti-Trump bias (The Washington Times)

• Saudis preparing to admit journalist killed by “mistake” during interrogation (Townhall)

• Judge dismisses Stormy Daniels lawsuit against Trump, orders her to pay his legal fees (Mediaite)

• Washington Catholic Archdiocese releases names of 31 clergy members “credibly accused” since 1948 of sexually abusing minors (The Washington Post)

• Migrant group doubles in size, enters Guatemala on way toward Mexico and the U.S. (Reuters)

• Trade war cost: China’s third-quarter GDP growth seen hitting lowest since 2009 (Reuters)

• Air Force failed to protect frontline F-22 jets during Hurricane Michael (The Washington Free Beacon)

• “First Man” crashes in the box office following flag controversy (The Daily Wire)

• “Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer” cracks top 10 at box office (The Daily Signal)

• Humor: Elizabeth Warren disappointed after DNA test shows zero trace of presidential material (The Onion)

• Policy: Don’t punish the UAE and Bahrain for Saudi misdeeds (American Enterprise Institute)

• Policy: Countering the rise of China (The Daily Signal)

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