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On Politics: Trump Gives Jim Mattis an Ominous Label
Good Monday morning.
Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today.
• As the world recoils at reports that the Saudis sent agents to Turkey to kill Jamal Khashoggi, a dissident journalist, Mr. Trump has rebuffed pressure to punish the Saudis by canceling arms sales that he secured during a visit last year.
Here’s why that approach could put the president on a collision course with Congress.
Then came the story about Mr. Khashoggi.
Read our media columnist’s take.
• Confidential documents reviewed by The Times indicate that Jared Kushner, Mr. Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, probably paid little or no income tax from 2009 to 2016.
• Republican candidates across the country are painting Democrats as the ones pursuing an extreme immigration agenda that would fill the country with “sanctuary cities.” The strategy may be working.
• Suburban women favor Democrats in the midterms by large margins.
Read why.