NATION & WORLD

ELECTION MEDDLING: The Justice Department has charged a Russian woman for her role in a conspiracy to interfere with the 2018 U.S. election, marking the first criminal case prosecutors have brought against a foreign national for meddling in the forthcoming midterms. MISSING WRITER: The Saudi government has acknowledged that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed while visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, saying he died during a fistfight. MIGRANT CARAVAN: As thousands of Central American migrants inched closer to Mexico’s southern border, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with top officials in Mexico City, hoping to head off the caravan before the migrants reach the United States.