The Saudi government is preparing to admit that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed during an interrogation gone wrong, CNN reports. They will reportedly say that his interrogation was intended to result in the missing Washington Post columnist's abduction from Turkey. This comes after Turkey said it has evidence that Saudi agents killed Khashoggi when he went to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to get a document he needed to get married. President Trump announced Monday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would meet with Saudi King Salman, who the president said denies "any knowledge of whatever may have happened."

On Monday, a federal judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit adult film star Stormy Daniels filed against President Trump, and ordered her to pay his legal fees. Daniels, who said she had sex with Trump in 2006, claimed that in 2011, after she agreed to discuss the affair in an interview, she was threatened by a man in a Las Vegas parking lot. Trump tweeted this was a "total con job," and she was "playing the Fake News Media for Fools." Daniels sued, saying Trump suggested she was a liar, but Judge S. James Otero said the tweet "constitutes 'rhetorical hyperbole' normally associated with politics and public discourse in the United States," and is protected by the First Amendment.

At least 60 House Democratic candidates raised more than $1 million in the third quarter, from July to Sept. 30, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said Monday night, including eight candidates who raised more than $3 million. In the closest 45 House races, the Democrat has outraised the Republican in 32 by a combined margin of $46 million, and Democratic Senate candidates have raised $212 million to the GOP's $164 million this election cycle. Even vulnerable Democrats like Sens. Jon Tester (Mont.) and Claire McCaskill (Mo.) are raising much more than their challengers. The Democratic windfall is driven by small-money donors, but GOP mega-donors, notably casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, are helping even things out by eight-figure donations to Republican super PACs. FEC filings for the latest quarter were due Monday at midnight.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) shared DNA test results on Monday that provided "strong evidence" of some Native American ancestry. The result, and a video accompanying the announcement, came in response to a challenge from President Trump, who in July said he'd give $1 million to her "favorite charity" if she proved her Cherokee ancestry. Asked about his previous comments, Trump denied promising anything, then later said he'd only donate money if he could "test her personally" if she ran for president in 2020. The Cherokee Nation said in a statement that Warren "is undermining tribal interests with her continued claims of tribal heritage." The test indicates she's no more that 1/32 Native American, with a native ancestor in her family between six and 10 generations ago.

Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft and a noted philanthropist, died Monday in Seattle from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He was 65. In a statement, his sister, Jody, said Allen was "a remarkable individual on every level." He founded Microsoft in 1975 with Bill Gates, and after leaving the company, he founded Vulcan Inc., which oversaw his philanthropic and business endeavors. One of the world's wealthiest people, Allen's net worth was estimated at more than $20 billion. He owned the Portland Trail Blazers and Seattle Seahawks, plus had a stake in the Seattle Sounders soccer team. Allen was diagnosed nine years ago with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and announced earlier this month he had started treatment for it again.