Good Thursday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today.

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• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has cultivated an image of talking tough. But his trip to Saudi Arabia to discuss the disappearance of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi offered a different picture. Read the story.

• Rick Scott, the Florida governor and Senate candidate, is fabulously wealthy. Here’s how his investments might present conflicts if he makes it to Congress.

• Senate Democrats had struck a deal with Republicans, confirming one last slate of President Trump’s judicial nominees in order to recess ahead of the midterms. But Republicans have resumed hearings for more conservative judges, apparently breaking the truce.