• As a campaign strategy, Mr. Trump and Republicans are trying to highlight the caravan as “an invasion of our country.” But in recent days, such assertions are overlapping with deadly hatred.

• The Trump administration has freed an American imprisoned without trial for more than 13 months on suspicion that he was a member of the Islamic State. His release in Bahrain ended a legal saga that challenged the scope of national security powers.

• Not long before the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed, Saudi Arabia filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court, asking it to protect the sanctity of Saudi Embassies. Read more about the ill-timed request.

• “Well, I’d like to be president.” Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in an interview that she would be well suited for the role but that she wouldn’t consider another run until after the midterms next week.

• Mr. Trump’s re-election campaign announced that it would spend $6 million to air a new television ad ahead of Tuesday’s voting, but the president won’t appear in it. Here’s why.