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China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, featuring billions of dollars in infrastructure investment across Asia, Africa and the Pacific is forcing the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to rethink elements of its plan to cut back on foreign assistance under an “America First” strategy.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, once said he feared, “I am going to die without accomplishing what I have in mind.” As evidence mounts linking him to the suspected murder of Saudi columnist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi, who vanished two weeks ago in his country’s consulate in Istanbul, that fear may turn into prophecy.

VIDEO: Starting over is the reality for more than 1,000 residents in Mexico Beach, Florida. After the landfall of Hurricane Michael, a category 4 storm, families are returning to look at the aftermath and rebuild their homes and their lives.

In the battle for Congress, Democrats are winning the money game. But will it be enough for them to overtake Republicans? In what is shaping up to be the most expensive U.S. congressional election in history, Democrats have had a distinct advantage in fundraising over Republicans throughout the midterm election cycle.

A gap is growing between Washington and Seoul over an inter-Korean military pact that Washington worries might weaken South Korea’s defenses against a North Korea attack.