Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:     

• Brexit Deadlock May Make ECB Reticence on Risks Hard to Sustain.

• Italy Cut to One Step Above Junk by Moody's in Wake of Bond Rout. 

• Poland Votes at Ground Zero of European Struggle With Populism.

• Trump Says New Tax-Cut Plan May Come Before November Vote.

• Treasury Yields Hammerlocked as Fed Optimism Meets Global Risks.  

• China Issues Draft Plan to Further Cut Household Tax Burden.

• Goldman Defends Tech Stocks, Says Many Now Look Cheap.

• China's Growth Dragged Down by Construction, Bolstered by Tech.

• Khashoggi Spent Last Years of His Life Looking Over His Shoulder.

Wall Street Journal:

• Lawmakers Push Trump on Saudi Account of Killing.

• Will Tech Leave Detroit in the Dust?

• China Finds Big-Ticket Spending Is a Road to Nowhere.

• Medicaid-Expansion Push Spurs Battle Ahead of Midterms.

• Strong Economy Draws Women Into U.S. Labor Force.

• The Minefield of Talking With Your Children About Sexting.

Barron's:

• Had bullish commentary on (CFG).

MarketWatch.com:

• The 4 luxury retail stocks best suited to fend off a slowdown in China.

• Why investors are growing increasingly anxious about China.

Fox News:

• Angry customers confront McConnell in restaurant, get shouted down by others.

CNBC:   

• GOP political apps create 'safe space' for conservatives who accuse Facebook, Twitter of bias.

• Elon Musk's extreme micromanagement has wasted time and money at Tesla, insiders say.

• Home equity has come 'roaring back' from the recession — and owners are poised to tap it.

• Trump blasts Democrats for weak border security as migrant crisis mounts on the US border.

• Democrats want to repeal Trump's tax cuts and replace them with payouts for the poor.

Zero Hedge:    

• Putin Lays Down The Law At Valdai.

• Global Anger Boils Over Saudi Response: "We Will Never Allow A Cover-Up Of Khashoggi Murder".

• LA Competes For California's Most Disgusting City As "Typhus Zone" Underscores Skid Row Squalor.

• Ned Davis Warns: High Probability Of Global Recession.

• Facebook Sells Disabled Iraq Vet $300,000 In Ads, Then Deletes His Influential Pages.

• Saudis Admit Khashoggi Killed At Consulate "In Fist-Fight", King Salman Fires Top General, Adviser.

• Charting China's Imminent Implosion.

• Car-nage: The Rate Of Change Demands Attention.

• Caravan Chaos Continues: Mexican Riot Cops Calm Migrant Violence With Tear Gas.

• Bolton Pushes Trump To Drop 1987 Treaty After Russia Unveils Advanced Nukes.

• Daily Beast: "Dear God, Hillary Clinton. Please, Just Go.".

• "All-Out War" Coming: Record Number Of Israeli Tanks Amassed On Gaza Border.

• Texas Democrats Caught Mailing Pre-Filled Voter Registrations To Non-Citizens.

• Moody's Cuts Italy's Debt Rating To One Notch Above Junk.

• Weekend Reading: Tax Cuts Saved The Economy?

• China's National Team Rescues Global Stocks As Yuan Tumbles, Gold Gains. 

Business Insider:

• Stephen Hawking warned that machines are getting smarter than ever, and dismissing it could be our worst mistake.

• Students in China are required to learn about the president's communist ideology. Here's what it's like to take a $49 online version of the course.

• DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT: How to wipe your personal information from Facebook, Amazon, Google, and other major websites and apps.