October Is Almost Over. Have We Had Enough ‘Surprises’ Yet?

Voters in Potomac, Maryland cast their ballots during early voting two weeks ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.

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It has been the kind of month you don’t want to remember.

Killing in a synagogue. Explosives in the mail. Deadly hurricanes. A grisly murder of a journalist inside a foreign consulate.

Troops ordered to the border to block desperate migrants crossing Mexico in search of America.