Police and federal agents were investigating a rash of explosive devices received in packages Tuesday night and Wednesday addressed to prominent Democratic politicians, including former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. So far, no one has been hurt by the crude pipe bombs, several of which were intercepted by routine security procedures before reaching their intended targets. Other recipients included former CIA Director John Brennan and former Attorney General Eric Holder. Reports of other intercepted packages were still emerging Wednesday afternoon.

WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that the United States will revoke the visas of Saudi government and security officials believed to be involved in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi national who was a Washington Post columnist and U.S. resident. President Donald Trump also said the United States will hold Saudi Arabia accountable for Khashoggi’s death at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. The Oct. 2 incident has prompted international scrutiny and strained Saudi diplomatic relations with the Western world.

Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice, announced Tuesday she has been diagnosed with dementia and potentially Alzheimer’s disease. In a public letter, O’Connor announced her retirement from public life because of her health.

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday blocked the deposition of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in a lawsuit challenging a proposed question about citizenship on the 2020 census. The move is a partial victory for the Trump administration since the court still allowed the deposition of a top Justice Department official.

Saudi officials carefully plotted journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder at the country’s consulate in Istanbul, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday in a televised speech contradicting Saudi Arabia’s claim that the killing was accidental. Erdogan called for accountability and asked that the suspects be tried in Turkish courts. Erdogan did not directly accuse the Saudi royal family of involvement but hinted that the initial arrests did not go high enough in the ranks.

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump renewed his promise Monday to cut aid to Central American countries that failed to stop the growing throng of Honduran migrants traveling in a caravan toward the United States. In a series of tweets, the president said that because Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador had failed to stop the caravan, the United States would “begin cutting off, or substantially reducing,” foreign aid to those countries.

WASHINGTON—White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said Monday the Trump administration is still in the “fact-finding phase” of the investigation into the death earlier this month of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Speaking at a CNN forum in New York, Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a key strategist on Middle East policy, said the White House was working to balance U.S. interests in the region amid “what is obviously a terrible situation.”