Here is the latest news from the Associated Press at 6:40 pm EST.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina threatens to oppose key legislation until the CIA informs the Senate of the badbadination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Senators were informed Wednesday of Khashoggi's death by State Secretary Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary James Mattis. But Graham said the briefing was "insufficient" without the CIA directly talking about the information it has on Saudi Arabia's involvement in the killing.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Ivanka Trump said: "Lock it up!" A song regularly addressed to Hillary Clinton because of her use of a private email server when she was secretary of state does not apply to her too. Trump defends her use of a private messaging account while she was serving as a counselor at her father's White House. Trump told ABC News in an interview on Wednesday that his situation could not be compared to that of the Clinton server: "There is no equivalence".

WASHINGTON (AP) – Paul Manafort's lawyers, former Trump campaign chairman, have informed Donald Trump's lawyers about what their client said to investigators, an unusual arrangement that could give Trump ammunition during his quarrel against the special advocate Robert Mueller. Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said that Manafort's lawyers shared "the things that relate to" the Trump case part. Giuliani said on Tuesday that Trump was enraged by the treatment inflicted on Manafort, who denied having lied to Mueller's agents.

HONG KONG (AP) – Another gene edited baby might be on the way. A Chinese researcher who claims to have helped create the first genetically modified baby in the world says that there is a second pregnancy at a very early stage. The researcher revealed the new Wednesday by defending his controversial work at an international conference in Hong Kong. The mainstream scientists have condemned the experiment, an attempt to make children resistant to infection with the AIDS virus.

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court seems very likely that the prohibition of excessive fines provided for by the Constitution applies to states. The result could help a man from Indiana recover the $ 40,000 that the Land Rover police had seized after arresting him for selling for $ 400 worth of heroin. The court formally declared that the Bill of Rights largely applies to states as well as to the federal government, but it has not yet done so with respect to the prohibition of fines. excessive amount imposed by the eighth amendment.