Elizabeth Warren's DNA reveal backfires, angers Democrats

Developing now, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018

• Democrats are not thrilled that Sen. Elizabeth Warren has released DNA tests to prove her Native American ancestry and fear the controversy throws the party off-message before the midterm elections
• The family of a missing Saudi activist has called for an international, independent commission to investigate his presumed death as the Saudi government reportedly mulls issuing a statement saying Jamal Khashoggi was mistakenly killed. Secretary of State Pompeo landed in Saudi Arabia early Tuesday for talks with the Saudi king.
• Porn star Stormy Daniels' defamation suit against President Trump was tossed by a federal judge on Monday; her lawyer Michael Avenatti has vowed to appeal
• Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of the firm behind the infamous anti-Trump dossier, will invoke the Fifth Amendment not to testify when he appears on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, his lawyer says. Two other key figures linked to the dossier also have been called to testify this week
• TUNE IN: Pastor Andrew Brunson, freed last week after two years of imprisonment in Turkey, will sit down for an exclusive interview with FOX News' Sean Hannity Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET

THE LEAD STORY - DEMS ON WARPATH OVER WARREN'S DNA TEST: U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., might have believed that releasing DNA test results that apparently prove her Native American heritage would show up President Trump and other Republican critics and put the controversy to rest. However, it has only breathed new life into the story and angered fellow Democrats who fear a blue wave may not happen in next month's midterm elections ... President Obama's former campaign manager, Jim Messina, on Monday sharply criticized Warren, saying she was throwing the Democratic Party off-message just weeks before November's critical midterm elections. "Argue the substance all you want, but why 22 days before a crucial election where we MUST win house and senate to save America, why did @SenWarren have to do her announcement now?" Messina tweeted. ""Why can’t Dems ever stay focused???"

Meanwhile, the Cherokee Nation dismissed Warren's DNA test, saying, it "is useless to determine tribal citizenship.” Warren, considered a likely 2020 presidential contender, is an overwhelming favorite to win re-election in Massachusetts in November.