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3:45 PM ET, August 26, 2018

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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / KARE-TV:
Arizona Senate candidate Kelli Ward suggests John McCain statement on ending treatment timed to hurt her campaign  —  Kelli Ward: McCain health statement timed to hurt her … Sen. John McCain poses at the Republic Media building in downtown Phoenix on Thursday, August 3, 2017.  —  Sen. John McCain.
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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
GOP Arizona Senate candidate suggested McCain family statement on cancer treatment was meant to hurt her campaign  —  Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kelli Ward suggested Saturday that the Friday statement issued by Sen. John McCain  —  's (R-Ariz.) family about ending medical treatment for brain cancer was intended to hurt her campaign.
Discussion: HuffPost, TVNewser and The Daily Caller
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
John McCain Funeral Plans: Lying in State at Capitol Rotunda
Tory Newmyer / Washington Post:   Arizona governor to wait until after McCain burial to announce Senate successor
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:   Great-Heart Is Gone  —  I was not an intimate of John McCain …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Keeping up with John McCain
Discussion: Voice of America and The Atlantic
Karen Ruiz / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: SARAH PALIN ON JOHN MCCAIN …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Mark Salter / Washington Post:
John McCain spent his life serving the dignity of his fellow man
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
John McCain, War Hero, Senator, Presidential Contender, Dies at 81
Washington Post:
John McCain, the irreplaceable American
Discussion: Q & A, Hosted, IJR and Vox
John Bacon / USA Today:
‘Multiple fatalities’ after shooting rampage at Madden tourney at Jacksonville Landing  —  A gunman opened fire at a Madden video game tournament along Jacksonville's riverwalk Sunday, and Florida authorities reported multiple fatalities.  —  “Mass shooting at the Jacksonville Landing.
Discussion: TMZ.com, WTVR-TV and FOX6Now.com
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The Daily Beast:
Mass Shooting at Madden NFL Tournament Qualifier in Jacksonville Reportedly Leaves Several Dead  —  Several people were reportedly killed and multiple other injured Sunday afternoon during a mass shooting at the Madden NFL Tournament Regional Qualifier in Jacksonville, Florida.
Discussion: Associated Press
WJXT-TV:
Sources: Mass shooting at Jacksonville Landing leaves 4 dead, 11 wounded  —  Sources: 11 people shot, at least 4 dead in or near Chicago Pizza  —  By , Vic Micolucci - I-TEAM reporter, anchor, Roxy Tyler - Web producer, Steve Patrick - News4Jax digital managing editor
Edward Pentin / National Catholic Register …:
Ex-Nuncio Accuses Pope Francis of Failing to Act on McCarrick's Abuse  —  In a written testimony, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò claims Pope Francis withdrew sanctions against Archbishop Theodore McCarrick.  —  In an extraordinary 11-page written testament, a former apostolic nuncio …
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Washington Post:
Former Vatican ambassador says Pope Francis, Benedict knew of sexual misconduct allegations against McCarrick for years  —  DUBLIN — A former Vatican ambassador to the United States has alleged in an 11-page letter that Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis — among other top Catholic Church officials …
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Pope Francis Long Knew of Cardinal McCarrick's Abuses, Archbishop Says
Diane Montagna / LifeSiteNews:
Pope Francis covered up McCarrick abuse, former US nuncio testifies (OFFICIAL TEXT)
NBC News:
NBC/WSJ poll: Trump approval ‘remarkably stable’ after a stormy week of bad news  —  But 56 percent of voters say Trump has not been honest and truthful about the Mueller probe.  —  WASHINGTON — After a week that saw President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman convicted on eight counts …
Charles Isherwood / New York Times:
Neil Simon, Broadway Master of Comedy, Is Dead at 91  —  Neil Simon, the playwright whose name was synonymous with Broadway comedy and commercial success in the theater for decades, and who helped redefine popular American humor with an emphasis on the frictions of urban living …
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Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:
Neil Simon, Broadway's long-reigning king of comedy, dies at 91
Richard Natale / Variety:
Neil Simon, King of Comedy Playwrights, Dies at 91
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
The Prosecutors Who Have Declared War on the President  —  The Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York isn't done digging into the Trump Organization.  —  In the span of one week, we learned that the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York …
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
'He can't get rid of any of this': Trump's wall of secrecy erodes amid growing legal challenges
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
David French / The Atlantic:
America Soured on My Multiracial Family  —  There are three fundamental, complicating truths about adoption.  First, every single adoption begins with profound loss.  Through death, abandonment, or even loving surrender, a child suffers the loss of his or her mother and father.
Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Jemele Hill is out at ESPN  —  Jemele Hill needed to be out at ESPN.  Hill knew it.  ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro knew it.  And, now, Jemele Hill is out at ESPN.  —  The marriage between ESPN and Hill — the controversial sports commentator who waded into politics and sparred …
Peter Wehner / New York Times:
The Full-Spectrum Corruption of Donald Trump  —  Everyone and everything he touches rots.  —  Mr. Wehner served in the previous three Republican administrations and is a contributing opinion writer.  —  There's never been any confusion about the character defects of Donald Trump.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Bob Bauer / The Atlantic:
Trump's Contempt for the Law Will Be His Downfall  —  Michael Cohen's guilty plea this week, on charges including campaign-finance violations, brought the investigations directly to the president.  It has also, however, supplied Trump and his allies with new material with which to cry “witch hunt.”
 
 
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Daily Mail:
McCain, who died at the age of 81, has also launched public attacks at Trump over the past several years
Mehreen Khan / Financial Times:
Brussels targets political parties' data misuse
Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
Flake: Firing Sessions would be the ‘first domino to fall’
Discussion: Breitbart
Bloomberg:
U.S., Mexico Said Poised to Reach Nafta Deal Soon as Monday
Discussion: Axios
New York Daily News:
Zephyr Teachout for attorney general: A standout in the Democratic field
 Earlier Items: 
The Times of Israel:
US set to announce it rejects Palestinian ‘right of return’ — TV report
Discussion: Breitbart and Agence France-Presse
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
When the beloved priest from your childhood turns out to be a monster
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
Are Superstar Firms and Amazon Effects Reshaping the Economy?
BostonGlobe.com:
Endorsement: Democrats should choose Ayanna Pressley for the Seventh District
Kashana Cauley / New York Times:
Football Players Are Protesting Police Violence, Not the Anthem
 

 
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Financial Times:
Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double its valuation a few months ago; SpaceX prepares a tender offer that would value the company at $250B+
 
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