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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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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.
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John McCain Funeral Plans: Lying in State at Capitol Rotunda — WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain, who died on Saturday at age 81, will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda and receive a full dress funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral. — Mr. McCain, who served for two decades …
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Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kelli Ward accuses John McCain of dying to push ‘negative narrative’ about her — Arizona Republican Kelli Ward and one of her staffers accused John McCain of announcing that he was about to die at a time that would harm their campaign.
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Who could be appointed to John McCain's Senate seat? — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is required by law to fill vacancies in the state's U.S. Senate delegation. With Sen. John McCain's death Saturday after a yearlong battle with brain cancer, Arizonans are naturally asking whom Ducey might appoint to replace McCain.
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Russ Feingold: John McCain Was a Committed Leader. He Was Also Really Fun.
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Keeping up with John McCain
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John McCain, War Hero, Senator, Presidential Contender, Dies at 81

I am grateful for John McCain
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Remembering John McCain
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John McCain, ‘maverick’ of the Senate and former POW, dies at 81
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Sen. John McCain, independent voice of the GOP establishment, dies at 81
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John McCain, Arizona senator and Vietnam war hero, dies at 81
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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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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 …


Former Vatican official claims Pope Francis knew of abusive ex-cardinal, calls for his resignation
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Pope Francis covered up McCarrick abuse, former US nuncio testifies (OFFICIAL TEXT)
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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 …
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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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'He can't get rid of any of this': Trump's wall of secrecy erodes amid growing legal challenges
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Neil Simon, a Master of Comedy on Broadway and Beyond, 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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Neil Simon, Broadway's long-reigning king of comedy, dies at 91
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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.


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 …
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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.
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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.”


Endorsement: Democrats should choose Ayanna Pressley for the Seventh District — Change happens in the trenches. Five years ago, City Councilor Ayanna Pressley set out to overhaul the way Boston hands out liquor licenses, the golden tickets that allow restaurants to serve booze.