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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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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump rejected plans for a White House statement praising McCain — President Trump nixed issuing a statement that praised the heroism and life of Sen. John McCain, telling senior aides he preferred to issue a tweet before posting one Saturday night that did not include any kind words for the late Arizona Republican.
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Rift Between Trump and McCain Reflects Split Within GOP — Trump's ‘America First’ message prevailed over McCain's internationalist bent — When President Trump was heading to West Virginia to give a speech to the Boy Scouts last summer, aides came to him with an idea …
Eric Bradner / CNN:
How Arizona will fill John McCain's seat — and who might fill it
How Arizona will fill John McCain's seat — and who might fill it
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Arizona Governor Faces a Tough Choice: A Senator Cut From McCain's Mold or Trump's
Arizona Governor Faces a Tough Choice: A Senator Cut From McCain's Mold or Trump's
Karen Ruiz / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: SARAH PALIN ON JOHN MCCAIN …
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: SARAH PALIN ON JOHN MCCAIN …
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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:
John McCain's seat in Senate will stay empty until after burial, Gov. Doug Ducey says
John McCain's seat in Senate will stay empty until after burial, Gov. Doug Ducey says
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Russell Feingold / New York Times:
Russ Feingold: John McCain Was a Committed Leader. He Was Also Really Fun.
Russ Feingold: John McCain Was a Committed Leader. He Was Also Really Fun.
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Daniel Politi / Slate:
GOP Senate Candidate Kelli Ward Suggested McCain Timed Health Announcement to Hurt Her Campaign
GOP Senate Candidate Kelli Ward Suggested McCain Timed Health Announcement to Hurt Her Campaign
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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
GOP Arizona Senate candidate suggested McCain family statement on cancer treatment was meant to hurt her campaign
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
John McCain leaves the stage when we need him most
John McCain leaves the stage when we need him most
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Martin Cizmar / Raw Story:
Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kelli Ward accuses John McCain of dying to push ‘negative narrative’ about her
Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kelli Ward accuses John McCain of dying to push ‘negative narrative’ about her
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Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
Great-Heart Is Gone — I was not an intimate of John McCain …
Tory Newmyer / Washington Post:
Arizona governor to wait until after McCain burial to announce Senate successor
Amy Silverman / Phoenix New Times:
Vintage John McCain: Dead at 81, He Was America's Senator, Not Arizona's
Vintage John McCain: Dead at 81, He Was America's Senator, Not Arizona's
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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:
Who could be appointed to John McCain's Senate seat?
Who could be appointed to John McCain's Senate seat?
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Keeping up with John McCain
Keeping up with John McCain
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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.
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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
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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.
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Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
Multiple fatalities reported, including a suspect, in mass shooting at Jacksonville, Fla., video game tournament — Multiple people were killed, including a suspect, after a shooter opened fire during a video game tournament in Jacksonville, Fla., according to witnesses and police.
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Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Attorney for Michael Cohen backs away from confidence that Cohen has information about Trump's knowledge on Russian efforts — An attorney for Michael Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, is backing away from confident assertions he made that Cohen has information to share with investigators …
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Eugene Kiely / FactCheck.org:
Video: Giuliani on Trump Tower Meeting — In this fact-checking video, CNN's Jake Tapper looks at a false claim Rudy Giuliani made about the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower between Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya and Trump campaign officials. — On NBC's “Meet the Press,” Giuliani …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Republicans secretly study their coming hell — Congressional Republicans are getting ready for hell. Axios has obtained a spreadsheet that's circulated through Republican circles on and off Capitol Hill — including at least one leadership office — that meticulously previews …
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Sharay Angulo / Reuters:
Mexico, U.S. likely ‘hours’ away from agreement on NAFTA: minister — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Mexican trade negotiators are “hours” away from squaring away bilateral differences on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) but work with Canada is likely to stretch into September, a top Mexican official said on Sunday.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Axios Sneak Peek — Subscribe — Welcome to Sneak Peek, our weekly lookahead for both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, plus my best scoops. I'd love your tips and feedback: jonathan@axios.com. And please urge your friends and colleagues to sign up for Sneak Peek.
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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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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 …
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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
Neil Simon, Broadway's long-reigning king of comedy, dies at 91
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Richard Natale / Variety:
Neil Simon, King of Comedy Playwrights, Dies at 91
Neil Simon, King of Comedy Playwrights, Dies at 91
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Dershowitz says New York probe, not Mueller, is ‘greatest threat’ to Trump — President Trump should be more worried about prosecutors in New York than about the ongoing Russia probe led by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, retired Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz said Sunday.
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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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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 …
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