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9:55 PM ET, August 26, 2018

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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.
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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.
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Arizona Governor Faces a Tough Choice: A Senator Cut From McCain's Mold or Trump's  —  TWIN BRIDGES, Mont. — Senator John McCain's death this weekend laid bare the long-simmering Republican tensions over who will be appointed to fill his Arizona seat, pitting the pragmatic wing of the party …
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
In most of the country, McCain is being lauded as a hero.  On Arizona's GOP campaign trail, he's a pariah.  —  It's possible to imagine a world in which Sen. John McCain's illness and death in office would send all three Republican candidates for Arizona's other U.S. Senate seat racing …
Discussion: Politico and Arizona Republic
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
One moment from McCain's 2008 run made clear his character and foretold Trump's rise
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Karen Ruiz / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: SARAH PALIN ON JOHN MCCAIN …
Navy.mil The Official Website …:   U.S. Navy Statements on Passing of Sen. John McCain
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:   Rift Between Trump and McCain Reflects Split Within GOP
Eric Bradner / CNN:
How Arizona will fill John McCain's seat — and who might fill it
Discussion: Daily Wire and Mediaite
Daniel Politi / Slate:
GOP Senate Candidate Kelli Ward Suggested McCain Timed Health Announcement to Hurt Her Campaign
Discussion: Shareblue Media, Raw Story and IJR
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
GOP Arizona Senate candidate suggested McCain family statement on cancer treatment was meant to hurt her campaign
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:   Great-Heart Is Gone  —  I was not an intimate of John McCain …
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:   McCain's death marks a new era for congressional checks on Trump
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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Justin Fenton / Baltimore Sun:
Baltimore man identified as gunman in Jacksonville shooting  —  Federal authorities were at a home near in Baltimore's Inner Harbor on Sunday night as part of an investigation into the Jacksonville mass shooting.  (Justin Fenton / Baltimore Sun)  —  A Baltimore man has been identified …
Discussion: Splinter and twitchy.com
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
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.
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.
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
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
How Trump can survive the onslaught against his presidency
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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 …
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.
Discussion: Axios
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Axios Sneak Peek
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Bloomberg:
U.S., Mexico Said Poised to Reach Nafta Deal Soon as Monday
Discussion: Axios
Katherine Burgess / Wichita Eagle:
Kansans drank contaminated water for years.  The state didn't tell them.  —  The state allowed hundreds of residents in two Wichita-area neighborhoods to drink contaminated water for years without telling them, despite warning signs of contamination close to water wells used for drinking, washing and bathing.
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
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
Ynetnews:
'If I hadn't intervened, they would've been murdered'  —  Yair Elalouf, who aided the three Arab men who were attacked by Jewish youth last week on a Haifa beach, says 70-80 people witnessed the beating and did nothing; 'Without him, we wouldn't have stayed alive,' the three men say …
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 …
Discussion: New York Times and Eclectablog
 
 
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