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12:05 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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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
John McCain, War Hero, Senator, Presidential Contender, Dies at 81  —  John S. McCain, the proud naval aviator who climbed from depths of despair as a prisoner of war in Vietnam to pinnacles of power as a Republican congressman and senator from Arizona and a two-time contender for the presidency, died on Saturday at his home in Arizona.
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.
Russell Feingold / New York Times:
Russ Feingold: John McCain Was a Committed Leader.  He Was Also Really Fun.  —  Being with John McCain, who died Saturday afternoon, could be a lot of work but was almost always fun.  There were many often heroic chapters in this exciting man's life to which others can better speak.
Jeff Flake / Washington Post:
I am grateful for John McCain  —  Jeff Flake, a Republican from Arizona, is a member of the U.S. Senate.  —  I couldn't bring myself to write this piece until today.  It's not that I didn't try.  But something in my mind convinced my hands that if I put it off, somehow John McCain might be with us a little longer.
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Keeping up with John McCain  —  I'll never forget the time the McCain delegation stopped in Budapest in 2014 on the way to a conference in Munich.  We only spent five hours on the ground.  But John McCain accomplished more diplomacy, human rights advocacy and mischief in those five hours than most senators do in a month.
Discussion: The Atlantic and Voice of America
Mark Salter / Washington Post:
John McCain spent his life serving the dignity of his fellow man
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politico
Washington Post:
John McCain, the irreplaceable American
Discussion: BloombergQuint, Q & A, Hosted and Vox
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
John McCain, ‘maverick’ of the Senate and former POW, dies at 81
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
John McCain, a Last Lion of the Senate
Discussion: Refinery29
Steve Turnham / ABC News:
John McCain, Arizona senator and Vietnam war hero, dies at 81
Washington Post:   Sen. John McCain, the 2008 GOP presidential nominee who was driven by a code of honor that defined …
Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Sen. John McCain, American ‘maverick’ and Arizona political giant, dies at age 81
Discussion: CNBC, IJR, Fox News Insider and Mediaite
Todd S. Purdum / The Atlantic:   John McCain and the Lost Art of Decency
Paul Kane / Washington Post:   McCain was a force of nature in Washington with an unrivaled global stature
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 …
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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 …
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.
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.”
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 …
Discussion: Mother Jones and HuffPost
BostonGlobe.com:
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.
Ray Sanchez / CNN:
New Mexico compound suspects allegedly planned to attack Atlanta's Grady Hospital  —  (CNN)A handwritten document titled “Phases of a Terrorist Attack.”  Talk of confronting and attacking “corrupt” institutions, including Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital.  Jokes about dying in jihad.
Kashana Cauley / New York Times:
Football Players Are Protesting Police Violence, Not the Anthem  —  There are consequences to mischaracterizing the reason players aren't standing.  —  Ms. Cauley is a contributing opinion writer.  —  Now that the N.F.L. preseason has begun, some of the league's players are again refusing …
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
DNC votes to limit influence of superdelegates in presidential nominating process  —  Poll shows enthusiasm among Democrats ahead of 2018 midterm elections; Democratic strategist Robin Biro weighs in.  —  The Democratic National Committee voted Saturday to limit the influence of superdelegates …
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