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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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Political Wire, The Week, POLITICUSUSA, Axios, Raw Story, Hullabaloo and Mediaite
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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 — 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 …
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ABC News, AOL, Discourse.net, The Root, New York Post, Daily Wire and Hit & Run
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 …
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Politico and Arizona Republic
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
As a Nation Mourns McCain, Trump Is Conspicuously Absent — WASHINGTON — As leaders of both political parties and foreign dignitaries publicly mourned John McCain on Sunday, President Trump conspicuously avoided a national moment of tribute to a senator whose death seemed to be its own metaphor …
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CNN, Salon, Mediaite, Washington Post and USA Today
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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The Week, The Hill, POLITICUSUSA, AOL, Splinter, ThinkProgress, Political Wire and Politico
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
One moment from McCain's 2008 run made clear his character and foretold Trump's rise — It was both the most memorable moment from John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign and a glimpse into the future of the Republican Party and America's angry and divisive modern-day politics.
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The Daily Beast
Karen Ruiz / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: SARAH PALIN ON JOHN MCCAIN …
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Political Wire, Hullabaloo, Mother Jones and POLITICUSUSA
Eric Bradner / CNN:
How Arizona will fill John McCain's seat — and who might fill it
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Daily Wire and Mediaite
Daniel Politi / Slate:
GOP Senate Candidate Kelli Ward Suggested McCain Timed Health Announcement to Hurt Her Campaign
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Shareblue Media, Raw Story and IJR
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:
John McCain's seat in Senate will stay empty until after burial, Gov. Doug Ducey says
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Law & Crime, Axios, POLITICUSUSA, TheBlaze, Politico, ABC News, Washington Post, Vox and Mediaite
Martin Cizmar / Raw Story:
Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kelli Ward accuses John McCain of dying to push ‘negative narrative’ about her
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Hill Reporter, Talking Points Memo, Splinter, Mediaite, Hullabaloo and TheBlaze
Russell Feingold / New York Times:
Russ Feingold: John McCain Was a Committed Leader. He Was Also Really Fun.
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NewsBusters, HuffPost, Clinton Foundation, The Week, No More Mister Nice Blog, Politico, TheBlaze and FOX59
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 …
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Splinter and twitchy.com
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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Daily Mail:
Pro-gamer, 24, who shot dead two and injured 11 after LOSING: Florida tournament killer ‘used a laser-sighted gun’ to carry out massacre captured on livestream audio before taking his own life — Police have identified the suspect in a mass shooting at a video game tournament in Florida …
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The Gateway Pundit
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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Fox News, Orlando Sentinel, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, Splinter, The Last Refuge, myfox8.com, Raw Story, CBS Philly, RedState, Florida Politics, CNN, The Big Lead and Daily Kos
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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Breitbart, No More Mister Nice Blog, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Guardian
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Report: Worried GOPers Privately List Potential Probes If Dems Retake House
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Breitbart
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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Political Wire, The Daily Caller, The Last Refuge, twitchy.com, The Western Journal, Splinter, Patterico's Pontifications, LifeZette, Mediaite and Axios
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
How Trump can survive the onslaught against his presidency
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The Gateway Pundit
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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The Daily Caller and Axios
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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 and Raw Story
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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Stephen McDermott / TheJournal.ie:
Under 130,000 people attend Papal Mass in Phoenix Park … UNDER 130,000 PEOPLE attended the Phoenix Park this afternoon for a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis, according to initial estimates. — Around 500,000 tickets for the Mass were made available by organisers in July …
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Settimo Cielo and The American Conservative
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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Pope Francis Long Knew of Cardinal's Abuse and Must Resign, Archbishop Says
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RedState, The Daily Caller, National Catholic …, NPR, LifeSiteNews and Political Wire
Kevin Rudd / Sydney Morning Herald:
Cancer eating the heart of Australian democracy — Beneath the sound and light show that passed for Australian politics last week, there is a much deeper question of what underlying forces have been at work that have brought us this low. The uncomfortable truth is since the coup of June 2010 …
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