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Aruna Viswanatha / Wall Street Journal:
Manafort Sought Deal in Next Trial, but Talks Broke Down — Negotiations stalled after Mueller raised issues — Paul Manafort's defense team held talks with prosecutors to resolve a second set of charges against the former Trump campaign chairman before he was convicted last week …
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
McCain appears to criticize Trump in farewell message to the nation — The Arizona Republican's moving final words were read to the public by his close friend Rick Davis in Arizona. — Sen. John McCain, who passed away Saturday from brain cancer, penned a farewell message before he died …
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Death in the Age of Narcissism — But enough about John McCain. Here's some more about me. — Just before and after John McCain's death on Saturday, I read many tweets, Facebook posts and essays that beautifully captured his importance. — I read many that were equally concerned with the importance of their authors:
Ashley Killough / CNN:
GOP senator praises McCain but says he's ‘partially to blame’ for White House flag controversy — Washington (CNN)Republican Sen. James Inhofe told reporters Monday that Sen. John McCain was “partially to blame” for the controversy over the lowering of the White House flag.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
White House re-lowers flag to half staff to honor McCain after backlash
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Farewell statement from John McCain
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Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
With his desk draped in black, Senate leaders honor McCain
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John McCain / The Moscow Times:
‘The Enemy Is Dead’: Russia Reacts to U.S. Senator John McCain's Passing
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Flags at White House return to half-staff in tribute to McCain
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Mariam Khan / ABC News:
McCain offers final message of hope and resilience, rebukes Trump: Text
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READ: Sen. John McCain's farewell statement
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Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Trump orders flags flown at half-staff until McCain burial
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Trump Is Nuts. This Time Really Feels Different”: Trump Rejects “War Council” Intervention, Goes It Alone — With his closest allies defecting, the president increasingly trusts only his instincts. He “got joy” from stripping former C.I.A. director John Brennan's security clearance.
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Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
Jerry Falwell Jr. says Sessions has lost evangelical support
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Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
BREAKING: Divided Three Judge Court Holds North Carolina Congressional Redistricting an Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymander, Considers New Districts for 2018 Elections — In a case with potentially national implications both short term and long, a three judge district court in North Carolina …
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Ken Sweet / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Nation's top student loan official resigns — NEW YORK (AP) — The top government official overseeing the $1.5 trillion student loan market resigned Monday, citing what he says is the White House's open hostility toward protecting the nation's millions of student loan borrowers.
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Cory Turner / NPR:
Student Loan Watchdog Quits, Says Trump Administration ‘Turned Its Back’ On Borrowers
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Bloomberg News reassigned reporter after Wells Fargo CEO called to complain — A Bloomberg News reporter who covered Wells Fargo was reassigned earlier this year after the bank's CEO called the news organization's editor in chief and complained about the reporter, multiple people familiar with the matter told CNN.
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New York Times:
In Defending Trump, Is Giuliani a Shrewd Tactician — or ‘Untethered’? — Rudolph Giuliani, President Trump's lawyer, detailed for the first time his strategy for representing the president, in blunt and divisively political terms. — The man identified these days as President Trump's lawyer seems vaguely familiar.
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NBC News:
Secret message board drives 'pizzagate'-style harassment campaign of small businesses — The theorists are inspired in part by a far-right news website that has been used by prominent Republicans for fundraising efforts. — In January, Andrew Richmond, a co-founder of a Toronto-based chain …
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
IG Confirms Trump's Involvement in FBI Headquarters Project Across From His Hotel — President Donald Trump was more intimately involved in the debate over relocating the FBI headquarters than Congress was told, a new inspector general report finds. — Rep. Gerald E. Connolly …
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Diocese of Phoenix / The Roman Catholic Diocese …:
Statement from Bishop Thomas Olmsted Regarding Archbishop Viganò's Recent Testimony … English | En Español … By , Diocese of Phoenix| August 27th, 2018| News and Info| Comments Off — Share This Story, Choose Your Platform! — About the Author: Diocese of Phoenix
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Christopher White / Crux:
President of U.S. bishops' conference seeks papal audience after Viganò letter
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Charles V. Bagli / New York Times:
Kushner Companies and Michael Cohen Accused of Falsifying Building Permits to Push Out Tenants — Charles Kushner, the developer whose son Jared Kushner is a senior adviser to President Trump, and Michael Cohen, the president's former personal lawyer, face scrutiny in New York for claims …
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Why Trump cancelled Pompeo's trip to North Korea — Last Thursday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced he was departing on his fourth trip to Pyongyang. On Friday, just hours before Pompeo was supposed to leave, President Trump tweeted that the trip was off.
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Christine Kenneally / BuzzFeed News:
Nuns Killed Children, Say Former Residents Of St. Joseph's Catholic Orphanage — Millions of American children were placed in orphanages. Some didn't make it out alive. — It was a late summer afternoon, Sally Dale recalled, when the boy was thrown through the fourth-floor window.
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Andrew Mayeda / Bloomberg:
Here's How the U.S.-Mexico Trade Deal Would Differ From Nafta — President Donald Trump wants to sign a new trade agreement with Mexico and toss the name “Nafta” into the dustbin of history. — There's still lots of work to be done — the administration is calling the deal with Mexico a …
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Ana Swanson / New York Times:
U.S. and Mexico Agree to Preliminary Nafta Deal
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Ted Cruz Opts for Campaign Trail Instead of Senate Votes — When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell nixed much of the August recess, it raised the prospect that vulnerable Democrats might miss valuable campaign time, but it appears to also be having an effect on Republicans. Case in point: Sen. Ted Cruz.
Ian Parker / New Yorker:
Glenn Greenwald, the Bane of Their Resistance — A leftist journalist's bruising crusade against establishment Democrats—and their Russia obsession. — Like a man in the first draft of a limerick, Tennys Sandgren is a tennis player from Tennessee. Last winter, after scraping his way onto …
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Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Is Pam Bondi auditioning for Fox News while still working for Florida taxpayers? — Bondi sought ethics commission approval before spending three days co-hosting “The Five,” a news talk show. — Pam Bondi is still the attorney general of Florida, at least for another four months.
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New York Times:
Bruce Ohr Fought Russian Organized Crime. Now He's a Target of Trump. — WASHINGTON — As President Trump has threatened to take away the security clearance of Bruce G. Ohr, a career Justice Department official, he has described him as a “creep,” accused him of profiting off “disgraced” …
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The Onion / politics.theonion.com:
White House Releases Moving Statement Honoring Woman Who Called Obama An Arab In 2008 — WASHINGTON—In a timely tribute to a woman they are calling a fearless American hero, the White House released a statement Monday recognizing and honoring the woman who called then-presidential candidate Barack Obama …
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
Revealed: Notorious Pro-Trump Misinformation Site True Pundit Is Run By An Ex-Journalist With A Grudge Against The FBI — Days after former FBI lawyer Lisa Page testified in a closed-door meeting with the House Oversight and Government Reform and House Judiciary committees …
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Joker’ Movie: Alec Baldwin to Play Bruce Wayne's Father — Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz and Marc Maron are already on the call sheet. — Alec Baldwin is joining Joaquin Phoenix in Joker, Warner Bros.' standalone movie centered on the DC's clown prince of crime.
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VICE News:
This toddler got sick in ICE detention. Two months later she was dead. — When Yazmin Juárez arrived at the South Texas Family Residential Center, in Dilley, Texas, in March, her 18-month-old daughter, Mariee, was a healthy toddler with plump cheeks who liked dancing and singing with her mother …
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Ned Ryun / American Greatness:
America's Crisis Is Three-Tiered Justice — Last week brought to the fore a serious problem now threatening to undermine the very foundations of America's constitutional republic: we no longer have equal application of justice under the law. The rule of law has become trifurcated …
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