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1:45 AM ET, August 27, 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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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 …
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  —  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.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Karen Ruiz / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: SARAH PALIN ON JOHN MCCAIN …
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / KARE-TV:
Arizona Senate candidate Kelli Ward suggests John McCain statement on ending treatment timed to hurt her campaign
Eric Bradner / CNN:
How Arizona will fill John McCain's seat — and who might fill it
Discussion: Daily Wire and Mediaite
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
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: twitchy.com and Splinter
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 …
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.
WJXT-TV:
Sources: Mass shooting at Jacksonville Landing leaves 4 dead, 11 wounded
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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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Report: Worried GOPers Privately List Potential Probes If Dems Retake House  —  Congressional Republicans have expressed concern in recent months that they'll lose control of either chamber of Congress to Democrats.  A Sunday report by Axios sheds light on just how concerned they are.
Discussion: 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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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
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 and The Daily Caller
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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 and Raw Story
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Gather Round, Everyone.  It's Time to Play ‘Find the Collusion’!  —  WASHINGTON — Have you heard the one about the collusion?  Nobody can seem to find it.  —  It was about halfway through President Trump's speech to thousands of supporters last week in West Virginia — right after referring to …
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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Edward Pentin / National Catholic Register …:
Ex-Nuncio Accuses Pope Francis of Failing to Act on McCarrick's Abuse
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 …
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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Steve LeVine / Axios:
The coming yearlong U.S. trade war with China
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
John McCain leaves the stage when we need him most
 Earlier Items: 
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Dershowitz says New York probe, not Mueller, is ‘greatest threat’ to Trump
Daily Mail:
McCain, who died at the age of 81, has also launched public attacks at Trump over the past several years
Discussion: Breitbart
Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
Flake: Firing Sessions would be the ‘first domino to fall’
Discussion: Breitbart
Charles Isherwood / New York Times:
Neil Simon, Broadway Master of Comedy, Is Dead at 91
Peter Wehner / New York Times:
The Full-Spectrum Corruption of Donald Trump
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
The Prosecutors Who Have Declared War on the President
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