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9:05 PM ET, August 25, 2018

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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Bad blood between McCain and Trump lingers, even as the Arizona Republican nears the end  —  It got off to a bad start, and President Trump's venomous relationship with Sen. John McCain probably won't end well either.  —  The president was reportedly disinvited to McCain's funeral months ago …
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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.
Elizabeth Chuck / NBC News:
Sen. John McCain, independent voice of the GOP establishment, dies at 81  —  “With the Senator when he passed were his wife Cindy and their family,” McCain's office said in a statement.  —  John McCain, who shed a playboy image in his youth to become a fighter pilot, revered prisoner of war …
Mark McKinnon / The Daily Beast:
You Honored Our Deal, John McCain.  I'll Honor Your Legacy. … The news of your imminent departure comes as no surprise given what we know about the disease that is taking you from us.  And yet, it still hits on my heart like a ton of bricks.  —  Not just because of the depth of my respect, reverence and love for you.
Washington Post:   Sen. John McCain, the 2008 GOP presidential nominee who was driven by a code of honor that defined …
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Democrats Strip Superdelegates Of Power In Historic Reform Vote  —  The Democratic National Committee's changes aim to heal the lingering divisions of the 2016 presidential primary.  —  CHICAGO In a long-awaited bid to reinvigorate the Democratic Party and heal the divides of the 2016 presidential primary …
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Politico:
Democrats strip superdelegates of power in picking presidential nominee  —  Party officials voted at a meeting to strip the party insiders of much of their influence, a big win for the party's base.  —  CHICAGO - Democratic Party officials voted Saturday to strip superdelegates …
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Democrats weaken ‘superdelegates’ in effort to avoid another bitter presidential primary
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Balloon Juice
Adam Levy / CNN:
Democrats adopt gender nonbinary language to charter
Discussion: Daily Wire and FOX40
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: DNC, TV networks discuss presidential debates
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:
Democrats Voted To Strip Power From Superdelegates
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Democrats Cut Party Leaders' Power to Pick Presidential Nominee
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Maxwell Strachan / HuffPost:
David Pecker's DARKEST TRUMP SECRETS: A National Enquirer Insider Tells All!  —  Jerry George, a former senior editor at AMI, opens up about the company's CEO, the evolution of the Enquirer and the role it played in reshaping Trump's image.  —  By the time David Pecker arrived at American Media Inc …
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Sonia Moghe / CNN:
Exclusive: Ex-Trump World Tower doorman releases ‘catch-and-kill’ contract about alleged Trump affair  —  (CNN)A former Trump World Tower doorman who says he has knowledge of an alleged affair President Donald Trump had with an ex-housekeeper, which resulted in a child, is now able to talk …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The three illegal acts that may have helped Trump win the presidency
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
'He can't get rid of any of this': Trump's wall of secrecy erodes amid growing legal challenges  —  President Trump's wall of secrecy — the work of a lifetime — is starting to crack.  —  His longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty last week to breaking campaign-finance laws …
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The Hill:   Trump Org. CFO's immunity deal is new problem for Trump
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
What Will Mueller Do?  The Answer Might Lie in a By-the-Book Past  —  The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has approached law enforcement consistently for decades: leading aggressive investigations marked by adherence to precedent and higher office.  —  WASHINGTON — Long …
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Trump's Power to Fire Federal Workers Curtailed by Judge  —  A federal district judge in Washington struck down most of the key provisions of three executive orders that President Trump signed in late May that would have made it easier to fire federal employees.
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
In victory for unions, judge overturns key parts of Trump executive orders
Discussion: Politico and Splinter
Washington Post:   Judge delivers victory to federal employee unions, overturning key parts of Trump executive orders
Grace Segers / CBS News:
Beto O'Rourke says “nothing more American” than NFL players protesting the national anthem  —  Rep. Beto O'Rourke, the Democratic candidate challenging Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, was featured in a viral video posted to Twitter on Tuesday giving an answer at a town hall defending NFL players who kneel during the national anthem before games.
Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
We Asked 1,000 People What Happened On Tuesday.  Here's What Some Of Them Said.  —  Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen, someone's lost cat and Post Malone.  —  On Tuesday, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was convicted of federal charges, and former Trump lawyer …
Paul Sonne / Washington Post:
McMorris Rodgers says she is open to Jordan as speaker  —  The highest-ranking Republican woman in Congress said she is open to supporting a long-shot bid by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to replace House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), giving a boost to the conservative insurgency seeking to take over the House Republican caucus.
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Daniel Walters / Inlander:
Cathy McMorris Rodgers regrets tone of “sex offender” attack ads against Lisa Brown
Discussion: Roll Call
Senator Brown's Press Feed:
After Careful Consideration, Brown Decides To Oppose Kavanaugh Nomination  —  Senator: ‘Special interests already have armies of lobbyists and lawyers on their sides, working people need judges who will put their rights first’  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) …
Associated Press:
Conor Daly loses Lilly Diabetes sponsorship over remark his father made over 30 years ago  —  ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — Lilly Diabetes has pulled its sponsorship of Conor Daly's No. 6 car in the NASCAR Xfinity race at Road America, citing a racially insensitive remark made by the driver's father in the 1980s that surfaced this week.
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
August House Overview: The Bottom Line in the 66 Most Competitive Races  —  The most critical phase of the battle for the House isn't October; it's right now.  Republicans' only hope of defying a “Blue Wave” and saving their 23-seat House majority is to personally disqualify Democratic nominees …
 
 
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John Tunison / MLive.com:
Children made up story about white man urinating on black child: police
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
UNC board member calls for Confederate statue to be reinstalled on campus after protesters tear it down
Discussion: CNN, Breitbart and IJR
Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:
For Rohingya, Years of Torture at the Hands of a Neighbor
Bloomberg:
U.S. Warns Russia It Will Hit Assad If He Uses Chemical Arms, Sources Say
Discussion: Sputnik International
Julia Salazar / Julia Salazar for New York State Senate:
Statement from Julia
Discussion: TheBlaze
New York Times:
Pesticide Studies Won E.P.A.'s Trust, Until Trump's Team Scorned ‘Secret Science’
Corey Robin / New York Times:
The New Socialists  —  Why the pitch from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Justin Wolfers / New York Times:
Money Really Does Lead to a More Satisfying Life
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Baghdad gets its groove back
Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost:
Chapel Hill Police Officer With Anti-Government Militia Tattoo Will Keep His Job
Ali Rogin / ABC News:
Trump renews attack on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, claiming ‘real corruption goes untouched’
Discussion: CNN, Vox and Breitbart
Washington Post:
A dirty plan that would kill Americans
Discussion: nrdc.org and New York Times
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Paul Manafort's trial in D.C. to take 3 weeks, probe Ukraine lobbying world
Grace Gottschling / Campus Reform:
Clemson RAs freed from mandated ‘commitment to social justice’
Discussion: The College Fix
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
How Far America Has Fallen
 

 
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