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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 …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Flags at White House return to full-staff after brief tribute to McCain  —  U.S. flags at the White House returned to full-staff on Monday morning as the nation continued to mourn the death of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).  —  The flags were lowered Saturday night following McCain's death from brain cancer.
NBC News:
W.H. flag back to full-staff after McCain's death, Capitol flag remains lowered
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.
Luis Arellano / aminewswire:
McCain: war hero, but no hero to many conservatives
Discussion: Splinter and The Gateway Pundit
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.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Cory Turner / NPR:
Student Loan Watchdog Quits, Blames Trump Administration  —  The federal official in charge of protecting student borrowers from predatory lending practices has stepped down.  —  In a scathing resignation letter, Seth Frotman, who until now was the Student Loan Ombudsman …
Ben Miller / New York Times:   The Student Debt Problem Is Worse Than We Imagined
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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David Beard / Poynter:
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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.
James Fallows / The Atlantic:
It Would Take Only a Single Senator  —  A few days ago I wrote a long item about changing assessments of Donald Trump: which first impressions had held up, and which had called for second thoughts over time.  —  The last part of the post concerned the main, and depressing, area where second thoughts were necessary.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Colin Deppen / The Incline:
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette no longer prints a daily newspaper  —  Saturday and Tuesday papers are a thing of the past now.  —  Pittsburgh is now the largest city in America without a daily newspaper.  —  After many iterations, Pittsburgh's last remaining daily, the 232-year-old Pittsburgh Post-Gazette …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:   Pittsburgh becomes largest US city without a daily print newspaper
CNBC:
Mexican official says NAFTA talks with the US have ‘concluded,’ deal announcement coming  — Officials were in Washington trying to hammer out the details as the Trump administration pushes to remake the 1994 agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada.  — There was some hope …
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Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
John McCain's Epiphany About Paul Manafort  —  A central feature of John McCain's biography was his capacity for change.  After he sullied himself in the Savings and Loan scandal of the late eighties, he self-consciously transformed into a warrior on behalf of the cause of political reform.
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 …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
‘Sleeper’ case could torpedo Mueller report  —  It might even keep the special counsel from sending a report to Congress, shaking Democrats' hopes that such a document could provide the impetus for impeachment proceedings.  —  A little-noticed court case stemming from the apparent murder …
New York Times:
Hard Partying and a Corruption Scandal: Duncan Hunter's Political Life Unravels  —  SAN DIEGO — In Alpine, Calif., a suburban Southern California enclave, Duncan Hunter was a good neighbor.  He'd help people do yard work, or move heavy furniture.  He drove the same dented-up truck for years.
William Mauldin / Wall Street Journal:
Bad News for U.S. Papers, but Tariffs Are Paying Off for One Rock Capital  —  Private-equity firm headed by a Washington and Wall Street veteran pushed for the tariffs on behalf of its North Pacific Paper and hope they are affirmed in a coming trace-commission vote
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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.
Politico:
Democrats fret Nelson is choking in Florida Senate race  —  Nelson's laid-back style and fundraising deficit have left Democrats concerned that Rick Scott will trounce him.  —  When Sen. Claire McCaskill began to choke in a Democratic Caucus lunch in June, Sen. Bill Nelson stepped in to perform the Heimlich maneuver.
Michael Sean Winters / National Catholic Reporter:
Vigano letter exposes the putsch against Pope Francis  —  Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano's testimony proves one thing: The former Vatican ambassador to the United States is to the clergy sex abuse crisis what Oliver Stone is to the assassination of President John Kennedy …
Cade Metz / New York Times:
Artificial Intelligence Is Now a Pentagon Priority.  Will Silicon Valley Help?  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — In a May memo to President Trump, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis implored him to create a national strategy for artificial intelligence.  —  Mr. Mattis argued that the United States …
Mike Riopell / Chicago Tribune:
Rauner vetoes bill that would set minimum teacher salary at $40,000 within five years  —  Gov. Bruce Rauner takes questions from the media July 16, 2018.  Rauner on Aug. 26, 2018, vetoed legislation that would have raised the minimum salary for an Illinois teacher to $40,000 within five years.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Daily Mail:
Pro-gamer, 24, who shot dead two and injured 11 after LOSING: Florida tournament killer 'used …
Jennifer Gould Keil / New York Post:
Feminist-themed beer hall will be neighbors with new Playboy Club  —  This could get awkward.  —  A feminist-themed beer hall is opening next month on West 42nd Street — and it will be located just two doors down from the new Playboy Club.  —  Treadwell Park, a popular craft-beer joint …
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 …
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Alan Dershowitz goes bonkers on Fox: ‘If they can target Trump, they can target you — they can target anyone’  —  Attorney Alan Dershowitz argued on Monday that all Americans are at risk of being targeted by special counsel Robert Mueller.  —  During an interview with Dershowitz on Fox & Friends …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
 
 
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Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
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