John
McCain Dead At 81 Years Of Age
Politicians from both sides of the political aisle mourned the death
of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) Saturday while honoring his legacy as a lawmaker
and war hero. The 81-year-old Vietnam veteran died one day after his family
announced he would be ending his treatment for brain cancer. McCain was
diagnosed in July 2017 and spent most of the following year receiving treatment
in Arizona, while continuing his work as a senator. McCain was a longtime
Republican and conservative, but he earned respect as a lawmaker from both
Republicans and Democrats, even as he feuded with President Donald Trump.
Reacting to news of McCains death, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) tweeted,
America and Freedom have lost on of her greatest champions. Huff
Post
'Patriot',
'Hero', 'American Original': Politicians Remember John McCain
Sen. John McCain died Saturday, a day after his office announced his
decision to discontinue medical treatment for brain cancer. Before his
death, McCain's wife Cindy said in a tweet that the McCain family was "overwhelmed
by the outpouring of love and support from around the world." That outpouring
swelled after the news of his death broke on Saturday. One of the most
personal tributes came from McCain's close friend and colleague, Sen. Lindsey
Graham. NPR
McCain's
Body Arrives In Pheonix, Crowd Gathers To Pay Respects
A hearse carrying the body of U.S. Sen. John McCain, who died Saturday
after a year-long battle with brain cancer, arrived in uptown Phoenix on
Saturday evening. At least two-dozen people stood near the freeway exit
as the motorcade that carried the senators body from his Cornville home
arrived at the mortuary after 8:30 p.m. local time, the Arizona Republic
reported. By late evening, about 200 people were gathered outside the A.L.
Moore Grimshaw Mortuary. Some could be heard shouting, I love you, John,
while others waved flags or wore red, white and blue. Fox
Doms
Strip Superdelegates Of Power And Reform Caucuses In 'Historic' Move
The Democratic National Committee voted Saturday to significantly curtail
the power of superdelegates and make presidential caucuses more accessible,
overcoming objections from a vocal minority of its membership. The reform
package, pushed by DNC Chairman Tom Perez and allies of Vermont Sen. Bernie
Sanders, among others, passed overwhelmingly by voice vote at the DNCs
summer meeting here two years after the process started. NBC
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Arizona
GOP Senate Hopefuls Spar To Win Primary For Jeff Flake's Seat
Arizona Republicans go to the polls Tuesday to decide who will be the
winner of one of the most bruising primaries this election season, as candidates
fight to get the party's nod to replace outgoing Sen. Jeff Flake. In the
race, two-term Rep. Martha McSally has emerged as the frontrunner as she
fends off challenges from the right in the forms of former state Sen. Kelli
Ward and Sheriff Joe Arpaio. But whoever wins the primary will face a tough
Democratic challenge as Democrats eye the state as one that can be flipped
in November. Fox
VOA VIEW: The key is to elect a Republican
that will win in November.
Brett
Kavanaugh: Bush's Intellectual Body Man
In 2006, Brett Kavanaugh is sworn in to be a judge on the U.S. Court
of Appeals as President George W. Bush looks on. Kavanaugh previously had
served as staff secretary in the Bush White House. It was the apogee of
Brett Kavanaugh's rise through the ranks of the conservative movement,
a job that put him in daily proximity to President George W. Bush and made
him an intellectual "umpire" for a welter of political and policy aides
who were aiming to shape the Republican agenda. Kavanaugh, now President
Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, had an ordinary sounding title,
staff secretary. But he wielded extraordinary influence as the adviser
responsible for screening, reviewing and editing documents delivered to
Bush, interviews and documents show. "Ultimately, the umpire was Brett,"
said Karl Rove, a Bush adviser and one of the people Kavanaugh worked with
closely as staff secretary. Houston Chronicle
Bernie
Sanders Praises Dems
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) praised a move by the Democratic National
Committee (DNC) on Saturday to limit the role of superdelegates in choosing
the party's presidential nominee. Today's decision by the DNC is an important
step forward in making the Democratic Party more open, democratic and responsive
to the input of ordinary Americans," Sanders said in a statement. Hill
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Papa
John's Addresses Customer Outrage In First Social Media Campaign
The video contains actual customer Tweets that call out the pizza chain
over Schnatter's remarks and demand Papa John's change its policies if
it wants their business back. "Right now, we're reviewing our culture from
top to bottom and meeting with our communities to learn how we can be better,"
the company wrote on Twitter. "We fully intend to earn back your trust
through action." CNBC
Mueller
May Have Information On Trump's Tax Returns
Robert Mueller may be closing in on Donald Trump's undisclosed tax
returns, George W. Bush's former ethics attorney Richard Painter says.
In an interview with MSNBC's Brian Williams during a recent segment on
The 11th Hour, Painter said that the president must be worried as an immunity
deal was reported to be extended to the Trump Organization's chief financial
officer Allen Weisselberg. "Now we have the chief financial officer of
the Trump Organization turning states evidence," Painter told Williams
on Friday. "I have to say that every white-collar criminal defense lawyer
knows when the chief financial officer turns states evidence, everyone
in the executive suite is in a lot of trouble because the chief financial
officer knows exactly where the money is coming and going. MSN
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Trump
Blasts Session's Leadership Of Justice Department
President Trump issued a fresh attack on his attorney general Saturday,
suggesting in a tweet that Jeff Sessions is allowing the Russia investigation
to proceed while permitting real corruption to go untouched. Mr. Trump
also retweeted a quote from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.), who told Fox
News that the relationship between the two men is not working and that
whats going on is unsustainable. WSJ
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Hawaii
Braces For Post Lane Flash Flooding
Hurricane Lane, now downgraded to a tropical storm, is expected to
continue to dump heavy rain in Hawaii on Saturday, as officials warn of
flash flooding that could inundate homes and roadways after already pouring
more than 3 feet of rain across the island. Dozens of residents have been
forced to evacuate their homes over the past two days, wading through waist-high
water, and sometimes spreading brush fires, to safety, while thousands
of others remain in shelters. NPR
Trump
Insists He Did Not Know About 2016 Trump Tower Meeting
The Post report states, But Thursday, Davis, speaking on the record,
apologized for confirming something he did not know to be true.
It goes on to quote Davis as saying, I should have been more clear. I
could not independently confirm the information in the CNN story. Im sorry
that I left that impression. I wasnt at the meeting. The only person who
could confirm that information is my client. AOL
VOA VIEW: More fake news and apology.
Bitcoin
May End Year 'Explosively Higher'
If you're trying to figure out when bitcoin's slump will end, you may
want to look at the emerging markets. According to Fundstrat Global Advisors'
Thomas Lee, there's an important correlation budding between emerging markets
and bitcoin, the most dominant coin in the cryptocurrency space." "Both
really essentially peaked early this year, and they both have been in a
downward trend," the firm's head of research said Friday on CNBC's "Trading
Nation." "Until emerging markets begin to turn, I think in some ways that
correlation is going to hold and tell us that sort of the risk on mentality
is those buyers aren't buying bitcoin." CNBC
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YouTube
Expands Non-Skippable Ads To More Creators
YouTube is expanding non-skippable ads on its platform. Today, the
company announced that all creators who can already monetize content on
YouTube will soon be able to turn on non-skippable ads on all videos. The
change is rolling out next week and eligible creators will get a notification
in their dashboard. Advertisers usually pay creators more for non-skippable
ads, so this could be a way for YouTubers to incentivize creators to stick
around on its platform and produce more content, with each ad sale earning
the Google-owned company a cut. If a creator turns on non-skippable ads,
even previously published videos on their channel will be able to make
use of them. Verge
T-Mobile
Hack May Have Exposed Data Of 2 Million Customers
T-Mobile has revealed that hackers may have stolen the personal information
of some of its customers. The intrusion took place on Monday, and some
customer data "may have been exposed" before the carrier's cybersecurity
team shut off access and reported the breach to law enforcement, it said
in a statement. Around 3 percent of T-Mobile's 77 million customers --
more than 2 million people -- may have been affected, a company representative
told Motherboard. Those people are being notified via text message. CNET
Sherrod
Brown Announces He'll Oppose Brett Kavanaugh
In a statement, Brown said he was "convinced Judge Kavanuagh would
side with special interests over working people and threaten the rights
of Ohioans." "Special interests already have armies of lobbyists and lawyers
on their side. Working people need justices who will put their rights first,
not justices who will side with insurance companies over cancer survivors,
financial scammers over customers, or massive corporations over American
workers," Brown said. Plain Dealer
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Elon
Musk Commits To Keeping Tesla Public
Elon Musk put two of the most tumultuous weeks in his public life behind
him Friday by vowing that his car company, Tesla Inc., would remain a public
concern. The CEO said in a statement that investors urged him to keep the
embattled electric carmaker on the open market, where it trades on the
Nasdaq. NBC
Pope
Compares Church Sexual Abuse, Corruption To Excrement
Pope Francis vowed on Saturday to end the sexual exploitation
of children by clergy during a highly-charged visit to once deeply Catholic
Ireland and, according to victims, said the corruption and cover up of
abuse amounted to human excrement. On the first papal visit to the country
in almost four decades, Francis used a speech at a state event that was
also attended by some abuse survivors to acknowledge that it was to the
Churchs shame it had not addressed these repugnant crimes and said he
sought a greater commitment to eliminating this scourge. Reuters
WH
Holds Up Bill Aimed At Safeguarding US Elections'
The White House has put the brakes on a bill that was proposed to protect
U.S. elections, according to a new report. Introduced last year by Sen.
James Lankford (R-OK), the Secure Elections Act would give each states
top election official security clearance to know about any threats to their
election infrastructure, systems, and other technologies. The bill has
earned bipartisan support and was on its way to a vote in October, but
at the White Houses recent request, has been delayed in the Senate, Yahoo
News is reporting, citing congressional sources. Yahoo
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Zarif
Accuses US Of Waging 'Psychological War'
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has accused the United
States of waging a "psychological war" against Tehran and its business
partners. US sanctions were re-imposed on August 7, just months after US
President Donald Trump withdrew from the multilateral Joint Comprehensive
Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Iran nuclear deal. Bing
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Turkey
Detains 2 More Suspects Over US Embassy Shooting
Turkish police have arrested two more people for their suspected links
to Monday's drive-by shooting on the United States embassy in capital Ankara,
Anadolu Agency reports, in an attack coinciding with increased tensions
between the NATO allies. Friday's arrests raise the total number of arrested
suspects to four and they are being interrogated by police, the agency
reported on Sunday citing a police source. The detention period for Ahmet
Celikten and Osman Gundas, the suspects arrested on Monday, was extended,
it added. Aljazeera
Trump
Slams FBI's Clinton Email Investigation
President Donald Trump is again criticizing the FBI's investigation
into Hillary Clinton's emails and he's suggesting that "at some point"
he "may have to get involved!" Trump is asserting, without providing evidence,
that the FBI failed to thoroughly review Clinton's emails as part of its
investigation into her use of a private email server while she served as
secretary of state. The president also tweets more criticism of Attorney
General Jeff Sessions, writing that Sessions "doesn't understand what is
happening underneath his command position." Boston
Herald
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of command.
Louisiana
GOP Fights Over Who Is Conservative Enough To Endorse
The Louisiana Republican Party endorsed no one in the Secretary of
State race Saturday (Aug. 25) after a discussion about which candidates
are conservative enough to deserve an endorsement. Charlie Buckels, the
finance chairman for the Louisiana GOP, had proposed that the Republican
state central committee vote to endorse just three of the five major GOP
candidates in the Secretary of State's race on the ballot Nov. 6. Bing
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Trump
Latching Onto Popular Right-Wing Talking Point About Cohen, That Experts
Say Is 'Nonsense'
President Donald Trump has echoed a popular right-wing talking point
in recent days as his latest defense from the plea deal to which his former
longtime lawyer Michael Cohen agreed earlier this week. The campaign-finance
crimes Cohen pleaded guilty to? Well, they aren't actually crimes, Trump
and others say. It's an argument that campaign-finance experts say is "nonsense."
Business
Insider
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Hawaii
Faces Flood Emergency After Biblical Rains
Firefighters on the Big Island rescued 39 people from floodwaters Friday
through early Saturday as the island grappled with the nearly 4 feet (1.2
meters) of rain from Tropical Storm Lane, formerly Hurricane Lane, dumped
on the eastern part of the island over the course of three days.
In Honolulu, where the storm deposited only a few inches of rain, shopkeepers
removed plywood from their windows and reopened for business. The National
Weather Service canceled all storm warnings for the state. Fox
Pope
Francis Knew Of Abusive Priest, Claims Former Vatican Official In Calling
For Resignation
A former Vatican ambassador to Washington said Sunday that he told
Pope Francis in 2013 about allegations of sexual abuse against a prominent
priest and that Francis took no action. Now, the former official, Archbishop
Carlo Maria Vigano, is calling for Francis to step down. Vigano made the
claims in a lengthy statement that concludes with a call for Francis' resignation:
"In this extremely dramatic moment for the universal Church, he must acknowledge
his mistakes and, in keeping with the proclaimed principle of zero tolerance,
Pope Francis must be the first to set a good example to Cardinals and Bishops
who covered up McCarrick's abuses and resign along with all of them," he
writes. CBS
Jemele
Hill Out At ESPN
Jemele Hill needed to be out at ESPN. Hill knew it. ESPN president
Jimmy Pitaro knew it. And, now, Jemele Hill is out at ESPN. The marriage
between ESPN and Hill the controversial sports commentator who waded
into politics and sparred with President Donald Trump has long been stuck
in irreconcilable differences. Since leaving SportsCenter earlier this
year, she has barely worked, making a divorce the obvious conclusion. NY
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