| No Images? Click here  Friday, August 24TRUMP CALLS ON SESSIONS TO INVESTIGATE HIS ENEMIES Donald Trump hit back at Attorney General Jeff Session in a series of early morning tweets, saying it was “GREAT” that the DoJ “will not be improperly influenced by political considerations.” In the same post Trump then tried to “improperly influence” the department by asking him to look into “all of the corruption on the ‘other side,’ including Hillary’s emails, James Comey, Peter Strzok and all of Trump’s other favorite words. Session launched a rare counter attack Thursday after the president told Fox News that the AG “never took control” of the Justice Department. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]GRAHAM: SESSIONS ON HIS WAY OUT Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told a group of reporters that it was “very likely” Trump would replace Sessions “sooner rather than later.” [HuffPost]WHITE HOUSE FLOATS IDEA OF MANAFORT PARDON According to Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, the president did discuss pardoning former campaign chairman Paul Manafort during a White House meeting in June. His comments contradicted White House statements made earlier this week denying that talks had taken place. [HuffPost]TRUMP: FLIPPING SHOULD ‘ILLEGAL’ In his “Fox & Friends” sit-down, Trump suggested that “flipping” to make a deal with prosecutors “almost ought to be outlawed,” and falsely claimed that the crimes committed by his former personal attorney Michael Cohen “weren’t crimes.” [HuffPost]PECKERS FLIPS Federal prosecutors have reportedly granted immunity to David Pecker, the chief executive and chairman of American Media Inc., which publishes the National Enquirer, in the ongoing Cohen investigation. [HuffPost]OZ GETS NEW PM Treasurer Scott Morrison will become Australia’s new prime minister after emerging victorious from a leadership battle against incumbent Malcolm Turnbull. [HuffPost] FOX HOST BLASTS TRUMP Fox News host Neil Cavuto attacked Trump for focusing on the stock market’s performance while creating “a moral bust.” Cavuto said: ″You are so darned focused on promoting a financial boom that you fail to see that you are the one creating this moral bust. And we could all be the poorer for it.” [HuffPost]GEORGIA FIRES OFFICIAL OVER POLLING CLOSURES A Georgia county fired the consultant who recommended closing almost all of its polling places, which prompted accusations that he was trying to disenfranchise the county’s majority-black population. [HuffPost]RUSSIAN BOTS PUSH VAXXER LIES Bots and Russian trolls spread misinformation about vaccines on Twitter to sow division and distribute malicious content before and during the U.S. election. [The Guardian]500 CHILDREN STILL SEPARATED The Trump administration has still not reunited more than 500 migrant children with their parents after separating families at the border in recent months. [HuffPost]U.S. TO CUT UN HUMAN RIGHTS CASH National security adviser John Bolton said the U.S. will decrease funding for the U.N. office of human rights. [HuffPost]‘LANE’ DOWNGRADED BUT STILL A THREAT Although Hurricane Lane has been downgraded to a Category 3, officials say the effects of the storm will still create dangerous conditions in Hawaii. With rain and fierce winds already lashing the Aloha State, Lane could give a glimpse at a future warmer world. [HuffPost]
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