| No Images? Click here  Monday, August 27TRUMP ICED WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT ON MCCAIN President Donald Trump reportedly stopped the release of a complimentary official statement prepared by White House aides in the days before the death of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). Instead, Trump tweeted a noticeably curt reaction to the passing, a post that even rankled Fox News. “Still not a kind word about McCain himself,” commented Brit Hume. As for McCain’s funeral, former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush have been invited to give eulogies. Trump was even not invited to attend. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]GUNMAN KILLS 2 AT FLORIDA GAMING EVENT A gunman opened fire during a video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida on Sunday, killing two people and himself. A Twitch livestream of the tournament captured the shooting in real time, showing players involved in a game when 12 gunshots were fired. [HuffPost]UN: MYANMAR MILITARY SHOULD FACE GENOCIDE CHARGES Top Myanmar military leaders should be prosecuted for genocide against Rohingya Muslims, UN investigators said Monday. In a damning report, the investigators said the situation in Myanmar should be referred to the International Criminal Court. [AP]REPORT: POPE KNEW ABOUT MCCARRICK The Vatican’s retired ambassador to the U.S. accused senior church officials of knowing for many years that Theodore McCarrick, former archbishop of Washington, regularly invited seminarians into his bed. Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano also accused Pope Francis of being informed of McCarrick’s penchant for young boys back in 2013. [HuffPost]DEEP-SEA CORAL REEF FOUND IN ATLANTIC Scientists have discovered a giant deep-sea coral reef some 160 miles off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina, and a half-mile below the ocean surface. [HuffPost]EUROPE’S NIGHTMARE POLITICIANS Here‘s our guide to the far-right politicians who are tearing Europe apart. [HuffPost] TRUMP PROBES READY TO GO These are the 52 Trump investigations Democrats may launch if they win the midterms. [HuffPost]GIULIANI CONFLICT OVER PHARMA PROBE Senators are questioning a potential conflict of interest concerning Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and a federal probe into an opioid manufacturing pharmaceutical company. According to The New York Times, Giuliani’s firm had a $1 million contract with the Justice Department for advice on reorganizing its drug investigations at the same time he was representing Purdue Pharma against the DOJ. [HuffPost]‘THE ODD COUPLE’ PLAYWRIGHT DIES Neil Simon, whose plays “Barefoot in the Park,” “The Odd Couple” and the “Brighton Beach” trilogy dominated Broadway for decades, has died. He was 91. [AP]COYOTES STEAL MILLIONS FROM MIGRANTS Smugglers are making millions of dollars by extorting migrants after sneaking them into the U.S. and shuttling them from house to house. [The New York Times]MEXICO: NAFTA NEGOTIATIONS NEARLY DONE Mexico’s Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said bilateral North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations with the U.S. were in the “final hours.” [Reuters]KANSANS ALLOWED TO DRINK CONTAMINATED WATER Kansas officials reportedly allowed hundreds of residents in two Wichita-area neighborhoods to drink contaminated water for years without telling them. [The Wichita Eagle]
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