| No Images? Click here  Wednesday, August 28SACKLERS IN MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR SETTLEMENT TALKS State attorneys general and lawyers representing local governments are in active settlement negotiations with the Sackler family’s Purdue Pharma, the maker of the prescription painkiller OxyContin that is facing billions of dollars in potential liability for its role in the nation’s opioid crisis. [AP]BARR BOOKS BIG BASH AT TRUMP HOTEL U.S. Attorney General William Barr has reportedly booked President Donald Trump’s hotel in Washington for a winter holiday party that a Washington Post report says will likely bring the venue more than $30,000 in revenue, some of it flowing into Trump’s pockets. [HuffPost]TRUMP OFFERS PARDONS TO AIDES TO FAST-TRACK WALL Trump reportedly told officials in his administration that he would pardon them if they had to break any laws to get hundreds of miles of his border wall built before the 2020 election, according to a report in The Washington Post. [HuffPost]DISASTER RELIEF DOLLARS SENT TO BORDER Trump’s administration is set to pull $271 million from the Department of Homeland Security — including $155 million allocated for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Relief Fund — to pay for immigrant detention and hearing space for asylum-seekers forced to wait in Mexico. [HuffPost]SAN JUAN MAYOR TO TRUMP: GET OUT OF THE WAY San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz lambasted Trump’s tepid response to a likely hurricane bearing down on Puerto Rico, telling him to “get out of the way” as officials prepare for a storm that could threaten recovery efforts still underway more than a year after Hurricane Maria. [HuffPost]STEVE KING: FORCE MUSLIMS TO EAT PORK Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), whose bid for a 10th term has been left high and dry by donors following his continuing series of racist and misogynistic remarks, added yet another offense to the list, endorsing efforts to force Muslims to eat pork. [HuffPost]ANOTHER NEWSLETTER YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN As the United States and other nations grapple with the rise of far-right movements and white supremacy, HuffPost is relaunching the Fringe newsletter to keep you informed about the latest news on political extremism. Get it here.  BRAZIL TO REJECT AID UNLESS FRANCE APOLOGIZES Brazil reportedly plans to reject $20 million offered by G-7 countries to help fight the raging wildfires destroying the Amazon rainforest unless France’s president apologizes for calling Brazil’s president a liar. [HuffPost]IRAN: TRUMP MUST LIFT SANCTIONS BEFORE TALKS Iranian President Hassan Rouhani backpedaled on possible talks with Trump, saying the U.S. president must first lift sanctions imposed on Tehran or a meeting between the two would be a mere photo op. [AP]OFFICIAL: FED COULD HIT BACK AT TRUMP A former top Federal Reserve official implied that the central bank should consider allowing Trump’s trade war to hurt his 2020 election chances, an assertion that drew a firestorm of criticism and a rare pushback from the Fed itself. [New York Times]JUDGE BANS MISSOURI’S 8-WEEK ABORTION BAN A judge has temporarily blocked one of the country’s most restrictive abortion laws from going into effect in Missouri, saying a Planned Parenthood and ACLU lawsuit over the statute’s constitutionality needs to play out before the state can enforce it. [HuffPost]STATE ACCUSES E-CIGS OF MARKETING TO YOUTH North Carolina has filed lawsuits against eight e-cigarette companies, accusing the businesses of marketing to children. Attorney General Josh Stein said he’s filing eight complaints that allege these companies violate the North Carolina Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices Act. [HuffPost]EPSTEIN ACCUSER: PRINCE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE’S DONE Virginia Giuffre, one of several women who have accused the late financier Jeffrey Epstein of sex crimes, renewed allegations of wrongdoing against Britain's Prince Andrew on Tuesday, saying he "knows exactly what he's done." [CNN]
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