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Posted at 4:00 am on August 21, 2017 by Joe Cunningham If you look closely at the headline above, you’ll notice that the two O’s actually have sarcasm slowly oozing out, and some of it is spilling into the word “Three.” The reason is because I can’t actually believe we’ve gone through 3,256 scandals in just six months.

CNN is pushing back its live town hall with Speaker MORE to accommodate President Trump’s announcement on Afghanistan. CNN was set to air a public town hall with Ryan — his first in nearly two years — at 9 p.m.

President Trump blasted the news media ahead of his return to Washington on Sunday after a 17-day working vacation.  "Heading back to Washington after working hard and watching some of the worst and most dishonest Fake News reporting I have ever seen!" the president said.    It was an eventful two-weeks plus for Trump, who near the end of his vacation dismissed White House senior strategist Steve Bannon, who had fallen out with other staff members. Trump also came under fierce criticism from lawmakers in both parties after blaming both sides for violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlot

The Vice News reporter who followed white supremacist marching in Charlottesville said they were chanting about Jews, not the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue. "Once they started marching, they didn't talk about Robert E. Lee being a brilliant military tactician. They chanted about Jews. Like, they wanted to be menacing.

Ten U.S. sailers are missing after USS John S. McCain collided with a merchant vessel in the Strait of Malaca. The Associated Press reports that the McCain was headed to Singapore for a routine port visit when the accident took place.

President Trump landed in Washington, D.C. on Sunday night, marking the end of an eventful 17-day working vacation. Trump hopped back and from from his golf club in New Jersey to Trump Tower, and also came back to the White House once. Press coverage of his vacation was a constant thorn in Trump’s side, and before his return he tweeted: “Heading back to Washington after working hard and watching some of the worst and most dishonest Fake News reporting I have ever seen!” Here’s a look at some of the highlights of Trump’s first August as president. Friday, Aug. 4

Jerry Lewis, the comedian and filmmaker who was adored by many, disdained by others, but unquestionably a defining figure of American entertainment in the 20th century, died on Sunday morning at his home in Las Vegas. He was 91. His death was confirmed by his publicist, Candi Cazau. Mr. Lewis knew success in movies, on television, in nightclubs, on the Broadway stage and in the university lecture hall. His career had its ups and downs, but when it was at its zenith there were few stars any bigger.

Jerry Lewis, the comedian and filmmaker who was adored by many, disdained by others, but unquestionably a defining figure of American entertainment in the 20th century, died on Sunday morning at his home in Las Vegas. He was 91. His death was confirmed by his publicist, Candi Cazau. Mr. Lewis knew success in movies, on television, in nightclubs, on the Broadway stage and in the university lecture hall. His career had its ups and downs, but when it was at its zenith there were few stars any bigger.

STOCKHOLM — A knife attack that killed two people and wounded eight others in southwestern Finland is being investigated as a terrorist attack apparently aimed at women, Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation said on Saturday. The suspect, who was shot after the attack in Turku and hospitalized with a leg wound, is an 18-year-old Moroccan, the bureau said

Two police officers have died after being shot Friday night in Kissimmee, Fla., in what the police chief said may have been an ambush while they were responding to a call complaining of suspicious activity on the city’s north side. It was one of three cases on Friday night in which a total of six law enforcement officers were shot in Florida and Pennsylvania. In Kissimmee, about 20 miles south of Orlando, the officers were found around 9:30 p.m.