Sen. John McCain Funeral Information

Sen. John McCain will have a funeral service in his home state on Thursday, where former Vice President Joe Biden will speak. 

Sen. McCain will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Friday before being transported to Maryland for a private service at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis on Sunday. 

The funeral mass of John McCain will be held at the United States Capitol in Washington D.C, on Saturday at 10:00 AM. This is a private invite only event. Members of the public will be allowed to pay their respects from 1PM to 8PM. 

On Saturday, Obama and former President George W. Bush will eulogize McCain during a service at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. 

Sunday’s service will be held at the Naval Academy Chapel at 2 p.m. ET. McCain graduated from the naval academy in 1958. Immediately following the service, Sen. McCain will be buried in private at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, MD, in a plot next to one of his closest friends: fellow Naval Academy classmate Adm. Chuck Larson. 

The memorial service and burial Sunday will feature two of Sen. John McCain’s sons, Jack and Doug McCain. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. and Gen. David Petraeus, will offer tributes during the service. Pallbearers will include McCain friends and family. 

Among those also invited on Sunday are McCain’s family, friends, members of his 1958 academy graduating class, Navy and military leaders and the brigade of midshipmen.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and President Trump have been left off the list of invitees to the funeral of the late U.S. Senator John McCain, according to multiple reports. Sarah Palin was not banned for the funeral, she was just not invited to the private ceremony. She is able to pay her respects, if she wishes, at the time allotted for the public- 1PM-8PM. 

Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Hearing

The first day of Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 4 at 9:30 a.m. The hearing is expected to take 4 days. 

The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on September 4, with the goal of a floor vote by Oct. 1. 

As a Supreme Court nominee, Kavanaugh must undergo a vetting process by the Senate Judiciary Committee that is expected to take 4 days. Twenty-one senators sit on the committee, 11 Republicans and 10 Democrats. Kavanaugh will be called to testify and answer questions from both Republican and Democratic members of the committee. 

Next, the Judiciary Committee will set a date for hearings in which colleagues or people who are familiar with his work will testify and say why the nominee should or should not confirmed. Both Republicans and Democrats can call their own witnesses. 

After the hearings, the Judiciary Committee will vote on whether to recommend the nominee for a full Senate vote. The committee can submit the nomination to the Senate with a recommendation that is favorable or unfavorable or with no recommendation at all. 

To be confirmed, Kavanaugh needs 51 senators to vote yes. Odds are in Kavanaugh’s favor that he will be confirmed by a Republican-controlled Senate that has 51 GOP senators and 49 Democratic senators. It’s expected that both parties will mostly vote along partisan lines. 

Trump Upcoming Travel to Push for Midterm Candidates

President Donald Trump is preparing for an aggressive campaign schedule this fall to boost Republican candidates on the ballot in 2018. Trump is aiming to spend more than 40 days on the campaign trail between the beginning of August and the Nov. 6 midterms, as he hopes to best his predecessors’ travel schedules, White House officials said. 

Officials said Trump wants to be on the road for Republicans more than President Barack Obama was for Democrats in 2010, when his party suffered what Obama called a “shellacking.” President Obama, spent 36 days traveling in the final months of the 2010 midterm elections.  

For now, Trump's travel will focus on Senate races. But officials insisted that the schedule would remain flexible to allow the president to pivot quickly to the districts and states where he's needed the most.

The current plan for the end of August going through September has the president holding at least eight rallies and 16 fundraisers across 15 states (overall), administration officials said. The states that the president is planning to visit in September are: Indiana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Kentucky and Tennessee. 

The administration official cautioned the states could change as events are often not locked in until two weeks ahead of time, to give Trump more flexibility on where he can best deploy himself. 

As Trump’s official schedule intensifies later in the fall, he will also look to headline a slew of fundraisers in D.C., White House officials said. 

In August alone, President Trump has held 16 events in eight states to rally support for Republicans running for office in gubernatorial, House and Senate races. There are some districts where Trump might not be as helpful to Republican candidates, like the 24 GOP-held districts that Hillary Clinton won in 2016. But his team could instead use people like Ivanka Trump or Ben Carson to campaign for these candidates. 25 Trump-backed candidates have won their primaries so far.

NFL & NFLPA Still Haven't Reached Agreement on National Anthem Policy

With the NFL season rapidly approaching, there’s still no official league policy for the national anthem. The league and NFLPA met Monday to try and resolve that issue. 

Both sides released a statement saying they’ve had “productive dialogue” and “remain committed to working together on solutions.” 

In May, the NFL rolled out a policy that required all players and team personnel to stand when on the field during the national anthem. If players or team personnel did not stand, that franchise would receive a fine from the NFL. The individuals who did not stand would also be subject to a fine from their team. The May policy did not require players to be present for the national anthem. It gave them the option to remain in the locker room while the anthem was played. President Donald Trump ripped the NFL for that proposal, calling it “worse.”

In July, the NFLPA filed a grievance over that policy. A few days later, the league announced it would not enforce its national anthem policy while the two sides worked on a solution. NFL players have still protested during the national anthem during pre-season games. 

Miami Dolphins receivers Albert Wilson and Kenny Stills knelt prior to the team’s preseason opener. Lineman Robert Quinn raised his fist in the air. Malcolm Jenkins and DeVante Bausby of the Philadelphia Eagles also raised their fists during the national anthem. Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch sat, though he’s been doing that for years. 

Some players have indicated they will continue to protest even if they are fined. 

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