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Sen. McCain faces the fight of his political life. Clinton camp hits Trump in new Utah ad. Rep. Love unveils her TV ad in a $1M buy.
Happy Tuesday. After 30 years in the Senate, during which he transformed himself from war hero into political icon, John McCain now finds himself in more jeopardy than at any time during his political career. And for much of that, he can blame Donald Trump. McCain faces a brutal primary today, and if he emerges, a tough general election against a well-funded Democrat. [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/john-mccain-is-in-the-fight-of-his-life-in-the-age-of-donald-trump/2016/08/29/1e3168ac-6b11-11e6-99bf-f0cf3a6449a6_story.html?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_trumpdivider-0635pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory">WaPost</a>]
<strong>Topping the news: </strong>The Hillary Clinton Campaign is releasing an anti-Donald Trump mailer in Utah, hoping to seize the opportunity to sway leery Republican voters. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4292213-155/clinton-hits-trump-in-utah-in"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Meanwhile, Rep. Mia Love is out with her new TV ad, part of a $1 million buy, with supporters touting her work in Congress. [<a href="http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/10641-">UtahPolicy</a>]
Equality Utah has added Michelle Turpin, Sen. Steve Urquhart, and James Huntsman to its board. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4290994-155/equality-utah-names-3-new-board"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865661276/State-Sen-Steve-Urquhart-James-Huntsman-join-LGBT-advocacy-group.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/gop-senator-son-of-jon-huntsman-join-equality-utah-board"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>]
<strong>Tweets of the day: </strong>From @<a href="https://twitter.com/emospencercox"; target="_blank">emospencercox</a>: "In unique effort to snag FLDS fugitive Lyle Jeffs, FBI to create special Pokemon with his likeness called 'Polygamonkey' and let kids hunt."
From @<a href="https://twitter.com/wonderella"; target="_blank">wonderella</a>: "Anthony Weiner officially separates form Huma Abedin, America, Earth and the wider Milky Way Galaxy."
From @<a href="https://twitter.com/RexHuppke"; target="_blank">RexHuppke</a>: "Lightly sprained my ankle tonight. This never would've happened if I was armed."
<strong>In other news:</strong> The FBI says there is a divide in FLDS leadership and offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the "armed and dangerous" former FLDS leader Lyle Jeffs, who escaped his tracking device while serving time for fraud and money-laundering. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4290693-155/fbi-offers-50k-reward-for-information"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865661259/FBI-offers-50K-reward-for-capture-of-FLDS-leader-Lyle-Jeffs.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/08/29/fbi-announces-50000-reward-for-info-on-flds-leader-lyle-jeffs/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/fbi-offers-50000-reward-for-arrest-of-escaped-polygamist-leader"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>] [<a href="http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/50000-reward-offered-for-information-leading-to-arrest-of-lyle-jeffs"; target="_blank">ABC4</a>] [<a href="http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/k-reward-for-capture-of-fugitive-polygamist-lyle-jeffs/article_5ea2852b-0010-5750-9e8e-676f0ed5290a.html"; target="_blank">Herald</a>] [<a href="http://kuer.org/post/fbi-offers-50k-reward-help-bring-lyle-jeffs#stream/0"; target="_blank">KUER</a>]
<span style="line-height: 1.5;">-> BYU and BYU-Idaho are included with other religious universities on a list of worst schools for LGBT students as decided by the advocacy group Campus Pride. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4291553-155/byu-byu-idaho-named-to-shame-list"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/education/college/byu/byu-added-to-campus-pride-shame-list/article_26d82801-d183-5efc-9e9c-49c0cfbdb9e4.html"; target="_blank">Herald</a>]</span>
-> Nearly half of Utahns support a new stadium at the state fairpark, though 36 percent oppose the move, a new poll shows. [<a href="http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/10640-">UtahPolicy</a>]
-> Ranchers in Rich County are pooling their land to try out a rotational system of grazing, and they have the support of the Bureau of Land Management. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4088140-155/we-are-not-all-clivenbundys-rich?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Plans to open Eagle Summit Academy, a West Jordan charter school aimed at troubled youth, were canceled on Friday. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4292012-155/eagle-summit-academy-abandons-effort-to?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> The federal court in Utah's new U-ACT program will give eight to 12 participants with substance abuse problems or with an otherwise clean record a chance for rehabilitation and a lighter sentence. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4279235-155/program-gives-some-federal-offenders-in"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> BYU's advisory council, created in response to complaints about the way sexual abuse is treated on campus, says its recommendations on how to improve the system will be released within weeks. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4292223-155/byu-advisory-council-preparing-final-recommendations"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865661287/BYU-sexual-assault-report-due-soon-after-review-of-75-schools-and-3100-comments.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/byu-will-present-findings-on-handling-of-campus-sexual-assaults-this-fall"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>]
-> Rep. Mia Love is pressuring government officials to help expedite the release of Josh Holt, an American detained in Venezuela under weapons possessions charges that his family claims are made up. [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/08/29/mia-love-joins-fight-to-bring-utah-womans-son-jailed-in-venezuela-home/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>]
-> Attorneys for Utah Rep. Mel Brown have dropped their case challenging election results in which 70 questionably-postmarked ballots were not counted. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4292461-155/rep-brown-drops-utah-supreme-court"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> BYU is purchasing Provo High School's campus, and the deal is expected to close September 12. [<a href="http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/education/precollegiate/provo-high-sale-to-byu-expected-to-close-sept/article_bee4ef14-155f-5b07-bc3e-90c34ba9f3cb.html"; target="_blank">Herald</a>]
-> Pat Bagley offers his take on the latest Trump racism accusations. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4291856-155/bagley-cartoon-trump-is-not-a"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
<strong>Nationally:</strong> Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton's closest advisor, announces her separation from her husband and former congressman Anthony Weiner over the latest of his multiple sexting scandals. [<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/29/politics/anthony-weiner-sexting-trump-supporter/index.html"; target="_blank">CNN</a>] [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/08/29/clinton-aide-huma-abedin-splitting-from-former-rep-anthony-weiner/"; target="_blank">WaPost</a>] [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/nyregion/anthony-weiner-sexting-huma-abedin.html?ref=politics"; target="_blank">NYTimes</a>] [<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/abedin-announces-separation-from-weiner-227503"; target="_blank">Politico</a>] [<a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/huma-abedin-announces-separation-husband-anthony-weiner-n639421"; target="_blank">NBC</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/nation-world/anthony-weiner-huma-abedin-separating-after-new-sexting-allegations"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>]
-> Russian hackers tampered with elections in Arizona and Illinois this summer, and Senate minority leader Harry Reid is asking for the FBI to keep a close watch on attempts to hack the election in November. [<a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/fbi-says-foreign-hackers-penetrated-000000175.html"; target="_blank">Yahoo</a>] [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/us/politics/harry-reid-russia-tampering-election-fbi.html?ref=politics&_r=0"; target="_blank">NYTimes</a>]
-> Democrats find themselves with a chance to take the House majority if they can win elections in suburban districts that typically vote Republican but have been turned off to the party by Trump. [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/29/us/politics/donald-trump-congress-gop-voters.html?_r=0"; target="_blank">NYTimes</a>]
-> The Trump campaign confirmed that it will be spending $10 million this week on TV ads in crucial states. [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/08/29/trump-camp-says-it-plans-10-million-tv-ad-buy/"; target="_blank">APviaWaPost</a>] [<a href="http://www.npr.org/2016/08/29/491813999/in-largest-ad-buy-yet-trump-campaign-paints-clinton-as-job-killing?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=politics&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews"; target="_blank">NPR</a>]
-> Priorities USA Action, a pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC, will feed $3.5 million to political groups targeting young minorities to ensure that they show up to vote and that their vote is for Clinton. [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/08/29/pro-clinton-super-pac-to-invest-in-ground-operations-to-mobilize-voters-of-color/"; target="_blank">WaPost</a>]
<strong>Where are they?</strong>
<ul>
<li>Rep. Jason <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/jasoninthehouse"; target="_blank">Chaffetz</a></strong> takes a tours the Colorado River with the Grand County sheriff.</li>
<li>Rep. Chris <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/RepChrisStewart"; target="_blank">Stewart</a></strong> meets with constituents in his Salt Lake City office and does interviews with KUTV, ABC4 and Rod Arquette.</li>
<li>Gov. Gary <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/GovHerbert"; target="_blank">Herbert</a></strong> talks with the Utah Department of Transportation and the Utah Heritage Foundation before heading to a Salt Lake Bees game.</li>
<li>Lt. Gov. Spencer <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerJCox"; target="_blank">Cox</a></strong> attends a Junior Achievement volunteer appreciation luncheon.</li>
<li>State Auditor John <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/FrugalDougall"; target="_blank">Dougall</a> </strong>meets with the Director of the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing and the Office of State Auditor. After a Kane County commission meeting, he will participate in a fundraiser variety show.</li>
<li>President Barack <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama"; target="_blank">Obama</a> </strong>sits down with Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell.</li>
</ul>
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