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In this Aug 15, 2019 satellite image provided by Satellite image ©2019 Maxar Technologies, shows fires burning in the State of Rondonia, Brazil, in the upper Amazon River basin. Brazil's National Institute for Space Research, a federal agency monitoring deforestation and wildfires, said the country has seen a record number of wildfires this year, an 84 percent increase compared to the same period last year. The states that have been most affected by fires this year are Mato Grosso, Para and Amazonas, all in the Amazon region. (Satellite image ©2019 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Emmanuel Macron: Amazon fires must be #1 priority at G-7

French President Emmanuel Macron says fires in the Amazon rain forest should take precedence when President Trump and leaders from the rest of the Group of Seven nations meet this weekend along his country's picturesque coast.

August 23, 2019
Former NBA basketball player and coach Bob Cousy, of the Boston Celtics, speaks as President Donald Trump smiles during a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony for Cousy, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Celtics great Bob Cousy receives Medal of Freedom

President Trump awarded the nation's highest civilian honor Thursday to NBA great Bob Cousy for his achievements on the court and solidarity with black teammates affected by racial segregation.

August 22, 2019
Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen makes a comment on US President's cancellation of his scheduled State Visit, in front of the State Department in Copenhagen, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. U.S. President Trump announced his decision to postpone a visit to Denmark by tweet on Tuesday Aug. 20, 2019, after Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen dismissed the notion of selling Greenland to the U.S. as "an absurd discussion." (Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix)

Trump says Danish PM out of line, not him, on Greenland

It started as a bit of whimsy in August -- what if the U.S. offered to buy Greenland, that mass of ice, rare-earth minerals and about 60,000 hearty souls nestled near the North Pole and halfway to Europe?

August 21, 2019
Mourners deliver flowers Friday for the funeral in El Paso, Texas, of Margie Reckard, 63, who was killed by a gunman in a mass shooting earlier in the month. Some mental health advocates say that the focus on people with mental illness is a distraction from solving gun violence in the U.S. (Associated Press)

Trump remarks on mental illness, gun violence slammed by mental health advocates

Mental health advocates chastised President Trump for saying the U.S. could fight gun violence by reopening institutions to keep "mentally deranged and dangerous" people off the streets, saying it could stigmatize patients who thrive in their communities, while allowing hateful shooters to hide behind the banner of mental illness.

August 18, 2019
In this Dec. 18, 2013, file photo, then-U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., discusses his first months back in Congress during an interview in Mount Pleasant, S.C. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)

Mark Sanford weighs Donald Trump 2020 primary challenge

Former Rep. Mark Sanford on Sunday said President Trump does not deserve reelection but he would still support him, as a Republican, over a Democratic nominee if he falls short in a long-shot bid to primary the sitting leader.

August 18, 2019
In this Nov. 1, 2018 photo, Sen. Joe Manchin speaks to reporters after a debate with Patrick Morrisey in Morgantown, W.Va. Republicans have a huge advantage as they seek to hold or expand their 51-49 Senate majority, with the battle for control running mostly through states that President Donald Trump won in 2016. (AP Photo/Raymond Thompson)

Joe Manchin ‘encouraged’ by gun control talks on Capitol Hill

Sen. Joe Manchin III on Sunday said President Trump hasn't pledged support for his bill to expand background checks -- or for any other gun measures -- though he is "encouraged" by talks on Capitol Hill in the wake of mass shootings in Texas and Ohio.

August 18, 2019
White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow said President Trump does not intend to abandon a “supply side” approach to tax cuts and deregulation after stocks plunged last week on fears of a recession. (Associated Press/File)

Larry Kudlow rejects recession fears

White House advisers on Sunday said the country isn't heading for a recession and played down the effects of President Trump's trade war after a wobbly week on Wall Street, arguing that pessimism is the only thing that could hold America back.

August 18, 2019
In this Aug. 12, 2019, photo, Kashmiri Muslims shout slogans during a protest after Eid prayers in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Troops in India-administered Kashmir allowed some Muslims to walk to local mosques alone or in pairs to pray for the Eid al-Adha festival on Monday during an unprecedented security lockdown that still forced most people in the disputed region to stay indoors on the Islamic holy day. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Donald Trump urges Pakistan PM to talk to India on Kashmir

President Trump urged Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday to work with India in settling tensions in the Kashmir region, which is steeped in fear and upheaval after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi moved to strip it of its autonomous status.

August 16, 2019