John McCain

Russian President Vladmir Putin has worked assiduously in recent months to craft an Image congenial to the American public, while portraying President Obama as out of step with American opinion and international norms.ÃÂ (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

John McCain: Vladimir Putin ‘is not a man with a soul’

Joel Gehrke · December 19, 2013 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

John McCain: Voting against budget deal ‘lacks some intellectual integrity’

Charlie Spiering · December 17, 2013 5:00 am

U.S. Senator John McCain gestures while speaking to Pro-European Union activists gathered during a rally in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Beltway Confidential

John McCain sours on American spies as lies to Congress add up

Joel Gehrke · December 15, 2013 5:00 am

President Obama shakes hands with Cuban President Raul Castro at FNB Stadium in Soweto, South Africa, during a memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela on Tuesday. (AP Photo/SABC Pool)

Beltway Confidential

White House: John McCain ‘dangerous’ and ‘unwise’ for making Hitler comparisons to Raul Castro

Charlie Spiering · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference.ÃÂ (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Washington Secrets

Mike Huckabee eyes 2016 presidential bid; pastors press him to run

Paul Bedard · December 7, 2013 5:00 am

Washington Secrets

Report: You betcha Sarah Palin helped John McCain in 2008, has 2016 support base

Paul Bedard · November 29, 2013 5:00 am

In a new fundraising letter for the Republican National Committee released Friday, Sen. John McCain lashed out at "Barack Obama, Harry Reid and Washington liberals," who he claimed are destroying the United States.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Washington Secrets

John McCain joins Ted Cruz in assailing ‘Obama, Harry Reid and Washington liberals’

Paul Bedard · November 29, 2013 5:00 am

Sen.ÃÂ TedÃÂ Cruz, R-Texas (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Ted Cruz: I agree with John McCain

Charlie Spiering · November 21, 2013 5:00 am

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during the first day of the Loya Jirga in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Karzai has told a gathering of elders that he supports signing a security deal with the United States if safety and security conditions are met. Karzai spoke as the 2,500-member national consultative council of Afghan elders known as the Loya Jirga started in Kabul on Thursday. The four-day meeting will discuss the bilateral security pact that defines the role of thousands of U.S. troops who will remain after the NATO combat mission ends in 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

White House urges Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign security agreement

Susan Crabtree · November 21, 2013 5:00 am

Janet Yellen cleared a key hurdle to becoming the next chair of the Federal Reserve on Thursday morning, receiving approval from the Senate Banking Committee. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Janet Yellen clears Senate Banking Committee; Democrat Joe Manchin votes against

Joseph Lawler · November 21, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said of theÃÂ National Defense Authorization Act:ÃÂ "This [nuclear option] blew it up.ÃÂ It harms the ability and desirability of people to work together."ÃÂ (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Senate’s nuclear option vote blows up defense policy bill

Tim Mak · November 21, 2013 5:00 am

Police arrest demonstrators wearing orange jumpsuits while protesting the Guantanamo Bay military detention facility in front of the White House in Washington on June 26. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

House GOP ‘united’ to keep Gitmo open

Susan Crabtree · November 20, 2013 5:00 am