John McCain

The American flag files at half-staff at the White House.

White House lowers flag to half-staff after backlash

Gabby Morrongiello · August 27, 2018 8:07 pm

Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., confer at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on April 3, 2014.

National Security

Senate Armed Services plots its next moves after John McCain’s death

Travis J. Tritten · August 27, 2018 8:02 pm

In this July 31, 2018, photo, Ivanka Trump, the daughter of President Donald Trump walks o board Air Force One with President Donald Trump for a trip to Tampa, Fla., to attend a campaign rally at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Ivanka Trump plans to promote worker training in Illinois this week. She will participate in a round-table discussion Wednesday, Aug. 8, at Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, her second recent visit to the region.

Ivanka Trump calls John McCain a ‘true hero’ after the president remains silent

Caitlin Yilek · August 27, 2018 7:56 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Trump refuses multiple times to answer questions about McCain

Robert Donachie · August 27, 2018 7:39 pm

The American flag flies at half-staff at the Capitol in honor of Sen. John McCain of Arizona who died Saturday of brain cancer, in Washington, Monday, Aug. 27, 2018. McCain will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda on Friday.

Beltway Confidential

The American Legion is right, Trump should lower the flag to half-staff

Tom Rogan · August 27, 2018 7:30 pm

One Last Insult

The Editors · August 27, 2018 7:26 pm

McCain: ‘Thank You for the Privilege of Serving You’

Washington Examiner · August 27, 2018 6:50 pm

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., delivers remarks at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Oct. 30, 2017.

Former McCain aide: Late senator would have picked a Hispanic woman to succeed him

Caitlin Yilek · August 27, 2018 6:32 pm

John McCain and Donald Trump.

John McCain takes a shot at Trump in his farewell statement to the nation

Robert Donachie · August 27, 2018 6:28 pm

Beltway Confidential

In defense of John McCain’s 2008 defense of Obama

Siraj Hashmi · August 27, 2018 6:27 pm

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., wrote in a letter that Carter should not make any major changes to military personnel ratings, standards, uniforms and jobs in the next two months. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Beltway Confidential

Can the GOP fill John McCain’s Senate shoes?

Daniel DePetris · August 27, 2018 6:03 pm

Flags flying a half-staff in honor of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., frame the U.S. Capital at daybreak in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. McCain, 81, died at his ranch in Arizona after a yearlong battle with brain cancer.

Chuck Schumer, Mitch McConnell want flags kept at half-staff until John McCain is buried

Robert Donachie · August 27, 2018 5:22 pm