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In this Oct. 25, 2017, file photo Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., followed at right by House Armed Services Chairman Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, makes a humorous face to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCain died on Aug. 25, 2018, after battling brain cancer.
GOP Rep. Martha McSally is facing two other Republicans for the GOP nomination for Senate. Voters in three states - Arizona, Florida and Oklahoma - head to the polls Tuesday in some of this year's latest nominating contests, including a critical Senate race and about half a dozen open-seat primaries.
Here's how John McCain made it clear he was happy to see you in the Senate hallways. Such rascally greetings produced smiles before the discussion or tough questions even had begun.
Voters in Arizona, Florida and Oklahoma head to the polls in the final multistate elections of the 2018 primary season. They offer another test of President Donald Trump's imprint on the Republican Party.
Shadowed by the death of six-term Sen. John McCain, Arizona voters are nominating candidates to replace his seat-mate in a primary contest that lays bare the fissures in a Republican Party dramatically remade by President Donald Trump. Three Republicans are vying Tuesday to replace Sen. Jeff Flake, who is retiring after his fierce criticism of Trump made his political future in the state untenable.
Officials with the U.S Department of Interior have told attorneys for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe that there will be a decision by Sept. 21 on whether the agency will be able to keep the tribe's reservation in trust, according to a statement issued Monday by the tribe.
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The Department of Transportation awarded Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport more than $2.5 million that will help improve its drainage system. A recent study determined storm water wasn't draining properly from the airport's newly completed runway.
In this Aug. 21, 2018, file photo, Michael Cohen leaves Federal court, in New York. Cohen's lawyer, Lanny Davis, is walking back his assertions that the president's former "fixer" could tell a special prosecutor that Trump had prior knowledge of a meeting with a Russian lawyer to get damaging information on Hillary Clinton.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand talks about the work she has done in the Senate during an interview on Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, at the Times Union in Colonie, N.Y. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand talks about the work she has done in the Senate during an interview on Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, at the Times Union in Colonie, N.Y. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand talks about the work she has done in the Senate during an interview on Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, at the Times Union in Colonie, N.Y. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand talks about the work she has done in the Senate during an interview on Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, at the Times Union in Colonie, N.Y. []; _taboola.push ; _taboola.push ; Senator Kirsten Gillibrand talks about the work she has done in the Senate during an interview on Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, at the Times Union in Colonie, N.Y. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand talks about the work she has done in the Senate ... (more)
President Donald Trump on Monday endorsed two Florida Republicans, Gov. Rick Scott and Rep. Ron DeSantis, in their respective campaigns for U.S. Senate and governor. "Rick Scott of Florida is doing a fantastic job as Governor," Trump tweeted.
The rallying cry from some liberals to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement isn't a likely winner this election year, as a new poll finds only a quarter of Democrats support eliminating the agency that carried out the Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant children from their parents. But even as they don't want to fully dismantle ICE, 57 percent of Democrats view the agency negatively, including nearly three-fourths of those who describe themselves as liberal, according to a poll released Monday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
In this June 25, 2018, file photo, a mother migrating from Honduras holds her 1-year-old child as surrendering to U.S. Border Patrol agents after illegally crossing the border near McAllen, Texas. The women paid a smuggler to get them across the river.
Democratic donors are often leading with their hearts rather than their heads when it comes to funding this fall's congressional campaigns. Brimming with enthusiasm and fueled by anger at President Donald Trump, Democrats are funneling cash to long-shot and sure-bet candidates with strong personal appeal sometimes at the expense of lower-profile races that will be more pivotal to party efforts to win the House and Senate.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, center, shakes hands with West Virginia Great Barrel Co. managing partners Tom Crabtree, left, and Philip Cornett following the announcement Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, in Charleston W.Va., that a barrel-making facility will be constructed in White Sulphur Springs.
After two years of sometimes ugly public fighting, Democratic Party leaders on Saturday voted to limit their own high-profile roles in choosing presidential nominees, giving even more weight to the outcome of state primaries and caucuses. The debate over the influence of party insiders known as superdelegates was evidence of the fallout from the 2016 fight between eventual nominee Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
A worker at the Department of Homeland Security's National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center in Arlington, Virginia on August 22, 2018. Melting in South Florida's humidity, a young congressional campaign manager let his nerves show.
I had the honor of covering Sen. John McCain and frankly, it was one hell of a ride. He along with Sen. Jack Kemp , Sen. Edward Kennedy and Sen. Joe Biden all were leaders that knew the best way to run the country was to do it in a bi-partisan manner.