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Snubbing Canada, the Trump administration reached a preliminary deal Monday with Mexico to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement - a move that raised legal questions and threatened to disrupt the operations of companies that do business across the three-country trade bloc. President Donald Trump suggested that he might leave Canada, America's No.
Bruce Ohr was a relatively anonymous lawyer at the Justice Department for more than 25 years. But he's now caught up in a Republican maelstrom of criticism toward the department, with some of President Donald Trump's allies implying that he helped conspire against Trump's election.
Unlike many political journalists, my first John McCain story predates my arrival in Washington. The Arizona senator came to deliver the commencement address at my college, before he was a presidential candidate but after he began earning liberal plaudits with his embrace of campaign finance reform.
I am neither Republican nor Democrat because, to me, neither party is working for the good of the American people. They seem to be working for their own agenda for monetary gain and "to hell with the people."
The late Senator John McCain would have been the first person to admit that his decades-long record was not perfect. But over the course of his long career, McCain earned a reputation as a tough politician with a strong moral compass.
We have an update on a teenager who was hit by a police pickup truck on the first day of school in Duncan. Police say the teen is now at home and is recovering.
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The American flag at the White House is again flying at half-mast following heaps of criticism from people who wondered why the president would move it to full-mast not even 48 hours after Sen. John McCain's death. Sen. Jim Inhofe , however, suggested Monday that the flag kerfuffle is partly McCain's fault.
Bowing to pressure, President Donald Trump on Monday ordered American flags at U.S. buildings lowered to half-staff for Sen. John McCain until his burial on Sunday. Trump's proclamation came just hours after the White House flag had been returned to full-staff, drawing complaints from right and left.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) is charged with filling the Senate seat vacated by John McCain. CNN's Miguel Marquez looks at who is in the running to replace the late senator.
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)
Following criticism from The American Legion, President Trump has has issued a brief statement on the death of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and ordered that the flags once again be flown at half-staff.
In the early hours of July 28, 2017, Sen. John McCain slowly walked onto the floor of the Senate. The chamber was tense; two other Republican senators, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, had already announced they would vote against the GOP's "skinny repeal" bill - a measure that would have permanently repealed the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate, among other provisions.
Flags at the White House were back at full-staff Monday, even as Senate leaders of both parties formally requested American flags at government buildings stay at half-staff to honor Sen. John McCain. Aides to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Leader Charles Schumer requested that the Department of Defense keep flags at government buildings lowered until the sunset after McCain is buried in Annapolis, Maryland, next Sunday.
President Donald Trump announced a trade "understanding" with Mexico that could lead to an overhaul of the North American Free Trade Agreement on August 27, 2018. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto joined by speakerphone.
Sen. John McCain's death in office has handed Arizona's governor an empty Senate seat to give out - and a difficult political puzzle to solve before he does. Arizona law requires only that Gov. Doug Ducey name a replacement who is a member of McCain's Republican Party and who will fill the seat until the next general election in 2020.
Rick Davis, Sen. John McCain's former presidential campaign manager and a family spokesman, read the following farewell statement from the senator at a news conference at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix on Monday: Thank you for the privilege of serving you and for the rewarding life that service in uniform and in public office has allowed me to lead. I have tried to serve our country honorably.
President Donald Trump will not be attending the funeral or memorial services in Washington for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a McCain family spokesman said Monday. Rick Davis, who is also McCain's campaign manager and longtime adviser, said at a news conference in Phoenix that Vice President Mike Pence will serve as the Trump administration designee at a ceremony honoring McCain on Friday at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
Sen. John McCain's death in office has handed Arizona's governor an empty Senate seat to give out - and a difficult political puzzle to solve before he does.
Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks during a hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017. Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks during a hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017.