What to Watch in Tuesday’s Primaries

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.

Pentagon Will Miss John McCain, Its Friend and Foe

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., brought a unique and formidable background to his oversight of the Defense Department and its contractors and allies.  To the Pentagon, its contractors and allies on the congressional defense committees - the so-called iron triangle -  John McCain could be either the U.S. military's strongest proponent or its harshest critic.

Kushner and Lighthizer Pressed for Deal Before Mexican President Leaves Office

McCain appears to criticize Trump in farewell message to the nation - The Arizona Republican's moving final words were read to the public by his close friend Rick Davis in Arizona. - Sen. John McCain, who passed away Saturday from brain cancer, penned a farewell message before he died Glenn Greenwald, the Bane of Their Resistance - A leftist journalist's bruising crusade against establishment Democrats - and their Russia obsession.

Insults, straight talk, expertise – McCain knew how to attract the media

McCain appears to criticize Trump in farewell message to the nation - The Arizona Republican's moving final words were read to the public by his close friend Rick Davis in Arizona. - Sen. John McCain, who passed away Saturday from brain cancer, penned a farewell message before he died Nuns Killed Children, Say Former Residents Of St. Joseph's Catholic Orphanage - Millions of American children were placed in orphanages.

What to watch during elections in Florida, Arizona, Oklahoma

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.

Trump White House resumes flag tribute to McCain after criticism

The White House lowered its flag to half-staff Monday afternoon following a barrage of criticism for ending the tribute to deceased Sen. John McCain just one day after he died. President Donald Trump refused to say a word about McCain during events at the White House on Monday, where flags flew at full-staff for most of the day in contrast to honors the late senator received elsewhere in Washington and across the country.

McCain’s death shadows Republican primary in Arizona

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.

Kavanaugh’s support for surveilling Americans raises concern Source: AP

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has frequently supported giving the U.S. government wide latitude in the name of national security, including the secret collection of personal data from Americans. It's a subject Democrats plan to grill Kavanaugh about during his confirmation hearings scheduled to begin next Tuesday.

In Colonie, Schumer pushes opioid bill to safeguard first

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GOP Senator Says McCain Is ‘Partially to Blame’ for Full-Staff Flag

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.

On second thought: Trump, Cohen lawyers stumble on facts

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.