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The HBO documentary "John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls" looks at the Arizona senator's personal and political life over his long political career. HBO's 'John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls' isn't a eulogy The HBO documentary "John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls" looks at the Arizona senator's personal and political life over his long political career.
President Donald Trump is turning his attention to Tennessee, where he will raise money and rally supporters Tuesday in a crucial race for control of the U.S. Senate. Trump hopes to boost Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn in the open contest to replace GOP Sen. Bob Corker, who is retiring.
Democrats still optimistic about winning control of the House in the fall elections, but worried it'll be more seat-to-seat combat than any blue wave, got a shot in the arm on when several of their stronger candidates won contested primaries. In a Houston, Texas, district that Hillary Clinton carried, Lizzie Fletcher turned back a Bernie Sanders-type liberal, and is given an even chance of defeating a relatively weak Republican incumbent, John Culberson.
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While the day Josh Holt is expected to return home to this south Salt Lake County community was still a little up in the air Sunday, family, friends, neighbors and even strangers worked to ensure that whenever he does arrive, he'll be greeted with a visual reminder that he was never forgotten. A two-year ordeal for the Holt and his family came to an end this weekend, after the former LDS Church missionary and his wife were released early Saturday morning from a Venezuelan prison and flown to Washington, D.C. Holt and his wife, Thamy, were met by his parents, Laurie and Jason Holt, as well as Sen. Orrin Hatch and his wife, Elaine, and then were welcomed by President Donald Trump at the White House.
Sen. Jeff Flake said on "Meet the Press" that congressional Republicans need to "find a voice" on President Donald Trump once primary season is over. Sen. Jeff Flake hopes Republicans in Congress start talking back to Trump after primaries Sen. Jeff Flake said on "Meet the Press" that congressional Republicans need to "find a voice" on President Donald Trump once primary season is over.
Valor, stubborn conviction and sacrifice are themes repeated throughout "John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls," HBO's documentary memorializing the life and career of the Vietnam War hero and six-term senator from Arizona. McCain, 81, who revealed this year that he had terminal brain cancer, is interviewed throughout the film, as are his family and some of his bitterest political rivals.
In a story May 26 about the release of an American jailed in Venezuela, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the U.S. government had imposed sanctions on Venezuelan first lady Cilia Flores. It has not.
For more than two decades, Montana's lone U.S. House seat has been a sacrificial altar where Democratic candidates' dreams are squashed. Not only have all 12 Democratic candidates since 1996 lost to Republicans, but only two of them have since gone on to win any election at all.
Sen. Roy Blunt on Sunday said he was "concerned" about the FBI's behavior in the campaigns of both President Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. In an interview on "Fox News Sunday," the Missouri Republican, who serves on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said it "would be fine to find out what the Russians were doing" from an FBI informant, though "it would not be fine to find out what the campaign was doing" as Trump has suggested.
Sen. Jeff Flake said Sunday he hasn't ruled out a White House run in 2020 - and would do so as a Republican. In an interview on NBC News' "Meet The Press," the Arizona Republican - a frequent critic of President Donald Trump - said he hoped "somebody runs on the Republican side other than the president."
A potential bill to prohibit ZTE Corp. and other Chinese telecommunications companies from operating in the U.S. would have supermajority support in Congress, Republican Senator Marco Rubio said. "Most members of Congress have come to understand the threat China poses," Rubio said on CBS's "Face the Nation" on Sunday when asked whether President Donald Trump would sign such a measure.
Sen. Chris Coons on Sunday said President Trump needs to be using "every ounce of leverage" the U.S. has over China amid talk that a planned summit with Mr. Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could proceed next month. Mr. Coons said it's possible to have a constructive summit, and commended Mr. Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for recently securing the release of three Americans who had been held in North Korea.
Sen. Roy Blunt said Sunday that potential talks with North Korea can produce results, but all sides need to be on the same page before a meeting takes place between President Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un. "There needs to be a strong understanding of what both sides, what all three sides, frankly, mean by denuclearization," Mr. Blunt said on "Fox News Sunday," referring to the U.S., North Korea and South Korea.
Republican Rep. Martha McSally of Arizona is likely the strongest candidate to run against a centrist Democrat in the contest for retiring Sen. Jeff Flake's seat. But McSally, the establishment favorite, was critical of Trump until she announced her candidacy and has long been bankrolled by Never Trumpers.
They buy expensive sensors that can detect malicious intruders bent on creating havoc. They field sales pitches from election vendors selling cyber-insurance.
'It wasn't really the vacation I was looking for': Mormon missionary, 26, jokes with President Trump as he and his ecstatic family thank him in the Oval Office after he helped secure his release from Venezuelan prison where he spent two years 'He's a sociopathic nut job': NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere 'kissed everyone on the lips', and 'treated women like pawns' says former top recruiter who exposed their branding practices Florida and Mississippi declare states of emergency as Subtropical Storm Alberto is set to make landfall and could bring up to ONE FOOT of rain and flooding Trump says he's still hopeful June 12 summit with North Korea will take place as South Korean leader reveals Kim Jong-un wants to keep Singapore date and is committed to 'complete denuclearization' President Trump claimed New York Times used 'phony' source 'who doesn't exist' for North Korea story when it was ... (more)
John Heilemann, an MSNBC analyst and journalist, told Nicolle Wallace of "Deadline: White House" on Thursday that the president's efforts to interfere with and undermine the Russia investigation are likely to come to a boil quite soon. The show's panel was discussing the day's intelligence briefing with congressional leaders, which sparked controversy after the president's attorney in the Russia probe, Emmet Flood, showed up - breaking all precedent and raising issues of serious conflicts of interest.