From ‘Wedding Crashers’ to SNL, John McCain was no stranger to pop culture

Wearing dark glasses, Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., smiles as he arrives at his chartered plane on Sunday, May 18, 2008, in Newark, N.J. McCain, 71, appeared on the late-night TV show "Saturday Night Live" the night before and poked fun at his age in a comedy sketch. U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., signs a "Wedding Crashers" movie poster for a high school newspaper editor, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006, in Sioux Falls, S.D. McCain, who made a cameo appearance in the 2005 film, spoke at the Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce's 100th anniversary dinner.

Services for McCain set for Phoenix, Washington, Annapolis

Sen. John McCain's service to his country began more than six decades ago at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and will end there in a cemetery overlooking Maryland's Severn River. A private burial service next Sunday will conclude nearly a week of events honoring the Navy aviator, prisoner of war, congressman, longtime senator and presidential contender.

Vietnam says US Senator John McCain helped ‘heal the wounds of war’

US Senator John McCain was a "symbol of his generation" who helped "heal the wounds of war" by pushing for diplomatic normalisation of ties with Vietnam, the Southeast Asian country's foreign minister said on Monday. McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam who ran for president in 2008 as a self-styled maverick Republican and became a prominent critic of President Donald Trump, died on Saturday.

Dow Jones Today Jumps 134 Points as U.S. and Mexico Near New Trade Deal

The Dow Jones today projected a 134-point gain on news that the United States is close to a trade deal with Mexico. Reuters reported yesterday that Mexico's economy minister, Ildefonso Guajardo, believes the discussions for a new trade deal between the NAFTA partners are in the "final hours."

A life of courage, politics came down to 1 vote for McCain

For John McCain, a lifetime of courage, contradictions and contrarianism came down to one vote, in the middle of the night, in the twilight of his career. The fate of President Donald Trump's long effort to repeal Barack Obama's health care law hung in the balance as a Senate roll call dragged on past 1 a.m. on a July night in 2017.

John McCain: The impossible man

US Senator John McCain visits operating base Gamberi in the Laghman province of Afghanistan on December 25, 2014 [File photo: Reuters/Lucas Jackson] On August 25, senator and former presidential candidate John McCain died aged 81. In the obituaries that poured in, "war hero" and "maverick" were the most frequent epithets used to describe him. Both these terms, however, frame the irreconcilable paradox of the dysfunctional empire McCain called his homeland - its rosy self-perceptions and the truth of its vile militarism.

Vietnam says John McCain helped ‘heal the wounds of war’

U.S. Senator John McCain was a "symbol of his generation" who helped "heal the wounds of war" by pushing for diplomatic normalization of ties with Vietnam, the Southeast Asian country's foreign minister said on Monday. Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh writes in a condolence book near a portrait of U.S. Senator John McCain about his death at the U.S. embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam August 27, 2018.

Coas sends condolences to Us Sen. John McCaina s family: DG Ispr

Islamabad: The director-general of the Inter-Services Public Relations Major General Asif Ghafoor tweeted on Monday that Chief of Army staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa sends his condolences to the US senator John McCain's family. He further added that he was a good friend of Pakistan who believed in great potential of Pak-US relations for common good of both countries.

One Of A Kind: John McCain’s Indelible Place In American Politics

Republican presidential candidate John McCain attends at a town hall campaign event at Peterborough Town Hall in Peterborough, New Hampshire on November 2, 2008. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images hide caption Republican presidential candidate John McCain attends at a town hall campaign event at Peterborough Town Hall in Peterborough, New Hampshire on November 2, 2008.