John McCain News

With those words Wednesday, the South London attacker with blood-soaked hands did us the favor of reminding us what we are up against.

U.S. Senator John McCain sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Thursday demanding more information about why the immigrant suspect in Phoenix cop's death was released from custody in 2012.

A long-simmering feud between establishment Republicans and Tea Partyers broke into full view Thursday, with Sen.

The first blast was a suicide car bomb and occurred at about 4 p.m. near an intersection in the district of Borj-e Sharahah, said It was not clear what the attackers' target was, but the intersection is close to U.N. accommodation and the headquarters of the Henny Youngman, the late borscht belt comedian, told hundreds of politically incorrect ... (more)

President Obama drew sharp criticism from Republican senators Thursday for urging the repeal of the 2001 law that effectively authorized the war on terror.

In this May 21, 2013, photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., expresses his displeasure that Apple CEO Tim Cook was being brought before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee as the panel examines the methods employed by multinational corporations to shift profits offshore and how such activities are affected by the ... (more)

In this Feb. 7, 2013, file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, questions Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen.

Warning of the danger of keeping America on a "perpetual wartime footing," President Obama called for an end to the war on terror, explaining, "Our systematic effort to dismantle terrorist organizations must continue, but this war, like all wars, must end - that's what history advises; that's what our democracy demands." Flanked by several GOP ... (more)

Flanked by several GOP colleagues who echoed his remarks, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., blasted the president's declaration that the war on terror "must end" as premature and foolhardy, saying that a desire to bring the war "to a compete closure contradicts the reality of the facts on the ground," and arguing that "al Qaeda will be with us for a long ... (more)

President Obama's Sunday commencement address at Morehouse College is bringing him the latest blues for the triangulation that everyone knew the first black president would have to perform: being black without being too black.

Good C-SPAN fun on an ongoing theme . First up, warhorse Sen. John McCain accuses newbie liberty-movement Sen.

In a letter to new IRS Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., and ranking member John McCain, R-Ariz., requested Lerner be suspended immediately due to an apparent failure to disclose information to their investigatory subcommittee.

Meeting with reporters shortly after Obama outlined the future of his counterterrorism policies , John McCain , Saxby Chambliss , Lindsey O. Graham and Kelly Ayotte also provided pointed, specific criticism of several of the president's broader points.

There's a framed Wall Street Journal editorial outside Fred Wertheimer's office that still makes him smile.

John McCain became the best friend of many cable subscribers around the country earlier this month when he introduced the Television Consumer Freedom Act.

Amid scrutiny and oversight of the Obama administration's many failures and the scandals that have resulted, it's easy to forget that Congress has failed - once more - to fulfill its statutory duty to pass an annual budget by April 15.

14, 1973 file photo, released prisoner of war John McCain is greeted by President Richard Nixon, left, in Washington.

McCain and Rubio disagree over how hard the GOP should push debt limit restrictions when allowing the appointment of budget agreement conferees.

At first I thought the IRS scandal was leaked to distract from the Benghazi scandal.

Now that tech darling Apple Inc. has been dragged front and center into the debate over the U.S. tax code, lawmakers are hoping that the spotlight on such a high-profile company could be the catalyst for Congress to take action to close loopholes or reform the law.