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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks with reporters outside his office in the Russell Senate Office Building in September 2013. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Schumer Wants to Rename Senate Office Building After John McCain

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 25, 2018 at 9:03pm
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., laugh in 2009. The political odd couple pushed through a key campaign finance overhaul in the early 2000s.

Candidates Say ‘I Approve This Message’ Because of John McCain

By Kate Ackley
Posted August 25, 2018 at 8:36pm
Dozens of Pentagon programs felt the lash of John McCain’s tongue, from bomb-detecting elephants to oxygen-deprived jets. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

The Pentagon Saw a Prized Jet. John McCain Saw a ‘Hangar Queen’

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted August 25, 2018 at 8:29pm
Sen. John McCain, the iconoclastic lawmaker, veteran and former presidential nominee, has died. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

John McCain, Senate Hell-Raiser Whose Independence Cut Both Ways, Dies at 81

By David Hawkings
Posted August 25, 2018 at 8:25pm
Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her running mate Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., celebrate on the final night of the Democratic National Convention in 2016. Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., weren’t happy with ‘superdelegates’ at the convention.( Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Power of ‘Superdelegates’ Reduced by DNC

By Roll Call Staff
Posted August 25, 2018 at 3:52pm
Rep. Evan Jenkins has been appointed to one of two open seats on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Republican Lawmaker Likely Leaving Congress Sooner for Court Job

By Simone Pathé
Posted August 25, 2018 at 2:10pm
President Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington earlier this year. He was in Ohio on Friday to address a state Republican Party dinner. GOP Gov. John Kasich was not there. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Trump Ends Terrible Week — Fittingly — at Epicenter of GOP Civil War

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 24, 2018 at 7:04pm
Republican Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., says she is open to supporting Jim Jordan for speaker. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Cathy McMorris Rodgers Open to Supporting Jim Jordan for Speaker

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted August 24, 2018 at 6:49pm
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., met with Judge Brett Kavanaugh this week. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call file photo)

McCaskill: Verdict’s Still Out after Meeting with SCOTUS Nominee Kavanaugh

By Bridget Bowman
Posted August 24, 2018 at 6:25pm
House Judiciary ranking member Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., and the 16 other Democrats on the committee asked Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., to conduct oversight over the Justice Department’s plea deal with Michael Cohen, former attorney for President Donald Trump. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Democrats Demand Oversight on Cohen Plea, Presidential Pardons

By Griffin Connolly
Posted August 24, 2018 at 5:49pm