U.S. Senators

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people lined up for blocks outside the U.S. Capitol Friday to say goodbye to John McCain as officials, relatives and friends paid their tributes inside to the Vietnam hero and longtime senator lying in state under the majestic dome. Earlier, Vice President Mike Pence, lawmakers and guests paid tribute at […]

PHOENIX (AP) — Sen. John McCain was eulogized Thursday as a “a true American hero” — and a terrible driver with a wicked sense of humor and love of a good fight — as 3,500 mourners crowded into an Arizona church to pay their final respects to the maverick politician. Former Vice President Joe Biden […]

He wouldn’t have said it. Nor his family will say it, but John McCain gave the orange guy in the White House a big ol’  middle finger when he asked that his eulogy be delivered by former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush. According to reports, both Mr. Obama and Mr. Bush will deliver their remarks during a service […]

Sen. John McCain leaves a mixed legacy with the Black Community.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain, who faced down his captors in a Vietnam prisoner of war camp with jut-jawed defiance and later turned his rebellious streak into a 35-year political career that took him to Congress and the Republican presidential nomination, died Saturday after battling brain cancer for more than a year. He was […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, one of just two black members of the U.S. Senate and the only black Republican, said Wednesday he has been repeatedly pulled over by law enforcement and was once even stopped by a Capitol Police officer who apparently did not believe he was a senator. “I have […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson, a folksy Tennessee lawyer whose career led him from politics to Hollywood and back again, died Sunday. He was 73. At 6-foot-6 with a booming voice, Thompson appeared in at least 20 motion pictures and in the TV series “Law & Order.” His film credits include […]