Latest "Sen.-John-McCain" stories

Pentagon tells White House to stop politicizing military

The Pentagon has told the White House to stop politicizing the military, amid a furor over a Trump administration order to have the Navy ship named for the late Sen. John McCain hidden from view during a presidential visit.

By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press

5 years ago

McCain buried at Naval Academy alongside a longtime friend

Sen. John McCain’s final journey ended Sunday on a grassy hill at the U.S. Naval Academy within view of the Severn River and earshot of midshipmen present and future and alongside a lifelong friend.

5 years ago

Read Sen. John McCain’s farewell statement

Rick Davis, Sen. John McCain’s former presidential campaign manager and a family spokesman, read the following farewell statement from McCain on Monday at a press conference at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix:

5 years ago

McCain services set for Phoenix, Washington and US Naval Academy

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.

5 years ago

McCain on his time as POW: ‘I fell in love with my country’

On Oct. 26, 1967, a missile the size of a telephone pole blew the wing off of John McCain’s Skyhawk dive bomber.

5 years ago

Captivity, candor and hard votes: 9 moments that made McCain

John McCain lived most of his life in the public eye, surviving war, torture, scandal, political stardom and failure, the enmity of some colleagues and the election of President Donald Trump.

5 years ago