TheRepublic.com - John McCain News

Va. newspaper removes 'Democrat' from name

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:03:38 -0400

WARRENTON, Virginia - The Fauquier Times-Democrat, a newspaper outside of Washington, D.C., that traces its roots back nearly 200 years, announced Wednesday it is changing its name due to the increasingly divisive political landscape.

Budget office view boosts Senate immigration bill

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:34:19 -0400

WASHINGTON - Supporters of a far-reaching immigration bill in the Senate see fresh momentum from a report by the Congressional Budget Office that says the measure would boost the economy and reduce federal deficits by billions of dollars.

Markey, Gomez heading into final campaign stretch

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:28:51 -0400

BOSTON - Massachusetts's special U.S. Senate election heads into its final stretch after Republican Gabriel Gomez and Democratic U.S. Rep. Edward Markey engaged in some testy exchanges during their final debate.

Senators to Obama: Arming Syrian rebels not enough

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:51:14 -0400

WASHINGTON - A bipartisan trio of key senators is demanding that President Barack Obama take more decisive action to stem the military advance by Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces.

McCain presses Obama on secret emails

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:43:28 -0400

WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. John McCain on Monday questioned President Barack Obama about his political appointees' use of secret government email accounts at work, saying that Congress cannot tell the American people what its government is doing if it creates a "secret alternate communications network."

Talk of no-fly zone in Syria recalls Iraq effort

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:45:43 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration, trying to avoid getting drawn deeper into Syria's civil war, has pointed to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 as a symbol of what can go wrong when America's military wades into Middle East conflicts.

Editorial: A debt of honor to U.S. forces' translators...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:18:38 -0400

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters - In Afghanistan, the Taliban have promised to kill Afghanis who worked for the Americans and their families. In Iraq, similar threats were made by radical Islamic insurgents. They were not idle threats. The terrorists proved quite diligent in carrying out those threats.

Obama to step up military support of Syrian rebels

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:37:07 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has authorized sending weapons to Syrian rebels for the first time, U.S. officials said Thursday, after the White House disclosed that the United States has conclusive evidence President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons against opposition forces trying to overthrow him.

Myanmar ruling party: Suu Kyi coalition possible

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:35:55 -0400

WASHINGTON - The chief of Myanmar's pro-military party said Thursday he is not ruling out a coalition government with the opposition party of Aung San Suu Kyi after crucial elections in 2015 if it's in the national interest.

Months later, Sarah Palin back as Fox News analyst

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:37:26 -0400

NEW YORK - Sarah Palin is rejoining Fox News Channel as an analyst less than half a year after they decided to part ways.

Editorial: Bill Clinton urges Syrian intervention

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:50:17 -0400

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters - A longstanding and important tradition in American politics is that former presidents avoid criticizing their successors on foreign policy.

Editorial: Bill Clinton urges Syrian intervention

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:26:27 -0400

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters - A longstanding and important tradition in American politics is that former presidents avoid criticizing their successors on foreign policy.

Sen. Enzi supports move from $1 bill to $1 coin

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:38:27 -0400

CHEYENNE, Wyoming - Wyoming U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi has joined four other senators in promoting the replacement of dollar bills with coins.

Obama stumping for Senate hopeful Markey in Boston

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:55:54 -0400

BOSTON - President Barack Obama stumped for Democrat Edward Markey in Boston on Wednesday, hoping to give the veteran congressman the edge over Republican Gabriel Gomez in the state's special election for the U.S. Senate.

House Dem pushes for repeal of military force law

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:47:54 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and Congress need to rethink the broad authority for the use of military force in the war on terror, a law written when many U.S. troops now on the battlefield were on playgrounds, a House Democrat who wants the law repealed said Monday.

Column: Mounting controversies are all about trust

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:53:21 -0400

WASHINGTON - As a candidate, Barack Obama vowed to bring a different, better kind of leadership to the dysfunctional capital. He'd make government more efficient, accountable and transparent. He'd rise above the "small-ball" nature of doing business. And he'd work with Republicans to break Washington paralysis.

Former Mass. governor, ambassador Cellucci dies

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 00:16:21 -0400

BOSTON - Just before former Gov. Argeo Paul Cellucci announced publicly that he had ALS, he told the chancellor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School that he was determined to do something to turn the diagnosis into a positive.

On guns and more, NH Sen. Ayotte backs GOP leaders

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 08:59:56 -0400

BOSCAWEN, New Hampshire - U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte has endured sustained and sharp political attacks on New Hampshire television for voting with her Republican Party and against universal background checks on gun purchases, and Republicans close to the first-term lawmaker acknowledge that her popularity has suffered.

Officials renew call for closing Gitmo after visit

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:43:07 -0400

WASHINGTON - White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and two leading senators on national security reaffirmed their support for closing the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after visiting the facility on Friday.

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:21:22 -0400

WASHINGTON - Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

Navy to name new vessel after city of Yuma

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:44:30 -0400

PHOENIX - U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona is praising the Navy's decision to name its latest Joint High Speed Vessel after the city of Yuma.

Sen. Coburn supports move from $1 bill to $1 coin

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 05:10:06 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn has joined four other senators in promoting the replacement of $1 bills with $1 coins.

US mulls withdrawal of Bangladesh trade privileges

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:06:26 -0400

WASHINGTON - A prominent Democratic senator Thursday pushed for suspending duty-free privileges to Bangladesh, saying it would send a strong signal that the United States is serious about protecting workers after hundreds died in the global garment industry's worst accident.

Rural Panhandle county rocked by sheriff's arrest

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:38:25 -0400

BRISTOL, Florida - Nick Finch, an Army veteran and onetime cop, narrowly won his election as sheriff of tiny Liberty County some seven months ago.

Obama names outspoken Rice as his security adviser

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:04:16 -0400

WASHINGTON - Defying Republican critics, President Barack Obama named outspoken diplomat Susan Rice as his national security adviser Wednesday, giving her a larger voice in U.S. foreign policy despite accusations that she misled the nation in the aftermath of the deadly attack on Americans in Benghazi, Libya.