Outside the Beltway

With a third Democrat crossing the aisle to support her, Gina Haspel now has the votes she needs to become the next C.I.A. Director.

The White House isn’t apologizing for an aide who made a joke about John McCain’s most likely terminal illness. That shouldn’t be surprising.

When it comes to the Trump White House, the fish rots from the head down.

Gina Haspel faced some tough questions from Democrats regarding her role in the C.I.A.’s post-9/11 torture programs, but she’s likely to be confirmed anyway.

With the start of her confirmation hearings just days away, Gina Haspel’s nomination to be C.I.A. Director is by no means secure.

Regrets, he’s had a few.

John McCain continues to bravely battle an aggressive form of brain cancer, but he’s already made clear that he doesn’t want the 45th President of the United States at his funeral.

In a new book, Senator John McCain makes an announcement that everyone was anticipating.

Congress seems no closer to a DACA deal than they were in January.

Two Republicans spoke out today against the President’s war on the news media, but don’t expect their colleagues to follow suit.

Due mostly to cowardice and naked self-interest, you shouldn’t expect many other Republicans to speak out against Trump in the near future.

John McCain has been standing out from his fellow Republicans largely by unleashing on President Trump, and it is unlikely to end anytime soon.

What was essentially the final effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act is officially dead.

Speaking about his cancer treatment for the first time, Senator John McCain paints a grim picture.

The latest effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act appears to be dead.

The GOP’s effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act appears to suffer a fatal blow as Senator John McCain announced his opposition to what is the last gasp of that effort in the Senate.

Seven years of rhetoric on health care reform ended early this morning with a narrow vote on a bill that even Republicans didn’t really support.

Sad news about a Washington stalwart.

John McCain said that Senate Republicans will unite to block any Supreme Court appointment by a President Hillary Clinton.

As expected, John McCain easily defeated his primary opponent yesterday.

John McCain is bidding for a sixth term in office, with a challenge from the right in tomorrow’s primary and Donald Trump at the top of the ticket in November.

With Donald Trump floundering, there are a whole lot of nervous Republican Senators up for re-election.

We won’t have Lindsey Graham to kick around anymore.

Donald Trump stuck his foot in his mouth again.

Dispelling a rising myth,

Republicans in the House seem determined to make life difficult for whomever wins the GOP nomination in 2016

Hubris.

The president’s 2008 rival has gone from bitter foe to go-to deal broker.

Senators John McCain and Carl Levin have demanded answers from General Martin Dempsey on Syria. Can they handle the truth?

Words don’t always mean what you think they mean.

John McCain is right that we shouldn’t send ground troops to Syria, but his idea for increased U.S. intervention in the country’s civil war is still too risky.

John McCain’s problems in 2008 went far beyond an economic crisis.

Here we go again.

Michele Bachmann and several other Members of Congress are engaging in the despicable tactics of Joe McCarthy.