Barack Obama and George W. Bush were among the political figures from both parties who came to mourn not just a giant of the Senate, but also an ideal that he represented.
Massachusetts is well known for deeply entrenched politics that favor incumbents. But the Boston City Council member is campaigning for Congress in a moment that has favored women and underdogs.
Senator John McCain will receive a full-fledged Washington send-off as former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama lead an invitation-only service at Washington National Cathedral.
Senator John McCain lay in state in the Capitol’s Rotunda, hailed as a principled war hero as citizens wondered whether an era of comity died with him.
President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the decision to cut all aid for Palestinian refugees at a meeting in early August.
Prominent Republicans and Democrats flocked to the Capitol to pay their respects, highlighting both Mr. McCain’s own style of reaching across the political aisle and the brand of politics whose demise he lamented in the final months of his life.
The agency has filed a so-called statement of interest in their case, saying that Harvard “has failed to show that it does not unlawfully discriminate.”
Andrew Gillum’s victory in the Democratic gubernatorial primary in Florida comes at a time when racial and ethnic issues are becoming more volatile and explicit in politics.