A.G. GancarskiMarch 21, 2019
5min618
"I'm very proud of his service."
Tag: John McCain
A.G. GancarskiMarch 21, 2019
Drew WilsonDecember 13, 2018
4min440
Lobbyist, Florida State University alumnus and longtime Tallahassee resident Gus Corbella has applied to fill the City Commission seat vacated by Scott Maddox’ suspension from office. “The entirety of my career and civic life has been devoted to public service and advocacy,” Corbella said in a letter to the commission. “From my formal education at […]
Staff ReportsAugust 29, 2018
10min251
A proposal to rename the Senate’s oldest office building for John McCain ran into resistance Tuesday from Republican senators reluctant to take away an honor already bestowed on an earlier Senate titan — and a leader of Southern senators during a tumultuous era in the nation’s history. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, looking to defuse […]
Jacob OglesAugust 27, 2018
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The family of U.S. Sen. John McCain, Arizona’s senior senator and the 2008 Republican nominee for president, announced his death after a lengthy battle with cancer. Florida’s political leaders remembered the longtime Senate leader. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, elected in 2010, issued a statement mourning McCain. “John McCain’s sacrifices to his country are immeasurable. With his […]
Staff ReportsAugust 26, 2018
3min240
Gov. Rick Scott on Sunday ordered flags at half-staff for the late U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona. Scott referred to President Donald Trump‘s proclamation “directing all flags to be lowered to half-staff until sunset on the day of interment.” “Pursuant to the Presidential Proclamation, I hereby direct the flags of the United States and […]
Drew WilsonJuly 9, 2018
5min224
President Donald Trump announced his nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Monday night: Brett Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh, 53, has been a judge on the federal appeals court in Washington since 2006. And depending on which side of the aisle is asked, his nomination is either a godsend or a nightmare. For conservative group […]
Mitch PerryOctober 25, 2017
7min494
Florida Republicans smirked when the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee placed Vern Buchanan second on its “2018 Republican Retirement Watchlist.” They were equally amused when the DCCC listed the Sarasota Republican’s 16th Congressional District as one of 79 around the nation for targeting next year. Whether they’ll still be delighted a year from now is unclear, but […]
Scott PowersOctober 19, 2017
2min325
Florida’s U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is asking the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee to investigate the ambush of American soldiers in Niger, wondering if they were adequately supported. Nelson, a Democrat, sent a letter Thursday to Committee Chair John McCain, an Arizona Republican, and Ranking Member Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Republican, stating that too […]
Associated PressOctober 17, 2017
4min207
President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued a warning shot after Republican Sen. John McCain questioned “half-baked, spurious nationalism” in America’s foreign policy, saying “people have to be careful because at some point I fight back.” McCain, a former Navy pilot who spent 5½ years in a Vietnam prisoner of war camp and is battling brain […]
Mitch PerrySeptember 23, 2017
1min409
Presumably, Lawrence McClure will vote for himself in next month’s Republican primary election in House District 58. If so, it would be the first primary election in which the 30-year-old Dover native has voted.