For McCain, a Cross-Country Farewell From Public, Presidents

LAURIE KELLMAN / The Associated Press Aug 26, 2018 The senator's office says he will lie in state in Arizona and in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C. Former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama are among those expected to speak at McCain's funeral. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Sen. John McCain Dies at 81

NANCY BENAC / The Associated Press Aug 25, 2018 The Arizona senator, a prisoner of war in Vietnam, represented the GOP in the 2008 presidential election. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

John McCain Is Halting His Medical Treatment, Family Says

MATTHEW DALY / The Associated Press Aug 24, 2018 The Arizona senator, 82 next week, made the decision to discontinue cancer treatment "[w]ith his usual strength of will," a family statement said. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Despite Cancer, McCain Maintains His Maverick Ways

MELISSA DANIELS / The Associated Press Jun 16, 2018 The six-term senator and Vietnam War vet is one of the few Republican voices to publicly rebuke Trump administration decisions. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

From His Sickbed, McCain Keeps Things Hopping

LISA MASCARO / The Associated Press May 12, 2018 The Arizona senator, fighting brain cancer, spent his week promoting his new book, opposing the nomination of Gina Haspel for CIA director and yanking Donald Trump's chain. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Trump Aide Mocks McCain View: ‘He’s Dying Anyway’

ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN / The Associated Press May 11, 2018 Kelly Sadler was discussing the ailing senator's opposition to the president's pick for CIA director, Gina Haspel, at a White House meeting Thursday, two people present tell The Associated Press. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

John McCain Says He’s Feeling Well, Vows to Return in January

JONATHAN LEMIRE / The Associated Press Dec 18, 2017 The ailing senator, at home in Arizona after being treated in Maryland, will miss this week's tax bill vote. However, the 81-year-old is pressing to get back to Congress. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

McCain’s Brain Cancer Draws Renewed Attention to Possible Agent Orange Connection

By Charles Ornstein / ProPublica and Mike Hixenbaugh / the Houston Chronicle Aug 1, 2017 Vietnam vets and widows are pushing to extend benefits to those stricken with glioblastoma after exposure. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

How One Woman’s Bogus Tale of Her Battle With Nonexistent Brain Cancer Fooled the Media

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Apr 23, 2015 This is the story of how one enterprising 23-year-old from Australia with the headline-friendly name of Belle Gibson made a bald and pathological play for health-conscious consumers' lunch money by peddling a false cancer fable -- and a handy app to go with it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ted Kennedy Dies at 77

Staff / Truthdig Aug 26, 2009 Having beaten his doctors' previous prognosis and living to help usher in a new American administration, Sen. Ted Kennedy succumbed to brain cancer late Tuesday night at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 77.Having beaten his doctors' previous prognosis, Sen. Ted Kennedy succumbed to brain cancer late Tuesday night. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ted Kennedy Makes Surprise Visit to Save Medicare Bill

Staff / Truthdig Jul 11, 2008 Just when it seemed they wouldn't have enough votes to pass a key Medicare bill, Democratic senators staged a dramatic coup by secretly whisking Sen. Edward Kennedy into the Capitol on Wednesday to cast his vote and make his first congressional appearance since he was diagnosed with brain cancer in May. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )