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Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said yesterday in an interview with Politico that he did not know how many houses he and his wife Cindy own. “I think — I’ll have my staff get to you,” McCain said. “It’s condominiums where — I’ll have them get to you.” His staff has since said “the correct answer is at...  

Since the crisis in Georgia began, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has used aggressive rhetoric against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, arguing that the former president wants “to restore the old Russian Empire.” His campaign claims that he’s been “prescient” on Russia and Putin. But, as Jason...  

Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) campaign has long pushed lofty rhetoric claiming McCain will "stand up" to oil companies (despite the fact that he is offering $4 billion in tax cuts to Big Oil). In an interview on Fox Business channel Tuesday, McCain economic spokesperson Taylor Griffin claimed McCain...  

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control granted NBA teams clearance to negotiate with Iranian center Hamed Ehadadi. “The NBA sent out an email to executives late Wednesday afternoon informing its 30 teams they were free to enter into negotiations with the 7-foot-2 Iranian...  

The supposedly bi-partisan U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) has hired former Justice Department official Hans von Spakovsky as a "consultant and temporary full-time employee." TPMMuckraker reports that "Spakovsky's hiring is at the request of Commissioner Todd Gaziano, who works for the...