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John McCain until he is laid to rest and ordered flags to fly at half-staff and delegating senior officials to the funeral. The White House flag was eventually re-lowered, and shortly thereafter President Trump issued his first non-Twitter statement – almost 44 hours after...

John McCain by creating an official group to vet a variety of memorial options.

McCain had long feuded with President Donald Trump, and two White House officials said McCain’s family had asked, before the senator’s death, that Trump not attend the funeral services.

Two former presidents are expected to speak at US Senator John McCain’s service and he will lie in state in both Washington and Arizona as part of a cross-country funeral procession ending with his burial at the US Naval Academy, according to plans taking shape on Sunday.

Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota’s senior Senator, released a heartfelt statement Saturday night regarding the death of John McCain.

The funeral service for McCain has been scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 1, at 10 a.m., at Washington National Cathedral. “Our hearts and prayers are with you!” he tweeted instead.

Not many in Kenya, however, knew what a dignified human being Mr McCain, who was making a second stab at the White House race having lost to George W. Bush in 2000, was.

U.S. Sen. John McCain is being remembered in Romania for a letter he sent to the government urging the East European nation not to backtrack on fighting corruption.

His family has said he did not want the President to attend his funeral. Ducey’s office has heard from Vice President Mike Pence’s aides about the choice, a person familiar with the discussions said today.

McCain, a US senator who ran unsuccessfully for president as a self-styled maverick Republican in 2008 and became a prominent critic of President Donald Trump, died on Saturday, his office said.

In 2009, Klobuchar visited the Hanoi Hilton with Sen.

His office says the Arizona senator died Saturday afternoon. A source close to McCain who asked not to be identified said Friday the senator was at his Arizona ranch with his family.

Flags lowered to honor Republican Senator John McCain, who died at age 81 after battling brain cancer for more than a year; Alicia Acuna reports from Phoenix, Arizona.

Trump’s response: McCain was a “dummy” who had barely managed to graduate from the US Naval Academy.

His father, John McCain Jr., and grandfather, John McCain Sr., were both admirals in the US Navy.