John Mccain

John McCain memorial: Barack Obama, George W Bush eulogise late Senator in Washington; Donald Trump absent from service

Former US presidents and John McCain's family members gathered on Saturday at the Washington National Cathedral to honor and remember the late senator.

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'We mourn the passing of American greatness, not cheap rhetoric': Full text of Meghan McCain's remarks at her father's memorial service

John McCain's daughter Meghan McCain delivered a powerful tribute to her father and contrasted his service to America with the sitting US president's cheap rhetoric, drawing unexpected applause at the funeral service.

John McCain memorial service marked by tributes, memories, tears, civility lessons and Donald Trump's glaring absence

Memories mixed with humor, grief and lessons on civility marked Sen. John McCain's memorial service Saturday at Washington National Cathedral, the last event in Washington of the five-day farewell tour.

At John McCain memorial service, Barack Obama, George Bush, Meghan McCain deliver stinging rebuke of Donald Trump

A memorial service for the late Sen. John McCain on Saturday turned into a clear rebuke of President Donald Trump's divisive politics as his daughter, two former presidents and political dignitaries used their tributes to call for a return to civility.

Meghan McCain eulogy for father John McCain slams Donald Trump rhetoric: 'America was always great'

Meghan McCain said her father was a "great man" and she encouraged others to live up to his example, setting a tone that echoed the senator's own fighting spirit as services began Saturday at the Washington National Cathedral.

Barack Obama and George Bush - not Donald Trump - to give John McCain presidential farewell that will be historic

At McCain's request, former Presidents Barack Obama, a Democrat, and George W. Bush, a Republican, are speaking about the six-term senator on Saturday at Washington National Cathedral. It is the last event in Washington, where McCain lived and worked over four decades, and part of McCain's five-day, cross-country funeral procession. He died Aug. 25 at age 81.

America says its final goodbye to John McCain and waits for Saturday's historic eulogy by Barack Obama and George Bush

It's Washington's turn to say goodbye to John McCain. His way. The six-term Republican senator, who lived and worked in the nation's capital over four decades, is lying in state under the U.S. Capitol rotunda for a ceremony and public visitation.

'My name is Joe Biden. I'm a Democrat. And I love John McCain': Ex-US vice-president eulogises friend as 'giant among all of us'

Biden led heartfelt tributes to the warrior and onetime Republican presidential nominee at a Phoenix memorial shortly before McCain's remains were to be flown to Washington.

Memorial for John McCain: Event sees attendees from across racial, ethnic spectrum; friends mourn loss of 'true American hero'

A former vice president, an NFL star and other friends remembered Senator John McCain as a “true American hero” — and a terrible driver with a wicked sense of humour and love of a good battle.