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On this day in 2007, Joe Lieberman, the Democratic nominee for VP in 2000, endorses Republican Sen. John McCain for president.

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A lame-duck showdown is looming over a push to repeal "don't ask, don't tell," the 1993 law that bars gays from serving openly in the military.

A much-anticipated Pentagon study on the possible impact of a repeal is to be released Tuesday. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he'll hold a vote in the lame-duck session on the defense policy bill, which includes a DADT repeal.

Leading the effort to block it is the man President Obama defeated two years ago, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).

Once thought to be vulnerable, Arizona Sen. John McCain abandoned some old positions and soundly defeated former Rep.

J.D. Hayworth in the Republican primary.  McCain is now favored to win a 5th term in November.

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In today's Arizona primary, a Tea Party-backed challenge to Sen. John McCain is expected to fall short.  The challenger is former Rep.

J.D. Hayworth.

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Sen. John McCain is the front-runner in Tuesday's GOP Senate primary in Arizona after a summer in which he was often tagged as a vulnerable incumbent.

GOP Gov. Jan Brewer's opponents dropped out after she signed into law the state's tough anti-immigration measure.

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A rare, private Capitol Hill meeting turned into a heated shootout at the notion that anyone in the room has bipartisan intentions this election year.

The president clashed with freshman Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) as well as Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).

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Sen. John McCain's re-election bid lost its campaign manager and another veteran Republican official, part of a shake-up for the Arizona lawmaker locked in a tight primary race with radio host and former Rep.

J.D. Hayworth.

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In Going Rogue, the 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate confirms reports of tension between her aides and those of Sen.

John McCain. She says she was kept "bottled up" from reporters during the campaign.

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Doug Holtz-Eakin, once head of the Congressional Budget Office, is still unemployed a year after his gig as Sen.

John McCain's top health guru dried up. Holtz-Eakin's COBRA coverage is about to expire, and a preexisting condition makes him hard to insure.

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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who was Republican Sen. John McCain's running mate in the 2008 presidential campaign, says she will resign from office July 26.

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