Some of today's most influential figures in politics won power the way McCarthy did: willingness to say things that capture ...

While Senator Eugene McCarthy and many others have continued ... The Attorney General already maintains a list of "subversive groups" used in the selection of Government employees.

Republican senator Joseph McCarthy was one such politician. McCarthy grabbed headlines in 1950 with his claim that he held a list of 205 State Department employees who were "known Communists." ...

At the height of the McCarthy hubbub last spring, Maine’s Senator Margaret Chase Smith rose on the floor of the Senate and directed some pointed remarks at her glowering colleague.

What helped him cross the line today, Andy? ANDREW MCCARTHY: I think that Senator Johnson satisfied him that they are not trying to do a political witch-hunt. They are very sensitive to the idea ...

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Democrats should follow the lead of Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who has openly supported some of the GOP rhetoric on immigration. “Listen to Fetterman.

In 1950, U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy, R-Wis., charged the U.S. State Department was infested with communists, touching off the infamous "McCarthy era." The State Department denied the allegation the ...

The list goes on. #related#63 members of the ... were elected to the Senate last year.) McCarthy has nurtured relationships with the 2010 class, which will prove useful in a run for speaker ...