US Senate News

Amid deepening financial crisis, both presidential candidates laid out new economic proposals Friday to attract economy-weary voters.

This bit of speculation at Hillbuzz that Obama will go down with indited political fixer/property developer Tony Rezko, who is currently singing to FBI agents.

The teachers' union for the nation's largest public school system accused the city on Friday of banning political campaign buttons and sued to reverse the policy, declaring that free speech rights were ...

St. Paul, Minn. - Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman said today he will suspend any negative campaign ads he has control over because of the economic crisis.

They had got into a question about tax policy, and they were into sluggo mode, as Merkley warned that "Gordon Smith wants to give away the bank to the wealthiest and most powerful, and Smith countered that ...

If you're a Democrat who needs help getting the votes of rural white folks, the go-to guy is David "Mudcat" Saunders, a central-casting political consultant recently made famous by a parade of magazine writers ...

Alaska is awash in billions of surplus dollars from the current high oil prices and a tax hike on the oil industry, but it remains at the forefront of states feeding at the federal trough.

HOUSTON - Democratic Senate candidate Rick Noriega sought to use a televised debate with Republican Sen.

Transportation Secretary Mary Peters is pushing forward with her plan to auction takeoff and landing "slots" at the three major New York-area airports in an effort to alleviate delays.

VIDEO: McCain Skips Obama Handshake? A review of the tapes show the two candidates embracing immediately after the debate.

Sen. John Kerry's GOP challenger called on him to sell any stock he has in insurance giant AIG and donate all campaign contributions from officials at the company to taxpayers.

Republican Jeff Beatty said Wednesday the contributions are a conflict of interest for the Massachusetts Democrat, who sits on the Senate's Finance and Commerce committees. Kerry also is chairman of the Small Business Committee.

The American International Group is one of the highest-profile companies caught up in the turmoil on Wall Street. Last month the Federal Reserve provided an $85 billion loan to the company, which was on the brink of bankruptcy. On Wednesday the Fed provided a second loan of up to $37.8 billion.

Oct 9 - At the end of the second presidential debate, the candidates and their wives took time to greet audience members.

The Bush administration is considering taking ownership stakes in a number of U.S. banks as one option it might use to deal with a serious credit crisis, an administration official said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON - A New York Senator on Wednesday said the U.S. should follow the British government's lead and start buying sizable pieces of banks in a more drastic effort to try to contain the global financial ...

Former Democratic Gov. Roy Romer is on his way to northern Colorado, including Dillon, as part of a three-day tour of the state to tell voters about Barack Obama's rural policies.

Systemic corruption of our election process continues. Barack Obama and his old friends at ACORN and Project Vote are leading the way.

Republican Sen. John McCain served on the advisory board to the U.S. chapter of an international group linked to ultra-right-wing death squads in Central America in the 1980s.

Barack Obama says he wishes he had more time for staying fit. And the Democratic presidential candidate admits that he still occasionally smokes a cigarette.

Republican John McCain hopes to halt Democrat Barack Obama's momentum and gain new life in the White House race with a strong performance on Tuesday when the presidential rivals meet in their second debate.

Gov. David Paterson said Tuesday that despite New York's growing deficits, the state remains committed to $1.2 billion in government support for a semiconductor factory an Advanced Micro Devices Inc.