WASHINGTON -- Democrats who have spent months emphasizing the high cost of living in their fight to win control of Congress are increasingly invoking corruption in Washington to sharpen that message in the closing weeks of the campaign, blaming self-deali... See more
As a junior member of the House 40 years ago, Senator Richard J. Durbin learned a lot about the art of legislating when he improbably defeated the formidable tobacco lobby to win a ban on smoking on airplanes. As he prepares to leave Congress after five t... See more
Dennis Hastert, a once-obscure Illinois member of Congress who rose to become the longest-serving Republican speaker of the House before falling from grace in a sex abuse scandal that came to light after he left government, has died. He was 84. The corone... See more
Dennis Hastert, a once-obscure Illinois member of Congress who rose to become the longest-serving Republican speaker of the House before falling from grace in a sex abuse scandal that came to light after he left government, has died. He was 84. The corone... See more
WASHINGTON -- One threatened a fellow congressman at knife point in a dispute over pet spending projects. Another routinely wore an Incredible Hulk tie to the Capitol in a proud acknowledgment of his foul temper when he wasn't getting his way. Revelations... See more
