A month of harsh words between Rep. Patrick Kennedy and a strident critic, Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin, escalated today when the bishop acknowledged asking Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion because of the Democratic lawmaker's support for abortion rights. ...more

November 22, 2009

Congress approved legislation Tuesday that would require private insurers to provide the same level of benefits for mental illness as they do for physical maladies, a change lauded by advocates as a great shift in the nation's understanding of mental health. ...more

September 24, 2008

Sen. Edward Kennedy gave a thumbs up to well-wishers and kisses to relatives as he walked out of the hospital Wednesday, a day after learning he has a cancerous brain tumor. ...more

May 22, 2008

DNC Dismisses Florida Regarding Joseph Brown's column "Denying Vote Now Part of Party Policy" (Commentary, Jan. 27): ...more

February 3, 2008

Sen. Edward Kennedy implored Americans on Monday "to turn the page on the old politics of misrepresentation and distortion," as he placed the aura of the most prominent Democratic family around Sen. Barack Obama's candidacy. ...more

January 29, 2008

The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday that it will decide whether a convicted child rapist can be put to death, thereby reconsidering a more than 40-year trend in the United States in which executions have been limited to murderers. ...more

January 5, 2008