U.S. Sen. Roland Burris kept out of sight Friday as longtime friend Gov. Pat Quinn joined the roster of fellow Democrats calling for his resignation following his disclosure that he tried to raise money for the disgraced governor who appointed him, while the White House urged the senator to take the weekend to consider his future. ...more

February 20, 2009

Democrat Al Franken edged ahead of Republican incumbent Norm Coleman on Friday for the first time in Minnesota's long-running U.S. Senate recount. ...more

December 19, 2008

A South Carolina Roman Catholic priest has told his parishioners that they should refrain from receiving Holy Communion if they voted for Barack Obama because the Democratic president-elect supports abortion rights, and supporting him "constitutes material cooperation with intrinsic evil." ...more

November 13, 2008

Just like that, Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden has given voters the single reason why they should not elect Barack Obama president of the United States. ...more

October 25, 2008

In their first debate of the 2008 presidential campaign, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama immediately discarded the scheduled topic of foreign affairs Friday night and waded into a discussion of the nation's financial crisis, with both saying they were optimistic that Congress would agree on a financial bailout plan in the coming days. ...more

September 27, 2008

WASHINGTON - Republican John McCain agreed to attend the first presidential debate Friday night even though Congress doesn't have a bailout deal, reversing an earlier decision to delay the event until Washington had taken action to address the crisis. ...more

September 26, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama's refusal to wear an American flag lapel pin along with a photo of him not putting his hand over his heart during the National Anthem led conservatives on the Internet and in the media to question his patriotism. ...more

February 24, 2008

"Letters from Nuremberg: My Father's Narrative of a Quest For Justice," by Sen. Christopher Dodd (Crown, $25.95) ...more

November 11, 2007

A Republican leader on Sunday denied a double standard in pushing Sen. Larry Craig to resign after a sex sting guilty plea, while remaining silent over GOP Sen. David Vitter's involvement with an escort service. ...more

September 3, 2007