In 2003, The Washington Post reported (archive) that former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole recounted in a 1988 "Bicentennial Minute" ...

A Democrat from Louisiana, he pushed for nuclear power and ending the nation’s reliance on foreign oil in his four terms on ...

For decades, politicians distanced themselves from Nixon's Watergate legacy. Now, some are advancing a new history.

He placed his country and the good of its people above his party and his politics. Bill Neibergall The Des Moines Register Let’s get this out of the way from the start: I’m very liberal and ...

Viagra was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration 27 years ago. Experts say it immediately changed the way we talk ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Democrats know they need to escape political purgatory. Finding a leader to steer the way is the party’s most ...

At former Sen. Bob Menendez’s corruption trial last year, his defense team cast him as an unwitting pawn in a global bribery scheme orchestrated by his wife, Nadine, that netted the couple nearly $1 ...

The leader of the minority Democrats in the United States Senate, Charles Schumer, D-New York, has quietly but effectively ...