
Nebraska Sen. Johanns says he won't seek 2nd term
U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns of Nebraska announced Monday that he will not seek re-election in 2014, saying he wants a "quieter time" to focus on his family ...

Report: Assange sees legal defense in politics
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange regards his bid to become an Australian senator as a defense against potential criminal prosecution in the United ...

Obama support for gun control has roots in Chicago
President Barack Obama's support for gun control has its roots in a hometown plagued by deadly shootings — a city, he said Friday, where as many ...

Lautenberg: No re-election bid, but not retirement
It had all the makings of a goodbye: a triumphant return to his hometown, a standing ovation, signs declaring him a legend, even a "We love you, ...

Consequences of failure laid out in budget fight
A new plan by Senate Democrats to head off severe spending cuts in two weeks met an icy reception from Republicans on Thursday as administration ...
Ex-Navy SEAL announces run for Mass. Senate seat
A businessman and former U.S. Navy SEAL has officially launched his campaign for John Kerry's U.S. Senate seat. Gabriel Gomez, a Republican from ...

Iowa Democrat Braley announces 2014 US Senate bid
Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley on Thursday became the first Iowan to announce plans to seek the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Tom Harkin after ...

New PAC stirs GOP rivalries, tea party angst
Republicans' struggles to redefine their party are intensifying, as tea party insurgents and establishment Republicans vie to control congressional ...

Ex-Mass. Gov. William Weld says no to Senate run
Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld says he will not run in the special election to succeed John Kerry in the U.S. Senate. The Republican said in ...

Scott Brown says he won't seek Kerry's Senate seat
Former Sen. Scott Brown said Friday he would not run in a special Senate election in Massachusetts, dealing a setback to Republican hopes of winning ...

Fox's Geraldo Rivera weighing US Senate run in NJ
Geraldo Rivera, who hosts a weekend show on Fox News Channel, said Thursday he's seriously thinking about running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey.

NJ senator takes digs at mayor's interest in seat
Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, at age 88 the oldest sitting U.S. senator, said Tuesday that the mayor of the state's largest city is surely ...

Shifting landscape as Brown mulls Mass. Senate run
Scott Brown was a little-known Republican state senator who shocked Massachusetts Democrats three years ago by winning a U.S. Senate seat in a special ...
US Senator: Israel should not worry about Hagel
A prominent member of the U.S. Senate said Tuesday Israel should not worry about President Obama's choice for U.S. defense secretary. Some in Israel ...

Ex-Rep. Frank on Senate seat: Put me in, governor
Newly retired Rep. Barney Frank revealed on Friday that he would like to serve as a temporary successor to Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, the ...

Former SC Gov. Sanford eyes US House bid
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, who left public life two years ago after mysteriously disappearing to visit his then-mistress in Argentina, ...

Inouye praised as humble leader at Hawaii Capitol
The late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye is being praised as a humble leader who embodied honor, dignity and duty during a public visitation at Hawaii's state ...

Yet another Senate race on the horizon in Mass.
Massachusetts voters weary from one of the nation's costliest and most divisive U.S. Senate races are all but certain to find themselves thrown back ...

Booker won't run for NJ gov, eyes US Senate seat
Newark Mayor Cory Booker, perhaps New Jersey's highest-profile Democrat, has ruled out a bid for governor next year and is eyeing a run for U.S.

Inouye's death leaves hole in HI political clout
The death of U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii leaves open a seat in the Senate to be filled by a Democrat, with U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa the ...

Senate intern, a sex offender, faces deportation
Sen. Robert Menendez employed as an unpaid intern in his Senate office an illegal immigrant who was a registered sex offender, now under arrest by ...

Lieberman urges compromise in final Senate speech
Retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman on Wednesday used his final Senate floor speech to urge Congress to put partisan rancor aside to break Washington's ...
GOP Senate group aided Akin despite disavowal
Despite publicly disavowing candidate Todd Akin after his "legitimate rape" remark, the National Republican Senatorial Committee quietly sent $760,000 ...

Sen. DeMint resigning to head conservative group
Republican U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, a tea party favorite known for bucking party leaders to back challenges to centrist veterans he didn't view as ...

Official: Warren likely headed to Banking Panel
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants Massachusetts Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren to join the Banking Committee. A Senate Democratic official ...