Susan Collins

by Martin Zimmerman and Tiffany Hsu and Jim Puzzanghera With surprising swiftness, the government's "cash for clunkers" program has burned through its $1-billion budget in less than a week as car buyers swarmed dealerships, and federal officials were...

Retired Rear Adm. Wayne E. Meyer, who was known as the "Father of Aegis," the Navy's primary air-defense weapon system that revolutionized how the Navy performed air defense, has died. He was 83. Meyer, who managed the development and early building of...

Last week, President Obama met privately at the White House with two Republican senators who could be key in the coming politics over his nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court: Minority Whip John Kyl of Arizona......

by Lisa Mascaro Despite last-minute efforts to win hold-outs, the Senate fell two votes short this afternoon of the 60 needed to advance the financial regulation bill. A do-over vote could come as soon as Thursday. Two Democrats broke......

That's the old punchline about the stockbroker showing a friend all the good things his profession has brought him. In that vein, the spectacle of investment bankers and brokers explaining to Congress why it would be a mistake to hold......

An exuberant Sen. Chris Dodd is flanked by Sens. Harry Reid and Dick Durbin, with Sens. Blanche Lincoln and Mark Warner in the background, after the Senate passed a sweeping regulatory overhaul bill Thursday night. (Getty/Mark Wilson) by Janet......

WASHINGTON -- Five Transportation Security Administration employees have been placed on administrative leave since it was discovered that sensitive guidelines about airport passenger screening were posted on the Internet. The move was disclosed as...

Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, the sort-of Democrat who chairs the Senate Homeland Security Committee, is accusing the Obama administration of stonewalling the panel's investigation of last year's Ft. Hood massacre. The administration has given the...

by Julian E. Barnes A proposal to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the military passed two critical tests Thursday, with the House of Representatives and an important Senate committee endorsing a compromise to end the divisive "don't......

by Lisa Mascaro WASHINGTON -- The White House was dialing for votes on the eve of a Senate showdown over the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate green house gas emissions. Senators said today the Obama administration has reached out........