John D. Rockefeller IV

U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller on Saturday presented 10 medals to Charles Town resident Frederick Mayer, a World War II veteran who served as a clandestine agent behind enemy lines. As an Office of Strategic Services (OSS) operative, Mayer posed as a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's nominee for transportation secretary — Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx — received a friendly reception from senators of both parties Wednesday laced with warnings that the nation needs to make a...

By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's choice to be transportation secretary promised on Wednesday to work with Congress to figure out how to fund U.S. transportation needs during a time of tight budgets and faced...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Turns out that cutting was the easy part. Now Republicans who control a majority of the state capitols in the United States face a far greater philosophical dilemma — what to do with all the money when an improving...

WASHINGTON -- Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker, who has been nominated by the White House to lead the Commerce Department, will appear May 23 before the Senate Commerce Committee for a confirmation hearing. The hearing was announced Wednesday in a...

Silicon Valley has wielded its growing political clout at the state Capitol to kill a digital privacy bill that would have given consumers access to information about them being collected online. Had the Right to Know Act become law, California would...

Chicago business executive Penny Pritzker was nominated by President Barack Obama to become the new Secretary of Commerce on Thursday, in an expected move that could prove controversial for the longtime political supporter and fundraising heavyweight....

Hello! My name is Hanna. I live in Farmington and go to school in West Hartford at a great school called Renbrook. I am twelve years old and in seventh grade. For this year, my father lives in Washington, D.C. and works for Senator Rockefeller when he was...

Well, so much for CISPA.  Not long after the House passed the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2013, the Senate has indicated it has no plans to consider the bill.  Citing sources on various committees, several...

Budget changes approved last week will allow nearly 100 contract workers who recently lost their jobs at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives National Tracing Center in Berkeley County, W.Va., to be rehired, U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller&...

* House vote possible on Friday * Airlines, FAA say safety not affected by furloughs (Updates lead with Senate vote, reaction) By Richard Cowan and Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate moved quickly late on Thursday to end...

* Lawmakers eager for deal before next week's recess * Airlines, FAA say safety not affected by furloughs (Updates with progress toward deal, adds quote and details) By Richard Cowan and Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate leaders...