Robert G Torricelli

With the election of an African-American president, some people thought this country had suddenly become "post-racial." Well, hardly. A new book quotes Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as saying that America was ready for a president like Barack Obama...

A new Quinnipiac University poll gives Sens. Joseph I. Lieberman and Christopher J. Dodd their worst approval ratings in the 14-year history of the poll. Lieberman, who faced a possible formal rebuke tonight by the Democratic State Central Committee over...

While no new figures have been charged in the growing pay-to-play scandal surrounding pension funds run by New York and other jurisdictions, several disclosures have come to light in the last day-and-some: -- Former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall's........

Key Senate Republicans rejected yesterday President Clinton's plea that they join him in negotiating a "reasonable" and "proportionate" response to House impeachment charges that would allow him to avoid a trial in the Senate. But a consensus appeared to...

The political and financial reach of Enron Corp. has exposed so many conflicts of interest among U.S. prosecutors, lawmakers and administration officials that the government is struggling to launch its investigation of the company whose spectacular...

Here are the results of elections around the nation Tuesday. Not all returns were available at press time. ALABAMA Governor: Democratic Gov. Donald Siegelman won reelection over Republican Rep. Bob Riley. Senate: Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions held...

The Senate on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to allow airline pilots to carry guns in the cockpit, a controversial move designed to strengthen the aviation security system put in place after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. With the House having passed...