Bob Kemper

In a political season dripping with superlatives, the soiree at the Hotel Allegro and Cadillac Palace Theatre on Randolph one breezy evening last month was dubbed the Democratic Party's Biggest...

Seeking to avert a home heating oil crisis this winter, President Clinton decided Friday to tap into the nation's emergency petroleum stockpile, a move that provoked immediate charges from Republicans...

Attempting to shore up support in a state once thought to be his for the taking, Republican George W. Bush courted senior citizens Monday with a prescription drug plan that...

Although the stagecraft called for a day focused on education, presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush wound up locked in battle Thursday over their differing visions for tax...

As Vice President Al Gore began his acceptance speech Thursday night, the inevitable reference point was President Clinton, perhaps the pre-eminent political performer of his generation, a man of expansive...

Hours after he was honored at the Republican National Convention for helping America heal the wounds of Watergate, former President Gerald Ford was hospitalized, having suffered a mild stroke Wednesday....

Sibi Kuruvila, manager of an Oak Park Shell station, watched Friday morning as drivers lined up to take advantage of gas prices at a nearby Amoco station that were 12...

Al Gore said Thursday that George W. Bush's proposals for taxes, entitlement programs and dealing with gun violence raise the question of whether Bush has what it takes to lead...

Thousands of college students across Iran protested peacefully Wednesday in the cause of democracy, even as the conservative crackdown on the nation's reform movement entered its second week. Iran's spiritual...

Randy McCombs' world dropped out from under him, literally, at 8:28 Monday morning. McCombs and four other ironworkers were fixing steel plates on the underside of the McClugage Bridge here...