Elaine Povich

For Sen. Dan Quayle and the Republican Party, Michael Dukakis is the issue. For Sen. Lloyd Bentsen and the Democrats, Dan Quayle is the issue. These themes have been the...

Lloyd Bentsen, a silver-haired senator with a measured Texas accent, is a hardscrabble border rancher`s son who has alternated between public office and private moneymaking. Now, with more than 25...

The bidding war between Campeau Corp. and R.H. Macy & Co. for control of Federated Department Stores Inc. continued Tuesday amid growing signs that neither the Federal Trade Commission nor...

President Reagan, looking beyond Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork`s almost certain defeat in the Senate to the prospects for his next nominee, urged senators Wednesday to never again inject ''high-pressure...

Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, whose campaign for president has been damaged by admissions of plagiarism and embellishing his academic record, on Wednesday withdrew from the race for the 1988...