Jill Zuckman

His voice choking, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois took to the Senate floor Tuesday and explicitly offered "heartfelt apologies" for comparing America's treatment of prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention...

In his first campaign for the Illinois legislature nearly a quarter-century ago, Dennis Hastert had a problem. He had plenty of campaign posters, but no wooden stakes to make yard...

In a town better known for turning its back on friends in need, supporters of embattled House Majority Leader Tom DeLay saluted him Thursday night as a hero to the...

The Bush administration raised the volume Monday on the contentious subject of judicial nominations, with President Bush and Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales forcefully urging Democrats to give nominees an up...

Shortly after midnight Wednesday in Copley Square, rocker Jon Bon Jovi began to sing "Living on a Prayer" as thousands of Sen. John Kerry's supporters sang along, swaying to the...

Zipping briskly from state to state, John Kerry threw away his five-point plans and his four-part policy explanations Monday to lay his presidential quest on the line. "This is the...

Nearing the conclusion of their close and bitter contest, President Bush labeled Democratic rival John Kerry "the wrong man for the wrong job at the wrong time" on Thursday, as...

It was no ordinary campaign event for John Kerry on Thursday afternoon as more than 80,000 people packed West Washington Avenue to see his warm-up act. "I think it looks...

President Bush accused Sen. John Kerry on Wednesday of "denigrating" American troops in Iraq, as Kerry called the disappearance of munitions there "a growing scandal." After two days of public...