Trent Lott

House Republicans and administration officials launched a major lobbying and publicity push in favor of their aviation security bill Thursday, hoping to head off the creation of a federal baggage-screening system. Congressional Democrats have pressed for...

1984: Gregory Johnson arrested in Dallas for burning the U.S. flag in a protest against nuclear war at the Republican National Convention. Johnson was convicted and sentenced to a year in jail and fined $2,000 for violating a Texas law against...

WASHINGTON - A wartime president with sky-high popularity. A campaign cash advantage for Republican candidates. A failure by Democrats to articulate a clear alternative vision. Those were some key factors behind the historic - and unexpected - Republican...

WASHINGTON - Having seized control of the Senate and widened their edge in the House, Republicans are poised to help President Bush push through some top priorities, including tax cuts, a Homeland Security Department and the appointment of conservative...

WASHINGTON - An angry President Bush administered a public tongue-lashing to Congress yesterday, saying disclosure by lawmakers of sensitive intelligence to the press could imperil American military personnel. "I want Congress to hear loud and clear,...

Texas Gov. George W. Bush claimed victory last night in the presidential race, after he was certified the winner of Florida's election by 537 votes out of nearly 6 million cast. Vice President Al Gore refused to concede and announced that he would try to...

Casting his fight for the presidency as a defense of America's democratic values, Vice President Al Gore said in a nationally televised appeal last night that he is contesting the Florida election to guarantee that "the people's will" is heard....

William Jefferson Clinton was impeached yesterday on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice, setting in motion a landmark Senate trial that will determine whether the 42nd president of the United States will be the first in history to be removed...

Three weeks after anthrax was discovered in Sen. Tom Daschle's mail, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate are ready to unveil legislation to help the nation prepare in the event of more bioterrorist attacks. The bill is expected to require the...

President Bush promised congressional leaders Tuesday he would veto any emergency legislation that exceeds the $40 billion Congress already has provided for anti-terrorism efforts. The pledge, which the president conveyed to leading lawmakers at a...

Congressional leaders have decided to deploy the National Guard temporarily around the Capitol starting as early as next week. It would be the fourth time in history that troops will have protected the building. Although details must be worked out,...

Call it tax cut fever. President Bush has yet to unveil his ambitious plan to reduce taxes by $1.6 trillion over the next decade but already members of Congress are bidding up the price tag with ideas of their own. Two top GOP leaders want to cut the...