George M. Leader, the son of a chicken farmer who was elected governor of Pennsylvania before he turned 40, scoring an upset victory in 1954 largely on the strength of something relatively new in American ... Read more
This has been a good year for gay rights advocates — with public opinion shifting in their favor and same-sex marriage advancing in the states — but not when it comes to immigration. ... Read more
Anthony D. Weiner has demystified the details of the 906-page Affordable Care Act for an electronic medical records company. He has counseled a biofuel firm about expansion into the emerging ... Read more
BOSTON — Getting voters’ attention for a special election at an unexpected time of year is hard enough. It is even harder when the airwaves have been taken over by wall-to-wall coverage of a major ... Read more
WASHINGTON — Talks to revive gun control legislation are quietly under way on Capitol Hill as a bipartisan group of senators seeks a way to bridge the differences that led to last week’s collapse of ... Read more
WASHINGTON — Democratic senators, at a caucus meeting with White House officials, expressed concerns on Thursday about how the Obama administration was carrying out the health care law they adopted three ... Read more
WASHINGTON — As a crucial series of gun-control votes approaches in the Senate, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are suddenly preoccupied with one question in particular: when is Frank Lautenberg coming back? ... Read more
WASHINGTON — As a crucial series of gun-control votes approaches in the Senate, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are suddenly preoccupied with one question in particular: when is Frank Lautenberg coming back? ... Read more
WASHINGTON — The sweeping immigration bill that a bipartisan group of senators is preparing will include a major new merit-based program for foreigners to become permanent legal residents based on their ... Read more
WASHINGTON — Just days before a bipartisan group of eight senators is expected to present legislation that would make broad changes to the nation’s immigration system, a group of Democrats in the ... Read more