Dick Lugar’s 35 years in the U.S. Senate will come to a close. State Treasurer Richard Mourdock, backed by tea partiers and conservative campaign groups outside the state, has ousted Lugar in Indiana’s Republican Senate primary, the Associated Press projects. Mourdock will face Demcoratic Rep....

The U.S. Senate confirmed President Barack Obama#39;s picks to fill vacant seats at the Federal Communications Commission, ending a months-long wait for the nominees, who found themselves tangled in wireless startup LightSquared#39;s fight for survival.

As the deadline approaches for U.S. Senate candidates to turn in enough signatures to get on the August ballot, a crowded field and nearly a dozen statewide initiative efforts are making it difficult for some to reach their goal.

(Reuters) - The last time Republican Senate veteran Richard Lugar stood for election, in 2006, he was so respected that the Democrats did not bother to run against him and he won his Indiana seat with 87 percent of the vote. But now Lugar, 80, is faltering under a conservative challenge from within his own party in Tuesday#39;s Indiana Republican primary. That is giving Democrats, struggling to ...

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The U.S. Senate could approve long-pending nominations for a pair of FCC vacancies as early as Monday, finally clearing the way for two former agency staffers to move into top regulatory slots, individuals with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap. But the Senate#39;s approval assumes no additional efforts by GOP senators to block confirmation votes for the duo ...