U.S. Senate

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  • Tougher fuel standards? Not anytime soon

    A U.S. Senate vote dooms efforts to mandate better gas mileage in American-made vehicles.
    By Anthony York March 14, 2002

  • Pickering's race war

    A judicial nomination comes under fire -- and we all get slimed.
    By Ben Fritz March 13, 2002

  • McCain-Feingold seems a done deal

    After a dramatic final tussle, the first sweeping campaign reform since the 1970s seems ready to pass the Senate.
    By Jake Tapper March 30, 2001

  • Campaign reform diary

    Even a mild-mannered amendment can be a "poison pill" in disguise.
    By Jake Tapper March 21, 2001

  • Hillary's book deal blues

    The Congressional Accountability Project asks Sen.-elect Clinton to give up her $8 million advance and just collect royalties.
    By Anthony York December 19, 2000

  • Great American loser

    Dennis Breen was a regular guy, fed up with the crookedness of political campaigns. So he ran one himself, after work and on weekends.
    By T. Wright Townsend November 10, 2000

  • GOP likely to hold both houses of Congress

    Democrats will pick up some Senate seats, but not enough to take control.
    By Anthony York November 7, 2000

  • Mrs. Clinton goes to Washington

    Hillary wins one for the Clinton legacy -- but how will she fare in the Senate?
    By Anthony York November 7, 2000

  • Muslims charge they are being scapegoated

    Both candidates in the New York Senate contest have refused to meet with Arabs. Is that really the way to court the Jewish vote?
    By Anthony York November 2, 2000

  • Lazio's media victory

    The media loved his attacks on Hillary Clinton. But most voters aren't biting.
    By James Traub September 22, 2000

  • The blundering pundit

    Dick Morris' predictions about the New York Senate race have all been off the mark.
    By Eric Boehlert May 16, 2000

  • Trent Lott, wandering hero

    A new report names the Senate majority leader the worst of the corporate sluts. But our slut may be the greatest living American.
    By Chris Colin May 10, 2000

  • Letting it all leak out

    Betsey Johnson's left breast disappears under veil of secrecy, NP leaks the story. Plus: Real-life Erin Brockovich extorted by scumbag exes; and Amy Irving ponders significance of oyster predilection
    By Amy Reiter May 1, 2000

  • I love a parade

    Hillary marches in the St. Patrick's Day parade, braving the snow, Rudy and catcalls from the left and the right.
    By Jesse Drucker March 18, 2000

  • Different hero, different war

    John McCain's first wife won't say a harsh word about the man who dumped her. Is she a spineless wimp or a quiet hero?
    By Jennifer Foote Sweeney March 6, 2000

  • Marketnolia

    Cruise talks dirty; Posh talks trash; Garth talks funny. Plus! Rambo vs. Terminator: May the best muscles win.
    By Amy Reiter January 20, 2000

  • Lost in New Jersey

    Garden State Republicans are in disarray following Gov. Christine Todd Whitman's decision three months ago to abandon the race for an open Senate seat.
    By Victorino Matus December 8, 1999

  • Hillary's spokeswoman calls it quits

    Marsha Berry leaves the first lady's office in the latest sign that Hillary is becoming a full-time Senate candidate.
    By Joan Walsh December 3, 1999

  • Danny and Allison, Part 1

    They're young, Jewish professionals who routinely split their ticket. So far, they lean toward Rudy because they say Hillary doesn't seem to have any principles.
    By Jake Tapper November 22, 1999

  • Dead senator running?

    LBJ's son-in-law Chuck Robb once seemed to be on the fast track to the White House, but these days, he's considered the senator most likely to lose his job in 2000.
    By Jake Tapper November 17, 1999

  • Shave me

    Sharon Stone's close shaves with dairy; Dubya gets 2-D for "King of the Hill"; Christina Ricci, not fat; and ... Porn again? Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez bring the Mitchell brothers to the screen in "Rated X."
    By Amy Reiter November 16, 1999

  • Bill Bradley -- life saver?

    The presidential hopeful's new commercial claims that he once saved a baby's life, but the truth is a little more complicated than that.
    By Jake Tapper November 16, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Tell Cintra an underground culture still exists -- but she won't find it at a Details party! Plus: Amazon.com vs. Amazon; don't obsess over tot's penis grabbing.
    Letters to the Editor November 4, 1999

  • The Silicon Dominion skews right

    Virginia's booming high-tech industry helps the GOP wrest control of the state government away from the Democrats for the first time in history.
    By Alicia Montgomery November 3, 1999

  • Jack the vote

    At a DC Vote shindig, Kemp mingles like he means it; Patricia Arquette reinvents her breasts. And lady of the Senate? Jesse Helms, once, twice, three times a doofus. Plus: Barbara Bush thinks Pat deserves a spanking.
    By Amy Reiter October 28, 1999
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