PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Former Senator Arlen Specter, a major political figure in Pennsylvania and Washington for more than four decades, is once again fighting cancer, his office said Tuesday. A ...

Arlen Specter likes it when he’s described as the best lawyer in the Senate; there are a lot of lawyers in its chambers. Specter, 79, particularly enjoys his reputation as someone who will go wherever ...

Tuesday’s primary election results will only serve to reinforce the anti-incumbency narrative that has overlaid much of the media coverage of this election season thus far. According to the polls and ...

Former longtime Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania confirmed that he is fighting a new battle with cancer — and vowed to beat the deadly disease. “I am battling cancer, and it’s another battle I ...

NARBERTH, Pa. (AP) – Friends and colleagues of former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter trace his centrist political views to a childhood spent in the only Jewish family in Russell, Kan. There, Specter learned ...

RACHEL MARTIN, BYLINE: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin. Longtime Republican Senator Arlen Specter has died. The GOP firebrand made headlines in 2009 when he switched parties.

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. Five-term GOP Sen. Arlen Specter said Tuesday that his party had "gone too far to the right" and he would defect to ...

This week’s announcement by Arlen Specter, Republican Senator from Pennsylvania, of his intention to switch party affiliation and to seek the Democratic nomination from his state has generated ...

Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan has left Senator Arlen Specter in quite a bind. When the Pennsylvania Democrat was a Republican, he opposed her nomination for solicitor general. This stance now ...