When Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter announced on April 28 that he was switching to the Democratic Party after nearly four decades as an elected Republican, it marked a messy and shocking end to ...

Long-time Republican senator switches sides, 60 seats in sight for Democrats. WASHINGTON, April 28, 2009— -- Sen. Arlen Specter stunned both parties on Capitol Hill today when he announced he ...

It is one of the grand and glorious traditions of American politics that traitorous behavior is cloaked in principle and indignation. Ronald Reagan, famously, didn’t leave the Democratic Party in the ...

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 ...

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.

(AP) – Reaction to the death of former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, who died Sunday: “He was a mentor, colleague and a political institution, and on a personal level, he was my first boss.

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON -- Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter shook the capital's political order Tuesday by deciding to leave the Republican Party and join the Democrats, putting his new party within reach of 60 ...

Arlen Specter got back some of his political clout Thursday, two days after an unexpected (to him anyway) power-stripping. Then came the really good news, that Tom Ridge said he won't go up against ...

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 ...

CNN is reporting that former Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter is gravely ill and suffering from a "serious" form of cancer that "flared up" on Monday night. The news comes from unnamed sources and ...