Peter Wallsten

The senator's criticism of Alfonso Fanjul's visits to the country, which is under a trade embargo, was softer than the reactions of other Cuban Americans.

Sugar tycoon and longtime anti-Castro exile leader Alfonso Fanjul has quietly traveled to Cuba and is open to doing business there prompted an angry response Monday from a Cuban American member of Congress, who called Fanjul’s actions “pathetic” and “shameful."

Biden’s brother James B. Biden Sr. and sister-in-law Sarah Jones Biden have purchased a five-acre, oceanfront estate in Naples.

Florida’s Democratic establishment has welcomed Crist not just as a new friend but as a presumptive standard-bearer.

The Illinois legislature may vote as early as next week to legalize same-sex marriage.

The immigration overhaul at the center of President Obama’s domestic agenda is either dead or delayed, Raul Labrador says in interview to air Sunday. summary of story

Why the left feels the need to heckle the First Lady

A gay rights activist disrupts first lady's speech at a Washington fundraiser, provoking her into a face-to-face encounter.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said he is crafting a new plan to remake the American labor movement, which is struggling to retain clout in Washington and state capitals.

Former senator Chuck Hagel has issued a statement retracting his 1998 comments about a gay ambassadorial nominee.