The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has voted in Washington to confirm Peter Neronha as Rhode Island’s next U.S. Attorney.

President Barack Obama summons Congress to enact sweeping health care legislation.

Two schools use President Obama’s education speech in different ways.

U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis says the nation remains in a very deep recession but that the financial meltdown seems to be stabilizing.

President Barack Obama delivers a speech to school students across the country.

Is it appropriate for President Obama to address school children?

U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis is planning a trip to Rhode Island next week to visit an academy that provides training and education to disadvantaged youth.

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and tenor Placido Domingo will perform at the funeral Mass for Sen. Edward Kennedy.

A who’s who of politics gathers at the John F. Kennedy Library for a private memorial.

Thousands of mourners pay tribute to Sen. Edward Kennedy at a public viewing.

President Barack Obama will deliver a eulogy at Edward Kennedy’s funeral Mass, an official says.

President Barack Obama says the U.S. has lost “the greatest United States senator of our time”.

A successor to fill Sen. Edward Kennedy’s seat in the Senate will be chosen through a special election, not by the governor.

David Espo writes an essay about Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, who died Wednesday after a battle with brain cancer. He was 77.

The president and his family begin their Cape Cod vacation.