Charles B. Rangel

Though Tuesday’s debt deal managed to raise the debt ceiling, which was ultimately the intended goal, it left many feeling unsatisfied. “Federal debt is still ballooning, healthcare costs are still rising, and we're nowhere close to an...

Will Congress extend the wildly popular $8,000 home buyer tax credit beyond its Dec. 1 expiration date? That's a question generating huge pressure on Capitol Hill from would-be buyers who haven't found the right house as well as from realty agents,...

Community leaders and their elected representatives protested against proposed plans to establish a homeless shelter in the Alexander building on the Upper West Side. The Department of Homeless Services has awarded a nine-year, private contract to...

The casket of former U.S. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski is brought into St. Stanislaus Kostka Church. (Nancy Stone/Tribune) Posted by Tribune staff at 4 a.m.; last updated at 11:58 a.m. Chicago's political class is gathered at a North Side church this......

Imagine if Bright was a Republican on the campaign trail speculating on a Democrat's demise....

Politicians take to Twitter and Facebook to attack and defend healthcare reform six months after bill's passing...

The House Ethics Committee has recommended that Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) be "censured" for ethical lapses, including failing to declare rental income from a Dominican villa, improper solicitation of donations on congressional letterhead and...

Saying that "fifty years of public service is on the line," Rep. Charles Rangel, the longest-serving New York member of congress, implored a House ethics panel Monday to postpone his ethics trial. In a dramatic statement, he said he needed to get a new...

Rep. Charles Rangel wants to tell House colleagues that censures are for corrupt politicians and he's not one of them. The House ethics committee voted 9-1 on Nov. 18 to recommend a censure of the 80-year-old Democrat from New York's Harlem. Rangel...

Charles Rangel has his swagger back, but not his power. The 40-year congressional veteran on Thursday became the 23rd House member in the nation's history to be censured for misconduct. As the final chapter of a more than two-year ethics investigation...

Aretha Franklin says she's recovering from a fall and will miss two free concerts in Brooklyn – and an 80th birthday gala for Rep. Charles Rangel. Franklin's office says the Queen of Soul broke ribs and has abdominal pain from Sunday's fall. Franklin...

Even though they're required to be impartial, poll workers cheered on scandal-plagued Congressman Charlie Rangel as he arrived to cast his vote. "The law prohibits electioneering and other improper activity within the polling place," is a requirement...