Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Democrat Tom Foley (born 1929) was swept out of office in 1994 in an election many Republicans referred to as a "Republican Revolution." Foley served from the 89th to 103rd Congress (1965-1995) and...

Rep. Dennis Hastert of Illinois, who served as speaker of the House longer than any other Republican in history, intends to retire next year at the end of his current term, party officials said Tuesday.A formal announcement was planned for Friday.Hastert's planned retirement is likely...

Americans' knowledge of national and international affairs has changed little in two decades despite the emergence of 24-hour cable news and the Internet as major news sources.People surveyed in February were slightly less able than those polled in 1989 to name the vice president, their...

Carl Crawford compounded one baserunning mistake with another, and Justin Morneau made him pay for it. After Crawford's two blunders caused a double play in the top of the ninth, Morneau led off the bottom of the inning with an opposite-field home run off Brian...

Few politicians fall as far and as fast as Dennis Hastert, but the longest-serving Republican House speaker in history landed with his sense of humor intact."I do have a schedule," he laughs when asked how he fills his time in the minority and proves it...