16 Stories on David Vitter
Convicted "D.C. Madam" Deborah Jeane Palfrey railed against what she called a "modern-day lynching" in notes to her mother and sister before hanging herself at her mother's Florida home, police disclosed Monday.
Facing up to 55 years in jail, she told an acquaintance that she'd rather die than return to prison
Police say a woman they believe to be convicted Washington escort service operator Deborah Jeane Palfrey has committed suicide
A former New Orleans prostitute who will be featured in Larry Flynt's Hustler magazine appeared at his office Tuesday to accuse Sen. David Vitter of having a sexual relationship
Sen. Larry Craig is reconsidering his decision to resign after his arrest in a Minnesota airport sex sting and may still fight for his Senate seat, his spokesman said Tuesday evening.
Analysis: Scandals like the one that took down the Idaho Senator have demoralized the base ahead of the '08 campaign
Euphemisms abound for prostitution, but spend a week combing through the phone records of the so-called "D.C. Madam," and it's clear that "call girl" is far and away the most apt. It is all about the calls.
Sen. David Vitter broke a week of silence on Monday and, with his wife by his side, denied allegations he had relationships with New Orleans prostitutes.
U.S. Sen. David Vitter returned from a week-long absence from Congress Tuesday, a day after he made a public apology for "a serious sin" as investigators probe an alleged prostitution ring that operated in the nation's capital.
After the Louisiana pol apologizes, speculation stirs about an alliance between the so-called "D.C. Madam" and Larry Flynt
Convicted "D.C. Madam" Deborah Jeane Palfrey railed against what she called a "modern-day lynching" in notes to her mother and sister before hanging herself at her mother's Florida home, police disclosed Monday.
Facing up to 55 years in jail, she told an acquaintance that she'd rather die than return to prison
Police say a woman they believe to be convicted Washington escort service operator Deborah Jeane Palfrey has committed suicide
A former New Orleans prostitute who will be featured in Larry Flynt's Hustler magazine appeared at his office Tuesday to accuse Sen. David Vitter of having a sexual relationship
Sen. Larry Craig is reconsidering his decision to resign after his arrest in a Minnesota airport sex sting and may still fight for his Senate seat, his spokesman said Tuesday evening.
Analysis: Scandals like the one that took down the Idaho Senator have demoralized the base ahead of the '08 campaign
Euphemisms abound for prostitution, but spend a week combing through the phone records of the so-called "D.C. Madam," and it's clear that "call girl" is far and away the most apt. It is all about the calls.
Sen. David Vitter broke a week of silence on Monday and, with his wife by his side, denied allegations he had relationships with New Orleans prostitutes.
U.S. Sen. David Vitter returned from a week-long absence from Congress Tuesday, a day after he made a public apology for "a serious sin" as investigators probe an alleged prostitution ring that operated in the nation's capital.
After the Louisiana pol apologizes, speculation stirs about an alliance between the so-called "D.C. Madam" and Larry Flynt
Larry Flynt's Hustler magazine claimed credit for exposing Sen. David Vitter's connection to the "D.C. Madam" Tuesday, saying Vitter confessed after a journalist reported finding the senator's number in the escort service's phone records.
The Senate immigration compromise was effectively killed Thursday, failing to pass a critical procedural hurdle.
The Senate on Tuesday defeated a measure that would have eliminated a guest worker program from the bipartisan immigration legislation announced last week.
The influential former chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee weighed in Monday against President Bush's plan to send more U.S. troops to Iraq, co-sponsoring a resolution that would put the Senate on record against it.
All John Rowland wants to do is get back to cooking. "It's what I do best," says Rowland, 46, the owner of Southern Hospitality Catering, a 21-year-old New Orleans company. A day before Hurricane K...
Senators from the same state often disagree, especially when they're from different parties. Personal relations can become prickly.
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