WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., says he did not receive special treatment from Countrywide Financial in obtaining nearly $780,000 in mortgages in 2003.

WASHINGTON, July 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate used a rare weekend session Saturday to pass a landmark housing bill meant to mitigate the ongoing mortgage crisis.

CHICAGO, July 2 (UPI) -- Campaign officials and the financial institution involved say terms Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., received on his Chicago home mortgage were proper.

WASHINGTON, July 7 (UPI) -- Four Democratic presidential hopefuls will seek to strengthen their positions when they debate the U.S. role in Iraq from the Senate floor next week.

SANTA FE, N.M., Jan. 21 (UPI) -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson Sunday announced he will seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. president in 2008.

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., Saturday became the first former first lady to seek of the office of U.S. president.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Connecticut Sen. Christopher J. Dodd proposed legislation Wednesday to limit the number of U.S. troops at the current level of approximately 130,000.

BOSTON, May 9 (UPI) -- Veteran Boston Globe reporter Elizabeth Neuffer, 46, was killed in an auto accident in Iraq, the Globe confirmed Friday.

STAMFORD, Conn., Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., announced Monday he is a candidate for president in 2004. The first Jew on a national party ticket when he ran for vice president in 2000, Lieberman joined a growing list of Democrats hoping to spoil Republican President Ge