CARIBOU, Maine, July 19 (UPI) -- Construction of a small section of long-promised highway in northern Maine will begin next year with a Caribou bypass, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said.

WASHINGTON, May 4 (UPI) -- The Pentagon has done little to recoup millions in overcharges paid to a contractor once led by officials accused of corruption, two U.S. senators said.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. John Kerry's first major trip as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will be to Southwest Asia, his office said Monday.

WASHINGTON, July 25 (UPI) -- Nine Republicans facing tough U.S. Senate races will pass up, or are considering passing up, the GOP convention, The National Journal reports.

WASHINGTON, April 30 (UPI) -- Higher exports and oil prices are bringing in record revenue for Iraq, but the lack of institutional capacity to spend it on capital projects is preventing further development of the oil and gas sector, according to a report by the U.S. Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction.

WASHINGTON, April 9 (UPI) -- Democrats are looking at traditional GOP states like Mississippi to get enough Senate seats to block a Republican filibuster, party leaders say.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate leaders say they will meet to craft their own stimulus package, despite warnings from President George Bush to move quickly.

AUGUSTA, Maine, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Needy families in Maine face a crisis in paying for home heating oil as state aid is running low enough to invoke calls for private donations.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Lawmakers want the U.S. government to explain why a man infected with a highly contagious form of tuberculosis was allowed to repeatedly enter the country.