It's been a tough 10 years for corporate America, but you wouldn't know it by looking at the nation's biggest health care firms.

by Nell Greenfieldboyce A new study suggests that people's political views may affect how they perceive President Obama's skin tone, with liberals tending to "lighten" his skin and conservatives tending to "darken" it.

Houston Mayor Bill White's wife, Andrea, served the visiting ambassadors sandwiches in the living room of their spacious memorial-area home as several hours of discussion set the stage ...

By Michael mcauliff “I just wish she'd go away,” one GOP operative told us, echoing sentiments we've heard and read about from others.

Richard Tisei spoke at a press conference after being introduced by gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker. (Pat Greenhouse/ Globe Staff) By Brian C. Mooney By selecting Senator Richard R. Tisei to be his running mate, gubernatorial candidate Charlie ...

WASHINGTON -- Abortion-rights groups, acknowledging they were caught off guard by a last-minute amendment toughening abortion restrictions in the House health-care bill, are mobilizing to ensure that doesn't happen in the Senate.

He agreed there was more to do, but faulted critics: "I have yet to hear what they're for." By Thomas Fitzgerald Vice President Biden, speaking yesterday to Philadelphia business and civic leaders, credited recent signs of improvement in the economy to ...

WGBH's Emily Rooney (center) with the Democratic contenders for US Senate(from left) Stephen Pagliuca, Alan Khazei, Martha Coakley, and Michael Capuano before the debate.

Peter Germann of RK Mechanical, Inc., left, shows off a machine at the plant to Lori and Scott McInnis, front and center, along with former Gov.

WASHINGTON - Two Senate leaders trying to steer a pair of President Barack Obama's high-stakes initiatives through Congress are being dogged by re-election worries, and it's not clear whether their legislative prominence will help or hurt them.

WASHINGTON - Republicans are attacking Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu for voting to move forward with a landmark health care reform bill.

By ANDREW demillo US Sen. Blanche Lincoln, who was a key vote to open debate on health care, said Monday that she won't support legislation if it includes a government-run health insurance option and doesn't control costs.

WASHINGTON - A Democratic lawmaker who has been treated for breast cancer says worries that the proposed health care overhaul would limit cancer screenings are overblown.

BY NC POLITICS & GOVERNMENT The NC Republican Party has rejected a proposal to ban unaffiliated voters from participating in its primaries.

By Don Heupel, AP By Thomas Beaumont, The Des Moines Register Sarah Palin could expect a lot of support in Iowa's Republican caucuses if she launched a campaign for the 2012 presidential nomination, according to The Des Moines Register's Iowa Poll.

The health care bill that the Senate will begin debating next week is the result of numerous compromises that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.

AP MILWAUKEE - Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson is working to influence the national health care debate. Critics say the former US health and human services secretary is using his public profile to benefit his private interests.

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is making clear that while he voted Saturday to allow debate on a health care reform bill, he's still firmly opposed to the public insurance option that most in the Democratic majority consider essential to any legislation ...