Pence urges Congress approve media shield law

INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mike Pence is no longer a member of Congress, but that's not stopping him from pushing for the federal media shield law he championed during his 12 years in Washington, D.C.

Ind. senator backs plan for Gulf War memorial

INDIANAPOLIS | Veterans of the first Persian Gulf war would be honored with a national memorial in Washington, D.C., under a plan announced Tuesday by U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind.

Germany to honor Lugar for international relations work

INDIANAPOLIS | A third European nation is set to honor former U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar, R-Ind., for his international relations achievements, and work toward nuclear disarmament.

Bayh recounts his front-row seat to financial crisis

INDIANAPOLIS | Former U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., sees the recent financial crisis as a tale of greed, fear, dreams, hopes and panic, calling it a story as old as time and destined to repeat itself absent changes to the incentives that drive American business and government.

Lugar honored for lifetime of service

MERRILLVILLE | Former U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar attributes his four decades of negotiating success with national and international leaders in part to the skills he learned on his earliest campaign trips to Northwest Indiana.

Coats hopes federal budget cuts prompt serious look at spending

INDIANAPOLIS | U.S. Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., believes an $85 billion across-the-board cut in federal spending may be just what the United States needs to finally get serious about its "unsustainable" finances.

Coats named top Republican on Congressional economic panel

INDIANAPOLIS | U.S. Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., was selected Thursday to help lead House and Senate Republicans in reducing federal spending.

Donnelly takes oath to represent Indiana in U.S. Senate

INDIANAPOLIS | Demonstrating the bipartisanship he's promised will define his tenure in office, U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., was sworn in Thursday with two of Indiana's former U.S. senators — Republican Dick Lugar and Democrat Evan Bayh — standing beside him.

Area lawmakers wanted more from fiscal cliff deal

INDIANAPOLIS | Three months ago, well before the United States sailed over the fiscal cliff, U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Merrillville, told The Times he expected Congress would "at best, kick the can down the road" on taxes and spending.

Lugar era ends after 36 years in Senate

INDIANAPOLIS | For the first time in a generation, U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar, R-Ind., will not be seated at his desk in the ornate Senate chamber when a new Congress convenes on Thursday.

Donnelly assigned to three U.S. Senate committees

INDIANAPOLIS | U.S. Sen.-elect Joe Donnelly learned Wednesday he'll be a member of the Armed Forces, Agriculture and Aging committees when the U.S. Senate convenes next month.

Misreading electorate likely cost Mourdock Senate victory

INDIANAPOLIS | Republican Richard Mourdock has never changed who he is or what he believes for the sake of higher office, and likely never will.

Donnelly elected to U.S. Senate; rape comments haunt Mourdock

INDIANAPOLIS | A message of moderate bipartisanship and a major campaign misstep by his opponent helped elect Democrat Joe Donnelly to the U.S. Senate.

Mourdock team attacks poll, ignores Donnelly

INDIANAPOLIS | Faced with poll results showing Republican Richard Mourdock is likely to lose Indiana's U.S. Senate race, Mourdock's campaign on Friday all but ignored his opponent, Democrat Joe Donnelly, and instead launched a bizarre assault on the poll itself.

Poll: Donnelly takes 11-point lead; governor race tightening

INDIANAPOLIS | Republican Richard Mourdock's controversial debate remark that pregnancies caused by rape are "something that God intended to happen" may have doomed his bid to represent Indiana in the U.S. Senate, according to the Howey/DePauw Indiana Battleground Poll released Friday.

Hustler publisher offers Mourdock $1M for proof of God's intent

INDIANAPOLIS | Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt has offered $1 million cash to Republican U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock if he can prove pregnancies caused by rape are "something that God intended to happen."

Daniels cites Purdue job to avoid talking about Mourdock

INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mitch Daniels declined to reaffirm his prior endorsement of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock on a national television program Thursday night, citing his future position as president of Purdue University.

Mourdock apologizes if rape remarks misunderstood

INDIANAPOLIS | Republican U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock on Wednesday reaffirmed his controversial claim that women who are raped should not be permitted to obtain an abortion because pregnancies resulting from rape are "something that God intended to happen."

Mourdock rape remarks draw responses from across Indiana, nation

INDIANAPOLIS | Hoosiers and political leaders from across the country are reacting to Tuesday's debate remark by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock that pregnancies resulting from rape are "something that God intended to happen."

Mourdock's divine rape stance could shake up Senate race

NEW ALBANY, Ind. | Republican Richard Mourdock opposes abortion even in cases of rape because such pregnancies are God's will, he claimed during Tuesday's final U.S. Senate debate.