Arlen Specter likes it when he’s described as the best lawyer in the Senate; there are a lot of lawyers in its chambers. Specter, 79, particularly enjoys his reputation as someone who will go wherever ...

RACHEL MARTIN, BYLINE: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin. Longtime Republican Senator Arlen Specter has died. The GOP firebrand made headlines in 2009 when he switched parties.

A week after switching parties, Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter is still trying to fit in as a Democrat. He has moved his desk in the Senate chamber across the aisle. He has gone from ranking ...

Tuesday’s primary election results will only serve to reinforce the anti-incumbency narrative that has overlaid much of the media coverage of this election season thus far. According to the polls and ...

Even after nearly two decades in the Senate, Specter hadn’t lost any of his ability to confound — or court controversy. In 1998, he voted “not proven” rather than “not guilty” in the impeachment trial ...

Conservatives who have bridled at Arlen Specter's 25-year Senate career figured they finally had the Pennsylvania Republican hemmed in this summer, as he prepared to chair the first Supreme Court ...

From Democrat Pennsylvania Senate candidate Joe Torsella’s perspective, Sen. Arlen Specter’s decision to switch parties hasn’t changed the dynamic of the race very much and has provided an opportunity ...

Senate Democratic primary is a test of the anti-Washington sentiment. May 18, 2010— -- Voters across Pennsylvania today started casting their votes in the Senate primary race that could become a ...

In wake of Specter's defection, Republican Party considers the size of its tent May 1, 2009— -- The defection of Arlen Specter from the GOP to the Democratic Party this week has revived a ...

Plenty of people succeed in politics by being everyone’s friend. It takes a special talent to make it as a guy whom allies call “abrasive,” “brutal” and “prosecutorial.” Republican Arlen Specter of ...

Former Republican Senator Arlen Specter passed away on Sunday morning at the age of 82. His son said he lost his battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Living up to his reputation as a hard guy to keep ...