New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg died early Monday, his office says in a statement sent to reporters. He was 89. According to the statement, the Democratic senator "passed away due to ...

Chris Christie%2C a Republican%2C will appoint a replacement until special election is held WASHINGTON — Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, a liberal Democrat who wrote some of the nation's ...

Jun. 3, 2013 -- Frank R. Lautenberg, a long-serving lawmaker, successful businessman and the last actively serving veteran of World War II in the U.S. Senate, is dead at age 89 due to ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Following his funeral at Park Avenue Synagogue on Manhattan's Upper East Side, U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg's casket was brought to the train station that bears his name ...

Tenacity marked U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg's journey from a childhood so poor his family couldn't afford his bar mitzvah to his life as a multimillionaire businessman who served for decades in the ...

Lawmakers are under fire for awarding a $174,000 tax-free gift to the widow of late Senator Frank Lautenberg when the cash-strapped government can't even pay its own bills. The tax-free payment ...

U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey’s 86-year-old senior senator, was diagnosed with treatable stomach cancer in the last 24 hours and will begin chemotherapy today at a Manhattan hospital ...

New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg wasn't a regular on the Sunday talk shows. He never ran for president or cut much of a national profile. Still, the liberal Democrat, New Jersey's longest-serving ...

U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) cruised past Republican challenger Dick Zimmer Tuesday night, winning a record fifth term in office. With 98 percent of the precincts reporting, Lautenberg won 55 ...

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), 89, died Monday morning after serving in Congress for more than 30 years. According to his office, Lautenberg died of viral pneumonia. He was the oldest member of ...