Fred Thompson fervently backed the Iraq war, railed against an expanding federal government, took stands that occasionally annoyed his party and rarely spoke about his views on social issues during ...

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson says he supports Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder's bid for re-election because Kinder has strong conservative values. Thompson was in Joplin on Wednesday to ...

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Two hours before Fred Thompson formally entered the race for the Republican presidential nomination, his old friend John McCain turned in the kind of performance that once would ...

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WASHINGTON — The downsizing of Senator McCain’s presidential campaign is coming at an opportune time for Fred Thompson, the former Tennessee senator who is likely to jump into the race officially any ...

We’ve updated our GOP and Dem primary indices for April, to take account of the major, national, public polls taken so far. You can click here to take a look at the indices and the data behind them, ...

Republican John McCain accused presidential rival Mitt Romney of flip-flopping on immigration Monday and said with sarcasm: "Maybe his solution will be to get out his small varmint gun and drive those ...

Fred Thompson has been off the campaign trail since Tuesday. MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was in Michigan, Colorado, Arizona and Nevada. Former New York Mayor Rudy ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Fred Thompson, a folksy former Republican U.S. senator from Tennessee who appeared in feature films and television including a role on "Law & Order," died Sunday, his family said.