Kirsten Gillibrand

New federal rules could make it tougher for kids to get their hands on "junk food" when they're in school. U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has hailed a move by the United States Department of Agriculture to implement new standards on snacks sold in the nation's schools...

Wendy Long, the Republican candidate challenging U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, says controversial statements made by other GOP Senate candidates have become diversions from more relevant issues. The most recent incident happened during a debate Tuesday when Richard Mourdock, a Republican Senate candidate in Indiana, said "even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is