U.S. Senate

Mr. Whitfield challenges Congress to 'do something'

President Barack Obama said Sunday night that he and Congressional leaders had reached a debt deal that cuts trillions in federal spending. The debt ceiling plan was set to face a vote on Monday in hopes of enacting it before a Tuesday deadline, thus averting default, The New York Times reported.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker isn’t ruling out a run for the U.S. Senate in 2014.