This is just breaking within the last hour. Republican Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi will resign before the end of 2007. CNN cites as the reason: "Lott intends to join the private sector."

Sen. Larry Craig, of Idaho, had announced his intention to resign at the end of the month after a police report alleged that he had solicited sex from a male officer at the Minneapolis airport in June. He then reversed course to challenge the guilty plea he entered in August.

U.S. Senator Larry Craig says he may still fight for his Senate seat after his arrest in a Minnesota airport sex sting and he is considering his decision.

U.S. Senator Larry Craig of the northwestern state of Idaho announced his resignation Saturday after being arrested in June in an undercover sex sting.

Roll Call today broke a story that Senator Larry Craig, a veteran republican senator from Idaho was arrested in in June at a Minnesota airport by a plainclothes police officer investigating lewd conduct complaints in a men’s public restroom.

Former Deputy Secretary of Interior J. Steven Griles was sentenced to 10 months in prison Tuesday for lying to senators investigating the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, The Associated Press reported.

A group of U.S. senators from both major political parties has reached agreement with the White House on comprehensive immigration reform legislation. President Bush is urging lawmakers to approve the measure as soon as possible.