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President Barack Obama shared his heartfelt words of condolence Wednesday morning in response to Senator Edward M. Kennedy's death after a long battle with brain cancer.   "Michelle and I were heartbroken to learn this morning of the death of our dear friend, Senator Ted Kennedy," Obama says in

Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the youngest brother of President John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, died Tuesday at his Massachusetts home of brain cancer. He was 77. Kennedy’s sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver passed away in August, and while he attended a private mass held in remembrance

Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy passed away Tuesday night at age 77 after a long battle with a brain tumor. Now, the Kennedy family is speaking out about the tragic loss. The Kennedy family released the following statement. "Edward M. Kennedy – the husband, father, grandfather, brother

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the liberal icon who carried on his family name and fight for the poor and working class after his brothers' assassinations, has died at 77.Watch breaking news of Sen. Kennedy's death The Massachusetts Democrat died Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port after battling a brain tumor

U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, a towering figure in the Democratic Party who took the helm of one of America’s most fabled political families after two older brothers were assassinated, died at age 77, his family said. “Edward M. Kennedy, the husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and a host of major public figures such as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jack Nicholson attended Sen. Ted Kennedy’s funeral in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston on Saturday morning. “Ted Kennedy’s life’s work was not

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has sent a letter to state leaders asking for an expedited process to fill his seat in Congress. Kennedy who is battling brain cancer, sent a letter to Massachusetts leaders asking that they change the current state law in order to allow a speedy replacement of his seat in Congress,

Very sad news tonight. Sen. Ted Kennedy died shortly before midnight Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 77. The man known as the “liberal lion of the Senate” had fought a more than year-long battle with brain cancer, and according to his son had lived longer with the disease

President Barack Obama will eulogize Ted Kennedy at the late senator's funeral mass on Saturday, a White House official tells The Boston Globe. Click here for more details on Kennedy's funeral and burial.[Read full story on The Insider]

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts acknowledged the accomplishments of Robert DeNiro, Bruce Springsteen, and Mel Brooks on Sunday by presenting the entertainers with the esteemed Kennedy Center Honors. In his address to the honorees, President Barack Obama admitted to stealing a line

While President Barack Obama has yet to make a public statement about the death of Michael Jackson, Obama’s senior adviser David Axelrod told NBC’s Meet the Press this weekend that Obama wrote to the Jackson family to privately send his condolences, Politico reports. “The president