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.

Early buzz for candidacy, plagued by delay and low energy, never picked up steam Jan. 22, 2008 — -- It's curtains for the presidential campaign of Fred Thompson, whose campaign failed to ...

Fred Thompson aired the first negative television ad in the 2008 Republican presidential campaign race, using the CNN/YouTube debate Wednesday to deliver a double broadside against Mitt Romney and ...

Days before he was due to report to prison, former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his top aide reportedly got word ...

Thompson died after a recurrence of lymphoma, according to a statement. — -- Former U.S. Senator and actor Fred Thompson has died at the age of 73, after a recurrence of lymphoma, according to a ...

A crowd of about 200 people waited for more than an hour and a half to hear actor, former presidential candidate and former Sen. Fred Thompson lecture on the current state of American politics at ...

DES MOINES n U.S. Rep. Steve King endorsed Fred Thompson for president on Monday, a move Thompson supporters hope will provide fresh momentum in the final two weeks before the caucuses. "There is only ...

NAPLES, Fla. Republican Fred Thompson, the actor-politician who attracted more attention as a potential presidential candidate than as a real one, quit the race for the White House on Tuesday after a ...

While eight Republican candidates were trudging through yet another debate in New Hampshire last night Fred Thompson upstaged them -- from Los Angeles. He went on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and ...

READING, Pa. – Reading City Council voted 6-1 Monday night to appoint Stephen Gieringer to a vacancy on the Reading Redevelopment Authority. Gieringer will replace Fred Thompson, whose term expired at ...