Helms died at 1:15 a.m., said the Jesse Helms Center at Wingate University in North Carolina. The center's president, John Dodd, said in a statement that funeral arrangements were pending. "He was ...

LAST FRIDAY, on the Fourth of July, the great American patriot Jesse Helms passed away. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson also went to their great reward on Independence Day, so this is further proof of ...

"It's just incredible that he would die on July 4th, the same day of the Declaration of Independence and the same day that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died, and he certainly is a patriot in the ...

Family and political colleagues Tuesday praised the service and integrity of former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms as hundreds of people attended his funeral, including Vice President Dick Cheney. Helms, 86, ...

Former N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms once said that his legacy would "be up to others to describe." Helms' death today at age 86 prompted an outpouring of remembrance from political friends, foes and ...

After each losing a son to AIDS, the women took on Sen. Jesse Helms (R-North Carolina), an archconservative foe of gay rights, and emerged as powerful advocates for their cause. At first glance, ...

Raleigh-based Republican consultant Carter Wrenn has had a front-row seat to decades of political history. He worked for the campaigns of U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms and Ronald Reagan starting in the 1970s.

“It is with deep sadness that I learned of the loss of U.S. Senator Jesse Helms, a true statesman. As Mayor, Senator Helms provided impeccable constituent services and was always friendly and ...

Conservative evangelical Christians in America haven’t always been all-out supporters of Israel. They once were downright hostile. That changed in 1984 when U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms ran for reelection ...

In the life of Jesse Helms, who died Friday, can be read a major chapter in the story of conflict, anxiety and change that marked the latter half of the 20th century in North Carolina, the South and ...