Timothy P. Carney commends retiring Sen. Jesse Helms for his commitment to "limited government and adherence to the Constitution" [Free for All, Aug. 25]. Carney's letter was an attack on an Aug ...

WASHINGTON — Jesse Helms, the former U.S. senator from North Carolina who for half a century infuriated liberals with his race-baiting campaign tactics and presidents of both parties with his ...

Senator Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) announces he will not run for a sixth term in the Senate.

Jesse Helms' 30-year career in the U.S. Senate was marked by controversy and racial politics. The fierce advocate for segregation and king maker in North Carolina politics died Friday at the age ...

Jesse Helms, the firebrand United States senator whose outspoken, conservative views polarized North Carolina and U.S. voters for decades, died at 1:15 a.m. Friday in Raleigh, according to John ...

Jesse Helms was one of these theatrical quasi-populists, an uncomplicated establishment conservative who parlayed a liberal-baiting radio show into a political career.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Jesse Helms, the firebrand United States senator whose outspoken, conservative views polarized North Carolina and U.S. voters for decades, died at 1:15 a.m. Friday in Raleigh ...

Jesse Helms, the former U.S. senator from North Carolina who for half a century infuriated liberals with his race-baiting campaign tactics and presidents of both parties with his use of senatorial ...

News Jesse Helms, Family Values, and His Gay Granddaughter The late senator made harsh opposition to gay rights his signature issue just as his granddaughter was coming to terms with her own ...

Jesse Helms, the five-term Republican Senator from North Carolina, has died. He was 86. Helms died in Raleigh at 1:15 this morning, according to the Jesse Helms Center in Wingate, North Carolina ...

According to a former aide, Jesse Helms was “very comfortable” in his final moments. If there were any justice, he might have experienced something of the final moments of the many people for ...

It seemed somehow profane that Sen. Jesse Helms should have managed to depart this life on the 232 nd anniversary of the declaration of American independence. To die on the Fourth of July, one can ...