Hello, Mr. President. This is Lazarus speaking.” That is how Trent Lott answered a phone call last week from George W. Bush, the man who helped force him out of the Senate’s top job in 2002 after Lott ...

Well, the man state Republicans used to adore regardless of what he did may be about to fall even harder: The Associated Press reports that State Farm attorneys are alleging that Lott tried to ...

Yes, I know I’m pulling out the least relevant information from this wire story discussing U.S. Senator Trent Lott’s backing of automaker Nissan’s fight against unfair taxes that would’ve made the ...

The Lott family home in Pascagoula, Mississippi, was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Lott was originally a member of the Democratic Party but switched on the eve of his first campaign in 1972.

Black Entertainment Television made news yesterday when embattled Sen. Trent Lott sat down with the network's lead interviewer, Ed Gordon, to address Lott's recent controversial remarks about fellow ...

Maybe Trent Lott will survive the firestorm he ignited last week with remarks that were at the very least careless and, at worst, revealing. But with his ill-considered praise for Strom Thurmond's ...

To some observers, the choice of Trent Lott as the new number two Republican in the Senate may seem like a step backward for a party still reeling from its election drubbing. But in fact the upset ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Trent Lott, the second-ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate, on Monday announced he will retire this year, five years before his term expires and ending the conservative's ...