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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...