WASHINGTON - The House overwhelmingly passes a bill giving money to the 9/11 victims compensation fund until 2090. Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson and North Dakota Rep. Kelly Armstrong voted in favor of the measure. Senate…
WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Donald Trump says Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta is stepping down following criticism of his handling of a plea deal with a wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, who is accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls. Trump…
Self-made billionaire Ross Perot, who ran for president in 1992 and 1996, has died at age 89 after a five-month battle with leukemia, the Dallas Morning News reported. Perot, who won 19 percent of the vote as a third-party candidate…
MINNESOTA -- Along with a $48 billion budget, a new set of laws will take effect in Minnesota on July 1st. Twenty–one million dollars a year. That's how much drug manufacturers will be…
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Republicans are launching a new online fundraising platform that they hope will rival ActBlue, the Democrats' internet-based fundraising behemoth. Called WinRed, it's a play by the GOP to replicate Democrats' success raising massive amounts from grassroots supporters…
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is siding with businesses and the U.S. government in a ruling about the public's access to information. The high court ruled Monday against a South Dakota newspaper that was seeking information about the government's food…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. --People get to share their concerns with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison at his 15th listening session. The issues people brought to Ellison were wide-ranging, but he says they all…
WASHINGTON - Criminal justice reform, addiction and farming. What's being done in Washington to address these issues? North Dakota Congressman Kelly Armstrong is working on a bipartisan bill to give $5 billion over…
WASHINGTON - Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith introduces a bill for a one health approach. It's an idea that human and animal health are linked and should be studied together to prevent disease outbreaks. Smith…
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Gov. Tim Walz says he's open to calling a special session to help diabetics who can't afford the cost of insulin, but lawmakers must first work out a deal. A measure that would have established an…
