Political News

Lynx Star Speaks Out Against MN Marriage Amendment

Seimone Augustus is an Olympic gold medalist and a WNBA champion who is gunning for her second straight title.   Read More

ND Senate Hopefuls Say They've Raised $9M Plus

North Dakota's U.S. Senate candidates say they've raised more than $9 million for their campaigns. It's already the most expensive in state history.   Read More

GOP ND Senate Candidate Berg Slammed On Farm Bill

North Dakota Senate Democratic candidate Heidi Heitkamp says GOP rival Rick Berg hasn't been able to budge fellow Republicans to support a new farm bill.   Read More

Deadline Arrives For Minn. Voters To Pre-Register

Minnesota voters who don't want to bring ID or other documentation on Election Day face a Tuesday deadline to pre-register to vote.   Read More

Brodkorb Says "Power Grab" Behind Senate Ouster

The Minnesota Republican operative fired by the state Senate after an affair with the majority leader says he believes they were both victims of a power grab by other Republican senators.   Read More

Vice Presidential Candidate To Visit Minnesota

A Saturday night fundraiser in Minneapolis was Ryan's lone stop in the state. He planned to head in from Ohio and was scheduled to head home to Wisconsin immediately after the event.   Read More

US Blaming Iran For Persian Gulf Cyberattacks

A former U.S. government official says American authorities believe that Iranian hackers, likely supported by the Tehran government, were responsible for recent cyberattacks against oil and gas companies in the Persian Gulf, and that they appear to be in retaliation for the latest round of U.S. sanctions against the country.   Read More

More Than 100,000 Request Absentee Ballots

State officials say more than 100,000 Minnesotans have requested absentee ballots for the upcoming November election.   Read More

Update: Spirited VP Debate

President Barack Obama has given his vice president Joe Biden a thumbs up for his performance in last night's debate, following Obama's own lackluster performance last week.   Read More

Dem. Sen. Candidate Calls For EPA Dir. To Be Fired

Democratic Senate candidate Heidi Heitkamp said President Barack Obama's energy policy is ``wrong'' and he should replace his energy secretary and Environmental Protection Agency director.   Read More