Political News

Christie Needles Democrats, NDSU Football Opponent

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie took aim Saturday morning at North Dakota's Democratic Senate candidate, her brother and the homecoming opponent of the North Dakota state football team.  Read More

Obama: Jobs Report Shows Economy Is On Right Track

President Barack Obama says an encouraging jobs report shows that the country has made too much progress to turn back to the policies that he says led the nation into an economic crisis.   Read More

Judge Rules Man With Guardian May Vote

A Hennepin County judge has ruled a man under guardianship is entitled to vote.   Read More

Pro-Muslim Ads Appear In NYC Subway

Two religious groups will hang ads urging tolerance alongside anti-jihad advertisements in New York City subways that equate Muslim radicals with savages.   Read More

Voter ID Complaint Targets Minn. Election Official

Minnesota's top election official is the target of a complaint from Republican senators who accuse him of misleading voters on a proposed voter identification requirement.   Read More

Republican VP Hopeful Ryan Slots Minn. Fundraiser

Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan is planning his first stop in Minnesota since joining Mitt Romney's ticket with a Minneapolis fundraiser slated for next week.   Read More

Obama, Romney Spar Over Domestic Issues

President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney sparred aggressively over taxes, deficits and health care Wednesday in their first debate of the presidential campaign.  Read More

Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison Visits Fargo

A high profile member of the U.S. Senate was in Fargo to campaign for Republican Senate candidate Rick Berg.  Read More

Obama Hoped To Capture Bin Laden, New Book Says

A new book says President Barack Obama hoped to put Osama bin Laden on trial if he had surrendered during a U.S. raid.   Read More

Romney Hints At Tax Plan

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has dropped some hints about his tax plan in a Denver TV interview ahead of tonight's debate with President Barack Obama.   Read More