Keith Ellison

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - President Obama's 2013 budget aims to shrink the deficit by $4 trillion during the next 10 years in ways that will be felt by Minnesotans in all walks of life, from farmers and doctors to low-income residents who get help with...

 By Kevin Diaz and Jim Spencer  Star Tribune, Minneapolis  Feb. 14--WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama’s 2013 budget aims to shrink the deficit by $4 trillion during the next 10 years in ways that will be felt by Minnesotans in all walks of...

NEW YORK (AP) — Home improvement chain Lowe's plans to stick by its decision to yank its ads from a reality TV show about American Muslims amid growing debate over the move. California Sen. Ted Lieu said Sunday that he is considering calling for...

The chairman of the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee said on Sunday he saw a security threat from organized al Qaeda efforts to radicalize American Muslims. "The overwhelming majority of Muslims are outstanding Americans, but at...

For Rep. Peter T. King, Sept. 11 was personal. It was personal, he says, for everyone in his Long Island district, which was home to dozens of the police, firefighters and financial workers who died at the World Trade Center. And despite concerted...

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Finishing law school is a challenge for Dewnya Bakri-Bazzi, but being an American and a Muslim can be downright exhausting. As she crammed before class this week, Bakri-Bazzi caught up on testimony from a congressional...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican congressman who has organized controversial hearings into radical Islam called Muslims "part of the mosaic" of America Wednesday and said they shouldn't feel threatened or intimidated by his inquiry. "If there is...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress pushed deep into a raw and emotional debate Thursday over American Muslims who have committed terrorist attacks in the name of religion, in a hearing punctuated by tearful testimony, angry recriminations and political...

Minnesota's unofficial dinner of choice took over Washington, D.C. Sen. Al Franken hosted Minnesota Delegation Hotdish Competition earlier thsi year. Sens. Franken and Amy Klobuchar and U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, Michele Bachmann, Keith Ellison and Tim...

 By Jim Spencer  Star Tribune, Minneapolis  Oct. 13--WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a rare show of unity, the House and Senate approved three foreign trade agreements that have languished for years. The deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama are...

Oct. 13, WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a rare show of unity, the House and Senate approved three foreign trade agreements that have languished for years. The deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama are expected to add $13 billion per year to U.S. exports...