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A U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation that would increase federal oversight for companies that compound and sell sterile drugs across state lines, reported Reuters .

Thousands of people from across the Northland are expected to travel for friend and family getaways this weekend, but some are thinking twice.

Born on this day in history: comedian and U.S. Senator Al Franken , Mr. T , and rapper Notorious B.I.G. . 1. Today is the last day of school for Braintree High School seniors.

The future of the government's electronic employment eligibility verification program, known as E-Verify, was the focus of the May 16, 2013, markup session of the Senate's comprehensive immigration reform bill .

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen.

Democreep Minnesota Senator Al Franken who stole the the election in 2008 from Republican Norm Coleman with just north of a 100 votes out of millions on a recount where he lost; never weighs in on anything because he is a complete and utter moron who follows Senator Amy Klobachar like a puppy looking for a teet on every issue.

Today's Birthdays: Rhythm-and-blues singer Ron Isley is 72. Rock musician Hilton Valentine is 70.

U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen issued a timely Facebook posting Monday about the tornadoes in Oklahoma: My thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Oklahoma and those affected by today's devastation.

The Justice Department asked a federal judge to allow its lawsuit against Standard & Poor's Ratings Services to move forward on Monday.

The original Big Red supercomputer, seen here, is almost two times the size of the newer Big Red II at the Indiana University Data Center, in Bloomington, Tuesday, April 16, 2013.

U.S. Sen. Al Franken and six Democratic colleagues in the Senate penned letters to former Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman in February 2012, asking whether the IRS intended to investigate social welfare organizations "engaged in a substantial or even a predominant amount of campaign activity." "We urge you to protect the ... (more)

Editor's note: Al Franken, a Democrat, is a U.S. senator from Minnesota. Roger Wicker, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Mississippi.

This week on "The Big Three," we take a look at what might have been Obama's worst week ever -- as a negative trifecta of scandals threaten to overwhelm his administration and derail his ambitious legislative agenda.

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Congress, including Sen. Al Franken, is asking how to make it easier to detect and treat mental illness There's also a number of bills that have been introduced in the state legislature aimed at access to mental healthcare in Minnesota.

When we hear the words 'immigration reform,' we probably assume that any rules coming out of the legislation will apply only to immigrants.

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn.- Gas prices hit a new record Thursday. Statewide the average was $3.99 a gallon, according to AAA.

This week, an ideologically diverse coalition of 44 organizations led by the Competitive Enterprise Institute , National Small Business Association, American Civil Liberties Union, and Service Employees International Union called on the U.S. Senate to vote in favor of a bipartisan amendment proposed by Sens.

Paul Union Depot. Where are the newsletters telling us about the three abuses of government power that are now on the front page: It is time to get the government bureaucracy and size of government under control by throwing out the current incumbents and get someone who is responsible to the governed.

Before the crisis, the credit-rating agencies that evaluate the relative risk of investment products offered by Wall Street banks, routinely assigned their highest ratings to bonds built out of junky, high-risk mortgages.