Politics-DNU

Legislators push to ban sex-selection abortions, human cloning

Published March 25, 2009

Editor’s note: This story is part of a six-part series covering bills that have previously failed in the state Legislature but are still reintroduced year after year.

FEC: National parties can raise Minn. Senate funds

Published March 24, 2009

National party committees can tap their donor bases for five-figure checks toward a recount and election contest fund.

NY senator now supports gay marriage

Published March 24, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) âÄî Sen. Charles Schumer reached out to gay leaders earlier this month and convened a meeting at an upscale Manhattan restaurant to make an important announcement: He was supporting...

White House steps up anti-cartel fight on border

Published March 24, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) âÄî Hundreds of federal agents, along with high-tech surveillance gear and drug-sniffing dogs, are headed to the Southwest to help Mexico fight drug cartels and keep violence from...

Decrying AIG, top officials ask strong new control

Published March 24, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) âÄî Pointing with dismay to the AIG debacle, the nation's top economic officials argued Tuesday for unprecedented powers to regulate and even take over financial goliaths whose...

Obama to focus on economy in news conference

Published March 24, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) âÄî President Barack Obama looked to steer the nation's economic attention to the bigger picture Tuesday night and away from recent days' micro-focus on outrage over executive bonuses,...