US Sen. Klobuchar to run for re-election, not governor

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Stars Celebrate Holidays With New Baby

Actors Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds attend the 2016 amfAR New York Gala at Cipriani Wall Street, on Feb. 10, 2016, in New York City Model Behati Prinsloo and musician Adam Levine arrive at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, on Feb. 22, 2015, in Beverly Hills, California. There is nothing like baby's first Christmas , even if it's the parents who will remember it more than the kids.

25 congressional members question plant-based “milk” label

Got milk? Twenty-five bipartisan members of Congress said if it's from soybeans, almond or rice, it should not be labeled as milk. Democratic Vermont Rep. Peter Welch and Republican Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson, leading the charge against "fake milk," signed a letter along with other Congressional members, asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to investigate and take action against manufacturers of "milk" that doesn't come from cows.

Capitol Facts

Question the timing all you want, but last week's legal filing by Attorney General Lisa Madigan to stop paying state employee wages without an official appropriation is long overdue and is completely consistent with a 2016 Illinois Supreme Court ruling and with her opposition to a similar lawsuit brought by social service providers. Monday, January 30, 2017 On a fairly regular basis back in the day, state Sen. Barack Obama would walk up to the Senate press box and bum cigarettes off me.

Trump to shut down questionable charity

President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday he will dissolve his charitable foundation amid efforts to eliminate any conflicts of interest before he takes office next month. The revelation comes as the New York attorney general's office investigates the foundation following media reports that foundation spending went to benefit Trump's campaign.

Trump says he intends to dissolve charitable foundation

US President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday he intends to dissolve his controversial philanthropic foundation to avoid conflicts of interest, but the move was quickly complicated by an ongoing legal probe. Trump's sprawling portfolio of US and overseas business interests and holdings, as well as his Donald J. Trump Foundation, have come under increased scrutiny in the weeks since his election, and the shuttering of his charity would be his first big step to avoid a brewing storm of potential conflicts of interest.

Politicos offer up Christmas wishes, New Year’s Resolutions

After an election year as nasty, polarizing and all-consuming as any in recent memory, Minnesota politicos on all sides are still feeling a little raw. So, before the partisan combat starts anew in 2017, we offered a chance for reflection, light and levity in the form of Christmas wishes and New Year's resolutions.

The Fray: Schumer promises Satmar crowd to be their guardian

Sen. Charles Schumer, addressing a crowd of thousands of Satmar Hasidim gathered in Brooklyn Tuesday night, praised the American values and “Torah values” he said they embodied, and invoked the Hebrew meaning of his surname to pledge to remain their guardian and a defender of the Jewish way of life.

Relax, Carl Paladino Will Continue To Be Booked On Fox As A Moral Scold

Carl Paladino, who was the Republican candidate for governor of New York in 2010 and a co-chair of Donald Trump's campaign in the state this year, is at it again: The Buffalo real estate developer who served as New York co-chair for Donald Trump's campaign said his greatest hopes for 2017 are that President Barack Obama "dies" and that his wife Michelle is "set loose in the outback of Zimbabwe." Paladino: Obama catches mad cow disease after being caught having relations with a Herford.

Medical Marijuana Industry Is Ready For A Fight With Trump Administration

Proponents of medical marijuana and research into the drug's viability for opioid addiction treatment are concerned over what President-elect Donald Trump means for the future of the industry. Medical marijuana is legal in 28 states and Washington, D.C., where it is also legal for recreational use, and momentum for further legalization appears to be accelerating.

Backtalk: 12/24/2016

A DRESSING DOWN: What is someone from Burlington doing as a student at An Wang School? How come she didn't have a phone number for her mother? And isn't it time that we stopped sending our children to school in their pajamas? There was a time when girls had to wear a dress, or skirt and blouse, in the classroom. Now they are taught to be lazy in their school attire.

How do other countries elect presidents without an electoral college?

Now that the long, ridiculous campaign for "Hamilton Electors" to flip the presidential election has ended, so has the debate about why the Electoral College exists. For our collective sanity, this is a good thing - rarely are debates less edifying and more circular than this one.

Blagojevich seeks presidential commutation of prison term

Imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is seeking a presidential commutation of his 14-year sentence on a corruption conviction. U.S. Department of Justice spokeswoman Dena Iverson said Friday the department has received a petition for commutation from Blagojevich.