MANKATO — It takes a lot to get Minnesota State wrestling coach Jim Makovsky excited but when you ask him about his 2012-13 team, he does a lot of smiling. He’s excited because he believes he has a lot of quality wrestlers who are also good people. “They all want to be here, they all…

“Drought, wildfires, heat waves, extreme storms, mudslides, rising sea levels, and much, much more. In terms of climate change, the debate is over,” declared Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) at the climate movement’s state of the union on Wednesday. “The issue in front of us is not a scientific debate. It has everything to do political…

As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the leadership of Scott Pruitt moves to make it easier for big industry to dump dangerous chemicals into the nation’s air and water, the agency announced late Monday that it is dissolving a program that funds studies on the effects of pollution and chemical exposure on America’s children….

“Everything we see in this budget is about help to the powerful and an assault on working Americans.” “Which is more important: educating our children or more money for the Koch brothers?” —Sen. Jeff Merkley That was how Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) characterized President Donald Trump’s newly-unveiled 2019 spending plan during a fiery exchange with…

Arms trade deals signed during the Obama administration have led to a rise in U.S. weapons exports in recent years, with nearly half of U.S. weapons going to the Middle East, fueling violent conflicts there. New research completed by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) found that the global arms trade rose by about…

Law enforcement officials in San Bruno, California have identified the shooter in Tuesday’s shooting at YouTube’s headquarters as Nasim Aghdam, of southern California, and her family has said they believe the motive for her attack on the company was over what she perceived as its mistreatment of her and videos she produced for the platform….

After nearly six years of stalling by the federal authority that oversees elections, a government ethics watchdog has filed a “historic” lawsuit against a right-wing nonprofit aligned with House Speaker Paul Ryan, alleging that the group has violated campaign finance laws and should be required to register as a political committee, which would mean disclosing…

Former coal executive and ex-convict Don Blankenship on Monday announced plans to launch a third-party bid for a West Virginia Senate seat after losing the GOP primary to state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey. It’s unclear whether Blankenship will actually be allowed onto the ballot, since state law bans candidates who lose a major-party primary from running as a third-party…

Hundreds of thousands of voters’ names have been accidentally left off the rosters in Los Angeles County because of a printing error.  About 2.3 percent of registered voters in the county — 118,522 — were missing on the lists for Tuesday’s primaries, according to the Los Angeles Times. But those voters are still able to cast provisional ballots, though…

President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani said on Friday that he thinks former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls…