Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ testimony to the Senate Intelligence committee Tuesday will be open to the public.

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Thursday’s nationally-watched election for Montana’s sole congressional seat got a last-minute twist when the Republican candidate, Greg Gianforte, was charged with misdemeanor assault for grabbing a reporter by the neck and throwing him to the ground.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, whose penchant for sexting strangers ended his political career and sparked a probe that upended the presidential race, pleaded guilty Friday to a sex charge, tearfully apologizing for communications with a 15-year-old girl that he said destroyed his “life’s dream in public service.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's aides opened the door to working with moderate Democrats on health care and other issues while Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer quickly offered to find common ground with Trump for repairing former President Barack Obama's health care law.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A congressional inquiry into Russian interference in the presidential election that has so far unfolded behind closed doors moves into the open with a public hearing featuring FBI Director James Comey.

Washington (KROC AM News) - Maybe the entire Congress should become involved in an event organized by a Minnesota politician.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump gave Republican congressional leaders a rallying cry and even a roadmap as they try to push through a sweeping and divisive agenda on health care, taxes and more.

Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) - First District Congressman Tim Walz has scheduled a town hall meeting in Rochester, the first one in several years.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional Republicans are planning a massive overhaul of the nation's tax system next year, a heavy political lift that could ultimately affect families at every income level and businesses of every size.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House saw it coming, but still it stung.

Washington, DC (KROC AM News) -  Minnesota First District Congressman Tim Walz has done it again.

CHICAGO (AP) -- When he sentenced Dennis Hastert to more than a year in prison, the judge in the former House speaker's hush-money case delivered the verbal equivalent of a public flogging.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minnesota Congressman Martin Olav Sabo is being remembered for his long career of public service.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar and U.S. Representative Tom Emmer will join President Barack Obama on his history-making trip to Cuba next weekend.