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Idaho Senator Jim Risch is questioning State Department officials on the latest efforts to release Boise Pastor, Saeed Abedini.

In a letter Monday to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez, D-N.J., committee Republicans including Bob Corker, R-Tenn.; James E. Risch, R-Idaho; Marco Rubio, R-Fla.; Ron Johnson, R-Wis.; Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.; John Barrasso, Wyo.; and Rand Paul, R-Ky., requested a hearing on the deadly Benghazi terrorist attacks to examine new ... (more)

The Chattanooga Fire Department received the alarm shortly before 6 p.m. and responded to 3620 Perry St.

A man died when a portion of a silo fell on him at the Astec plant on Jerome Avenue on Friday morning.

Jerome, Idaho Former state Senator John Sandy and now Chief of Staff for Senator Jim Risch, spoke in the Magic Valley on Friday.

Idaho Senator Jim Risch is now speaking out in response to the latest unrest in Syria, warning that Americans are "war weary," and may be hesitant to enter another fight.

Have you ever wondered exactly what our representatives do while they're in Washington, D.C.? We did.

Authorities in Russia warned the FBI 'multiple times' about Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, though the ethnic Chechen could have slipped through the cracks because he was not linked to al Qaeda, it was revealed Tuesday by U.S. Senators who were briefed on the terrorist attacks.