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ABERDEEN – There weren’t any hazardous materials in suspicious envelopes sent to the Aberdeen offices of South Dakota’s congressional delegation, according to police.

Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections.

WASHINGTON -- President Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly targeted tea party groups for scrutiny when they filed for tax-exempt status.

When the dust settled in South Dakota this week from high-profile jockeying in the Democratic Senate primary field, Rick Weiland was the last man standing.

Jewell made her first appearance as Interior secretary before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, chaired by Sen.

U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson applauded Varilek's appointment. Varilek has worked for both Johnson and former Sen.

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has endorsed his former staffer, Democrat Rick Weiland, for Senate in South Dakota, following former Rep.

"In a sweeping and unusual move, the Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of journalists working for the Associated Press as part of a year-long investigation into the disclosure of classified information about a failed al-Qaeda plot last year." There is good reason for the administration to worry when Time magazine ... (more)

The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press.

The Minnesota Senate has voted to legalize gay marriage, putting the state on the brink of becoming the 12th to allow same-sex couples to marry.

Democrats had targeted the onetime congresswoman, who served from 2004 to 2011, as their top recruit in a seat currently held by retiring Sen.

Sen. Mark Kirk will run for re-election in 2016, according to outgoing Illinois Republican Party chairman Pat Brady.

Charges are pending for a juvenile who was driving in a rollover that injured four people Saturday near Lake Norden.

Former South Dakota U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin said Monday she will not seek the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen.

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition offered its praise Friday for the introduction of the Farm Program Integrity Act of 2013, HR 1932.

South Dakota Democrats are breathing a sigh of relief this weekend after likely avoiding a contentious primary fight to succeed retiring Sen.

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Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, the former Member of Congress and so called Blue Dog from South Dakota, is contemplating running for the U.S. Senate open seat resulting from the announced retirement of Tim Johnson.

A former staffer for former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle has announced that he'll seek the Democratic nomination for the seat being vacated by Sen.

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