Politics

BOSTON (AP) — Sen. John Kerry has asked the Obama administration to grant asylum to a gay man who was forced to return to Brazil after he was married to a U.S. citizen in Massachusetts.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's budget would generate unsustainably large deficits averaging almost $1 trillion a year over the next decade, according to new estimates released Friday.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — House Democrats are proposing a budget plan that would include $1.5 billion in new taxes and about $840 million in budget cuts.

ST. CLOUD, Minn.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting swiftly, the Democratic-led House approved a bill Thursday to slap punishing taxes on big employee bonuses at firms bailed out by taxpayers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Venting their outrage, lawmakers are preparing to slap heavy taxes on employee bonuses at insurance giant AIG and at other companies that have received large bailout packages from th

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder signaled a change on medical marijuana policy Wednesday, saying federal agents will target marijuana distributors only when they violate both federal and

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Wednesday no one in his administration created the mess at insurance giant AIG, including the much-maligned executive bonuses, but that "the buck stops wi

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California was a refuge for Richard Nixon, a ranch for Ronald Reagan and a playground for Bill Clinton. But President Barack Obama's stopover here this week will be no vacation.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democrat Al Franken is suggesting judges could review more absentee ballots in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race.