The same poll, which targeted likely Minnesota voters, put Dayton’s overall job approval rating at 51 percent.

Both polls used to examine the governor's race this month have produced similar results in the U.S. Senate contest.

Consider the challenges an inexperienced president faces in conducting America’s international affairs.

The U.S. Supreme Court term that ended in June is just one example of how polarization is undermining confidence in the judiciary and turning that branch of the government into just another partisan body torn by politics.

There are lessons from the Cold War that could usefully be applied to the foreign-policy challenges the U.S. faces today.

Obama now faces the stark reality that little of what he hopes to accomplish in his remaining years in office will likely come to pass

Senate Democrats rolled out legislation that would ban businesses from not covering any treatments guaranteed by law in response to the US Supreme Court's recent Hobby Lobby decision.

There may be more to that “we the people” notion than you thought.

A Quinnipiac poll that is getting some attention recently finds that “Obama is first as worst president since World War II.”

Where like-minded people are put together to make a majority in one district, other, dissenting people living in that district suffer from discrimination and are denied power because of their political beliefs.