FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A man accused of using an ax to smash windows at the entrance of Republican North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven’s office in downtown Fargo appeared in federal court Tuesday after...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's senators declined to say Tuesday whether they will support President Trump's request to approve $2,000 in COVID-19 relief payments.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Cass County prosecutors on Thursday charged a man accused of using an ax to smash windows at the entrance of North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven’s office in the skyway in downtown...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Fargo police say they have identified a man who used an ax to smash windows at the entrance of North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven's office in the skyway in downtown...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday signed a bill named for a Fargo murder victim to address cases of missing and murdered Native Americans.

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) — A new federal law enforcement training center for Native American officers in northeastern North Dakota should be starting classes in the next month, U.S. Sen John Hoeven...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Federal officials have approved a plan to conduct specialized training at Camp Grafton in North Dakota for Bureau of Indian Affairs officers, and though a tribal chairman...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Two days of public memorial services begin Sunday for Sister Thomas Welder, the longtime former president of the University of Mary and winner of North Dakota’s most...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's new parks director comes from the U.S. Department of the Interior. Gov. Doug Burgum has named Minot native Andrea Travnicek to head the state's Parks and...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A nonprofit group that arranges trips for veterans to visit Washington memorials dedicated to them will now have its first honor flight chapter dedicated to area veterans in...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota company has been awarded a contract to help build a border wall in Yuma, Arizona.

U.S. Sens. John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer said Monday that the U.S. Army...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The proposed presidential library for Theodore Roosevelt in western North Dakota now has a CEO.

The board of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An attorney and former chairman of the North Dakota Supreme Court Disciplinary Board has been nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as a federal judge in North...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — An attorney and former Grand Forks County prosecutor has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as a federal judge in North Dakota.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Republican senator from North Dakota who heads the committee that funds farm programs is getting advice from his home state on the administration's $16 billion aid package for...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Former U.S attorney and lieutenant governor Drew Wrigley will once again serve as the state's top federal prosecutor.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota auditor says the state Indian Affairs Commission misspent nearly $8,000 on gift cards for Native American youth attending leadership conferences in 2016 and...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — American Indian reservations in the Dakotas need more resources and cooperation from the federal government to combat crime and improve safety, tribal leaders told members of...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The national champion North Dakota State football team will visit the White House on Monday.

President Donald Trump invited the Fargo team last month. U.S. Sen. John...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven says President Donald Trump has invited the national champion North Dakota State football team to the White House.

Hoeven says Trump extended the invitation after the two of them talked about the Bison winning their seventh Football Championship Subdivision title in the last eight years. The Bison defeated Eastern Washington in January's title game in Frisco, Texas.

Hoeven says he will work with the president to coordinate details.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Hoeven says President Donald Trump has invited the national champion North Dakota State football team to the White House.

Hoeven says Trump extended the invitation after the two of them talked about the Bison winning their seventh Football Championship Subdivision title in the last eight years. The Bison defeated Eastern Washington in January's title game in Frisco, Texas.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

ABC's "This Week" — Sens. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill.; South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An attorney and former Grand Forks County prosecutor has been nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as a federal judge in North Dakota.

Sen. John Hoeven says Peter Welte would fill the vacancy left by former U.S. District Court Judge Ralph Erickson, who was confirmed last year to serve on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer says he's keeping his salary during the partial government shutdown , in contrast with the state's other members of Congress.

Sen. John Hoeven and Rep. Kelly Armstrong, also Republicans, both say they're donating their pay to charity while the shutdown is in effect. Hoeven is giving his to a National Guard foundation and a Bismarck homeless shelter.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Sen.-elect Kevin Cramer has been named to five committees.

Cramer will work on the Armed Services, Environment and Public Works, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Veterans Affairs and Budget committees.

Cramer says he is grateful that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell accommodated his requests. Cramer says he wanted his work to complement fellow Sen. John Hoeven's assignments to "maximize our collaborative influence" for North Dakota.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush made numerous visits to North Dakota before and during his presidency.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A U.S. Senate resolution has been introduced to designate November as Native American Heritage month.

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Friday announced the resolution sponsored by Sens. John Hoeven, a North Dakota Republican, and Tom Udall, a New Mexico Democrat. Hoeven is the committee's chairman and Udall its vice chairman.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has confirmed the leader of North Dakota's Bureau of Criminal Investigation to be the next U.S. marshal for the District of North Dakota.

President Donald Trump nominated Dallas Carlson in March. U.S. Sens. John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp say he was confirmed Thursday.

Carlson has worked in law enforcement for more than 35 years, including 29 years at BCI. He's been the agency's director since 2011.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Look up, tailgaters. You'll see a drone in the sky as you party before Saturday's North Dakota State football game in Fargo.

The first public mission of North Dakota's drone program will be held between 9 a.m. and about 1 p.m. before the Bison take on South Dakota State at the Fargodome.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The National Weather Service is taking steps to improve weather radar coverage for western North Dakota after a deadly tornado in the area raised awareness of gaps in coverage.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Former U.S attorney and lieutenant governor Drew Wrigley has been nominated by President Donald Trump for the state's top federal prosecutor job.

Republican Sen. John Hoeven made the announcement Thursday. Wrigley still must be confirmed by the Senate.

Current U.S. Attorney Chris Myers of North Dakota had removed himself from consideration.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Republican members of North Dakota's congressional delegation say U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry is scheduled to tour the state's biggest coal mine and adjacent power plant next week.

North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven and Rep. Kevin Cramer say the former Texas governor is scheduled to tour North American Coal's Falkirk Mine and Great River Energy's Coal Creek power station near Underwood in west-central North Dakota.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota U.S. Sens. John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp have been named to the farm bill conference committee.

Hoeven, a Republican, and Heitkamp, a Democrat, were among nine senators appointed to work out a compromise among House and Senate versions of the 2018 farm bill. Both senators are members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Hoeven chairs the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Hoeven says he will support President Donald Trump's nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

The North Dakota Republican issued his statement after meeting with Kavanaugh on Wednesday and discussing his judicial philosophy.

Hoeven cited Kavanaugh's experience on the bench and what the senator said was his "strong record of upholding the law rather than legislating from the bench."

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — South Central District Judge Sonna Anderson plans to retire at the end of the month, citing health reasons.

Anderson tells The Bismarck Tribune that she's battling kidney cancer and making frequent trips to the University of Minnesota for treatment.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and John Hoeven of North Dakota marked the anniversary of the shooting of an Amtrak conductor in suburban Chicago with the introduction of legislation that would make such an attack a federal crime.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota U.S. Sen. John Hoeven says he has been named to the Defense Appropriations Committee.

Hoeven said Tuesday the key position is responsible for funding the Department of Defense, including North Dakota's Air Force bases and National Guard.

Hoeven says given North Dakota's defense installations, the position is important to the state "and will help us to better support these defense communities."

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Work has begun on the first three phases of a long-term flood protection project in the city of Minot for the Souris River Valley.

City officials were joined by U.S. Sen. John Hoeven, Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford and Col. Sam Calkins with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the ground-breaking ceremony Wednesday, the Minot Daily News reported .

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's U.S. senators say the federal Education Department has awarded two grants to build new elementary schools serving the Standing Rock and Spirit Lake Sioux communities.

The Solen School District is getting $5.3 million for a new school at Cannon Ball, and the Oberon School District is getting $4.7 million for a new school in that town.

Sens. John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp say the existing schools were built decades ago and are in poor condition.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Hoeven says President Donald Trump has nominated the leader of North Dakota's Bureau of Criminal Investigation to be the next U.S. marshal for the District of North Dakota.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports threaten North Dakota's economy.

Rep. Kevin Cramer, facing Heitkamp in a Senate race expected to be one of the nation's toughest, doesn't appear to like them either.

Trump's pledge to impose the tariffs has escalated tensions with China, Europe and other trading partners. It's also raised concern in his own party.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring (GOHR'-ing) is running for re-election.

The 52-year-old Republican was appointed to the job in 2009 by former Gov. John Hoeven when Democrat Roger Johnson resigned to make a successful run for the presidency of the National Farmers Union, based in Washington, D.C. Before that, Goehring ran twice against Johnson and lost both times.

Goehring defeated Democratic challengers Merle Boucher in 2010 and Ryan Taylor in 2014.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp has invited Fargo UPS driver Dennis Kooren to be her guest for President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday.

Heitkamp says Kooren has been a leader of the effort to protect the pensions of North Dakota workers and retirees.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Miss America Cara Mund will attend President Donald Trump's State of the Union Address on Tuesday as the guest of U.S. Sen. John Hoeven.

Mund is a 23-year-old Bismarck native. She won the Miss America competition last September. She's the first winner from North Dakota in the history of the nearly century-old scholarship pageant.

Hoeven is a North Dakota Republican. He says Mund is "a wonderful example of the bright young people we have in our state."

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Federal geologists agreed Monday to reevaluate the amount of recoverable crude oil in North Dakota, U.S. Senator John Hoeven said.

Hoeven and industry officials requested the new assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey, saying it would likely attract investment by showing stronger production potential.

USGS Deputy Director William Werkheiser notified Hoeven by letter on Monday.