Tom Harkin

Manufacturers of foods pitched most heavily to kids -- breakfast cereals, snacks, carbonated beverages and restaurant fare -- should develop and reformulate their offerings to cut salt, added sugars and saturated fat and ensure they contribute...

SAN DIEGO -- A San Diego-based company that runs two of the nation's largest for-profit universities is being accused of scamming students and ripping off the federal government. Bridgepoint Education is one of the biggest employers in San Diego County....

WASHINGTON — Foreshadowing the coming power struggles between the White House and a more Republican Congress, President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a $1.4 billion overhaul of the nation's food safety system as some lawmakers complained that it'...

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Food industry workers who blow the whistle on bad practices have new protection against retaliation under a little-noticed provision in the sweeping food safety law President Barack Obama signed last month.    The Food Safety and...

They tell stories of broken promises, overly aggressive sales tactics, harassing phone calls, bungled financial aid and insurmountable debt. Florida's attorney general is currently investigating eight for-profit colleges, which have been the subjects...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - This summer, the huge Boeing assembly plant here will begin producing 787 Dreamliners - up to three a month, priced at $185 million apiece. It will, unless the National Labor Relations Board, controlled by Democrats and encouraged...

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency denied on Thursday a petition by several environmental groups to ban lead in fishing tackle, two months after rejecting the groups' attempt to ban it in hunting ammunition. The EPA said that the petition....

WASHINGTON — Three environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday to force it to prevent lead poisoning of wildlife from spent ammunition and lost fishing tackle. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court by the Center for.....

Yes, the Republican presidential field looks to be in disarray these days as a raft of seemingly unlikely contenders jostle for the opportunity to take on a Democratic incumbent who's looking difficult to beat, but set the wayback machine for......

If Republican plans to fix the economy work, they could help ensure the Democrat's reelection in 2012....

Iowa's two U.S. senators, Democrat Tom Harkin and Republican Chuck Grassley, took advantage of the public's focus on the main parts of the deal – extending the Bush tax cuts at all income levels and extending unemployment benefits for 13 mont...

More evidence Democrat Obama is siddling toward the middle-of-the-road for 2012....