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Devin Henry

Devin Henry

Devin Henry covers Minnesota's congressional delegation and reports on developments out of Washington that are important to Minnesota readers. Before graduating from the University of Minnesota, he was editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Daily student newspaper, which was named the best daily student newspaper in the United States by the Society of Professional Journalists under his leadership. He has been an intern at Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal, the St. Paul Pioneer Press and MinnPost.

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Bachmann 'fully aware' the U.S. has no embassy in Iran

By Devin Henry | 12/01/11
Michele Bachmann knows the United States does not have an embassy in Iran. That's what the Minnesota Congresswoman's spokeswoman said in an email to reporters Wednesday night after Bachmann suggested she would shut down the (nonexistent) American e
D.C. Dispatches

House passes Kline's NLRB bill

By Devin Henry | 11/30/11
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed Rep.
D.C. Dispatches

DFL maps a lesson in partisan redistricting

By Devin Henry | 11/30/11
WASHINGTON — One of the truisms of redistricting is that the party in charge of drawing the map gets to color it as red or blue as it needs to be to help the party. Here's an analysis of the latest DFL maps in Minnesota.
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Key Iowa conservative group will not endorse

By Devin Henry | 11/30/11
The Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition, a group made up of conservative Christians influential in the sphere of voters targeted most heavily by Michele Bachmann, has said they will not endorse a Republican presidential nominee before the state holds i
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Pawlenty: least influential person in the world?

By Devin Henry | 11/30/11
Tim Pawlenty's presidential campaign never really took off — but does his "hilariously pointless" 2012 run really qualify him as the "least influential person in the world?" GQ thinks so.
D.C. Dispatches

Kline, Cravaack bills head to the House floor

By Devin Henry | 11/29/11
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on four bills Monday night, two of which are sponsored by Minnesota Republicans. Rep.
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DFL chair compares Bachmann to Wellstone

By Devin Henry | 11/29/11
The chairman of the Minnesota DFL Party had some unusually kind words for presidential candidate Michele Bachmann on Monday, comparing her to liberal icon Paul Wellstone. To be clear, DFL chairman Ken Martin dismissed her political ideology, but sa
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Bachmann keeps the heat on Gingrich

By Devin Henry | 11/28/11
Over the weekend, Michele Bachmann again accused Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich of supporting amnesty for illegal immigrants and released a letter the former House speaker signed in 2004 to try and prove it. In the letter, Gingrich
D.C. Dispatches

Obama pardons Minnesota turkey

By Devin Henry | 11/23/11
WASHINGTON — With a grin on his face and a wave of his hand, President Obama pardoned the “luckiest bird on the face of the Earth,” a Minnesota-bred turkey named Spirit, at the White House on Wednesday. The turkey, which tried to fly the coop during
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On the attack, Bachmann talks foreign policy at GOP debate

By Devin Henry | 11/23/11
WASHINGTON — Last night’s Republican presidential national-security debate covered a topic largely overlooked this presidential election season.