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Reporter | Washington Bureau

Phone: 202-383-6120

Kevin Diaz has worked for the Star Tribune on and off since 1984, starting out as a night cops reporter. He has taught public affairs reporting at the University of Minnesota, where he received his master’s degree. After a stint at the Washington (D.C.) City Paper, Kevin returned to the Star Tribune as a Washington correspondent, winning national awards for articles on globalization and immigration. Born and raised in Italy, Kevin has reported from Italy, Brazil, Mexico, Brazil, Cuba and the Middle East, and has been covering Washington since the turn of the century.
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Affidavit: Bachmann approved hidden payments

GOP operative Andy Parrish said in a signed statement that the congresswoman approved payments that are now being scrutinized.

Updated: April 23, 2013, - 06:02 AM

Bachmann's troubles rooted in campaign divisions

Questions about the use of a home-school list lead to police, federal investigations.

Updated: April 22, 2013, - 09:58 AM

April 18: Former chief of staff to break silence on Michele Bachmann

GOP operative Andy Parrish, a former chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, is expected to tell an Iowa Senate ethics panel that her 2012 presidential campaign made improper payments to its state chairman.

Updated: April 18, 2013, - 10:10 PM

Michele Bachmann book tour faces new questions

At issue is role of presidential campaign staffers on her book tour.

Updated: April 17, 2013, - 08:46 AM

Graves to take on Bachmann a second time

The wealthy hotelier gave her a scare in the November election.

Updated: April 12, 2013, - 02:56 PM

Minnesotans in Congress battle Obama over budget

The White House faces significant opposition from Ellison, Franken and others in Congress who are positioning themselves as defenders of the sick and elderly.

Updated: April 10, 2013, - 05:46 AM

April 9: Mayo Clinic CEO to Minn.: 49 states want us

“We’re never going to leave Minnesota, and we don’t want to leave Minnesota,” Dr. John Noseworthy said. “But we’ve got to decide where we’re going to put the next $3 billion.”

Updated: April 09, 2013, - 11:28 PM

April 2: ‘Man of mystery’ behind Bachmann cases

Peter Waldron is behind a pair of inquiries by the Federal Election Commission and the independent Office of Congressional Ethics, raising allegations of campaign finance violations that have given the four-term congresswoman more bad publicity than anything lobbed her way by the political left.

Updated: April 02, 2013, - 05:48 AM

March 25: Bachmann faces ethics investigation

An attorney for Bachmann’s campaign denied any wrongdoing on her part. But the inquiry by the independent Office of Congressional Ethics adds to a mounting list of legal problems stemming from the waning days of Bachmann’s failed presidential campaign.

Updated: March 25, 2013, - 11:26 PM

Congress chafes at earmark cuffs

The latest example came when U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, a fiscal hawk, was forced to go to the State Capitol to lobby for about $400 million worth of highway improvements.

Updated: March 24, 2013, - 06:41 AM