What a Trump immigration crackdown would mean for Minnesota's economy
The state's labor shortage is among the country's more severe, with just 51 workers for every 100 open jobs.
Biden has rebuilt the refugee system after Trump-era cuts. What comes next in an election year?
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Empathy for people's struggles should be extended to all.
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Biden to condemn current antisemitism in Holocaust remembrance amid college protests and Gaza war
President Joe Biden is set to issue a forceful condemnation of antisemitism during a Tuesday ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust at a time when the Hamas attack on Israel and controversy over the war in Gaza have sparked new waves of violence and hateful rhetoric toward Jews.
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Ukraine-born House member who opposed aiding her native country defends her seat in Indiana primary
A Ukrainian-born congresswoman who recently opposed sending aid to her war-torn country is defending her seat Tuesday against a fellow Republican who has outpaced her in spending and fundraising.
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Bernie Sanders says Gaza may be Joe Biden's Vietnam. But he's ready to battle for Biden over Trump
In April, Bernie Sanders repeatedly stood shoulder to shoulder with President Joe Biden, promoting their joint accomplishments on health care and climate at formal White House events while eviscerating Donald Trump in a widely viewed campaign TikTok video.
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Trump faces jail threat over gag order as prosecutors zero in on transactions at heart of the case
Donald Trump returns to his hush money trial Tuesday facing a threat of jail time for additional gag order violations as prosecutors gear up to summon big-name witnesses in the final weeks of the case.
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Georgia court candidate sues to block ethics rules so he can keep campaigning on abortion
A former Democratic congressman running for Georgia State Supreme Court filed a federal lawsuit Monday claiming a state agency is unconstitutionally trying to block him from talking about abortion.
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Judges ask whether lawmakers could draw up new House map in time for this year's elections
Federal judges who threw out a congressional election map giving Louisiana a second mostly Black district told state lawyers Monday to determine whether the Legislature could draw up a new map in time for this year's elections.
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Donald Trump calls Joe Biden weak on antisemitism, ignoring his own rhetoric
Donald Trump is accusing Joe Biden of offering a weak response to antisemitism, wielding the clashes on colleges campuses over the war in Gaza as a campaign issue. But Trump's attacks ignore his own long history of rhetoric that invokes the language of Nazi Germany and plays on stereotypes of Jews and politics.
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Legislators say they have a deal on Uber and Lyft driver pay, but companies object
Pay rates in the compromise are below the Minneapolis council ordinance and below what drivers' advocacy groups wanted, but driver group calls it a show of good faith.
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Wisconsin judge dismisses lawsuit challenging state's new wolf management plan
A lawsuit filed by animal welfare advocates seeking to invalidate Wisconsin's new wolf management plan was dismissed by a judge on Monday.
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Signatures submitted for 'top two' primary election in Republican-dominant South Dakota
Supporters of a ''top two'' primary election system in South Dakota that would replace the current partisan process with one open to all voters have submitted thousands more petition signatures than required to bring a vote this fall on their ballot initiative.
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Donald Trump to headline Minnesota GOP dinner
Trump will speak at the Lincoln Reagan dinner on May 17 as he makes the case that Minnesota could be in play in this fall's presidential election.
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GOP secretary of state who spoke out against election denialism wins JFK Profile in Courage Award
Kentucky Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams, who worked to expand early voting in the Bluegrass State and has spoken out against election denialism in his own party, has been chosen to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this year.
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House Democrats push to put protections for equal rights, abortion on Minnesota's ballot in 2026
The proposal faced fierce pushback from opponents and it's unclear if there are enough votes to pass it in the Senate.
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Trump Media fires auditing firm that US regulators have charged with 'massive fraud'
Trump Media and Technology Group, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, has fired an auditor that federal regulators recently charged with ''massive fraud.''
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Milwaukee election leader ousted 6 months before election in presidential swing state
Milwaukee's election leader has been ousted by the mayor in a surprise move that comes just six months before Wisconsin's largest city will be in the spotlight in the presidential swing state.
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82-year-old U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is running for reelection to a fourth term
Eighty-two-year-old liberal U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont announced Monday that he is running for re-election, saying American democracy is in question during difficult times for the country and the world.
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Money isn't enough to smooth the path for Republican candidates hoping to retake the Senate
Frustrated by the seemingly endless cash flowing to Democrats, Republicans aiming to retake the Senate have rallied around candidates with plenty of their own money.
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The Latest | Third week of witness testimony in Trump's hush money trial is set to kick off
Witness testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial is set to resume Monday morning, setting the stage for an even deeper dive into the events and people involved in what prosecutors have said was a scheme to influence the 2016 presidential election by buying and burying negative stories about the candidate.
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Prosecutors move deeper into Trump's orbit as testimony in hush money trial enters a third week
Prosecutors in Donald Trump's hush money trial are moving deeper into his orbit following an inside-the-room account about the former president's reaction to a politically damaging recording that surfaced in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign.
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Nervous about falling behind the GOP, Democrats are wrestling with how to use AI
President Joe Biden's campaign and Democratic candidates are in a fevered race with Republicans over who can best exploit the potential of artificial intelligence, a technology that could transform American elections — and perhaps threaten democracy itself.
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