Sen. Nicole Mitchell’s seat was empty at right when GOP Sen. Eric Lucero brought a motion to compel the Rules Committee to expedite an ethics compla

Minnesota Senate GOP files ethics complaint against Sen. Nicole Mitchell

Republicans moved to expedite a hearing on their ethics complaint after the Woodbury DFLer was charged with burglary, but the motion failed in a tie vote.

Supreme Court appears skeptical that state abortion bans conflict with federal health care law

April 24
Anti-Abortion and Abortion-rights activists rally outside the Supreme Court, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Washington.
Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans that took effect after the sweeping ruling overturning Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law, even during some medical emergencies.

Minnesota TikTokers react to app's ban in the U.S.

April 24
FILE - This Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, shows the icon for TikTok in New York. TikTok says it's working to remove videos of a man apparently taking his
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden signed into law the foreign aid bill that includes TikTok legislation.
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As Biden celebrates computer chip factories, voters wait for the promised production to start

President Joe Biden has a great economic story to tell voters a decade from now, less so in 2024.
Nation
April 24

US abortion battle rages on with moves to repeal Arizona ban and a Supreme Court case

Action in courts and state capitals around the U.S. this week have made it clear again: The overturning of Roe v. Wade and the nationwide right to abortion did not settle the issue.
Nation
April 24

Trump will be in NY for the hush money trial while the Supreme Court hears his immunity case in DC

A reluctant Donald Trump will be back in a New York City courtroom Thursday as his hush money trial resumes at the same time that the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Washington over whether he should be immune from prosecution for actions he took during his time as president.
Nation
April 24

No one is above the law. Supreme Court will decide if that includes Trump while he was president

On the left and right, Supreme Court justices seem to agree on a basic truth about the American system of government: No one is above the law, not even the president.
Nation
April 24

Army reservist who warned about Maine killer before shootings to testify before investigators

A U.S. Army reservist who sounded the clearest warning ahead of Maine's deadliest mass shooting is expected to answer questions Thursday from the commission investigating the tragedy.
Business
April 24

Biden just signed a bill that could ban TikTok. His campaign plans to stay on the app anyway

When President Joe Biden showed off his putting during a campaign stop at a public golf course in Michigan last month, the moment was captured on TikTok.
Business
April 24

TikTok has promised to sue over the potential US ban. What's the legal outlook?

Legislation forcing TikTok's parent company to sell the video-sharing platform or face a ban in the U.S. received President Joe Biden's official signoff Wednesday. But the newly minted law could be in for an uphill battle in court.
Nation
April 24

Arizona indicts 18 in election interference case, including Giuliani and Meadows

An Arizona grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump 's chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer Rudy Giuliani and 16 others for their roles in an attempt to overturn Trump's loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
Nation
April 24

Arizona House advances a repeal of the state's near-total abortion ban to the Senate

A proposed repeal of Arizona's near-total ban on abortions won approval from the state House Wednesday after two weeks of mounting pressure on Republicans over an issue that has bedeviled former President Donald Trump's campaign to return to the White House.
Nation
April 24

Ohio lawmakers negotiate to assure Biden makes the state's fall ballot

Republican legislative leaders in Ohio say they are negotiating with Democrats to assure President Joe Biden appears on the state's November ballot, but the exact shape of the solution remains murky.
Business
April 24

New California rule aims to limit health care cost increases to 3% annually

Doctors, hospitals and health insurance companies in California will be limited to annual price increases of 3% starting in 2029 under a new rule state regulators approved Wednesday in the latest attempt to corral the ever-increasing costs of medical care in the United States.
Politics
April 24

Some Nikki Haley voters are hanging on to her candidacy and, like her, refuse to endorse Trump

When Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign, she refused to endorse Donald Trump as the last remaining major candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination — and apparently so did some of her supporters in Pennsylvania.
Nation
April 24

Attempt to expedite ethics probe of Minnesota state senator charged with burglary fails on tie vote

A Republican attempt to expedite an ethics investigation of a Democratic Minnesota state senator who's facing a felony burglary charge failed on a tie vote Wednesday.
Nation
April 24
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump walks with his attorney Todd Blanche, right, as his criminal trial over charg

Investigator says Trump, allies were uncharged co-conspirators in plot to overturn Michigan election

A state investigator testified Wednesday that he considers former President Donald Trump and his White House chief of staff to be uncharged co-conspirators in a scheme to claim that he won Michigan in the 2020 election, despite Democrat Joe Biden's clear victory.
Nation
April 24

Jill Biden launches bike ride for wounded service members, stresses need to support vets

Jill Biden on Wednesday sounded a red horn to start the Wounded Warrior Project's annual Soldier Ride from the White House lawn, using the launch of the multiday bike ride to stress the importance of supporting service members.
Nation
April 24

Biden says the US is rushing weaponry to Ukraine as he signs a $95 billion war aid measure into law

President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he was immediately rushing badly needed weaponry to Ukraine as he signed into law a $95 billion war aid measure that also included assistance for Israel, Taiwan and other global hot spots.
Nation
April 24

Pennsylvania redesigned its mail-in ballot envelopes amid litigation. Some voters still tripped up

A form Pennsylvania voters must complete on the outside of mail-in ballot return envelopes has been redesigned, but that did not prevent some voters from failing to complete it accurately for this week's primary, and some votes will not count as a result, election officials said.
Nation
April 24

US Rep. Donald Payne Jr., a Democrat from New Jersey, has died at 65 after a heart attack

U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr., a New Jersey Democrat and a member of the Congressional Black Caucus who replaced his father in the seat, died Wednesday after a heart attack this month that left him hospitalized, officials said. He was 65.
Politics
April 24
This file photo shows part of the Minnesota Sex Offender Treatment Program in St. Peter.

Study: Minnesota's sex offender system is 'failed investment'

The state is spending more than $110 million this year on a sex offender program that locks up about 730 people. A new report calls for an end to the 30-year-old system.
Nation
April 24

To pass Ukraine aid, 'Reagan Republican' leaders in Congress navigated a party transformed by Trump

For Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Mike Johnson, the necessity of providing Ukraine with weapons and other aid as it fends off Russia's invasion is rooted in their earliest and most formative political memories.

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