Politics
April 18, 2019
Trump's reaction: 'I am having a good day too'

Trump's reaction: 'I am having a good day too'

President Donald Trump Thursday reacted to the release of the redacted report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller by saying he's "having a good day."
Business
April 18, 2019
Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves. (Photo taken by Dee DePass)

Cleveland-Cliffs drops lawsuit against Minnesota DNR

Cliffs keeps lawsuit against Mesabi Metallics, claiming trespassing at Nashwauk mine site.
Politics
April 18, 2019
Before Mueller report released, Barr gets his say

Before Mueller report released, Barr gets his say

After nearly two years of waiting, America is about to get some answers straight from Robert Mueller- but not before President Donald Trump's attorney general has his say.
Politics
April 18, 2019
FILE-- Attorney General William Barr testifies before a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 9, 201

Live: Attorney General William Barr speaks on Mueller report

Politics
April 18, 2019
Top Democrat says Barr is trying to spin report

Top Democrat says Barr is trying to spin report

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, chairman of the US House Judiciary Committee, says the attorney general is "taking unprecedented steps to spin" the special counsel's Russia investigation.
Local
April 18, 2019
Michelle Rivero, director of Minneapolis' Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs, said it is taking longer for people to obtain visas — which are a

Number of people moving to Twin Cities from abroad falls dramatically

Trump policy changes shift area's demographics, prompting employment worries.
Local
April 17, 2019
Drillers for Twin Metals, at a site near the Kiwishiwi River, pull a core sample from the drill pipe.

Minnesota group ramps up court challenge to Trump rulings on Twin Metals mining leases

An abrupt federal turnaround on lease approvals violates federal law, they argue.
Politics
April 17, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., campaigns in Eau Claire, Wis., on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar to appear in Fox News town hall

Klobuchar is the latest Democrat to agree to a televised sit-down with a network disdained by many Democrats.
St. Paul
April 17, 2019

Lost soldiers remembered at Minnesota State Capitol

Sixty pairs of combat boots placed on the Capitol steps by David Peters, a U.S. Marine from Stillwater who is part of Operation: 23 to 0. The group's mission is to bring awareness to the suicide crisis among vets and effect change for those touched by the epidemic.
Politics
April 17, 2019
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a candi­date for the Democratic presidenti­al nomin­ation, takes a photo with a fan after speaking at a rally in Pitts

Bernie Sanders campaign challenges Klobuchar in her home state

Klobuchar's presidential candidacy hasn't deterred the Vermont senator and several other Democratic challengers from investing resources in Minnesota.
Local
April 16, 2019
Gov. Tim Walz

Diversity concerns threaten process to pick four U regents

A governor has not had to elect regents since 2001. And the internal DFL divisions have added to concerns over legislative delays surrounding endgame budget and tax disputes in the Capitol.
Politics
April 16, 2019
Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan announced Tarek Tomes as the incoming Commissioner of Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) and the st

Walz appoints Tarek Tomes commissioner of state IT agency

Cybersecurity, aging software and hardware will be major challenges.
Local
April 16, 2019
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., sits with fellow Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee during a bill markup, on Capitol Hill in Washington, W

Omar shows strong fundraising; raises $830K for re-election campaign

The freshman Democrat's first-quarter fundraising outpaced many fellow members of Minnesota's congressional delegation.
Politics
April 16, 2019
President Donald J. Trump boards Air Force One to leave Minnesota after visiting Nuss Truck and Equipment in Burnsville for a roundtable discussion on

Trump cites Minnesota economy as he touts tax cuts

Trump recited a number of GOP selling points for the tax cuts, which Democrats opposed for conferring most of its benefits on the wealthy and large corporations.
Politics
April 16, 2019
Trump celebrates Tax Day during Burnsville visit

Trump celebrates Tax Day during Burnsville visit

President Donald Trump flew to Minnesota on Monday to highlight the $1.5 trillion package of corporate and individual tax cuts he signed into law in 2017.
Local
April 15, 2019
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon

Appeals Court judges order release of Minn. voter information data

Voters Alliance says it needs the records to spot fraud; state officials plan to appeal.
Politics
April 15, 2019
House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., speaks with a reporter as he departs a news conference.

Democrats demand information on White House sanctuary city plan

Politics
April 15, 2019
Trump: Notre Dame blaze 'terrible sight to behold'

Trump: Notre Dame blaze 'terrible sight to behold'

U.S. President Donald Trump has described the fire engulfing Paris' iconic Notre Dame Cathedral, as "a terrible sight to behold."
Local
April 15, 2019
President Donald Trump welcomed Minnesota then-Congressional candidate for Pete Stauber on stage at an event in June 2018.

Trump returns to Minnesota with eye on 2020 election

Burnsville visit is seen as an opening gambit in fiercely contested bid for the state in 2020.

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