Politics
July 20
Mike Lindell, founder of MyPillow, speaks during the Turning Point Action conference in Detroit, June 16, 2024.

Mike Lindell and the other voting machine conspiracy theorists are still at it

A network of pro-Trump activists has continued to push false claims against Dominion Voting Systems.
Nation
July 16
President Joe Biden speaks at the 115th NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas, Tuesday, July 16, 2024.

Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changes

Included are proposals for legislation to establish term limits for the justices and an enforceable ethics code, according to two people briefed on the plans.
July 15
People strolled past the Fiserv Forum last week, ahead of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

Curious about the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee? Here's some background on the event.

Donald Trump, the prospective presidential nominee, reportedly called the city "horrible" last month.
Politics
July 11
Biden defies calls to bow out of race

Biden says during news conference he's going to 'complete the job' despite calls to bow out

President Joe Biden used his closely watched news conference Thursday to deliver a forceful defense of his foreign and domestic policies and batted away questions about his ability to serve another four years, declaring: ''I'm not in this for my legacy. I'm in this to complete the job.''
Politics
July 6
Rep. Angie Craig: "I do not believe that the president can effectively campaign and win against Donald Trump.”

Rep. Angie Craig says Biden should halt re-election bid

Rep. Angie Craig, like President Joe Biden a Democrat, said he should make way for "a new generation of leaders."
June 28
Former President Donald Trump speaks during the first 2024 presidential election debate with President Joe Biden at CNN's headquarters in Atlanta, on

Brooks: A horror show of a debate - and what's that you say about Minneapolis, Donald Trump?

One man lied and blustered, the other was muddled and unconvincing.
Politics
June 25
Then-President Donald Trump, left, and then-Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, right, participate in a presidential debate in 2020 in Clevelan

How to watch Thursday's presidential debate

Options abound on TV and the internet, as both political parties organize watch parties
Business
June 24
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visits Minneapolis on Monday to deliver remarks about new Biden administration affordable housing efforts.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen unveils $100M affordable housing fund while in Minneapolis

Every state in the country has a shortage of housing to meet needs of low-income renters, she said.
Local
June 23
Former President Donald Trump speaks at the state Republican Party's annual Lincoln Reagan fundraising dinner May 17, 2024 in St. Paul.

Trump campaign to open new field offices in Minnesota

The campaign for the presumptive GOP nominee is investing in Virginia as well.
Politics
June 19
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke during a presidential campaign stop at Dallas College North Lake Campus in Irving on Oct. 11, 2023.

RFK Jr. won't meet CNN debate requirement for ballot access

The independent presidential candidate has said he has qualified for enough state ballots, but state election officials have said that's not true.
Politics
June 16
Former President Donald Trump outside the courthouse during his criminal trial charging him with falsifying business records to cover up hush money pa

The resistance to a new Trump administration has already started

A sprawling network of Democratic officials, progressive activists, watchdog groups and ex-Republicans has been taking extraordinary steps to prepare for a potential second Trump presidency, drawn together by the fear that Trump's return to power would pose a grave threat not just to their agenda but to American democracy
Politics
June 9
Doug Burgum, the Republican governor of North Dakota, speaks at a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump in Wildwood, N.J., on May 11.

Trump's energy guy talked a green game but now sells Big Oil priorities

Doug Burgum, the Republican governor of North Dakota, has stepped into the spotlight as a cheerleader for oil and former President Donald Trump.
Nation
May 28
Emily Baden stands in the backyard at her home, on May 20, 2024. Justice Samuel Alito said his wife, Martha-Ann Alito, raised an inverted American fla

The Alitos, the neighborhood clash and the upside-down flag

The clash between the wife of a conservative Supreme Court justice and a neighboring couple, who were in their 30s, liberal and proud of it, played out over months.
Nation
May 19
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its final meeting on Capitol

'We'll see you at your house': How fear and menace are transforming politics

Public officials from Congress to City Hall are now regularly subjected to threats of violence. It's changing how they do their jobs.
Politics
May 19
House Minority Leader Hakeen Jeffries, D-N.Y., left, and House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., confer during a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on April 29,

News analysis: A new centrism is rising in Washington

A defining quality of the new centrism is how much it differs from the centrism that guided Washington in the roughly quarter-century after the end of the Cold War, starting in the 1990s.
Science
May 18
Liz Barbour, manager of the Cinch Buckle Ranch in Broadus, Mont., rides out to check cattle on the morning of April 22, 2024. The Cinch Buckle borders

Biden and oil companies like this climate tech. Many Americans do not.

ExxonMobil and the Biden administration see in a grassy 100,000 acres a launchpad for one of the world's most audacious climate experiments, a plan to take emissions spewing from power plants and factories and trap them underground.
Local
May 17
President Donald Trump and his son Barron waved as they boarded Air Force One in Morristown, N.J., in 2020.

A busy day ahead for Trump: First his son's graduation in Florida, then dinner with state Republicans in St. Paul

Here's a breakdown of what's expected to be a full day for the former president.
Rochester
May 14
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia says this circled person is Paul Orta Jr. of Blue Earth, Minn. Prosecutors accuse him of toss

Southern Minnesota man pleads guilty for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riot

Paul Orta Jr., from Blue Earth, tossed aside police barricades and rushed toward a line of officers during the effort to prevent Joe Biden from being certified as the next president.
National
May 5
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Richmond, Virginia, on March 2, 2024.

Trump campaign talks up prospects of flipping Minnesota, Virginia

Politics
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

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

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden signed into law the foreign aid bill that includes TikTok legislation.

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