Politics
Kavanaugh hearings seen as 2020 audition for Sen. Amy Klobuchar
The hearings also are being used to fuel political fires in Minnesota as well as presidential campaigns.
Business
Rep. Erik Paulsen breaks with Republicans on BWCA, urging feds to reconsider mining decision
Congressman says feds should reverse decision on mining exploration.
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Tina Smith calls Brett Kavanaugh 'serious threat to women's freedom'
Senator, former Planned Parenthood exec opposes Supreme Court nominee.
Politics
Minnesota school safety upgrade applications top $250 million
1,265 applied for a share of $25M in state safety funding on the first day.
West Metro
Joseph Graw, Bloomington legislator and insurance executive, dies at 103
Graw introduced legislation to create a network of suburban junior colleges and then lobbied to locate one of them in his hometown, earning him "Mr. Normandale."
Local
Sept. 7: Feds reopen mining exploration near BWCA
The mining industry won a major victory in Minnesota when the federal government lifted a controversial stay on minerals exploration in the area just outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
Politics
Trump to take up border after midterms, hints at shutdown
In a Fox News interview set to air Friday, he says immigration debate set for after the elections hopefully will be easier because of more Republicans in Congress.
Politics
Trump talks NYT 'treason,' Nike and Kavanaugh
President Donald Trump is faulting The New York Times for publishing an anonymous op-ed from a senior administration official.
Local
Minneapolis lawyer, professor Eric Tostrud confirmed as Minnesota's latest federal judge
Tostrud will give Minnesota's federal bench the first complete set of full-time judges since 2016.
Politics
Records show Pete Stauber communicated with key GOP group on county e-mail
The Stauber campaign declined to make him available or provide access to the e-mails, which appear to violate a St. Louis County policy.
Politics
'Bring it' Democrats say to Senate dismissal threat
Republican John Cornyn of Texas said senators could be expelled from office for violating confidentially rules, while Democrats led by Cory Booker of New Jersey, responded, "Bring it on."
Politics
'Bring it' Democrats say to Senate dismissal threat
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation tumbled into highly charged arguing Thursday over whether key documents were being withheld, and one Democrat risked Senate discipline by releasing confidential material.
Politics
The Kavanaugh hearings: Day 3
The Senate confirmation hearings on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday centered on the release of documents classified confidential.
Politics
Trump calls anonymous N.Y. Times op-ed 'gutless'
President Donald Trump says it's "really a disgrace" that an unsigned op-ed critical of him and written by a senior administration officials has been published.
National
Klobuchar joins Senate Democrats in pushing back on Kavanaugh
She cited an article he wrote for the Minnesota Law Review to question his views on presidential power.
Local
Republicans attack Dean Phillips' business background in new TV ads as he competes for Rep. Erik Paulsen's seat
They rip Paulsen's foe for wealth, business practices.
St. Paul
Mitra Jalali Nelson sworn in as St. Paul City Council member
The 32-year-old will represent the city's Fourth Ward.
Obama returns to politics, will join midterm campaign battles
Having largely avoided campaign activities since leaving office, Obama's first public event of the midterm election will take place in a conservative-leaning area in California.
Starr memoir recounts Lewinsky role in Clinton investigation
Ken Starr, the former independent counsel whose investigation led to President Bill Clinton's impeachment, writes in his upcoming book that if Monica Lewinsky had cooperated with his probe from the beginning, "the country would not have been dragged through an eight-month ordeal."
Politics
Sanders: Woodward's portrayal of Trump 'fiction'
The White House on Wednesday staunchly disputed the portrayal of President Donald Trump in Bob Woodward's new book that has set off a firestorm with its descriptions of current and former aides calling Trump an "idiot" and a "liar."
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