Politics
Launching new missile strategy, Trump pushes wall
U.S. President Donald Trump's visited the Pentagon Thursday to roll out a new strategy for a more aggressive space-based missile defense system to protect against existing threats from North Korea and Iran and counter advanced weapon systems being developed by Russia and China.
Local
Brooks: As bills pile up, furloughed workers suffer in the shadows
The parents of a newborn are spending the first weeks of 2019 in the neonatal intensive care unit watching over their son, while the medical bills pile up and no paychecks arrive.
Business
Minnesota breweries facing delays because of shutdown
In Minnesota, where the thriving craft beer industry's estimated annual economic impact is roughly $2 billion, the uncertainty has some brewers on edge and making plans in case there's no breakthrough.
Business
MNsure sign-ups rise slightly, bucking national trend
Premiums declined while the enrollment grew for a fifth consecutive year.
Local
New Minnesota judicial selection commissioner pledges to continue diversifying courts
Lola Velazquez-Aguilu has been on the commission since 2016.
Politics
Rep. Dean Phillips part of Problem Solvers meeting with Trump
The Minnesota Democrat is part of a small bipartisan group of House members that met with President Trump today at the White House to talk about the shutdown.
Politics
Money, ads begin to flow in special election for Minnesota state Senate seat
The seat opened up when Gov. Tim Walz appointed the sitting senator as a commissioner.
Local
Minn. one of the nation's fastest-warming states, U scientists say
Cities are warming faster than the rest of the landscape, they tell a panel of legislators.
Local
Federal shutdown hasn't caused MSP security delays — yet
The upcoming long weekend and continued shutdown could test the airport and travelers.
Trump's attorney general nominee: 'I will not be bullied'
Vowing "I will not be bullied," President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general asserted independence from the White House on Tuesday, saying he believed that Russia had tried to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, that the special counsel investigation shadowing Trump is not a witch hunt and that his predecessor was right to recuse himself from the probe.
Politics
AG nominee: Mueller not involved in 'witch hunt'
President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general says he doesn't believe special counsel Robert Mueller "would be involved in a witch hunt."
St. Paul
Cited for parking on grass, St. Paul legislator fights City Hall
DFL Rep. John Lesch appealed the vehicle abatement order at a hearing Tuesday.
Politics
Gov. Tim Walz announces plan to ease shutdown impacts in Minnesota
The state is looking at options to make sure it receives federal reimbursements.
Politics
Sen. Amy Klobuchar presses AG nominee on shutdown, Mueller
Minnesota senator ran through litany of issues in brief series of exchanges with President Trump's attorney general choice, William Barr.
Politics
Sen. Amy Klobuchar drops more hints about 2020, disavows fake campaign logo
A tweet included an image of mountains on a pyramid-shaped logo with a blue background and a swath of green in the foreground.
Politics
Trump honors Clemson with fast food feast
President Donald Trump paid tribute to college football champion Clemson for winning the national championship at a White House ceremony Monday evening.
Trump adds Wounded Knee massacre to repertoire in attack on Sen. Elizabeth Warren
President takes his attacks against U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren to a new level.
Local
Battle lines drawn once again over state gun regulations
DFL legislators cite election momentum for two new bills, while firearm rights advocates ready to renew resistance.
Local
Minnesota lawmakers grapple with filling funding gaps during shutdown
Walz to unveil plan today to cover services affected by federal shutdown.
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