Nation
April 25

Kim Kardashian joins VP Harris to discuss criminal justice reform

Kim Kardashian marshaled her celebrity in one administration to spotlight criminal justice reform — and she's doing it again in the next.
Business
April 25
Sen. Nick Frentz, DFL-North Mankato, speaks on the Senate floor in the State Capitol where he has sponsored a bill to streamline the permit process fo

Minnesota DFL wants faster clean energy permits, but some are wary of shortcutting public input

Lawmakers promise an effort to cut red tape for clean power won't result in meaningfully less oversight or public involvement.
Politics
April 25
New Department of Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead called key lawmakers personally on Monday to inform them of the new round of costly mista

Minnesota agencies too lax on grant safeguards, legislative auditor finds

A new report called for changes in how the Behavioral Health Division and State Arts Board give out taxpayer dollars.
Nation
April 25

Prosecutors want a reversal after a Texas woman's voter fraud conviction was overturned

Prosecutors in Texas asked the state's highest criminal appeals court on Thursday to reverse a ruling that overturned a Fort Worth woman's voter fraud conviction and five-year prison term for casting an illegal provisional ballot.
Nation
April 25

Planned Parenthood announces $10 million voter campaign in North Carolina for 2024 election

Abortion continues to be a key part of Democrats' election playbook in North Carolina, which for 2024 will include what abortion-rights advocates call an unprecedented investment in get-out-the-vote efforts.
Nation
April 25
E. Jean Carroll, after she won her defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump, and the jury awarded her $85.5M, in New York on Jan. 27, 2024.

Judge reject's Trump's bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case

A federal judge in New York rejected Donald Trump's request for a new trial on Thursday after a jury awarded $83.3 million in damages to a longtime magazine columnist who sued the former president for defamation for calling her claim that he had sexually assaulted her in a Manhattan department store a lie.
Politics
April 25
Marchers listed to speakers at the Minnesota State Capitol. Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (MCCL) held a march in front of the Minnesota State

New TV ad rails against Minnesota abortion ballot initiative that hasn't passed the Legislature yet

Democrats in control of the Legislature have been negotiating language differences on the measure for months.
Nation
April 25

The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday took up Donald Trump's bid to avoid prosecution over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
Business
April 25

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.
Politics
April 25
Fans arrive at U.S. Bank Stadium before an NFL football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the New York Giants Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, in Minneapoli

U.S. Bank Stadium gets new executive director

Ed Kroics has worked at the stadium for operator ASM since 2016
World
April 25

Hungary's Orbán urges European conservatives, and Trump, toward election victories at CPAC event

Hungary's nationalist prime minister, addressing a conservative conference in Budapest on Thursday, said upcoming European and U.S. elections were a chance for right-wing forces to defeat the ''progressive world spirit,'' and encouraged former U.S. President Donald Trump to defend ''his own truth'' in his ongoing criminal trial.
Nation
April 25

What to listen for during Supreme Court arguments on Donald Trump and presidential immunity

The Supreme Court hears arguments Thursday over whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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.
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.
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.
Politics
April 24
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.
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.

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