Chief of staff Kelly defends Trump's call to Gold Star widow

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly speaks to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017.

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly speaks to the media during the daily briefing Thursday.

— Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Associated Press

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George W. Bush delivers sustained rebuke of Trump

Former President George W. Bush said Thursday in New York that "bigotry or white supremacy in any form is blasphemy against the American creed.”

Former President George W. Bush condemned the "bullying" and "casual cruelty" in public discourse and denounced white supremacy two months after Trump said "both sides" were to blame at a neo-Nazi rally that turned violent in Virginia.

Nationwide FBI sex trafficking sweep nets 4 in Minn., Dakotas

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar pushes for transparency in online political ads

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., left, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., speak about online political ads and preventing foreign interference in U.S. elections, during a news conference, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Aimed at diluting Russian interference in elections, Minnesota's Klobuchar, colleagues roll out stronger proposed disclosure rules for online political ads

Former tenants of Crossroads apartments in Richfield reach $650K settlement

Olav Madsen, former tenant of the Crossroads at Penn apartment complex in Richfield. Former tenants and their landlords reached what housing advocates are calling the largest settlement of its kind in the nation.

The settlement is the largest of its kind in the nation, housing advocates say.

Club teams become the price of admission to youth sports

Jenna Grutzmacher likes playing volleyball with her Rosemount High team in the fall. But her first love is her Northern Lights club team.

It's become increasingly rare for an athlete to join a high school team in the most popular sports without extensive training from a club program. This is a second of a three-part series on the state of youth sports.

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