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When it comes to government planes and political trips, who pays for a president's campaign travel?
It's no simple matter to move the commander in chief from point A to B, and it's even more complicated when the president is seeking a second term.
Puerto Rico Republicans award Trump all 23 of their delegates
Puerto Rico's Republican Party held a district assembly on Sunday and awarded former President Donald Trump all 23 of their national delegates.
The House passes billions in aid for Ukraine and Israel after months of struggle. Next is the Senate
The House has approved $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies in a rare weekend session as Democrats and Republicans banded together after months of hard-right resistance over renewed American support for repelling Russia's invasion.
Conservatives in Otter Tail County have been fighting for years, with no end in sight
A recent flare-up over precinct caucuses is the latest in a string of battles between local party officials and a group of grassroots activists.
Biden signs bill extending a key US surveillance program after divisions nearly forced it to lapse
President Joe Biden on Saturday signed legislation reauthorizing a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans' data nearly forced the statute to lapse.
Andover High School teacher leads effort for more understandable driver's tests
Amna Kiran took notice and pushed to change Minnesota law after a student failed multiple times in 2019.
Racial disparities in child protection prompt Minnesota legislation, federal complaint
Black children are twice as likely as white kids to be removed from their parents. For Native American kids, the disparities are even more stark.
A 4/20 chat with ex-Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura on his new cannabis brand (and Led Zeppelin)
Jesse Ventura Farms will officially launch Saturday with an event at Hook & Ladder Theater in Minneapolis.
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Dennis Anderson
Anderson: Courts, not politicians, should rule on Red Lake, White Earth lands
Look to the Mille Lacs case for an example of treaty claims correctly decided by courts, not the Minnesota Legislature.
Laura Yuen
Yuen: He donated his sperm to friends. Now he wants to be dad to the 5-year-old.
A sperm donor's paternity case could have statewide ramifications for same-sex couples and other families who rely on assisted reproduction.
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As Blinken heads to China, these are the major divides he will try to bridge
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is starting three days of talks with senior Chinese officials in Shanghai and Beijing this week with U.S.-China ties at a critical point over numerous global disputes.
What to know about the Supreme Court case about immunity for former President Trump
The Supreme Court has scheduled a special session to hear arguments over whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted over his efforts to undo his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden.
Pennsylvania's primary will cement Casey, McCormick as nominees in battleground US Senate race
Tuesday's Pennsylvania primaries will cement the lineup for a high-stakes U.S. Senate race between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger David McCormick, a contest that is expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars and could help decide control of the Senate next year.
Mississippi lawmakers move toward restoring voting rights to 32 felons as broader suffrage bill dies
Mississippi legislators advanced bills Monday to give voting rights back to 32 people convicted of felonies, weeks after a Senate leader killed a broader bill that would have restored suffrage to many more people with criminal records.
In Tampa, Biden will assail Florida's six-week abortion ban as he tries to boost his reelection odds
President Joe Biden is wading deeper into the fight over abortion rights that has energized Democrats since the fall of Roe vs. Wade, traveling to Florida to assail the state's forthcoming ban and similar restrictions that have imperiled access to care for pregnant women nationwide.
Republican candidates vying for Indiana governor to take debate stage
Candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Indiana's next governor will take to the debate stage Tuesday night, two weeks ahead of the state's May 7 primary election.
Trump could avoid trial this year on 2020 election charges. Is the hush money case a worthy proxy?
Former President Donald Trump faces serious charges in two separate cases over whether he attempted to subvert the Constitution by overturning the results of a fair election and illegally remain in power.
Minnesota and other Democratic-led states lead pushback on censorship. They're banning the book ban
As a queer and out youth, Shae Ross was alarmed when she heard that conservative groups were organizing in her community to ban books dealing with sexuality, gender and race. So she and her friends got organized themselves, and helped persuade their school board to make it much harder to remove books and other materials from their libraries and classrooms.
'Catch-and-kill' to be described to jurors as testimony resumes in hush money trial of Donald Trump
A longtime tabloid publisher was expected Tuesday to tell jurors about his efforts to help Donald Trump stifle unflattering stories during the 2016 campaign as testimony resumes in the historic hush money trial of the former president.
Trump called this visa 'very bad' for Americans. Truth Social applied for one
The social media company founded by former President Donald Trump applied for a business visa program that he sought to restrict during his administration and which many of his allies want him to curtail in a potential second term.