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Biden fundraiser with Obama and Clinton nets a record high $25 million, the campaign says
A fundraiser for President Joe Biden on Thursday in New York City that also stars Barack Obama and Bill Clinton is raising a whopping $25 million, setting a record for the biggest haul for a political event, his campaign said.
Former Gov. Jesse Ventura gets into the cannabis business, launching his own line of edibles
"Gov. Jesse 'The Body' Ventura, is in the cannabis game. I can't tell you how truly amazing this feels," Minnesota's former governor announced Wednesday.
Some Minnesota cities want to impose fees on internet providers; customers could pay the price
Those fees would go toward improving rural broadband connectivity, increasing access to government media and offering consumer protections.
Can Minnesota find a path forward for Uber and Lyft drivers?
As the Minneapolis City Council grapples with the apps' threats to leave, state lawmakers are negotiating a statewide solution to drivers' problems.
Minnesota Legislature considers these 5 cannabis law changes
Social equity applicants could get business licenses first. Medical cannabis patients could grow more marijuana at home.
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats' VP pick in 2000, dead at 82
Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and who almost became Republican John McCain's running mate eight years later, has died, according to a statement issued by his family.
Pat Kessler, who dropped the mic after long career covering politics, is among Hall of Fame honorees
He and others in the 2024 class will be inducted into the Minnesota Broadcasters Hall of Fame in October.
Federal EV charging stations are key to Biden's climate agenda, yet only 4 states have them
Within 24 hours of buying his red Ford Mustang Mach-E, Liam Sawyer set off on a camping trip.
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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.
Jennifer Brooks
Brooks: Once a year, the homeless speak and the politicians listen
At Homeless Day on the Hill, a chance to hear stories like Sandra Johnson's.
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Republican-passed bill removes role of Democratic governor if Senate vacancy occurs in Kentucky
Kentucky lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to a bill stripping the state's Democratic governor of any role in picking someone to occupy a U.S. Senate seat if a vacancy occurred in the home state of 82-year-old Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell.
Trump will attend the wake of a slain New York police officer as he goes after Biden over crime
Donald Trump will attend Thursday's wake of a New York City police officer gunned down in the line of duty, as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has made crime a focus of his third White House campaign and accused President Joe Biden of lacking toughness.
Venezuelans are increasingly stuck in Mexico, explaining drop in illegal crossings to US
Venezuelan migrants often have a quick answer when asked to name the most difficult stretch of their eight-country journey to the U.S. border, and it's not the dayslong jungle trek through Colombia and Panama with its venomous vipers, giant spiders and scorpions. It's Mexico.
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.
Biden administration will lend $1.5B to restart Michigan nuclear power plant, a first in the US
The federal government will provide a $1.5 billion loan to restart a nuclear power plant in southwestern Michigan, officials announced Wednesday.
Republican committee to select Buck's likely replacement, adding a challenge to Boebert's campaign
A panel of Colorado Republicans will select a candidate Thursday who will likely serve out the final months of U.S. Rep. Ken Buck 's term — and could pose a challenge to Rep. Lauren Boebert's bid for another term in Congress.
Judge forges ahead with pretrial motions in Georgia election interference case
The charges against former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case seek to criminalize political speech and advocacy conduct that the First Amendment protects, his lawyers argued in a court filing challenging the indictment.
Pennsylvania's mail-in ballot dating rule is legal under civil rights law, appeals court says
A requirement for Pennsylvania voters to put accurate handwritten dates on the outside envelopes of their mail-in ballots does not run afoul of a civil rights law, a federal appeals court panel said Wednesday, overturning a lower court ruling.
Ex-Trump lawyer Eastman should lose state law license for efforts to overturn election, judge says
A judge has recommended that conservative attorney John Eastman lose his California law license over his efforts to keep former President Donald Trump in power after the 2020 election.
Lands, a Democrat who ran on reproductive rights, flips seat in Alabama House
Marilyn Lands, who campaigned on abortion rights in deeply conservative Alabama, won a special election to the Alabama Legislature, in a victory that Democrats say illustrates voter backlash to extreme reproductive restrictions imposed by Republicans.