Pete Hegseth, Trump’s embattled pick for defense secretary, wins Senate confirmation
Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, speaks during a Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Jan. 14….
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St. Paul City Council President Mitra Jalali announces resignation, citing health concerns
St. Paul City Council President Mitra Jalali announced on Facebook Friday afternoon that she will step down from the council….
Trump says he wants to overhaul FEMA as he travels to North Carolina and California
President Trump gets a briefing from officials in North Carolina about the recovery from Hurricane Helene in a hangar in…
Experts warn about the ’crumbling infrastructure’ of federal government data
Unstable funding for federal statistical agencies such as the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, both based in…
Top Minnesota attorney: Birthright citizenship suit against Trump just the beginning
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship two days after Minnesota joined 21 other…
Walz proposes $887 million bonding bill for infrastructure projects, not worried about Capitol impasse
Gov. Tim Walz says he expects his proposed $887 million bonding bill will pass despite the ongoing dysfunction at the…
Trump orders release of JFK, RFK and MLK assassination records
President Donald Trump has ordered the release of thousands of classified governmental documents about the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which has fueled conspiracy…
Trump’s new Justice Department leadership orders a freeze on civil rights cases
President Donald Trump’s new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and suggested it may reconsider police reform…
Former Minnesotan Rev. Mariann Budde says ‘I won’t apologize’ for sermon
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde (left) arrives as President Trump looks on during the National Prayer Service at Washington National Cathedral…
Trump calls DEI programs ‘illegal’ and ‘immoral’. Here’s how he’s ending them
President Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the WHite House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025….