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22 states sue to stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenship

Attorneys general from 22 states sued Tuesday to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a century-old immigration ...

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Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it’s ...

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Walz unveils slimmer Minnesota budget, pitches sales tax cut

By Dana Ferguson Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday pitched a tighter two-year budget, complete with spending pullbacks and ...

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Minnesota Democrats ask state Supreme Court to resolve state House power struggle

ST. PAUL — Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon and House Democrats have asked the state’s highest court ...

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U of M researchers examine preparedness for possibility of CWD jump to humans

By Mathew Holding Eagle III This week the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University ...

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University of Minnesota gets fast-tracked funding to survey wildlife for bird flu

By Kirsti Marohn The University of Minnesota is launching a project to track how highly pathogenic avian influenza ...

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Minnesota Legislature could be headed for a rocky start to its 2025 session

ST. PAUL — The 2025 session of the Minnesota Legislature could be headed for a rocky start when ...

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Milk from Minnesota dairy farms to undergo mandatory testing for bird flu

By Kirsti Marohn Agriculture officials next month will begin mandatory testing of milk from Minnesota’s dairy farms for ...

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Trump gets no-penalty sentence in his hush money case, while calling it ‘despicable’

NEW YORK  — President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday to no punishment in his historic hush money case, ...

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As avian flu hits Minnesota’s wild birds, here’s what to watch for and how to help

By Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton Bird flu, or avian influenza, has spread far beyond commercial and backyard ...

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Anita Bryant, a popular singer who became known for opposition to gay rights, dead at age 84

NEW YORK — Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma and popular singer who became known over the second ...

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Trump will be sentenced in his hush money case, days before he returns to the White House

NEW YORK — In a singular moment in U.S. history, President-elect Donald Trump faces sentencing Friday for his ...

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Minnesota session agendas start to emerge as power fight drags on

By Dana Ferguson Minnesota House Republicans set the table Monday with their priorities for the 2025 legislative session, ...

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Peter Yarrow of folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86

LOS ANGELES — Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music ...

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Congress certifies Trump won the election without challenge, in stark contrast to the 2021 violence

WASHINGTON — Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 election in proceedings that unfolded ...

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