Minnesota Supreme Court: Legal Marijuana Now failed to meet requirements to remain a major party
The LMN Party could qualify as a third party in the state but will lose major party ballot access in 2024.
Minnesota Supreme Court: Pandemic emergency declaration OK under state law
Gov. Walz used the Emergency Management Act to declare a peacetime emergency and issue a mask mandate.
Donald Trump's Minnesota GOP dinner is on the same day as son Barron's graduation
Former president had asked to be excused from a court appearance in his New York hush-money trial.
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Trump trial turns to sex, bank accounts and power: Highlights from the third week of testimony
The alleged sexual encounter at the center of Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial got a graphic airing in court this past week as porn actor Stormy Daniels shared her account before a rapt jury.
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Trump heading to Jersey Shore to rally 'mega crowd' in weekend break from hush money trial
After a long week in court, Donald Trump is heading to the Jersey Shore. And his campaign says he'll be joined by ''tens of thousands'' of his friends.
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Barron Trump, 18, won't be serving as a Florida delegate to the Republican convention after all
Former President Donald Trump's youngest son, Barron Trump, won't be serving as a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention after all, his mother's office said Friday.
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Amid GOP focus on elections, Georgia Republicans remove officer found to have voted illegally
Georgia's Republican Party has removed one of its officers after an administrative law judge found he voted illegally nine times after moving to the state.
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Federal judge temporarily halts Biden plan to lower credit card late fees to $8
A federal judge in Texas temporarily halted a plan by the Biden administration to lower late fees on credit cards to $8 that was slated to go into effect next week.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes painful cuts to close California's growing budget deficit
California's budget deficit is at least $45 billion, a shortfall so large it prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday to propose painful spending cuts impacting immigrants, kindergarteners and low-income parents seeking child care in a state often lauded for having the world's fifth-largest economy.
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WABC Radio suspends Rudy Giuliani for flouting ban on discussing discredited 2020 election claims
Rudy Giuliani was suspended Friday from WABC Radio and his daily show canceled over what the station called his repeated violation of a ban on discussing discredited 2020 election claims. Giuliani said the station's ban is overly broad and ''a clear violation of free speech.''
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California has a multibillion-dollar budget deficit. Here's what you need to know
California has a huge budget problem that could force thorny decisions from Democratic leaders who enjoyed a more than $100 billion surplus just three years ago.
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A Republican operative is running for Congress in Georgia with Trump's blessing. Will it be enough?
Brian Jack came home to Georgia with former President Donald Trump's endorsement and a stack of Washington contacts. Now he just has to close the sale with GOP primary voters in the safely Republican 3rd Congressional District as he makes his first run for office.
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Legal Marijuana Now Party loses major status with Minnesota Supreme Court ruling
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Friday booted the Legal Marijuana Now Party as a major political party in the state.
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Ethics review finds probable cause that Rep. Troy Nehls misused campaign funds
The independent office that reviews allegations against House members found probable cause that Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas converted campaign funds to personal use, triggering an investigation by the House Ethics Committee, a new disclosure revealed Friday.
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Kansas' governor vetoes a bill for extending child support to fetuses
Kansas' Democratic governor on Friday vetoed a bill aimed at ensuring that child support payments cover fetuses, a measure critics saw as a move by anti-abortion groups toward giving them the same rights as the mothers-to-be carrying them.
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The Latest | Prosecutors likely to call just 2 more witnesses in Trump's hush money case
Prosecutors in Donald Trump's hush money trial said Friday that they expect to call just two more witnesses to the stand, potentially laying the ground for resting their case next week.
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Judge directs Michael Cohen to keep quiet about Trump ahead of his hush money trial testimony
With Donald Trump's fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen expected to take the witness stand Monday, the judge in the former president's hush money case issued prosecutors a stern warning: Get Cohen to stop his taunting posts and jabs at Trump.
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Minnesota pot growers sue state, seeking to legally sell their homegrown cannabis
State constitution allows farm and garden products to be sold without licenses, they argue.
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US pledges money and other aid to help track and contain bird flu on dairy farms
U.S. health and agriculture officials pledged nearly $200 million in new spending and other efforts Friday to help track and contain an outbreak of bird flu in the nation's dairy cows that has spread to more than 40 herds in nine states.
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Appeals court upholds Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress conviction
A federal appeals court panel on Friday upheld the criminal conviction of Donald Trump's longtime ally Steve Bannon for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Politics
Flying new colors: Minnesota's redesigned state flag to make its debut at the State Capitol
The current flag will be replaced with a brand new design to mark Statehood Day on Saturday.
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He fought this newspaper — and won. Dan Cohen, mainstay of Minneapolis politics for decades, dies at 87.
The former City Council president took the Star Tribune to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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A new rule aims to speed up the removal of a limited group of migrants who don't qualify for asylum
A new Biden administration rule announced Thursday aims to speed up asylum processing at the southern border for a limited group of people believed to have committed serious crimes or who have terrorist links and ultimately more quickly eject them from the country.
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