Politics Jul 15 Trump endorses 'Pillow Man' Mike Lindell for Minnesota governor By Bill Barrow, Associated Press
Nation Jul 15 Heavy smoke from wildfires blankets the Northeast and Mideast, prompting evacuations More than 100 wildfires are burning in Canada and winds are carrying the smoke southeast. By Dorany Pineda, Jacqueline Ganun, Associated Press
Nation Jul 13 Minnesota prosecutors obtain long withheld evidence in probe into fatal shootings of Good, Pretti Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced Monday that her office now has hard drives with statements, police body camera video, and other evidence previously withheld by federal officials. By Philip Marcelo, Rebecca Boone, Associated Press
Nation Jun 23 8 convicted of terrorism charges in Texas immigration center shooting sentenced to decades in prison One demonstrator who shot and wounded a police officer during a protest outside a Texas immigration center July 4 has been sentenced to 100 years in federal prison. By Jamie Stengle, Philip Marcelo, Associated Press
Politics Jun 22 Federal judge halts Trump administration effort to subpoena Walz in immigration enforcement probe In a ruling unsealed Monday, U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz found the “dominant purpose” of the subpoenas was to “coerce Minnesota officials into assisting the federal government with enforcing civil immigration law and to harass and retaliate against them for… By Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, Scott Bauer, Associated Press
Jun 16 Federal prosecutors charge 15 people with conspiracy to impede agents during Minnesota immigration crackdown By Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press Minnesota U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen said the operation targeted Minneapolis-based antifa groups. Continue reading
Jun 11 Man pleads guilty to killing a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband while posing as an officer By Tim Sullivan, Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press A Minnesota man who posed as a police officer and knocked on lawmakers' doors in the middle of the night, killing the top Democrat in the state House and her husband and wounding a state senator and his wife, pleaded… Continue reading
Jun 10 Feds won't seek death penalty in plea deal with man accused of killing Minnesota lawmaker By Gene Johnson, Associated Press U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday they will not seek the death penalty as part of a plea agreement with the man charged in the political assassinations of the top Democrat in the Minnesota House along with her husband, as well as the attempted… Continue reading
Jun 09 Vance demands DOJ probe of Minnesota officials as White House presses 'war on fraud' By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Vice President JD Vance is pressing federal prosecutors to investigate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and state Attorney General Keith Ellison over allegations they failed to stop widespread social services fraud. Continue reading
May 21 Woman at center of sprawling Minnesota fraud case gets nearly 42-year prison sentence By Tim Sullivan, Associated Press A judge on Thursday handed down an extraordinary prison sentence to the former leader of a Minnesota nonprofit who was convicted in a staggering $250 million fraud case that helped ignite an immigration crackdown by the Trump administration. Continue reading