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MINNESOTA - On February 29, 2024, the majority of Minnesota's Republican congressional delegation - Representatives Brad Finstad, Michelle Fischbach, and Pete Stauber - joined an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to restrict access to the abortion drug mifepristone. "Once again, Minnesota Republicans are disregarding the needs and wants of millions of Minnesotans in favor of extreme and dangerous restrictions on abortion," said Marissa Luna, executive director of Alliance for a Better Minnesota. "A ban on abortion medication would be...
BROWNSVILLE, Tex. - President Biden and former president Donald Trump visited separate Texas border towns 300 miles apart on Thursday, blaming each other for a surge in illegal immigration and seeking to take the offensive on an issue that is shaping up to be a critical and volatile factor in this year's presidential contest. Biden used his visit to Brownsville, a Democratic stronghold, to blame Trump, the leading Republican presidential candidate, for killing a bipartisan border bill that would...
Congress passed legislation Thursday to prevent a looming partial government shutdown, extending funding for federal agencies later into March - and teeing up another mad scramble over policy and spending negotiations with another shutdown deadline only about a week away. The stopgap spending bill - known as a continuing resolution, or CR - cleared the Senate by a 77-13 vote Thursday evening after winning House approval by a 320-99 margin in the afternoon. The legislation pushes the funding...
Minnesota lawmakers will have more money available this year than previously expected as officials on Thursday projected a $3.7 billion state budget surplus. That's an increase of $1.3 billion from projections in December, driven by higher-than-anticipated tax collections over the past few months as spending estimates remained mostly unchanged. Minnesota also has about $2.9 billion in its rainy day fund. "Our economy is humming along," DFL Gov. Tim Walz said Thursday, touting the Legislature's...
In a rare moment of bipartisanship, the House of Representatives passed a bill today that will strengthen support for Native American entrepreneurs. The Native American Entrepreneurial Opportunity Act, co-sponsored by Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS) and Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ), would pave the way for more funding and expanded services for the Office of Native American Affairs (ONAA) at the Small Business Administration. If passed into law, the legislation would codify the ONAA under federal law and...
February 29, 2024 (HACKENSACK, New Jersey) — On his Facebook and Twitter accounts, Congressman Josh Gotthimer (D-NJ) deliberately misrepresented and insulted the position of people who rallied outside his office on February 28, 2024. The February 28 rally was hosted by a Democratic group in support of local volunteers who assist pregnant women and new mothers navigate the difficulties associated with new parenthood. We demand an apology and retraction from the Congressman to the people who attended the rally, particularly to the families and...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) plans to step down from his leadership position in November, he announced Wednesday, a move that would mark the end of his tenure as the longest-serving Senate leader in American history. The announcement marks the beginning of the end of an era in American politics. McConnell has been a towering force over his decades in the Senate, enraging Democrats by using hardball tactics to reshape the federal judiciary and later serving as an occasional...
Congressional leaders agreed to a funding deal Wednesday that would prevent a partial government shutdown this weekend, extending the expiration dates for federal finances until later in March as lawmakers iron out the final details of a $1.7 trillion spending package. Roughly 20 percent of the federal government - including the Departments of Transportation, Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and Agriculture - is set to shutter at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, unless Congress approves new...
The Supreme Court will review Donald Trump's unprecedented claim that he is shielded from prosecution for actions taken while in office, further delaying the former president's federal trial in the nation's capital on charges of conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss to remain in power. The justices set arguments for the week of April 22 to consider a unanimous ruling from a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which early this month rejected Trump's sweeping...
An Illinois judge ruled Wednesday that former president Donald Trump should be removed from the state's primary ballot because of the 14th Amendment ban on insurrectionists holding office. Illinois became the third state where Trump has been kicked off the primary ballot, following Colorado and Maine. Both of those states' rulings are on hold pending an appeal of the Colorado decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Tracie R. Porter immediately stayed her ruling until...
President Biden's doctor on Wednesday released a summary of his health following an annual checkup in which he declared no major new concerns and said the president "continues to be fit for duty." The six-page summary was released at a time when Biden's age and cognitive abilities have been under scrutiny as the nation's oldest president runs for reelection. The 81-year-old incumbent, who would be 86 at the end of a second term, is likely to face Donald Trump, who is 77. The exam found Biden,...
Senator Mitch McConnell, the longtime top Senate Republican, said on Wednesday that he would give up his spot as the party’s leader following the November elections, acknowledging that his Reaganite national security views had put him out of step with a party now headed by former President Donald J. Trump. “Believe me, I know the politics within my party at this particular time,” Mr. McConnell, who turned 82 last week, said in a speech on the Senate floor announcing his intentions. “I have many faults. Misunderstanding politics is not o...
Donald Trump's federal trial for seeking to subvert the 2020 election is likely to remain on hold for several more months while the Supreme Court takes up his argument that he is immune from prosecution for actions he took while president. In a one-page order Wednesday, the court set an expedited schedule to hear the immunity issue, with oral arguments to be set during the week of April 22. In the meantime, proceedings in the trial court will remain frozen. There was no noted dissent or other...
ATLANTA - A lawyer billed as the "star witness" in the case to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) testified Tuesday that it was mere "speculation" when he told a defense attorney that Willis began a romantic relationship in 2019 with the outside lawyer she appointed to lead the case against Donald Trump, years earlier than Willis has publicly acknowledged. Terrence Bradley, a former law partner of special prosecutor Nathan Wade, repeatedly testified under oath that he...
President Biden and congressional leaders appear to be closing in on a deal that could keep the government open past the weekend - but lawmakers don't seem any closer on a breakthrough to send more U.S. aid to Ukraine, even as supplies on the front lines of the war against Russian invaders dwindle. Facing a Saturday deadline, Biden and leaders in the House and Senate said Tuesday that they hoped to pass legislation to avert a looming partial shutdown, after what lawmakers described as a...
TEMECULA, CA — As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that rural and remote communities in Minnesota will benefit from part of a $45.3 million investment in a local clean energy project. This is part of a more than $366 million investment in 17 projects across 20 states and 30 Tribal Nations and communities to accelerate clean energy deployment in rural and remote areas across the country. This funding—made possible by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure...
Speaker Mike Johnson made "unequivocally" clear that he wants to avoid a government shutdown during a private Tuesday meeting with President Joe Biden and other congressional leaders, according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. With just four days to go until federal funding partially runs out, congressional leaders emerged from the meeting with the president optimistic they could avoid a shutdown, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told...
President Biden and former president Donald Trump are both traveling to Texas border towns on Thursday, creating an unusual spectacle of dueling visits in which the prospective 2024 presidential rivals are expected to vociferously blame each other for chaos at the border. Biden will visit Brownsville, making his second trip to the border since becoming president. His trip is part of a recent effort to take the initiative on the issue of illegal immigration, which polls suggest has been...
Minnesota lawmakers' first action of the 2024 session is a quick fix to a drafting error discovered in last year's tax bill that could have cost taxpayers $352 million over the next two years. Gov. Tim Walz signed a tax correction bill on Monday, which fixed a few lines in the nearly 400-page bill related to the standard deduction amount. The bill also changes a definition to allow tribal nations in the state to apply for local housing aid and allows a local sales tax passed in Beltrami County...
Minnesota's major political parties will hold their precinct caucuses on Tuesday, Feb. 27. At schools and community centers across the state, neighbors who identify as belonging to a party will gather to talk about issues, elect local party officers and select delegates to party conventions. They're the first in a series of meetings, run by political parties, where parties can endorse and select candidates and set party platforms, according to the Minnesota Secretary of State. Never been to...
Hundreds of people packed into a hotel ballroom in Bloomington on Monday to cheer for Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador. The Republican presidential candidate is holding rallies around the country this week, ahead of Michigan's primary election and Super Tuesday. She has been trying to make the case that Donald Trump could not win a general election - and trying to get her supporters excited enough to vote for her, even though she has yet to win a...
Leaders in Congress slipped Sunday in their last-minute scramble to head off a looming government shutdown deadline that could shutter vital services at the Transportation Department, strain food stamp programs and put housing assistance for millions of families in jeopardy. With some federal funding set to expire in less than a week, House Republican policy demands - on issues ranging from LGBTQ rights and abortion to national security concerns on immigration and competition from China - have...
PHOENIX - Ricardo Villafan, a Democrat and son of Mexican immigrants, had hope when Joe Biden was elected that he might pursue a more compassionate immigration agenda than his predecessor. But President Biden's latest embrace of strict policies to contain the influx of migrants coming to the U.S. southern border has left him disappointed. Sitting here at a downtown beer garden, Villafan and several other members of the Maricopa County Young Democrats unloaded their frustration over how they...
Karl Bunday did everything he could to help Dean Phillips get elected to Congress in 2018, marching in parades, writing postcards in support of the Minnesota Democrat and even donating money. Now, Bunday said he can hardly recognize the Phillips who's challenging President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination and he regrets his previous work for him. "The tone is different. The tone is much more negative - it's not an 'everyone's invited,' it's 'you can't trust the system, the system's out...
Americans For Prosperity Action, the powerful conservative group supporting Nikki Haley in the Republican presidential primary, will no longer spend money on behalf of her campaign. In an email to staff obtained by POLITICO, Americans For Prosperity CEO Emily Seidel said Sunday that the group's political arm, AFP Action, had to "take stock" of its spending priorities after Haley's loss in the South Carolina primary. The Koch-aligned group, Seidel said, will now focus its efforts on competitive...