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Documents show federal surveillance operation in Minnesota targeted progressive groups, unions

The program was aimed at what officials called a network of conspirators helping “violent opportunists and agitators.” ...
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D.C. Memo: Trump’s $1B White House makeover

The administration is now planning to spend at least $927 million on White House campus projects. Taxpayers are footing the ...
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Democrat Jake Johnson, a teacher, tries to solve the difficult math in a red district

Democrat Jake Johnson speaks during a town hall in New Richland, Minn., on Thursday, July 16, 2026. Johnson is campaigning in Minnesota's 1st Congressional District ahead of the 2026 election, where U ...
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A message to the city of Minneapolis: Consolidation would hurt our parks

The quality of our Minneapolis parks would erode under consolidation and be an ineffective use of taxpayer dollars.
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Should 11.3% appear too small, be thankful I don’t take it all

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey delivered his proposed budget of $2.3 million on Wednesday, and the big news is an 11.3% property tax increase ...
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Republicans see Minnesota fraud scandal as a chance to go on offense in a blue state

Michele Tafoya, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, arrives to vote on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt) Credit: AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It’s been ...
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Peggy Flanagan could make history for Native American women in November. She’s not the only one.

Flanagan won MN’s Dem Senate primary. AK’s Mary Peltola is running for Senate. Deb Haaland is the favorite in NM’s gubernatorial election.
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How Peggy Flanagan won a chance to succeed Sen. Tina Smith

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, center, celebrates on stage with her husband Tom, left, and Daughter Siobhan during an election night event on Tuesday, Aug.
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Snubbed by the state GOP and Trump, Demuth rallies to win the GOP nomination for governor

Donald Trump does not control the Minnesota Republican Party. Even delegates to the Minnesota Republican Party convention do not control the state GOP. That showed Tuesday night, when House Speaker ...
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Demuth will run on fraud to beat Klobuchar, but their anti-fraud proposals are similar

House Speaker Lisa Demuth, R-Cold Spring, won the Republican nomination for governor Tuesday night. She garnered about 180,000 votes, or 43% of the approximately 415,000 votes by Minnesotans who cast ...
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After hard-fought primaries, it’s Peggy Flanagan vs. Michele Tafoya for U.S. Senate

MINNEAPOLIS – Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan defeated Rep. Angie Craig to run as the DFL Party’s candidate for retiring Sen. Tina Smith’s seat, giving progressives in the party another primary win. “For ...
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‘I don’t trust any election ever done with a computer’: A look at the GOP candidates for governor

State Rep. Lisa Demuth, R-Cold Spring, a Republican candidate for governor; Mike Lindell, founder and CEO of MyPillow and a Republican candidate for governor; and Kendall Qualls, the Minnesota ...