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States file amicus brief against proposed NPR, PBS cuts

Wed, 25 Jun 2025
States file amicus brief against proposed NPR, PBS cuts

(The Center Square) – Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser joined 22 other states in filing an amicus brief in support of two lawsuits brought by National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service against the Trump administration.

Those lawsuits seek... Read more


DHS Secretary Kristi Noem: Northern border security a 'priority' for Trump

Mon, 23 Jun 2025
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem: Northern border security a 'priority' for Trump

(The Center Square) – Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem spoke in Detroit over the weekend, discussing how the Trump administration is working to secure America’s northern border with Canada.

Noem said that steps have already been taken... Read more


Affidavit: Minnesota shooter bought Buick, electric bike to escape

Tue, 17 Jun 2025
Affidavit: Minnesota shooter bought Buick, electric bike to escape

(The Center Square) – The accused Minnesota shooter bought a Buick sedan and electric bike from an individual he met at a bus stop as he worked to escape authorities before being cornered and arrested near his home in Green Isle, Minnesota, according to a 20-page affidavit filed regarding 57-year-old Vance Boelter.

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Federal charges brought against Minnesota shooter

Mon, 16 Jun 2025
Federal charges brought against Minnesota shooter

(The Center Square) – Federal stalking and murder charges have been filed against 57-year-old Vance Boelter in a 20-page charging document on Monday in what was described as the “stuff of nightmares.”

Boelter is expected to have a 1:30... Read more


Accused shooter detained in Minnesota woods

Mon, 16 Jun 2025
Accused shooter detained in Minnesota woods

(The Center Square) – The suspect in the shooting of four people, including two high-ranking Minnesota politicians, has been detained in the woods near Green Isle, Minnesota after a “complex and dangerous manhunt,” according to Gov. Tim Walz.

A... Read more


UPDATE: Minnesota lawmaker shooting suspect in custody

Mon, 16 Jun 2025
UPDATE: Minnesota lawmaker shooting suspect in custody

(The Center Square) – The suspect wanted in connection with the shootings of two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses, killing one of the couples, is now in custody, authorities said late Sunday.

Vance Boelter, 57, was apprehended Sunday... Read more


Manhunt for Minnesota shooter continues, on FBI's most wanted list

Sun, 15 Jun 2025
Manhunt for Minnesota shooter continues, on FBI's most wanted list

(The Center Square) – Authorities on Sunday say they found the car of the man wanted in connection with the shootings of two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses, killing one of the couples. The suspect, Vance Boelter, 57, was not with the car.

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Manhunt on for suspect in shooting deaths of Minnesota House speaker, husband

Sat, 14 Jun 2025
Manhunt on for suspect in shooting deaths of Minnesota House speaker, husband

(The Center Square) – Two Minnesota state lawmakers who are members of the Democratic-Farm-Labor Party were shot early Saturday by a person posing as a law enforcement officer just north of Minneapolis.

House Speaker Emeritus Melissa Hortman and her... Read more


Feds elevate Minnesota Title IX investigations to a ‘Special Investigations Team’

Fri, 13 Jun 2025

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education has elevated two Title IX investigations to its “Title IX Special Investigations Team,” which involves both the Education Department and the Department of Justice.

The Title IX Special Investigations Team... Read more


House GOP grills sanctuary governors over crimes committed by migrants

Thu, 12 Jun 2025
House GOP grills sanctuary governors over crimes committed by migrants

(The Center Square) – U.S. House Republicans grilled Democratic governors from New York, Illinois and Minnesota in a hearing on Thursday over state immigration policies that Republicans say allowed migrants to repeatedly commit crimes and terrorize communities.

The House... Read more


SCOTUS: Unanimous on wrong-house raid, special education discrimination case

Thu, 12 Jun 2025
SCOTUS: Unanimous on wrong-house raid, special education discrimination case

(The Center Square) – The nation’s top court was busy Thursday, releasing opinions on six cases as the justices work to clear their docket by early July.

The U.S. Supreme Court handed down unanimous rulings siding with a family... Read more


'Fighting today's Nazis:' Democrat compares immigration enforcement to Nazi Germany

Thu, 12 Jun 2025
'Fighting today's Nazis:' Democrat compares immigration enforcement to Nazi Germany

(The Center Square) – Democratic governors and Congress members shifted blame for immigration enforcement to the federal government and called ICE immigration enforcement a "gestapo operation" in opening statements at a congressional hearing Thursday.

The House Committee on Oversight... Read more


Sixteen states sue the ATF over return of machine gun devices

Wed, 11 Jun 2025
Sixteen states sue the ATF over return of machine gun devices

(The Center Square) – Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser is joining 15 other state attorneys general in suing the federal government to stop them from redistributing thousands of seized gun parts.

This comes after the Trump administration issued a... Read more


Sanctuary governors to testify before Congress as LA protests, riots continue

Tue, 10 Jun 2025
Sanctuary governors to testify before Congress as LA protests, riots continue

(The Center Square) – After a weekend filled with violent protests over arrests made by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Los Angeles, the United States House is preparing to question the role of three governors in providing “sanctuary states” for migrants.

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Testing: Profanities, incitements from Walz to South Carolina Democrats

Tue, 03 Jun 2025
Testing: Profanities, incitements from Walz to South Carolina Democrats

(The Center Square) – Minnesota’s governor fired up South Carolina Democrats against Donald Trump, saying they should “bully the s--- out of him back.”

In a Saturday morning state party function in Columbia, the second half of a failed... Read more


Effort to help prevent suicide among veterans in bipartisan House proposal

Wed, 28 May 2025
Effort to help prevent suicide among veterans in bipartisan House proposal

(The Center Square) – Hoping to combat suicides among America’s veterans, a Republican from North Carolina and a Democrat from Minnesota are pushing new legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The Department of Veterans Affairs says 22 vets... Read more


Minnesota faces lawsuit over men in women’s sports

Sat, 24 May 2025
Minnesota faces lawsuit over men in women’s sports

(The Center Square) – A nonprofit legal organization filed a lawsuit against Minnesota officials claiming Title IX violation for allowing biological males compete in female sports.

Alliance Defending Freedom filed the lawsuit on behalf of Female Athletes... Read more


Target says it will mitigate tariffs as Walmart warns of price increases

Wed, 21 May 2025
Target says it will mitigate tariffs as Walmart warns of price increases

(The Center Square) – Minneapolis-based Target Corp. told investors Wednesday that raising prices in the face of tariffs would be a last resort for the retailer.

Target, which has nearly 2,000 U.S. stores, reported it will work to bring... Read more


Judge grants preliminary injunction to pause $11 billion in public health cuts

Fri, 16 May 2025
Judge grants preliminary injunction to pause $11 billion in public health cuts

(The Center Square) - A federal judge Friday put an indefinite freeze on the Trump administration’s plan to terminate $11 billion in public health funding.

The U.S. District Court for Rhode Island granted a preliminary injunction in a Read more


Yost wants lead in lawsuit aimed at Target’s diversity policies

Thu, 03 Apr 2025
Yost wants lead in lawsuit aimed at Target’s diversity policies

(The Center Square) – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost wants to take the lead in a lawsuit against retail giant Target, saying the company’s social agenda hurts the state’s teacher retirement system.

Yost filed a motion late Wednesday to... Read more


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