The Minnesota House is tied once again after Democratic candidates won two special elections on Tuesday. Republicans were in the minority during the 2025 session but enjoyed a temporary majority for the short period between the resignations of two Democratic lawmakers and their seats being filled. In District 47A, Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party candidate Shelley Buck cruised to victory […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio stressed that the raid to capture former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro was a “trigger-based operation.” When pressed by Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) about why Congress didn’t receive advance notification of the raid, Rubio proposed two explanations: that the operation was contingent on several different factors aligning at an exact moment, […]
A Virginia judge has halted Democratic efforts to hold a referendum in April to redraw the commonwealth’s congressional maps ahead of the 2026 elections. Judge Jack Hurley of the Tazewell County Circuit Court ruled on Tuesday that the Democrat-led Virginia legislature failed to follow multiple procedures required to place the redistricting measure on the ballot. […]
Organizers behind the nationwide “No Kings” protests are planning to make their next round of demonstrations this spring about the Trump administration’s immigration operation in Minnesota. Progressive activist group Indivisible said on Wednesday it intends to hold protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s presence in the blue state, where two citizens have died in high-profile […]
Mexico has temporarily ended oil shipments to Cuba, adding to President Donald Trump’s efforts to isolate the island and push for a change in the Cuban government. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that her country is temporarily suspending oil shipments to Cuba. She claimed that the measure was due to fluctuations in oil supplies and […]
Budweiser and parent company Anheuser-Busch are garnering praise online for their new 2026 Super Bowl ad and the patriotism it displays. Budlight, another beer brand Anheuser-Busch owns, created a wave of backlash when it gave a custom beer can to transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney in March 2023. Sales of the beer dropped drastically in the […]
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) had some support among Republican lawmakers despite President Donald Trump suggesting Omar “had herself sprayed” in an alleged attack during her town hall Tuesday. Omar was in Minneapolis Tuesday evening, addressing questions from constituents when a man stood up and sprayed her with an unknown substance from a syringe. At the […]
President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned that Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is walking on thin ice for refusing to enforce federal immigration laws. Recounting his conversation with White House border czar Tom Homan on Tuesday, Frey said, “Minneapolis does not and will not enforce federal immigration laws.” Trump took aim at the Democratic mayor over […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the U.S. operations in Venezuela. The U.S. military arrested former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro in Caracas earlier this month. This is the first public hearing from Rubio on the operation and subsequent relations with Venezuela.
