Politics

The break from politics in Minnesota is over. Let the 2018 race for governor begin.

The Republican takeover of the Minnesota Senate means different priorities at the state Capitol in 2017.

NPR asked how your social media habits changed after the election. More than 150 of you replied -- and most are tired, deleting apps, unfriending people, tuning out politics or worried for family ties.

Republicans will control both the Minnesota House and Senate when the legislative session begins in January. That's likely to bring big changes on gun control, health care, transportation, workplace benefits and other issues.

"This election will be even more difficult than those we have had before as we are facing a strong polarization," says Chancellor Merkel, 62.

Closing out his final overseas trip, Obama said he'd avoided ethical scandals by trying to follow the spirit, not just the letter, of the law and suggested Trump would be wise to follow his example.

EPA administrator Gina McCarthy speaks about the environmental and public health legacy of the Obama Administration, with an emphasis on efforts to combat the global effects of climate change.

The white nationalist group held a conference in Washington, D.C., this weekend after Trump's unlikely victory for president. Now, the controversial believers say they can be "an intellectual vanguard" for Trump.

Attorney General Roy Cooper, a Democrat, leads the Republican incumbent by 6,600 votes, with both candidates hovering just below the 49 percent mark.

Donald Trump may be taking the old adage of keeping friends close and enemies closer to heart. Romney was one of Trump's harshest Republican critics throughout the presidential campaign.

Ivanka Trump's husband, Jared Kushner, might not be able to fill a position in the White House because of a federal anti-nepotism statute.

Donald Trump has begun filling key jobs in his administration as fast or faster than previous incoming administrations.

Mining country in northeast Minnesota, with its strong union ties, has historically backed Democrats in huge numbers. But this year many voters turned to Donald Trump, hoping for an economic jumpstart.

The deal announced Friday by New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman would settle a lawsuit he filed three years ago, plus two class-action lawsuits in California filed on behalf of former Trump University students.

Sen. Jeff Sessions has been offered the post of attorney general, while Rep. Mike Pompeo and Michael Flynn have been offered the respective positions of CIA chief and national security adviser.

The Obama administration is blocking new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean, handing a victory to environmentalists who say industrial activity in the icy waters will harm whales, walruses and other wildlife and exacerbate global warming.

Sanders was also very clear on where he disagreed with Trump, saying, "there are places where there can be no compromise -- racism, homophobia, sexism, Islamophobia."

Janet Yellen warned Congress Thursday the timing might not be right for infrastructure spending and questioned Donald Trump's assertions that the Dodd-Frank stock market rules stifle economic growth.

The president-elect tweeted that he had influenced Ford's decision, but Ford says it never planned to close the Louisville, Ky., plant or to reduce jobs there.