Minnesota Now: February 25, 2026
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At President Donald Trump's State of the Union address, his focus on Minnesota was not about immigration, but rather fraud. We fact check his claims. Plus, Representative Ilhan Omar disrupted the speech. We hear what she said and why she did that.
Mutual aid, organizing and other forms of protest have not ended since some ICE agents have left the state. We talk about the next phase of organizing.
Plus, we hear from disability rights lawyers on how funding pauses over fraud are impacting access to service.
We get an update on the forecast from Chief Meteorologist Paul Huttner.
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And we talk to the curator of a University of Minnesota archive of African American literature that spans 250 years.
The Minnesota Music Minute was “My Heart Your Heart” by Bad Bad Hats.
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