Politics
What would it cost to protect the nation's voting systems from attack? About $400 million would go a long way, say cybersecurity experts. The Pentagon spent more than that last year on military bands alone — but getting funds for election systems is always a struggle.
Metropolitan Council Chair Adam Duininck is stepping down after leading the regional planning agency for the past two-and-a-half years.
In a bruising setback, Senate Republican leaders are delaying a vote on their prized health care bill until after the July 4 recess.
The president is using the Trump International Hotel, blocks from the White House, to raise money for his campaign operation, which has generated revenue for Trump businesses.
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear arguments later this year on whether President Trump's travel ban should stand. They also have allowed parts of the ban to take effect. What is the current status of the ban?
President Trump used the resignations of three CNN journalists involved in a retracted Russia-related story to resume his attack on the network's credibility Tuesday.
The right to marry was far from the only battle the LGBT community has had to fight in Minnesota. The struggle against legal discrimination was waged in force from the 1970s all the way to the early '90s.
Senate Republicans are expected to call for a vote on their plan to replace the Affordable Care Act this week. What's in it?
Women are politically motivated and they win elections as often as men. But in the U.S. they are far less likely to run for political office. Why is that? And what will it take to get more women to run?
President Trump's campaign promise to repeal and replace Obamacare is now in the hands of a key group of GOP senators who are opposing -- or not yet supporting -- legislation Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is pushing to bring to a vote this week.
The administration can bar travelers from six majority-Muslim countries from the U.S. if they don't have a "credible claim of a bona fide relationship" with someone or some entity in the country. It's unclear what will ultimately constitute a "bona fide relationship."
All three branches of state government meet in a Ramsey County court room.
At the end of Obama's term, 64 percent of respondents said they were confident in the U.S. president, compared to 22 percent now. Now only two countries' respondents prefer Trump over Obama.
Medicaid has become a prime target of Republicans in Congress who want to rein in the program's costs, which totaled $350 billion in 2015. We take a look at what all that money pays for.
Television producer Norman Lear bought a version of the Declaration of Independence and toured it around the country to promote American values. Khizr Khan is an American citizen from Pakistan who says we must always stay true to the rights and privileges outlined in our Constitution.
Congressional forecasters say a Senate Republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act would leave 22 million more people uninsured in the next decade.
Republican leaders added a penalty for people who've let their insurance lapse Monday as party leaders prepared to begin pushing the health care measure through the Senate, despite a rebellion within GOP ranks.
A Ramsey County judge consented late Monday to temporary funding to pay to run the Legislature while a dispute over a line-item veto plays out.
Many administration officials believe the U.S. needs to maintain its distance from Russia at such a sensitive time -- and interact only with great caution.
The Supreme Court is letting the Trump administration mostly enforce its 90-day ban on travelers from six mostly Muslim countries. The justices will hear arguments in the case in the fall.