Politics

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Minnesota state Rep. Jim Knoblach dropped his re-election campaign Friday. He cited a forthcoming MPR investigation that detailed allegations by his now-adult daughter of inappropriate behavior toward her since childhood.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein denied a New York Times report Friday that he suggested that he secretly record President Donald Trump last year to expose chaos in the administration and that he floated the idea of using the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.

MPR News reporter Nina Moini details the painstaking effort to pursue and write the story of Laura Knoblach's allegations against her father, state Rep. Jim Knoblach.

Republican state Rep. Jim Knoblach abruptly ended his re-election campaign Friday as MPR News prepared to publish detailed accusations from his daughter of inappropriate behavior toward her since childhood. Jim Knoblach says the accusations by his daughter are false.

It's our weekly look at politics in Minnesota.

Behind the scenes of NPR's recent reporting trip to North Korea, where a government-assigned minder stymied the team at nearly every turn.

President Donald Trump challenged the woman accusing his Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault by name Friday, saying that if the alleged attack was that "bad" then she would have filed charges.

Some political stories worth a look as your Friday gets started.

Much of the political world is consumed with a battle over a Supreme Court nominee, an expanding international trade war and President Donald Trump's social media posts. Yet here in Minnesota, the first votes of the 2018 midterm elections are being cast.

Heading into midterm elections, pressure is on for governments and campaigns to secure elections. But what about the companies who make the machines and print the ballots?

Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who alleges Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a high school party in the 1980s, is open to appearing before a Senate panel next week.

President Trump is not on the ballot this year but seven in 10 Minnesotans say he'll still be top of mind when they head to the voting booth Nov. 6, an MPR News/Star Tribune Minnesota Poll shows.

A key senator suggests that if the Senate Judiciary Committee needs help investigating the Supreme Court nominee, it could bring in the feds. That's more complicated than it sounds.

After saying on social media that the incident "did happen," a former classmate of Christine Blasey Ford tells NPR she does not have first-hand knowledge of it.

North Korea had already promised to dismantle part of the site. Now, with fanfare, it's offering to let the world watch -- which analysts say is not that much of a step forward.

A handful of Minnesota political stories to start your Thursday.

A new poll finds that men and women — particularly within the Republican party — differ greatly on why more women haven't been elected to office, or even whether there are enough women in office.

The Missouri Democrat, facing a tough re-election battle, says her decision is not based on recent allegations of sexual misconduct against the nominee, but on other issues.