Politics

After a federal judge ordered that Jim Acosta's credentials be temporarily restored Friday, the White House sent Acosta a letter saying they had made the "preliminary decision" to suspend his pass when the judge's order expires.

Some Minnesota political stories in the news that you may have missed over the weekend.

A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers in Virginia is working to make the state the 38th and final state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

In an interview, President Trump refused to admit any defeat in the midterm elections — but in a rare move, acknowledged he made a mistake by not visiting Arlington Cemetery on Veterans Day.

Ultimately, even a hand recount didn't shift the final margin of the race too much. Scott's win means Republicans have picked up two Senate seats even as the GOP lost substantial ground in the House.

Finland's president isn't sure where President Trump got the idea that raking is part of his country's routine for managing its substantial forests.

Nine STEM-related professionals - one senator and eight members of the House of Representatives -- were voted into office during the 2018 midterms. The cohort includes an ocean scientist, an aerospace engineer, a software engineer and a biochemist.

Many of the nearly 3,000 Central American migrants who have reached the Mexican border with California via caravan said Saturday they do not feel welcome in the city of Tijuana, where hundreds more migrants are headed after more than a month on the road.

Democrat Andrew Gillum ended his hard-fought campaign for Florida governor on Saturday, just hours before counties must turn in their official results following days of recounting ballots.

With their grip on power set to loosen come January, Republicans in several states are considering last-ditch laws that would weaken existing or incoming Democratic governors and advance their own conservative agendas.

After President Trump called his CIA chief and top diplomat from Air Force One as he flew to survey wildfire damage in California, the State Department released a statement saying "recent reports indicating that the U.S. government has made a final conclusion are inaccurate."

Wondering how many votes the various statewide and congressional candidates received in your neighborhood in the 2018 elections? Try this MPR News mapping tool that lets you search vote totals by precinct in Minnesota's major races.

The 1st District race was the closest congressional race in the state, with only 1,311 dividing Feehan from Republican Jim Hagedorn. Hagedorn has been in Washington this week preparing to take office.

The transition advisory board members, announced Friday, will be led by Lt. Gov.-elect Peggy Flanagan, who is finishing her second term in the state House before heading to the executive branch.

Page was in Washington, D.C., Friday to receive the medal, the highest honor a president may bestow on a civilian.

The Republican-controlled House passed a bill Friday to drop legal protections for gray wolves across the lower 48 states, reopening a lengthy battle over the predator species.

The DFLer will become the state's first African-American constitutional officer, and the first Muslim to hold statewide office, after winning a contentious race.

A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to immediately return the White House press credentials of CNN reporter Jim Acosta.

Among the significant changes is that schools could make it harder to prove allegations. Instead of only a "preponderance of the evidence," schools could demand "clear and convincing evidence."