Politics and Government

A bill headed to the governor gives the Minnesota attorney general’s office new funding to increase staff to do criminal prosecutions. Democrats said it responds to local officials’ calls for state help to respond to violent crime, while Republicans said the legislation is too vague as to how the money would be used.

Chinese surveillance balloons have flown over the U.S. at least four times in recent years. But the U.S. didn't learn about these cases until the intelligence community discovered them afterwards.

A major U.S. Supreme Court case from North Carolina about a once-fringe election theory may end up getting tossed out of the high court now that a state court in GOP hands is rehearing the case.

Este martes el Presidente Joe Biden dará el discurso anual del Estado de la Unión. Por primera vez, NPR transmitirá la cobertura y análisis en inglés y español.

Generation Z, which turned out in large numbers along with millennials last election, is still new to politics. A report exclusively obtained by NPR adds more context to the youngest voting block.

Republican governors started the practice of transporting migrants from the U.S. southern border, but Democratic leaders have run with it. They say it's a humanitarian service, not a political stunt.

President Joe Biden developed a strong working relationship with Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell over the years. The same isn't true for Biden and new Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

With Democrats using their majorities at the Minnesota Capitol to pass a flurry of bills, Republicans are left trying to slow things down and attempt to paint the DFL as outside the mainstream.

China on Monday accused the United States of indiscriminate use of force when the American military shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the weekend.

The Northern Lights Express would run between the Twin Cities and the Twin Ports, with stops along the way in Coon Rapids, Cambridge and Hinckley.