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K-12 education and the Minnesota Legislature: 5 things to watch this session
Even as Minnesota lawmakers struggle to start their new session, education committee leaders in the House and Senate are quietly starting to set budget and policy priorities. Here’s a look at what might be coming.
Trump Justice Department says it has fired employees involved in prosecutions of the president
The Justice Department said Monday that it had fired more than a dozen employees who worked on criminal prosecutions of President Donald Trump, moving rapidly to pursue retribution against lawyers involved in the investigations and signaling an early willingness to take action favorable to the president's personal interests.
Justice Department moves to fire at least 12 officials who investigated Trump
In termination letters sent to more than a dozen officials, acting Attorney General James McHenry wrote that he did not believe they "could be trusted to faithfully implement the President's agenda."
CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal
A CDC official sent a memo to senior leaders at the agency on Sunday night telling them that all agency staff who work with the WHO must immediately stop their collaborations and “await further guidance.”
‘Need to start over’: GOP, DFL leaders talk next steps to settle House control
DFL Rep. Jamie Long and Republican House Leader Lisa Demuth joined MPR News guest host Emily Bright to talk through a key decision Friday from the Minnesota Supreme Court and whether it will deepen the partisan standoff or lead to a power-sharing agreement in the House.
New Trump orders on transgender troops, COVID and more expected on Hegseth’s first day
President Donald Trump says he will sign a flurry of executive orders focused on the military, including to reinstate troops booted for refusing COVID-19 vaccines and remove “transgender ideology” from the force. 
Minnesota lawmakers hit a reset after Supreme Court ruling, but stalemate persists
Like a scene from the movie “Groundhog Day,” life in the Minnesota House continued to repeat itself Monday — a cycle of gaveled to order, no quorum, no business, gaveled to adjournment. The Senate also saw some controversy.