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Trump touts historic deportation plans, but his own record reveals big obstacles
Former President Donald Trump and his allies promise a historic deportation effort if he's reelected. But internal documents from his time in office show how difficult that would be to execute.
‘We‘re going to deliver the 7th District for President Trump‘: Rep. Fischbach on her primary win
Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach won a contentious Republican primary in western Minnesota‘s 7th District Tuesday, holding off a challenge from the right by Steve Boyd.
With majority-making state Senate race, Minnesota’s priciest legislative campaign could be afoot
A special election for a west metro Senate seat will determine which party has control of the Minnesota Senate. The race creates an opportunity for Republicans to break up the DFL trifecta. 
After Minnesota primary, Democrats turn attention to Chicago for national convention
The Democratic National Convention begins Monday in Chicago. Since last week’s addition of Gov. Tim Walz to the Democratic ticket, there are many more eyes on the convention here in Minnesota.
Democrat, Republican experts weigh in on primary election results, look to fall challenges
Attorney and Democratic political analyst Abou Amara and Paul Anderson, a GOP party operative and former Republican state senator who represented Senate District 44 in the Plymouth area, joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer to parse the primary results and what they both expect to be expensive campaigns ahead of Nov. 5.
There's an apostrophe battle brewing among grammar nerds. Is it Harris' or Harris's?
Whatever possessed Vice President Kamala Harris to pick Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, it probably wasn’t a desire to inflame arguments about apostrophes. But it doesn’t take much to get grammar nerds fired up.