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Primary battle looms for GOP Senate candidates Joe Fraser and Royce White

Primary battle looms for GOP Senate candidates Joe Fraser and Royce White

Businessman and Navy veteran Joe Fraser lost the Republican endorsement to former professional basketball player Royce White. Fraser, who pledged to honor the endorsement and drop out of the Senate race if someone else won, said he’s reversing that stance amid concerns about White’s background.
by Mark Zdechlik

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Walz, DFL chair call on Sen. Mitchell to resign; she says she won’t

Walz, DFL chair call on Sen. Mitchell to resign; she says she won’t

State Sen. Nicole Mitchell cast deciding votes on a number of policy and spending bills in the final weeks of the legislative session, following her arrest for allegedly burglarizing a relative’s home in April.
by Dana Ferguson

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Biden’s problems with younger voters are glaring, poll finds

Biden’s problems with younger voters are glaring, poll finds

Younger voters have been a crucial voting bloc for Democrats, but President Joe Biden is facing real challenges — and it's part of why his race with former President Donald Trump is so tight.
by Domenico Montanaro

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Alito rejects calls to quit Supreme Court cases on Trump and Jan. 6 because of flag controversies

Alito rejects calls to quit Supreme Court cases on Trump and Jan. 6 because of flag controversies

Former President Donald Trump is congratulating Justice Samuel Alito for rejecting calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases involving Trump and Jan. 6 defendants because of the controversy over flags that flew over Alito's homes. 
by The Associated Press

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Jury finishes a 1st day of deliberations in Trump’s hush money case

Jury finishes a 1st day of deliberations in Trump’s hush money case

Twelve New York jurors began deliberations Wednesday in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial. They will decide if Trump will be convicted or acquitted of 34 felony counts of falsified business records.
by Ximena Bustillo and Andrea Bernstein

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Prosecutor says Trump tried ‘to hoodwink voters’ while defense attacks key witness in last arguments

Prosecutor says Trump tried ‘to hoodwink voters’ while defense attacks key witness in last arguments

Attorneys in Donald Trump’s hush money trial have finished their closing arguments after a marathon day in court. A prosecutor told jurors that Trump engaged in a conspiracy “to hoodwink voters” in 2016. 
by The Associated Press

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State agency approves loan for tribal cannabis facility over board's recommendation

State agency approves loan for tribal cannabis facility over board's recommendation

The Minnesota Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation has approved a $2.5 million loan to a subsidiary of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa to build a cannabis growing facility in Brookston, despite its advisory board’s vote against it.
by Dan Kraker

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