Politics and Government News

Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns
Vice President JD Vance announced Wednesday that the Trump administration would “temporarily halt” some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns, as part of what he described as an aggressive crackdown on misuse of public funds.
Unpacking the State of the Union
President Donald Trump gave his State of the Union address Tuesday night. MPR News host Angela Davis talks about it with a historian, a political scientist and our listeners.
5 takeaways from Trump’s State of the Union address
President Trump hit familiar notes on immigration and culture in his speech Tuesday night, but he largely underplayed the economic problems that voters say they are most concerned about.
Minnesota gun bills stall but Annunciation families vow to keep pushing the proposals
Proposed bans on assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines stalled in a Minnesota House committee Tuesday after survivors and families affected by the Annunciation Church and School shooting made pleas that lawmakers pass them.
State of Minnesota, Fleet Farm reach settlement in lawsuit over gun sales
The state of Minnesota has reached a settlement with Fleet Farm in a lawsuit alleging the retailer was negligent for selling guns that turned up at crime scenes, including the 2021 Truck Park mass shooting in St. Paul.
State of the Union offers Trump a chance to make the case for his foreign policy approach
At a moment when polls show the American public increasingly concerned about the economy, Trump’s assignment Tuesday evening was to cut through a thickening skepticism that he's staying true to his “America First” philosophy after a year in which his focus was often far from home.