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Raising money and poll numbers, Donald Trump stays 'Teflon Don' amid indictments

Raising money and poll numbers, Donald Trump stays 'Teflon Don' amid indictments

In 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump claimed he could shoot someone and not lose any voters. Now, he faces criminal charges in three separate indictments, and voters continue to support "Teflon Don."
by Franco Ordoñez

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People who were adopted, birth parents react to change in Minnesota birth records policy

People who were adopted, birth parents react to change in Minnesota birth records policy

A few sentences tucked into a massive bill that passed the Minnesota Legislature last session are poised to give people who were born in the state, and then adopted, a new way to find their birth parents. In some cases, it could end decades of speculation and separation.
by Tim Nelson

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Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 election

Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 election

Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to trying to overturn the results of his 2020 election loss, answering for the first time to federal charges that accuse him of orchestrating a brazen and ultimately unsuccessful attempt to block the peaceful transfer of presidential power.
by The Associated Press

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Michigan’s lessons for Minnesota on legal cannabis

Michigan’s lessons for Minnesota on legal cannabis

Michigan legalized recreational marijuana use in 2019. What can Minnesota learn from another Midwestern state’s experience? 
by Peter Cox

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Trump's attorney tells NPR how he plans to defend against the latest charges

Trump's attorney tells NPR how he plans to defend against the latest charges

One of Donald Trump's attorneys, John Lauro, outlines what he says is a 'very straightforward' defense against the latest charges against the former president.
by Sacha Pfeiffer, Alejandra Marquez Janse and Justine Kenin

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Law change will unseal original birth records for people born in Minnesota and later adopted

Law change will unseal original birth records for people born in Minnesota and later adopted

A major change is coming to birth records kept in Minnesota. Starting next summer, people who put children born in Minnesota up for adoption — in the past, and in the future — won’t be able to keep their names private.
by Tim Nelson

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Police search Senate office buildings after report of active shooter; later declare it a false alarm

Police search Senate office buildings after report of active shooter; later declare it a false alarm

Authorities issued a shelter-in-place order and searched Senate office buildings near the U.S. Capitol Wednesday afternoon after a 911 call warned of a possible active shooter. But a floor-by-floor search of the three buildings found nothing, and Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said the cause of the security scramble “may have been a bogus call.”
by The Associated Press

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5 things to know about the latest charges against Donald Trump

5 things to know about the latest charges against Donald Trump

Former President Donald Trump was indicted Tuesday on charges he led a web of conspiracies, with the ultimate goal of overturning the 2020 election results. Read this if you need to get up to speed.
by Emily Olson, Jaclyn Diaz and Ximena Bustillo

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