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Biden praying for 'right verdict' in Chauvin trial
President Joe Biden says he is “praying the verdict is the right verdict” in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin and that he believes the case to be “overwhelming.” Biden told reporters at the White House on Tuesday that he was only weighing in on the trial into the death of George Floyd because the jury in the case had been sequestered.
Walter Mondale and Gary Eichten at the Fitzgerald Theater in 2012
Walter Mondale is the featured guest on stage at the Fitzgerald Theater for the “Farewell MIDDAY Program” hosted by MPR’s Gary Eichten in January 2012.
Long after the loss, Mondale's liberal legacy still relevant
As a young senator, he co-wrote the Fair Housing Act of 1968, a pillar of federal civil rights legislation. Under President Jimmy Carter, he became the first vice president to regularly advise the president. He also named a woman as his running mate, a first for a major presidential ticket.
State Department to issue travel warnings amid 'unprecedented' COVID-19 risks
The department says the new advisories will "better reflect the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's science." Americans are urged not to travel to nearly 80 percent of countries around the globe.
Looming Chauvin verdict will test Biden's leadership on race
The president prioritizes racial justice while also acting as an ally of law enforcement, and the trial's end could be the first significant flashpoint over race and policing in Biden's presidency.
Stuck at 435 representatives? Why the U.S. House hasn't grown with census counts
A 1929 law set up a process for redistributing representation after each census that has pitted states against one another in a once-a-decade fight for power in Congress and the Electoral College.
Police shooting puts Brooklyn Center mayor in the spotlight
Mike Elliott is the part-time mayor of a small first-ring suburb, but the killing of Daunte Wright has placed him in the middle of the national debate over policing.
Mondale remembered as effective policymaker, public servant
Former Vice President Walter Mondale is being remembered as a public servant with wisdom and wit as well as an effective policymaker. Former President Jimmy Carter says his vice president “was an invaluable partner and an able servant of the people of Minnesota, the United States, and the world.” Minnesota's current U.S. senators also are mourning the man who preceded them in the Senate.