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MN lawmakers hear plan to reconnect historic Black neighborhood

MN lawmakers hear plan to reconnect historic Black neighborhood

Minnesota lawmakers on Tuesday heard a proposal that would construct a “land bridge” to reconnect St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood that was devastated in the 1960s to make way for Interstate 94.
by The Associated Press

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McCarthy faces choices as GOP divides over Cheney, Greene

McCarthy faces choices as GOP divides over Cheney, Greene

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is facing unrest from opposing ends of the Republican spectrum over Reps. Liz Cheney and Marjorie Taylor Greene. The upheaval underscores GOP fissures as the party seeks its pathway without Donald Trump in the White House. 
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Huge 2020 DFL money edge couldn’t tip Capitol control

Huge 2020 DFL money edge couldn’t tip Capitol control

Democrats and their allies spent record amounts of cash in the 2020 campaign, but Republicans still held their majority in the Minnesota Senate and gained seats in the House. 
by David H. Montgomery

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Security plan for Chauvin trial could hit bumps at Capitol

Security plan for Chauvin trial could hit bumps at Capitol

A plan to step up a law enforcement presence around the Derek Chauvin trial in George Floyd’s death is advancing, although Republicans are uncomfortable with it.
by Brian Bakst

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Pete Buttigieg confirmed as transportation secretary

Pete Buttigieg confirmed as transportation secretary

The 39-year-old former South Bend, Ind. mayor is both the first openly gay man confirmed to a Cabinet position and the youngest member of President Joe Biden's Cabinet.
by Brian Naylor

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House Dems make case for conviction; Trump denies charges

House Dems make case for conviction; Trump denies charges

House Democrats say Donald Trump endangered the lives of all members of Congress when he aimed a mob of supporters "like a loaded cannon" at the U.S. Capitol. They made the argument in a legal brief Tuesday that makes their most detailed case yet for why the former president should be convicted and permanently barred from office.
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Hundreds of Myanmar lawmakers under house arrest after coup

Hundreds of Myanmar lawmakers under house arrest after coup

Hundreds of members of Myanmar's Parliament were under house arrest Tuesday, confined to their government housing complex and guarded by soldiers a day after the military seized power in a coup and detained senior politicians including the country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Biden signs 3 immigration executive orders; activists want more

Biden signs 3 immigration executive orders; activists want more

President Joe Biden signed three executive orders on Tuesday that he said would lead to a more "fair, orderly, humane" immigration system, including one that would begin the difficult process of reuniting migrant children separated from their parents after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
by Franco Ordoñez

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