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¡Adelante Minnesota!

¡Adelante Minnesota!

Minnesotan Latinos are a well established, diverse, complex and growing community in the state. MPR News will be elevating Latino voices over the next five months, reporting on community issues.
by Kathryn Styer Martinez

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McConnell won't call Senate back for Trump impeachment trial

McConnell won't call Senate back for Trump impeachment trial

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday rejected a Democratic attempt to swiftly call the Senate into emergency session to hold an impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, all but assuring that those proceedings won't occur until after Trump leaves office.
by The Associated Press

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Fact check: Trump's call to action distorted in debate

Fact check: Trump's call to action distorted in debate

The House impeachment debate on Wednesday heard a distorted account of President Donald Trump's remarks to his supporters a week ago when he exhorted them to “fight like hell" before they swarmed the Capitol.
by The Associated Press

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Census Bureau stops work on Trump's request for unauthorized immigrant count

Census Bureau stops work on Trump's request for unauthorized immigrant count

The Census Bureau has stopped trying to produce a count of unauthorized immigrants, ending the agency's role in Trump's bid to alter census numbers used for reallocating House seats, NPR has learned.
by Hansi Lo Wang

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Photos: Ahead of impeachment, security is tight at the Capitol

Photos: Ahead of impeachment, security is tight at the Capitol

Barricades were set several blocks from the Capitol building. Law enforcement and national guard officials checked badges for anyone to enter the perimeter even by foot.
by Claudia Grisales

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Biden nominates Samantha Power to run U.S. agency for international development

Biden nominates Samantha Power to run U.S. agency for international development

Samantha Power is "a world-renowned voice of conscience and moral clarity," President-elect Joe Biden said of the former U.N. ambassador. The post will be elevated to become a National Security Council member.
by Laurel Wamsley

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NYC to terminate Trump contracts after Capitol insurrection

NYC to terminate Trump contracts after Capitol insurrection

The Trump Organization is under city contract to operate the two ice rinks and a carousel in Central Park as well as a golf course in the Bronx. It is the latest example of how the Jan. 6 breach by violent Trump supporters is impacting the Republican president's business interests.
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House votes to impeach Trump; Senate trial unlikely before Biden's inauguration

House votes to impeach Trump; Senate trial unlikely before Biden's inauguration

Just one week before he will leave office, Donald Trump has now become the first U.S. president to be impeached twice. The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to impeach Trump for "high crimes and misdemeanors" — specifically, for inciting an insurrection against the federal government at the U.S. Capitol.
by Deirdre Walsh and MPR News Staff

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