Politics and Government

President Joe Biden has unveiled his new HIV/AIDS strategy to end the more than 40-year-old epidemic, calling for a renewed focus on vulnerable Americans.

A poll by the Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics found that a majority of young people believe that American democracy is either "in trouble" or "failed."

Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar on Tuesday played a harrowing death threat recently left for her by voicemail, while imploring House Republican leaders to do more to tamp down "anti-Muslim hatred" in their ranks and "hold those who perpetuate it accountable."

The United States has joined the list of countries where democracy is backsliding, according to a new report by the think tank International IDEA.

At issue is whether to reverse the court's nearly half-century-old decision, Roe v. Wade, and subsequent decisions declaring that women have a constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy.

CNN said new documents "raise serious questions" about the anchor's role in trying to help his brother, former N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, respond to sexual misconduct allegations.

A Hastings school board member who ran for reelection earlier this month says politics went too far when a parent “outed” her transgender 8-year-old on Facebook.

As Congress works to pass the annual defense policy bill, lawmakers work to ensure efforts to reform the military justice system remain.

A voting case that impacts more than 50,000 Minnesotans with felony records came before the state Supreme Court and could be decided before the 2022 election.

President Joe Biden is in Minnesota today to promote his $1 trillion infrastructure law. Mitch Landrieu, who Biden tapped to oversee implementation of the law, told host Cathy Wurzer about the investments Minnesota can expect, and MPR News reporter Brian Bakst stopped by with political analysis of the infrastructure package and Biden’s visit.