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Biden, Harris and Walz attend funeral for former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman

By STEVE KARNOWSKI
Jun 28, 2025 5:03 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — Democratic former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman was honored for her legislative accomplishments and her humanity during a funeral Saturday where f...
White House seeks to cut nation’s only federal after-school program

By Terell Wright
Jun 28, 2025 4:55 pm - The Trump administration is seeking to cut the only federal after-school programming in the nation. The 21st Century Community Learning Centers, a program created by the ...
Beloved dog joined Minnesota lawmaker, husband as they lay in state

By Victoria Craw
Jun 28, 2025 4:17 pm - Thousands of people lined up at the Minnesota Capitol to pay tribute to slain lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, as they lay in state Friday, ahead of Saturd...
‘Kisses yes, Bezos No,’ protesters say, as Bezos wedding bonanza stirs controversy in Venice

By ANTONIO CALANNI and GIADA ZAMPANO
Jun 28, 2025 4:13 pm - VENICE, Italy — Hundreds of protesters marched through Venice's central streets on Saturday to say “No” to billionaire Jeff Bezos, his bride and their much-awaited weddin...
Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families.

By LAURA UNGAR
Jun 28, 2025 4:01 pm - In the time before widespread vaccination, death often came early. Devastating infectious diseases ran rampant in America, killing millions of children. Over the next century, vaccines virtually wiped out long-feared scourges like polio and measles. Today, however, some preventable, contagious diseases are making a comeback as vaccine hesitancy pushes immunization rates down.
Trump says he will move aggressively to undo nationwide blocks on his agenda

By Justin Jouvenal, Cat Zakrzewski andd Jeremy Roebuck
Jun 28, 2025 3:30 pm - An emboldened Trump administration plans to aggressively challenge blocks on the president’s top priorities, a White House official said, following a major Supreme Court ...
Senate excludes trillions in debt to make Trump’s tax bill seem cheaper

By Alyssa Fowers and Hannah Dormido
Jun 28, 2025 3:13 pm - Senate Republicans slapped a price tag on their tax package that is nearly 90% lower than the version that recently passed the House. They didn’t bring the price down by ...
At least 60 people killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza as ceasefire prospects inch closer

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAM MEDNICK
Jun 28, 2025 8:51 am - At least 60 people were killed across Gaza by Israeli strikes, health workers said Saturday, as Palestinians face a growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and ceasefire prospects inch closer.
Trump’s tax and spending cuts bill clears key Senate vote as Republicans race to pass it by July 4

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Jun 28, 2025 8:44 am - The Senate is expected to grind through a rare weekend session as Republicans race to pass President Donald Trump's package of tax breaks and spending cuts by his July Fourth deadline.
Supreme Court to rehear case over Louisiana’s second majority-Black district

By Justin Jouvenal and Patrick Marley
Jun 27, 2025 9:38 pm - The Supreme Court on Friday put off deciding whether to uphold a Louisiana map that added a second majority-Black congressional district in the state, saying it would reh...

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