Mid-Morning links: "Minnesota Mean," puppet fashion show, and more

• Beloved children's book "Library Lion" brought to life on Boston stage with puppet

  

• Noem joins agents in Minnesota amid ramped-up immigration crackdown

  

• Klobuchar considering run for Minn. governor after Walz ends re-election bid

  

• Abbott orders Texas child care fraud probe after Minnesota scandal raises national alarms

  

• What's a good credit card interest rate for 2026?

  

• DCFS opens this year's scholarship program for students currently or formerly in care

  

• Date set for special election to fill Marjorie Taylor Greene's District 14 House seat

  

• Boulder County Sheriff's Office arrests former teacher suspected of sexual exploitation of a child