Politics Show Recap: Esme, Pat Talk Trump's Rochester Visit
With several key races still up in the air, Minnesota Republicans welcomed President Donald Trump on Thursday to Rochester.
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With several key races still up in the air, Minnesota Republicans welcomed President Donald Trump on Thursday to Rochester.
The Real Life in Chaska page is run by a city council member up for re-election next month. When she blocked her opponent from the community forum, it got plenty of attention from its Facebook followers.
It was clearly one of the most divisive confirmation battles in U.S. Supreme Court history -- one that was painted with partisan bitterness and anger.
Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice Saturday night after the bitterly polarized U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed him. The Senate vote delivered an election-season triumph to President Donald Trump that could swing the court rightward for a generation after a battle that rubbed raw the country's cultural, gender and political divides.
Kavanaugh's confirmation was always going to be difficult, but over the past few weeks it had veered terribly off course. Three women had accused the judge of sexual misconduct, bringing a #MeToo reckoning to Capitol Hill and transforming the nomination fight into a bitter dispute that pushed the polarization of the Senate to new extremes.
The United State Senate has confirmed the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court by a vote of 50-48.
A southern Minnesota television reporter who wore a "Make America Great Again" hat to a Trump rally that he was covering has been fired.
Republican Congressman Erik Paulsen and Democratic challenger Dean Phillips are vying for Minnesota's 3rd District. They faced off during a Minnesota Public Radio debate this morning.
Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine declared Friday she will vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination, all but ensuring that a deeply riven Senate will elevate the conservative jurist to the nation's highest court despite allegations that he sexually assaulted women decades ago.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is pushing ahead with little room for error.
President Donald Trump is campaigning in Minnesota as he seeks to boost Republican congressional candidates.
The line to get into Thursday night's rally snaked throughout most of downtown Rochester. Some got there as early as 5 a.m. Wednesday.
United States Senators are getting a chance to look at the FBI report into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle took turns privately reviewing one copy of the confidential report Thursday.
Thousands are expected to attend the visit at the Mayo Civic Center. People are taking to Twitter to react to Trump's visit.
President Donald Trump is in Minnesota for the second time this year, rallying in Rochester with midterm elections about a month away.
