Wray to resign as FBI director before Trump's inauguration
President-elect Donald Trump announced in November that he intended to name Kash Patel to replace Cristopher Wray as FBI director.
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President-elect Donald Trump announced in November that he intended to name Kash Patel to replace Cristopher Wray as FBI director.
After a judge halted a planned lottery for cannabis license "preapproval" last month, the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management said it was skipping past that process entirely and focusing on a standard licensing period in late spring and early summer of 2025.
Hope Walz, daughter of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, took a swipe at influential podcaster Joe Rogan and the men among his fanbase after the host said he supported President-elect Donald Trump due to misstatements the former Democratic vice presidential candidate made about his past.
"The Task Force found that the tragic and shocking events in Butler, Pennsylvania were preventable and should not have happened," a House task force found.
Sen. Mitch McConnell, the outgoing Republican leader in the Senate, suffered a fall on Capitol Hill on Tuesday and received medical treatment.
The Minnesota Department of Human Services' "internal control weakness" has led to more than $40 million in overpayments to Medicaid providers, according to a report released on Tuesday by state auditors.
Some Senate Republicans said the allegations against Hegseth should be taken seriously only if the anonymous sources come forward.
A federal judge is considering whether a Minnesota law that bans religious tests for colleges that participate in a state program that allows high school students to take college courses for credit is unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Wisconsin parents who wanted to challenge a school district's guidance for supporting transgender students.
President-elect Donald Trump's election victory has cast doubt on the future of U.S. aid for Ukraine.
Elon Musk was the largest donor in the 2024 election cycle, spending at least $277 million to back President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican candidates.
Trump's pick for defense chief, Pete Hegseth, has been meeting with GOP senators, amid allegations of alcohol abuse, sexual misconduct and mismanagement of two veterans' organizations he ran.
An appeals court judge wrote that the law that would force a sale or ban of TikTok "survive[s] constitutional scrutiny."
WCCO's Caroline Cummings sits down with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to discuss the state's political climate, and his own political future following his unsuccessful bid for vice president.
President Biden is weighing giving preemptive pardons to perceived enemies of President-elect Donald Trump to shield them from possible "retribution."