The USA TODAY Fact Check Team is monitoring the inauguration ceremony, other addresses from Trump and former Present Joe Biden and reactions from around the country to sort fact from fiction and add ...

House Republicans have elected a speaker but the DFL is asking the state Supreme Court to intervene. At issue is whether 67 ...

John Hendrickson and John Phelan compare Minnesota's soaring taxes and deficits with Iowa low taxes and balanced budgets.

By Sarah Stultz and Eric Johnson It's been a tense start to the legislative session, but local representatives say they still have big goals for the coming months. Whether they're tied to education, ...

Doug Burgum, incoming President Donald Trump’s pick for Interior Secretary, told Senators Thursday that the nation's federal lands are “America’s balance sheet.” The North Dakota governor, who comes ...

Bad weather forecasts mean President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office from inside the Capitol Rotunda and people visiting Washington from around the country won't be able to see it in ...

U.S. prosecutors drop bribery charges against New York's former lieutenant governor, citing the death of a key witness.

It's been a tense start to the legislative session, but local representatives say they still have big goals for the coming months. Whether they're tied to education, government operations, the budget ...

Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday pitched a tighter two-year budget, complete with spending pullbacks and other measures to keep a ...

Minnesota Legislature got a dose of normalcy when Gov. Tim Walz unveiled his blueprint for the next two-year budget. The ...

Gov. Tim Walz is urging lawmakers to end a power struggle that has disrupted the first week of Minnesota’s 2025 legislative ...

Gov. Tim Walz is pitching his first budget under the new Trump era as a counterweight to the incoming president’s threats to ...