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D.C. Memo: Phillips, other Dems, defend Biden and decry impeachment calls; Sheletta Brundidge’s trip to D.C.
Democrats are throwing Hunter Biden under the bus while protesting Republicans’ move toward an impeachment inquiry.
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D.C. Memo: Phillips says McConnell, Feinstein are reasons to have term limits
Plus: Klobuchar takes victory lap on Biden drug plan, lawmakers enjoy beefcake at the fair
D.C. Memo: Trump surrenders, Tina Smith joins Biden campaign attacks on GOP presidential hopefuls
Plus: Omar criticized for trip to World Cup.
D.C. Memo: Blowback for Dean Phillips; Schultz preparing to take on Stauber again; GOP continues to defend Trump
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., planned to speak to Phillips this week.
D.C. Memo: Latest inflation news good, especially in Twin Cities
Plus: CDC concerned about an uptick of COVID hospitalizations.
D.C. Memo: Partisan divide again over Trump’s latest indictment
Plus: Farm bill comes to Farmfest.
D.C. Memo: Dean Phillips eyeing White House run
Plus: Another possible shutdown, lawmakers want feds to protect workers from record heat and Biden chooses Latino for federal bench in Minnesota.
D.C. Memo: Israel’s Herzog’s speech roils Minnesota delegation
Plus: University of Minnesota ends ‘legacy’ admissions.
D.C. Memo: Omar says ‘no way in hell’ to Israel’s Herzog
Plus: Steve Simon prepared for worst in 2024 elections; Fischbach brings D.C. lawmakers to Minnesota cattle ranch
D.C. Memo: Bidenomics, ‘legacy’ admissions in Minnesota colleges and cocaine at the White House
The dueling messaging over the economy is expected to intensify as the political support of American’s middle class in the presidential election is at stake.
D.C. Memo: SCOTUS college admission ruling roils Minnesota schools
Plus: McCollum takes on GOP over defense bill.
D.C. Memo: Walz buys his first tux, provokes envy among D.C. Dems; Minnesota Air National Guard battles other states for new aircraft
After being told he would have to wear a tuxedo to the state dinner, the governor, who says he’s never owned a tux, called Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., to make sure one was absolutely necessary.
D.C. Memo: Supreme Court rejects challenge based in part on a Minnesota case to Indian adoption law
Plus: Emmer seeks to oust SEC chair, fire forces Finstad from home
D.C. Memo: Justice Department indicts Trump
Plus: GOP right-wing revolt freezes all legislation in the House
D.C. Memo: Centrist Dean Phillips helps GOP in debt ceiling drama, attempt to cut food stamps won’t
Plus: Angie Craig draws a new challenger
D.C. Memo: Omar pushes against ‘bad deal’ in debt ceiling talks; 94-year-old victorious against Hennepin County in Supreme Court ruling
“What Republicans are doing right now is playing stupid games, they are not negotiating,” said Omar, who is deputy chair of the Progressive Caucus. “The default that they are threatening is a horror show.”
D.C. Memo: Smith asks Biden to ignore GOP and use 14th Amendment to avoid debt limit crisis
Plus: Klobuchar focuses on AI in politics and SCOTUS sides with Prince photographer over Warhol depiction of the Purple One (or orange in this case).
D.C. Memo: Tina Smith calls out JPMorgan Chase over Jeffrey Epstein; and AOC talks Boundary Waters
Sen. Tina Smith has questions for bank CEO after Virgin Islands AG said JPMorgan Chase ignored “obvious signs of Epstein’s illegal activity” and AOC weighs in during contentious Boundary Waters hearing.
