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
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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.
D.C. Memo: Klobuchar defends USDA … and efforts to reform the Supreme Court
Plus: Stauber holds event to promote nickel and copper mining.
D.C. Memo: Minnesota lawmakers at the center of GOP debt-relief bill drama
Plus: Supreme Court hears case of 94-year-old Minnesota homeowner
D.C. Memo: Emmer leadership put to the test over debt ceiling
Plus: several donors but little money for Trump from Minnesota, and Craig votes against D.C. police reform.
D.C. Memo: Justice Clarence Thomas’ pricey trips put Supreme Court ethics under scrutiny
Plus: Rep. Dean Phillips leads charge to pressure Dianne Feinstein to resign.
D.C. Memo: Few in GOP echo Trump’s calls for defunding FBI
Plus: Clarence Thomas’ trips stoke calls for Supreme Court ethics reform
D.C. Memo: Trump indicted
Plus: Phillips breaks with Dems on armed guards in schools, Omar defends TikTok, Stauber has win on mine permitting bill and more.
D.C. Memo: Dean Phillips visits dad’s Vietnam War crash site; rubs elbows with South Korean stars
Plus: Emmer raises campaign cash on Trump’s legal woes and Flanagan raises profile in visit to D.C.
D.C. Memo: Bank collapses stoke even more partisanship
Plus: Craig targeted by GOP, again.
D.C. Memo: Finstad campaign calls Omar ‘anti-America’ in fundraising appeal, Omar strikes back
Plus: Minnesota Dems split over D.C. criminal code and Biden unveils budget
DC Memo: Minnesota Day at the White House; McCollum decries GOP curbs to earmarks; Stauber and AOC agree to disagree politely
About 50 public officials, labor leaders and nonprofit executives from the state were in Washington, D.C., this week to thank the Biden administration for funneling federal dollars to their priorities.
