The US Senate on Friday approved Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump’s defense secretary by a razor-thin margin, in which, Vice President JD Vance had to cast the tie-breaking vote.

The national honor bestowed upon the official state bird of Minnesota earlier this month confirms what Minnesotans already know well — just how special the loon is. The common loon is known for its haunting call as well as its spots and stripes in black and white.

Bleu Duck Kitchen co-owner Jennifer Lester remembers the moment her business partner, Erik Kleven, called to tell her about an idea he had stumbled upon while visiting the coast of Maine. “He was like,

Ferris State head coach Bob Daniels announced last week that he’ll retire at the end of this season. Ferris State AD Steve Brockelbank told The Big Rapids Pioneer this week that the school has

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, he has built the most formidable foundation of Republican electoral strength since the Ronald Reagan era in the 1980s.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison sued to block Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship, joining counterparts in 21 other states in legal battles against a right they say is guaranteed by the Constitution and upheld by the Supreme Court.

Until the order, which Trump signed the same day he was inaugurated as the 47th president, the U.S. government has, at least the late 1800s, considered the child of any immigrant born on U.S. soil an automatic citizen, even to a mother in the United States illegally.

Attorneys general from 22 states sued Tuesday to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a century-old immigration practice known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Minnesota joined 20 states and San Francisco in suing Trump over his birthright citizenship order.

The suit argues the Supreme Court has previously ruled that birthright citizenship extends to everyone born in the United States.

Eighteen states, plus the District of Columbia and San Francisco sued in federal court to block Trump's order.

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