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Trump Ally Bannon Taken Into Custody on Contempt Charges

WASHINGTON (AP) - Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon has surrendered to federal authorities to face contempt charges after defying a subpoena from a House committee investigating January’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Bannon was taken into custody Monday morning. He’s…

Court Temporarily Delays Release of Trump’s Jan. 6 Records

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the release of White House records sought by a U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, granting - for now - a request from former President Donald Trump. The…

House Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas 10 Former White House Aides

WASHINGTON (AP) - House investigators have issued subpoenas to 10 more former officials who worked for Donald Trump at the end of his presidency. They are part of a committee's effort to find out more about what the president was…

Appeals Court Stays Vaccine Mandate on Larger Businesses

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal appeals court has temporarily halted the Biden administration’s vaccine requirement for businesses with 100 or more workers. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Saturday granted an emergency stay of the requirement by…

General Election - November 2, 2021 Results

Below is the up to date results of the key races in Tuesday’s Minnesota General Election Council Member at Large - Elect 2 Azrin Awal -6,882 votes (30.75%) Joe Macor -6,131 votes  (27.39%) Terese Tomanek  -7,959 votes (35.56%) Timothy L.…

City Seeing More In-Person Voters

DULUTH, Minn. -- With 30% of voter turnout staff with the city say this is a similar election to 2017 with the slate of positions on the ballot. The Duluth city administrator says,…

Minneapolis Voters Weigh Fate of Police After George Floyd

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Voters in Minneapolis are deciding whether to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety. The election comes more than a year after George Floyd’s death launched a movement to defund or abolish…

General Election Takes Place Tuesday

DULUTH, Minn. -- The general election gets underway on Tuesday in Duluth. Beginning at 7 a.m. Tuesday morning and running until 8 p.m. at night the polls will be open. The municipal primary held…

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan Tests Positive for COVID

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan has tested positive for a breakthrough case of COVID-19, she announced over the weekend. Flanagan says she received the positive test after caring for her 8-year-old daughter Siobhan, who tested positive on…