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Minnesotan tapped for national security adviser aims to be strong but polite
The 1994 graduate of Southwest High School in Minneapolis was tapped last week by President-elect Joe Biden for one of the biggest jobs in his White House.
Ex-Trump campaign aide sues over Russia probe surveillance
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National
Iowa GOP congressional candidate holds lead after recount
A Republican candidate is hanging onto a single-digit lead in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District after a recount in a race that will help determine the size of Democrats' majority in the House of Representatives.
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Biden assembles his team
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National
The Latest: Researchers urge Arizona shutdown, mask mandate
University of Arizona researchers say the current surge in the coronavirus outbreak will present the state with a hospital crisis that could become a disaster unless the state takes steps such as ordering a three-week stay-home shutdown and implementing a statewide mask mandate.
Politics
Doug Emhoff is about to take his own place in history
The 56-year-old will become the nation's first second gentleman, and, not for nothing, the first Jewish spouse of a president or vice president.
Politics
North Branch senator launches bid to lead Minnesota GOP
Jennifer Carnahan, the current party chair, has not yet said whether she plans to run for another two-year term.
Coronavirus
COVID-19 canceled governor's turkey meet-and-greet
Annual meet-and-greet with governor a victim of virus precautions.
Coronavirus
With no action by Washington, states race to offer virus aid
Faulting inaction in Washington, governors and state lawmakers are racing to get pandemic relief to small-business owners, the unemployed, renters and others whose livelihoods have been upended by the widening coronavirus outbreak.
National
To court Latinos, Democrats have to expand strategy in 2022
President-elect Joe Biden's campaign credits its success in Arizona to the immigrant-rights and grassroots organizations that have been mobilizing Latinos for nearly two decades. The fruits of their labor — in triple-digit heat, no less — paid off in this traditionally conservative state, where changing demographics and suburban voters turning out to oppose President Donald Trump also worked in Biden's favor.
National
Biden plans swift moves to protect and advance LGBTQ rights
In many cases the measures would reverse executive actions by President Donald Trump.
National
Biden's win means some Guantanamo prisoners may be released
The oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center went to his latest review board hearing with a degree of hope, something that has been scarce during his 16 years locked up without charges at the U.S. base in Cuba.
National
Biden's win hides a dire warning for Democrats in rural U.S.
While Democrats powered through cities and suburbs to reclaim the White House, the party slid further behind in huge rural swaths of northern battlegrounds.
National
Milwaukee County vote recount gives Biden small boost
Milwaukee County completed its recount of presidential ballots Friday, finding only small changes in vote totals for one of the two Wisconsin counties recounting ballots, but President Donald Trump's attorneys appear ready for a legal challenge seeking to toss tens of thousands of ballots.
National
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National
High court takes up census case, as other count issues loom
President Donald Trump's attempt to exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to divvy up congressional seats is headed for a post-Thanksgiving Supreme Court showdown.
National
AP FACT CHECK: Trump distorts military role in vaccines
From the get-go, President Donald Trump has miscast or exaggerated the military's role in his administration's crash program to accelerate the development, production and eventual distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
National
One pandemic, two different worlds in Georgia runoff races
Across the grounds of a south Georgia courthouse, scores of masked and socially distanced voters bowed their heads in prayer for the 260,000-plus Americans who have died from the coronavirus.
National
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National
Florida congressman-elect tests positive for virus
South Florida Congressman-elect Carlos Gimenez has tested positive for coronavirus, his campaign announced Friday.
Minneapolis
Minn. lawmakers hope to revive stalled push for sprinklers in old high-rises
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