WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Washington, DC, after an allergic reaction. A Department of Homeland Security spokewoman says it was out of an abundance of caution and that Noem is alert and recovering. CNN observed Secret Service agents posted at several entrances outside the emergency room at the…
Aboard Air Force One/June 17 (CNN)WASHINGTON (AP/CNN) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday ruled out calling Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after the targeted shootings of two state lawmakers, saying that to do so would “waste time.” A spokesperson for Walz said the governor wishes Trump “would be a President for all Americans.” One lawmaker and her husband were killed, and the second legislator and…
North Dakota lawmakers participate in a Senate floor session on April 25, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota legislative support staff on Saturday wiped legislators’ home addresses from the Legislature’s website in response to the shootings of two lawmakers in Minnesota. John Bjornson, director of Legislative Council, said he made the decision Saturday morning hearing…
Matthew Simon of rural Bismarck was elected chair of the North Dakota Republican Party on June 14, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK (North Dakota Monitor) — A divided North Dakota Republican Party elected a newcomer its new chair Saturday, with a nearly tied vote reflecting a split in the party. Matthew Simon, vice chair for NDGOP District 8 who met…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — City commissioners in West Fargo vote to table the second reading of a new ordinance to restrict who can operate short-term rental properties. It would make primary residences the only ones eligible to be used as short-term rentals, leaving investment properties out of the equation. Commissioners decided to start a committee to look into the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Political scientists in the region say we could be in the midst of one of the most violent decades in modern political history. And they say this weekend’s assassination of a Minnesota state lawmaker and her spouse, and an attempt on another and his could have a chilling effect on people’s interest in running for office….
Courtesy FOX 9MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KVRR/FOX 9) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota reveals that Vance Boelter allegedly went into the homes of four state lawmakers early Saturday morning. The 57-year-old is charged with stalking and murder. He is accused of fatally shooting Rep. Melissa and Mark Hortman and injuring Sen. John and Yvette Hoffman. The attorney’s…
State Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) Woodbury, Minn.DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — A judge is granting a continuance in the trial of Minnesota state Senator Nicole Mitchell. Mitchell’s attorneys requested the continuance in a hearing over Zoom on Monday, June 16. The reasoning for the continuance is due to the shooting of two state legislators and their spouses, one fatally last Saturday….
Courtesy: Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) / Facebook(FOX 9) – Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman’s wife, Yvette, sent an update to U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar on their condition after being shot multiple times Saturday. In a text from Yvette that Sen. Klobuchar posted to Facebook, she says Sen. Hoffman was shot nine times, and is “enduring many surgeries right now and is closer every hour to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The area in front of Fargo City hall stretching towards the convention center and library began to fill at around noon on June 14, and only grew as the day wore on. Organizers estimate over 3,000 people showed up to voice their discontent with Donald Trump’s birthday celebration and his administration’s policies. Plenty planned to gather…
