Well, President Donald J. Trump finally has his Nobel Peace Prize.  Yesterday, in a visit to the White House, Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado presented Trump with the Nobel Peace Prize medal the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded to her in October 2025.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz mobilizes state National Guard amid ongoing protests  —  Tim Walz Federal agencies US military Crime  —  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has mobilized the state National Guard to support the Minnesota State Patrol, Army Maj. Andrea Tsuchiya, state public affairs officer …

Dispatch from the occupation  —  What life is like in Minneapolis now … I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul ─ one of America's 20 largest metro areas.  I have kids in the public schools, own a house, go to work every day, pay taxes, volunteer in my community …

How the House Slumped to Historic Lows of Productivity in 2025  —  Despite holding a governing trifecta, Republicans labored to steer the tightly divided House, with fewer votes and fewer bills that became law than almost any session in the last two decades.

Trump Is Making China Great Again  —  SOMEONE ALERT the Norwegian Nobel Committee: Against the odds, Donald Trump has succeeded in peacefully uniting the world.  —  Unfortunately, the world has been united against us.  —  This Pax (Ex) Americana era was illustrated Friday …

Trump can now travel to Mar-a-Lago on a street bearing his name  —  Trump's latest naming recognition is a 4-mile stretch of Florida roadway connecting Palm Beach International Airport to his Mar-a-Lago resort.  —  WASHINGTON ‒ Presidents typically wait until they've left the White House ‒ …

Trump to POLITICO: 'It's time to look for new leadership in Iran' … The next day, the president abruptly changed course, saying he had been informed that the killings had stopped.  —  “The best decision he ever made was not hanging more than 800 people two days ago,” Trump said Saturday …

US federal forces blind two protesters shot in face with ‘less-lethal’ munitions  —  Kaden Rummler and Britain Rodriguez tell KTLA and LA Times of being shot at close range during California protest  —  Two protesters have been blinded by so-called “less-lethal” munitions deployed …

I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence.  Here's how ICE observers are helping.  —  Scientific research has shown that their tactics can undermine the conditions that lead to violence.  —  Since an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed Renee Good on Jan. 7 …

This Is the Only Card Trump Can Play  —  Not since the British occupation of Boston on the eve of the Revolutionary War has an American city experienced anything like the blockade of Minneapolis and its surrounding areas by the federal government.  —  Acting under the pretext of immigration enforcement …

‘Maybe DHS Was a Bad Idea’  —  “We don't do politics in the Department of Homeland Security,” Tom Ridge, the nation's first DHS secretary, liked to say whenever reporters would ask how he handled pressure from the White House.  Ridge, a moderate Republican and a Vietnam vet with a square jaw …

U-Va. board leaders resign as Spanberger and Democrats take power  —  The departures come as Democrats took other steps to quickly unwind some changes made at Virginia colleges during the administration of Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin.  —  The leaders of the University of Virginia's board resigned Friday …

DOJ Moves to Block Independent Monitor in Maxwell Case, Says Courts Cannot Force Epstein File Disclosures  —  DOJ Tells Court It Cannot Be Forced to Release Epstein Files  —  The U.S. Department of Justice has formally moved to block the appointment of an independent monitor or special master …

AP obtains documents showing Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez has been on DEA's radar for years  —  When President Donald Trump announced the audacious capture of Nicolás Maduro to face drug trafficking charges in the U.S., he portrayed the strongman's vice president and longtime aide …

Border Patrol agent questions if man is US citizen ‘because of your accent’  —  Video shows the moment Ramon Menera was detained outside his home in a Minneapolis suburb on Wednesday in front of his 5-year-old daughter after a US Border Patrol agent accused him of not being a US citizen because of his accent.

Abigail Spanberger becomes Virginia's 1st female governor in historic inauguration … “For the next generation of kids, it'll be normal to see a woman in this role, whether it's doing the joyful things of ribbon cuttings or the hard things of contending with whatever challenges we might be facing into the future,” Spanberger has said.