This political assassination, the likes of which have never occurred here in the state of Minnesota, has shook our state at a foundational level,” said acting U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson, as the ...

It’s disappointing to see Republicans continue to fabricate fake problems in order to distract us from the real problems Minnesotans are facing every day.

Across the country, a rise in political violence is upending norms of democracy and heightening the risks of public service for officials from presidential candidates to Supreme Court justices ...

State Sen. Dave Argall, R-29, Rush Twp. agrees. “The sort of terrible violence we saw over the weekend must never, ever become the way we settle our differences.

Elected officials condemned the political assassination of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, with flags at half-staff and beefed-up statehouse security in New York.

Police tape blocks off the home of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman, June 15, 2025, in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Have we normalized political violence? It too quickly fades from memory.

On June 14, a gunman allegedly killed former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband at their Brooklyn Park, Minnesota home after wounding another state senator and his wife in ...

COMMENTARY When Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other U.S. leaders hurl partisan blame for political violence like Colombia's, it only encourages reckless responses to violence like Minnesota's.

Shortly after the shooting, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called the attacks “an act of targeted political violence.” He’s right.