Minnesota political leaders from both parties condemned a social media post Saturday by President Donald Trump that amplified a baseless conspiracy theory suggesting Gov. Tim Walz was involved in the killing of former House Speaker Melissa Hortman.

Trump reposted a video on Truth Social asserting, without evidence, that Walz had Hortman ...Read more

The U.S. plans to control Venezuela through an oil “quarantine” and a coordinated pressure campaign — but could still send in ground troops if President Trump decides to, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday.

“What you’re seeing right now is an oil quarantine that allows us to exert tremendous leverage over what happens next,”...Read more

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. will use leverage over oil to force further change in Venezuela as he seizes a long-awaited chance to try to shape Latin America in Washington’s favor.

Rubio, 54, emerged Sunday as the administration’s chief public voice on Venezuela, laying out hints of strategy after the U.S. swooped into ...Read more

President Donald Trump won broad approval for his strike on Venezuela from hawkish Republicans who have sparred with the White House over Ukraine and other foreign policies throughout Trump’s first year back in office.

Saturday’s attack and the arrest of Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro, rallied the party around the president, a far...Read more

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. would use an oil “quarantine” to get what it wants from Venezuela’s new leaders following the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro.

With questions swirling about how the U.S. will deal with members of Maduro’s leadership who remain in power, Rubio said that Venezuela must sever ties to Iran, ...Read more

Hours after President Donald Trump stunned the world by saying the U.S. plans to “run” Venezuela, uncertainty over what that means and who is in charge loomed over the South American nation.

Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was an indicted prisoner on a flight bound for New York by the time his Vice President Delcy Rodríguez �...Read more

WASHINGTON — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife will face criminal charges in the United States after an extraordinary overnight military raid to secure his arrest, the culmination of a lengthy U.S. pressure campaign for regime change in Caracas.

The move to seize the head of a sovereign nation for the U.S. justice system ...Read more

WASHINGTON — What the United States does next in Venezuela and in the Western Hemisphere more broadly are questions that loom large as the 119th Congress returns to work this week for its second session.

On the heels of the U.S. military’s abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro early Saturday morning and the administration’s ...Read more

President Donald Trump expressed fresh frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin, bristling at the Kremlin’s ongoing military operations even as the U.S. leader seeks to bring an end to the war in Ukraine.

“I’m not thrilled with Putin, he’s killing too many people,” Trump said Saturday during a news conference at his Mar-a-...Read more

WASHINGTON — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife will face criminal charges in the United States after an extraordinary overnight military raid to secure his arrest, the culmination of a lengthy U.S. pressure campaign for regime change in Caracas.

The move to seize the head of a sovereign nation for the U.S. justice system ...Read more

It seems Idaho U.S. Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch have finally broken with President Donald Trump — on one issue, at least.

But they seem to have picked about the worst one they could have.

As the Statesman’s Kevin Fixler reported, the two signed onto a letter in mid-December objecting to the Trump administration’s plans to move ...Read more

George Clooney is brushing off President Donald Trump’s mockery over his new status as a French citizen.

Trump took to his own platform, Truth Social, to bash Clooney and his wife, Amal, upon learning they have secured citizenship overseas, labeling them the “worst political prognosticators of all time.” He told his followers their move ...Read more

President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. is ready to aid protesters in Iran if authorities crack down on the unrest, prompting a top Iranian official to threaten retaliation against U.S. forces in the region.

Trump’s comments in an early-morning Truth Social post — including a warning that the U.S. is “locked and loaded and ready to go�...Read more

President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. is ready to aid protesters in Iran if authorities crack down on the unrest, prompting a top Iranian official to threaten retaliation against U.S. forces in the region.

Trump’s comments in an early-morning Truth Social post — including a warning that the U.S. is “locked and loaded and ready to go�...Read more

President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. is ready to aid protesters in Iran if authorities crack down on the unrest, prompting a top Iranian official to threaten retaliation against U.S. forces in the region.

Trump’s comments in an early-morning Truth Social post — including a warning that the U.S. is “locked and loaded and ready to go�...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has spent months on a campaign to collect nonpublic voter data from nearly every state, facing pushback from states and concerns from privacy advocates.

President Donald Trump and Justice Department officials have cast the effort as a push to clamp down on alleged voting fraud, amid a broader Trump ...Read more

President Donald Trump pledged that the U.S. will come to the rescue of Iranian protesters if they are attacked by Islamic Republic authorities.

“If Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue,” Trump said in a Truth Social post early Friday. “We are ...Read more

The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., ended the first year of President Donald Trump's second term with a record of rulings that gave him much broader power to control the federal government.

In a series of fast-track decisions, the justices granted emergency appeals and set aside rulings from district judges who blocked ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Trever Nehls stood in a hallway outside the House chamber on an early December evening, shaking hands, chatting with staffers and getting warm greetings from a number of GOP members.

A passerby paused in front of him: “Are you the real one or …”

“As long as you don’t say ‘impostor,’” he replied.

Trever is the ...Read more