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The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to be ready in case of a possible deployment to Minnesota, two defense officials said Sunday.

The FDA commissioner's effort to drastically shorten the review of drugs favored by President Donald Trump's administration is causing alarm across the agency.

Dozens of U.S. House members have announced they are not running for reelection. Some are seeking other offices, while others are retiring after decades of service.

The Justice Department is investigating whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have impeded federal immigration enforcement through public statements they have made, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The Utah man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk returned to court Friday, as his attorneys sought to disqualify prosecutors because the daughter of a deputy county attorney involved in the case attended the rally where Kirk was . ...

Elon Musk was forced to put restrictions on X and its AI chatbot, Grok, after its image generator sparked outrage around the world. Grok created non-consensual sexualized images, prompting some countries to ban the bot. Liz Landers discussed Grok's . ...

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act against protests in Minnesota, Trump's meeting with ...

On Monday, Miami and Indiana will fight it out for the College Football Playoff National Championship. It's a title game almost no one saw coming, featuring a punching-bag turned unlikely powerhouse in the undefeated Hoosiers and a Miami Hurricanes . ...

It's not clear whether the department collected any wages since Jan. 7, the day the administration originally said it would begin garnishing ...

We're just over two weeks into 2026 and, for many of us, our New Year's resolutions have probably started to fall by the wayside. For our podcast "Settle In," Amna Nawaz spoke with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Charles Duhigg about the ...