A Trump administration spending freeze directly imperils $1.9 billion in monthly federal spending in Minnesota, nearly $23 billion annually, according to an estimate from Gov. Tim Walz’s office. “Donald Trump’s reckless action cut off funding to law enforcement,
Minnesota state officials were scrambling Tuesday to assess a potentially wide-ranging pause on federal grants and loans issued by the Trump administration. The funding freeze could affect the billions of dollars Minnesota gets each year from the federal government while agencies do an overview of whether taxpayer resources are being used to “advance Marxist equity,
Workers are worrying about hiring freezes on border patrol operations, waiting for agency directives and seeing how layoffs will affect them.
Many in Minnesota’s federal workforce, from border patrol workers up north to agency managers awaiting directives from Washington, are on edge following a flurry of executive actions during President Donald Trump’s first week back in office.
Gov. Tim Walz, Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan and Attorney General Keith Ellison speak out against President Donald Trump’s freeze on federal funding
The order from U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan came minutes before the funding freeze was scheduled to go into effect Tuesday afternoon. The administrative stay, prompted by a lawsuit brought by nonprofit groups that receive federal funds, lasts until Monday afternoon and applies only to existing programs.
President Donald Trump announced a freeze on federal spending, a sweeping measure that impacts many programs in Minnesota.
If you meet someone who's running for office, writes contributing columnist John Lindstrom, ask one question: Are you a grown up?
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Minnesota joined 21 states and San Francisco in suing Trump over his birthright citizenship order.
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, chair of the congressional inaugural committee, spoke to ABC News about what was said during the limousine ride she shared with then-President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump as they made their way to the Capitol for the inauguration ceremony Monday.
During President Donald Trump's first week in office, his new Department of Justice announced plans to potentially criminally prosecute local and state officials who fail to “comply with lawful immigration-related commands and requests.
A slew of executive orders from President Donald Trump continued on Tuesday as the White House pushed an executive order to “Protect Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation”.