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In reliably blue Minnesota, could Democrats do the unthinkable and lose a Senate seat?

Frustration with a sprawling fraud scandal has cut Peggy Flanagan’s poll lead – could ex-NFL reporter Michele Tafoya win a first statewide election for Republicans in 20 years? Our reporters answer your questions about ICE, immigration and the midterms As Democrats fight to regain control of the US Senate, hopes are rising in states – from Kansas to…

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The Guardian· Oct 22, 10:00 AMIn reliably blue Minnesota, could Democrats do the unthinkable and lose a Senate seat?

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Sexual Assaults on Campus No Longer Scrutinized as Closely Under Trump’s Education DepartmentThe post Sexual Assaults on Campus No Longer Scrutinized as Closely Under Trump’s Education Department appeared first on ProPublica .

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There’s Nothing ‘False’ In The Trans Propaganda Pamphlets Mailed Across TexasIt’s common this time in a heated election year for mailboxes to yield an alarming amount of brightly colored mass mailers from campaigns and PACs making a last-minute appeal to potential voters. Texans, however, were shocked more than usual this week when they received a blue and pink pamphlet purporting to be a “Texas Trans […]

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Macron Says Only Union-Led Protests Will Be Allowed on SaturdayFrench President Emmanuel Macron said his government will aim to allow only protest marches by labor unions Saturday to prevent a repeat of last weekend’s violent demonstrations.

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Kansas Senate candidate Adam Hamilton admits 'mistakes were made' in church sexual abuse scandalKansas Democrat Adam Hamilton admitted during a testy Senate debate Wednesday night that he made a "mistake" by failing to bar a volunteer accused of sexual abuse in 2005 from a retreat where he allegedly abused another boy.

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Interfaith group’s lawsuit against pro-Palestinian protesters will proceed, federal judge rulesA federal judge largely denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit accusing pro-Palestinian protesters of disrupting interfaith worship events in San Diego County.

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CT city agrees to pay $16.5M to man wrongfully convicted in 1994 shootingThe settlement resolves a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging police fabricated evidence against him, coerced false statements and hid exculpatory evidence.

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Inside the unlikely coalition taking on prediction marketsA fight over who can regulate prediction markets and whether they constitute gambling is creating strange bedfellows, as the two sides dig in for a protracted legal battle with millions of dollars at stake. The commercial gaming industry finds itself aligned with tribal gaming and unions, as they argue states and tribes should be able...

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Muslim Group Supports Lawsuit Against Dearborn, Mich. For Discriminating Against Christians And JewsChristians and Jews and all people of conscience in Dearborn should not need a federal judge to be welcome in their own city.

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Free lunch, transgender athletes: Voters nationwide face major education decisionsVoters across the country are making big decisions about the education of their children at a local, state and federal level in this year's midterms. Ballot initiatives, school board elections, governor races and Senate spots are all on the line as parents head to the polls thinking about AI, school choice and what topics should...

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‘Everything that is wrong’: Criminal probe launched as suspected fake mailers rock TexasA Republican district attorney in West Texas has opened a criminal investigation into pamphlets mailed to homes across Texas purporting to come from a transgender rights organization. Sarah Stogner, district attorney for Loving, Reeves and Ward counties west of Odessa, told The Texas Tribune that her office is investigating the mailers as a potential…

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Michele Tafoya closes the gap with Flanagan in Minnesota Senate raceMichele Tafoya is narrowing the gap with Peggy Flanagan in the Minnesota Senate race, as the state's massive fraud scandal reshapes the election landscape.

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Peggy Flanagan refuses to debate Michele Tafoya as race tightensPeggy Flanagan faces scrutiny over DEI programs, "Medicare-for-all" support and a fraud scandal as the Minnesota Senate race against Michele Tafoya tightens.

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Progressive Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan wins Minnesota Democratic Senate primaryFlanagan defeated Rep. Angie Craig, NBC News projects, in yet another nominating contest that exposed Democratic ideological divides.

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Ex-NFL reporter Michele Tafoya hammers Minnesota Dems on welfare fraud - as polls show her neck and neck in Senate raceMinnesota Senate candidate Michele Tafoya dragged her Democratic opponent, Lieutenant Gov. Peggy Flanagan, over alleged welfare fraud in the state under her watch -- as new polls predict an incredibly close match-up.

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Michele Tafoya schools Peggy Flanagan in Senate debate for failing to own Minnesota fraud scandal, pledges to be a 'pain in ass'Republican Senate candidate Michele Tafoya schooled Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan in a debate Friday for passing the buck on the fraud scandals that have overtaken her state in recent years.

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Tafoya Uses Minnesota Senate Debate to Make Election a Referendum on Flanagan’s RecordRepublican Michele Tafoya took Democrat Peggy Flanagan to task for her dismal record as lieutenant governor in the first, and potentially only, debate between the two Minnesota U.S. Senate candidates. Hosted by NPR News on Friday, the showdown came just 18 days before the midterms. Tafoya had previously appeared for a KSTP debate that Flanagan...

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Michele Tafoya closes in on Flanagan amid Minnesota GOP Trump debateMinnesota GOP Senate nominee Michele Tafoya has closed in on Democrat Peggy Flanagan by keeping President Donald Trump at arm's length while embracing key policy wins.

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Hillary Clinton Endorses Peggy Flanagan In Minnesota Senate RaceThe Democratic lieutenant governor is the first to get Clinton’s public backing in any 2026 Senate or House race.

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