Socialist Muslim Zohran Mamdani's rise as NYC's Democratic nominee traces to a "red-green-blue" alliance funded by major ...

More than half of Minnesota voters disapprove of how members of Congress are doing their jobs, and their views are highly polarized along ideological lines, a new poll finds. Members of Congress from ...

Lawmakers in some states are moving to delete their home addresses from online directories after one Minnesota legislator was ...

Armed FBI agents search for an active shooter, sweeping a neighborhood adjacent to the home of Minnesota DFL State Representative Melissa Hortman, in Brooklyn Park, Minn., Saturday, June 14, 2025.

A federal prosecutor said Vance Boelter went to the homes of four politicians in a deadly rampage in Minnesota on Saturday.

Vance Boelter was captured in a wooded area on Sunday night, and charged in the shootings of two state lawmakers and their spouses. He appeared in federal court after being charged with murder.

And those are just some examples of political violence from the past year alone. In 2021, Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol as lawmakers were about to certify Joe Biden’s 2020 victory.

Thompson, the acting U.S. attorney, said political assassinations are rare. “But the details of Boelter’s crime are even worse,” Thompson said. “They are truly chilling.

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.

Vance Luther Boelter, the 57-year-old man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses at their residences, is facing federal murder charges that could carry the death penalty ...