Minnesota court denies voter group's motion to block $2.3M election grant

Minnesota Democratic Rep. Angie Craig has been re-elected to represent Minnesota’s 2nd District in what turned out to be a closely contested 2020 race.

A judge on Thursday declined to move the location of the trial for the former Minneapolis police officers charged in connection to the death of George Floyd, and that they will be tried in a single proceeding. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill ruled after defense attorneys had argued that pretrial publicity had made it impossible for the four men to get a fair trial.They had also cited a Sept.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterAs the country awaits the final results of the presidential election, there were major strides when it came to the representation of people of color and the LGBTQ community on many fronts — many film and TV figures from Hollywood celebrated as the world saw progress in the House and Senate.“The Squad” which includes Reps.

 Donald Trump  had a random last-minute endorsement from a rapper named Lil Pump. The Soundcloud rapper was relevant in 2017 for his song “Gucci Gang.” After posting photos endorsing trump on his Instagram page, he was invited to speak at the president‘s final campaign rally Monday night in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

records, and appeared on the ballots in 12 states: Idaho, Minnesota, Tennessee, Iowa, Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Vermont, Mississippi, Louisiana, Utah and Kentucky.

Minnesota Republican congressional candidate Michelle Fischbach on Tuesday evening won the state's 7th District, ousting longtime Democratic Rep. Colin Peterson.

Politically active stars in Hollywood are sharing their anxieties over anticipated delays in results of the 2020 election and urging voters to remain in line and make sure their vote is counted. As of late Tuesday evening on the West Coast, Donald Trump and Joe Biden were locked in a tight race across the country.

Minnesota Democratic Sen.Tina Smith on Tuesday won reelection by defeating Republican challenger Jason Lewis, Fox News projects. With 90% reporting, Smith had 48.81% of the vote, with Lewis at 43.52% -- a win for Democrats in the battleground state, which narrowly voted for then-Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Democratic Minnesota Sen.Tina Smith is running in her second race in two years as she faces a tight contest with Republican rival Jason Lewis. The senator previously served as chief of staff for Minneapolis Mayor R.T.

Keanu Reeves and his girlfriend, Alexandra Grant, are as adorable as ever! The cute couple were spotted smooching in Germany over the weekend.The actor was photographed giving his ladylove a kiss goodbye through the window of her car, outside a hotel in Berlin over the weekend.Reeves, 56, rocked a pair of denim jeans, a black blazer and brown boots as he shared the cute moment of PDA with Grant, 47, who sat behind the wheel of the sedan.Reeves is currently in Berlin for the production of the

Early voting is well underway in battleground Minnesota as coronavirus cases reach record highs. More than 900,000 ballots have been cast less than three weeks ahead of Nov.

A refugee from Liberia running as a Republican for state Senate in Minnesota says he came to America for its promise of safety but feels growing concern over "anti-American rhetoric in the media." Alexander Buster Deputie's family moved from Africa's west coast to the United States in 1993 amid the first Liberian civil war. His grandmother was already living in the States at the time.

Residents packed a town hall in a tiny western Minnesota community to voice opposition to plans by a controversial Nordic heritage church that has been identified as a White supremacist group. The Asatru Folk Assembly bought an abandoned Lutheran church in the Swift County town of Murdock and wants a permit to turn it into a Midwest regional gathering hall.

Minnesota Democrat Rep. Collin Peterson personally charged taxpayers $39,113 for auto mileage reimbursements in the last Congress between 2017 and 2019, records obtained by Fox News show.

Borna Barisic came through Croatia's clash with France unscathed. The left back had missed two games against Switzerland and Sweden but understands he was only rested as a precaution.

During a rally in Sanford, Fla., on Tuesday, President Trump said it "looks like" he is "going to win Minnesota" in the 2020 presidential election despite statewide polling showing him trailing former Vice President Joe Biden. The president has been pushing to win the battleground state that he narrowly lost to then-Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Kanye West‘s celebrations over what he believed to be early gains made by his presidential campaign in the US state of Kentucky have been cut short after the set of early election results he shared online was confirmed to be invalid.The rapper and producer is running for President in next month’s election, but is only named on the ballot in 11 states — Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah and Vermont — meaning that it is virtually impossible

Two campaign staffers working for Republican Minnesota Rep.Tom Emmer have contracted COVID-19 and are in quarantine. The news comes less than two weeks after Emmer tested negative for COVID-19 following his trip Sept.

The Michigan Supreme Court on Monday denied Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s request to extend emergency powers that she invoked to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterKeir Gilchrist, Nik Dodani, Brigette Lundy-Paine and Amy Okuda of Netflix’s dramedy Atypical are ready to hit the polls for November 3 and they are leading the charge with two events for the election.The first of the two events have Lundy-Paine, Dodani, and Gilchrist partnering with White People 4 Black Lives, a group associated with Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, to host a virtual phone bank to persuade and turn out Los Angeles voters against incumbent