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Minnesota mourns Rep. Melissa Hortman as break-in reported at her home

1 week ago | san.com | Ally Heath |Craig Nigrelli |Jason Morrell |Kaleb Gillespie

Hundreds gathered on the Capitol steps in St. Paul, Minnesota on Wednesday, June 18, to remember Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark. They were gunned down in what’s being called a political assassination on Saturday, June 14. The vigil came just hours after police said someone broke into the Hortmans’ home. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his wife, Gwen, were among the attendees at the gathering, which drew hundreds of people.
Democrats say Trump pardons keep victims from collecting restitution

1 week ago | san.com | Ally Heath |Ray Bogan |Snorre Wik

House Democrats released a report this week that found President Trump’s 1,600 pardons are set to cost crime victims and the government $1.3 billion in fines and restitution. That’s because not only did the president commute prison sentences – he absolved offenders of the restitution imposed as punishment.
Doctors perform first robotic heart transplant in US without opening a chest

1 week ago | san.com | Ally Heath |Chris Field |Evan Hummel

Surgeons in Houston successfully completed the first fully robotic heart transplant in the U.S. on a 45-year-old man. Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center said doctors performed the entire procedure without opening the patient’s chest. According to a Baylor press release dated Tuesday, June 17, surgeons used a robot to make precision incisions into the abdomen. Usually in heart transplants, doctors saw open the chest and fracture the chest bone.
MAGA split on Israel-Iran conflict

1 week ago | san.com | Ally Heath |Cole Lauterbach |Dan Levin

Leaders within the MAGA movement are pushing back against the United States potentially joining the conflict between Israel and Iran. It comes at a time where President Donald Trump’s approval rating has declined amongst all Republicans. Among the president’s supporters who have voiced their disapproval of America getting involved in combat are Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and political pundit Tucker Carlson.
Congress members just as vulnerable as assassinated Minnesota representative

1 week ago | san.com | Ally Heath |Chris Field |Ray Bogan |Snorre Wik

[RAY BOGAN]The assassination of Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman shows once again just how vulnerable elected representatives are. Many live in homes where the address is known to the public, and aside from members of leadership, they don’t have security. There are more than 7,500 state legislators in the 50 states and DC and 535 members of Congress. Neither the states nor the federal government have the resources to provide personal protection for all members.
Assad advisor claims US journalist Austin Tice was executed in Syria: Report

1 week ago | san.com | Ally Heath |Craig Nigrelli |Evan Hummel |Jason Morrell

An American journalist who went missing in Syria more than a decade ago was executed on orders from then-President Bashar al-Assad. That’s according to Major General Bassam Al Hassan, the man alleged to have overseen Austin Tice’s captivity, as first reported by the BBC on Sunday, June 15. Who is making the claim?
NJ teachers union spent $40 million on primary election loss

2 weeks ago | san.com | Ally Heath |Ray Bogan |Snorre Wik

It was a $40 million fifth place finish. The New Jersey Education Association tried to make its own president the state’s next governor and despite being by far and away the biggest spender, Sean Spiller finished next to last in the Democratic primary. According to New Jersey Spotlight News, the union got the money from member dues. NJEA has 200,000 members.
Hollywood faces creative crisis amid remake fatigue, AI fears

2 weeks ago | san.com | Ally Heath |Cole Lauterbach |Kennedy Felton

Is Hollywood out of ideas? Critics have accused Tinseltown of a dearth of imagination, and at least one A-list celebrity went on the record this week to call out her industry. Actress Dakota Johnson went after Hollywood’s creative decline in a new “Hot Ones” interview. The actress called the industry a “mess” and criticized studios for relying too heavily on remakes.
Democrats renew Trump-Hitler comparisons, call ICE 'Gestapo'

2 weeks ago | san.com | Alex Delia |Ally Heath |Ray Bogan |Snorre Wik

Democrats are once again comparing the Trump administration to Hitler and Nazi Germany. The renewed rhetoric was the subject of debate at a Congressional hearing that included the Democratic governors of three sanctuary states. Democrats have either called or compared President Donald Trump and his supporters to Nazis for years, going back to his first administration. That trend began again in May when Minnesota Gov.
Reaper Drones used to assist ICE amid raids and protests in Los Angeles

2 weeks ago | san.com | Alex Delia |Ally Heath |Cole Lauterbach |Evan Hummel

MQ-9 Reaper Drones, often used in foreign combat zones, were flying over protesters in Los Angeles. Aviation experts first tracked the drones in the skies above Paramount and downtown Los Angeles over the weekend of June 7 and into Monday, June 9, amid mass demonstrations against the Trump administration’s ramped-up immigration raids across the country. The drone flew over southern California before heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border.