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John McCormick

Chicago, New York, Washington

National Political Reporter at The Wall Street Journal

@WSJ national political reporter. Former Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, Des Moines Register and Rochester Post-Bulletin. Eagle Scout. MN native.

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  • 1 week ago | tovima.com | Sadie Gurman |John McCormick |John Mccormick |Robert Barba

    A man suspected of shooting two state Democratic lawmakers was arrested late Sunday after authorities tracked him into an area with crops and woodlands in rural Minnesota, authorities said. The capture of 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter ended a two-day manhunt that left the community on edge. He is wanted by police in connection with the killings of state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband and the shootings of Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette Hoffman.

  • 1 week ago | buff.ly | Sadie Gurman |John McCormick |John Mccormick |Alyssa Lukpat

    据美国执法部门官员称,一名涉嫌枪击两名州民主党议员的男子于周日深夜被捕,此前有关部门追踪到他躲进明尼苏达州乡村的树林中。现年57岁的Vance Luther Boelter最终落网,为持续两天的搜捕行动画上句号,此前该事件导致当地人心惶惶。Boelter被警方通缉,因他涉嫌杀害众议员梅丽莎·霍尔特曼(Melissa Hortman)及其丈夫,以及枪击参议员约翰·霍夫曼(John Hoffman)及其妻子。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

  • 1 week ago | wsj.com | John McCormick |John Mccormick |Sadie Gurman |Tali Arbel

    Law enforcement continued to search Sunday for the suspect in the killings of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and the shooting of a second lawmaker and his wife that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has called an act of “targeted political violence.” The suspect, 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter, is believed to have posed as a police officer to gain access to the Brooklyn Park home of State Rep. Melissa Hortman, according to law-enforcement officials.

  • 1 week ago | wsj.com | John McCormick |John Mccormick |Lindsay Wise

    A one-sentence gaffe from Iowa’s junior senator has become a line of attack against Republicans nationally, with Democratic fundraising solicitations, political ads, social media and T-shirts now highlighting her words heading into the midterm elections. Sen.

  • 1 week ago | wsj.com | Brenna Smith |John McCormick |John Mccormick |Joe Barrett

    GREEN ISLE, Minn.—The suspect in the shooting of Minnesota lawmakers on Saturday built a scattered career ranging from food to retailing to private security to pastoring, public records and his online posts show. Police identified the man, who remained at large Saturday, as 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter. Authorities said he impersonated a police officer to gain access to the home of state Rep. Melissa Hortman, a 55-year-old well-known Democratic leader. She and her husband were fatally shot.

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