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startribune.com | Hannah Natanson |Adam Taylor |Meryl Kornfield |Rachel Siegel
"They wanted to show they were gutting the government, but there was no thought about what parts might be worth keeping," said one FDA staffer who was fired and rehired. "Now it feels like it was all just a game to them." A White House official said in an interview that it is no secret Trump arrived in Washington determined to streamline the government. During that downsizing, the official acknowledged, some people were fired who shouldn't have been.
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startribune.com | Leah Willingham
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startribune.com | Julie Walker |Larry Neumeister |Michael R. Sisak
Julie Walker, AP radio correspondent: We're here to talk about three big cases in New York. Sean "Diddy" Combs charged with sex trafficking and racketeering by the Feds. He pled not guilty. Down the street in state court, Harvey Weinstein's retrial by the Manhattan DA on rape and sex assault charges. He also pled not to guilty. And then there's Luigi Mangione. He's charged by both the state and the Feds with killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson and has also pled not guilty.
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startribune.com | Julia Frankel |Sam Mednick |Samy Magdy |Lee Keath
Israel is supporting armed groups of Palestinians in Gaza in what it says is a move to counter Hamas. But officials from the U.N. and aid organizations say the military is allowing them to loot food and other supplies from their trucks.
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startribune.com | Chris Farrell
The cryptocurrency industry's concerted lobbying effort to leave the financial fringes and enter the money mainstream is working. For instance, Vice President JD Vance cheered the growth of cryptocurrencies. "We want our fellow Americans to know that crypto and digital assets, and particularly bitcoin, are part of the mainstream economy and are here to stay," he said at a Bitcoin conference in Las Vegas on May 28.
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startribune.com | Erin Adler
The University of Minnesota's proposed 7% reduction of academic programs and steep tuition hike have raised fears they will lead to fewer instructors and students who can afford to attend the school. "It's really upsetting when we see students priced out of a college education," said Riley Hetland, an incoming junior.
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startribune.com | Byron Tau |Seung Min Kim |Chris Megerian
By BYRON TAU, SEUNG MIN KIM and CHRIS MEGERIAN Similar legislation hasn't been introduced since Trump's return to office. Right now, it effectively works in the reverse, with Congress required to vote to end an emergency. ''He has proved to be so lawless and reckless in so many ways. Congress has a responsibility to make sure there's oversight and safeguards,'' said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., who cosponsored an emergency powers reform bill in the previous session of Congress.
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startribune.com | David Solomon
By DAVID SOLOMON ST. LOUIS - Pedro Pagés hit a two-run homer, Sonny Gray pitched into the seventh inning and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-0 Friday night in a game that started after a 1 hour, 17 minute rain delay. Willson Contreras hit his sixth homer of the season in the eighth inning off Chris Stratton, who was re-signed by Los Angeles before the game, and Nolan Arenado had three hits to help St. Louis improve to a National League-best 21-9 since May 4.
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startribune.com | Randy Johnson
By Randy Johnson The Gophers men's hockey program announced Friday that it has signed defenseman Finn McLaughlin, a Canmore, Alberta, native who has played on USHL championship teams the past two seasons. McLaughlin, 19, flipped his commitment from Denver to the Gophers. A 6-2, 203-pound left-shot defenseman, McLaughlin won USHL titles with the Fargo Force in 2024 and Muskegon Lumberjacks this season.
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startribune.com | Erin Adler
The University of Minnesota is proposing dramatic tuition increases for next year, including a 6.5% tuition jump for undergraduate, in-state students on the Twin Cities and Rochester campuses - amid what U leaders call an "existential crisis" in American higher education. The tuition hike would be the biggest increase in 14 years at the Twin Cities campus.