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Trump fires Esper as Pentagon chief after election defeat
President Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday, an unprecedented move by a president struggling to accept election defeat and angry at a Pentagon leader he believes wasn't lo...
Nov 09, 2020
Walz hints at targeted restrictions to curb COVID-19 spread
Gov. Tim Walz said Monday that he plans to announce new restrictions that target active spreaders of COVID-19 in an effort to bring the coronavirus under control as cases have surged to dangerous leve...
Nov 09, 2020
ICU doctor stresses COVID-19 severity in communities of color, faults White House
A coronavirus test is administered by a health care worker in Arlington, Va., on June 19.Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesDr. Taison Bell, the director of the medical intensive care unit at the...
Nov 09, 2020
Trump election party draws scrutiny as Carson tests positive
It was supposed to be a scene of celebration.Instead, the Trump campaign's election night watch party in the White House East Room - with few masks and no social distancing - is being eyed as a p...
Nov 08, 2020
Russia and China among countries holding off on congratulating Biden
Russian dolls with the likenesses of Russia's President Vladimir Putin, President Trump and China's President Xi Jinping for sale in at a gift shop in St. Petersburg, Russia, last month. Whi...
Nov 08, 2020
ChangeMakers: Vanessa GoodThunder, revitalizing the Dakota language
Throughout November, MPR News is featuring Indigenous Minnesotans making history to celebrate Native American Heritage Month.Vanessa GoodThunder, 26, is the director of the Casayapi Wakayeza Owayawa O...
Nov 08, 2020
Biden turns to coronavirus response, names advisory board
As he begins his transition to the presidency, Joe Biden is pivoting from a bitter campaign battle to another, more pressing fight: reining in the pandemic that has hit the world's most powerful ...
Nov 08, 2020
Referendum on Trump shatters turnout records
With votes still being counted, turnout in the 2020 presidential election has hit a 50-year high, exceeding the record set by the 2008 presidential election of Barack Obama - an extraordinary engageme...
Nov 08, 2020
The next 2020 election fight? Convincing trump's supporters that he lost
Scores of President Trump supporters gathered for a "Stop the Steal" protest at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg on Thursday, many alleging that votes are being stolen from the preside...
Nov 08, 2020
Biden agenda to face the challenges of a closely divided congress
President-elect Joe Biden will face a closely divided Congress in January.Carolyn Kaster/APPresident-elect Joe Biden said Friday, as ballots were still being tabulated in states across the country, th...
Nov 08, 2020