NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Republican Rep. Pete Stauber of Minnesota about congressional Republicans' role in legislating President Trump's agenda.

Alex Nedeljkovic became the first goalie in NHL history to have a goal and an assist, and made 40 saves as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota leaders are celebrating civil rights pioneer Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "Here in Minnesota, we have a long tradition of advocacy and policy change," Minnesota Chief Equity Officer Ashley Oolman said. "So that's what we're here to celebrate the advancements that people have made on behalf of their community and others."

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The 448 voting members of the Democratic National Committee will decide Saturday who will lead the Democratic Party, still reeling from a major 2024 loss, into the future to counter President Donald Trump.

The governor picked Audrey Partridge as one of five members of the Public Utilities Commission, which oversees energy bills and the power industry.

Allies of the Minnesota Democratic Party chair say "everyone has a seat at the table" when Martin is in charge

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Learner Tien and Alex Michelsen were born about 15 months apart and first crossed paths a decade ago when they were playing in Southern California tennis tournaments ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Alex Michelson joked that he was too busy at the Australian Open on Saturday morning to have a lengthy phone conversation with his mother back home in California. His ...

MPR News politics editor and host Brian Bakst and his guests talk about the Democratic National Committee’s election of a new party chair and the Minnesotan who’s campaigning for the job. Later, a conversation with newly elected Minnesota Republican Party Chair Alex Plechash.

Martin is the longest serving chairman in Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party history, helming the state party since 2011. Under his leadership, the Minnesota DFL won every statewide election ...

On a summer day in 2021, the Minnesota Senate minority leader was lying in a ditch next to an upside down Jeep Cherokee and trying to reach Ken Martin. “Is Ken your husband?” a state trooper asked then-Sen.

The Minnesota Supreme Court could rule any day in a pair of cases that could uproot the power structure in the state House. Democrats had, until recently, controlled the entire state government.