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KSTP/SurveyUSA: Smith, Lewis Senate race now a dead heat

Clear protective panels stand onstage between lecterns for President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden as preparations take place for the second Presidential debate at Belmont University, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. Trump and Biden are scheduled to debate Thursday, Oct. 22.

Face to face: Trump, Biden to meet for final debate

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, arrives for closed meetings with senators, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020.

Democrats to boycott Barrett vote at Senate Judiciary

Gov. Walz signs state's largest bonding bill to date

On Wednesday, Gov. Tim Walz signed a $1.9 billion Local Jobs and Projects Plan that will invest in construction and renovation projects across the state and create thousands of jobs for Minnesotans. He signed it at the Ironworkers Local 512 Training Center in St. Paul...

Minnesota Attorney General’s Office investigating company accused of recruiting private election security

The attorney general’s office sent a formal request for information regarding the report on Oct. 14 to Atlas Aegis, a Tennessee-based security company ...

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 27, 2020, file photo, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison answers questions during a news conference in St. Paul, Minn.

Worsening opioid crisis overshadowed in presidential race

The coronavirus outbreak and the Trump administration's response to the pandemic have been a dominating theme in this year's presidential race. That has overshadowed debate over how to handle the nation's drug overdose crisis, which has contributed to the deaths of more than 470,000 Americans over the last two decades...

In this Sept. 11, 2019, file photo, medications slated for destruction are shown in a locked storage area of the police department in Barberton, Ohio.

Iowa governor stands by use of virus aid for IT project

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says her administration will try to convince federal auditors to allow its plan to spend $21 million in coronavirus relief funds on a long-planned information technology system...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds holds a news conference on COVID-19 coronavirus at the State Emergency Operations Center in Johnston, Iowa, on Monday, May 11, 2020.

Mission impossible? Welker on tap to moderate second debate

Welker will be the first Black woman to moderate a presidential debate since Carole Simpson in 1992 ...

This image provided by NBC News shows NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker. On Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, Welker is scheduled to moderate the second and last Presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden.

AP-NORC/USAFacts poll: Many in US distrust campaign info

Among the poll's findings: More than 8 in 10 rated the spread of misinformation about government a “major problem" ...

In this Oct. 20, 2020 file photo, a voting location is shown in Mission, Kan.

McConnell warns White House against COVID relief deal

McConnell made his remarks during a private lunch with fellow Republicans on Tuesday, three people familiar with his remarks said, requesting anonymity because the session was private ...

VIDEO: Minnesota first congressional district candidates speak directly to Minnesotans

This election season, 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS is giving candidates in Minnesota's federal and statewide races a chance to speak directly to you, to help you make an informed decision in this year's election...

Trump pressures Barr to investigate Bidens as election nears

President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on Attorney General William Barr to immediately launch an investigation of Democrat Joe Biden and his son Hunter, effectively demanding that the Justice Department muddy his political opponent and abandon its historic resistance to getting involved in elections...

In this Sept. 23, 2020, file photo Attorney General William Barr listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican state attorneys general in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington.

Wisconsin voters line up to cast early in-person ballots

The window to vote early and in-person will remain open for 11 days, until Nov. 1, and none of the ballots can be counted until after polls open at 7 a.m. on Election Day, which is Nov. 3 ...

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2020 file photo voters line up outside of the Minneapolis early voting center as Minnesota opened early voting for the general election. Like political contests around the country, Minnesota's general election is expected to be like none other. The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a record number of Minnesota's eligible voters to seek absentee ballots, and early voting has been taking place at a breakneck pace.

Trump plans to debate Biden despite rule changes

President Donald Trump plans to attend Thursday's debate with Democratic nominee Joe Biden despite rule changes — opposed by his campaign — that are meant to foster more ordered discussions...

President Donald Trump makes a points as Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden listens during the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Trump 'running angry,' attacks polls, press and Dr. Fauci

"I'm not running scared," Trump told reporters before taking off for Tucson, Arizona, for his fifth rally in three days. "I think I'm running angry. I'm running happy and I'm running very content 'cause I've done a great job." ...

In this Monday, Oct. 5, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump holds his mask after removing it from his face as he stands on the Blue Room Balcony upon returning to the White House in Washington from the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.

GOP Lawmakers propose 'Contract' with Minnesota voters

"I think it's a somewhat politically risky strategy because, essentially, what this contract does is in important ways tie the electoral fate of the Republican Party of Minnesota legislators to the course of the COVID virus between now and election day," Schier said. "And who knows how the virus will respond?" ...