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Democrats have a majority in the Minnesota legislature. But after a resignation and other potential departures, Republicans could assume control of the state senate, at least until Election Day.

Some Republicans are on the defensive about what they said or wrote privately after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. NPR's Michel Martin discusses that with Harvard professor Steven Levitsky.

Tom Cruise was in his early 20s when he first played the cocky young Navy pilot with the need for speed. Now, 36 years later, he's back — and Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is as insubordinate as ever.

Crested Butte, Colo., has lived with the threat of a huge open pit mine for 50 years. It's now officially rejected, and a street dance and community hike close the door on long held anxiety.

Alabama executed a man Thursday who admitted to killing five people with an ax and gun during a drug-fueled rampage in 2016 and dropped his appeals and asked to be put to death.

President-elect Trump assembled his national security team with a series of rapid-fire choices. There's a clear pattern: Most nominees are best known for their support of Trump rather than their national security experience.

Prosecutors won convictions of four Oath Keepers on seditious conspiracy charges, while a separate jury convicted the rioter who put his feet on then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's desk.

A part of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed after the Dali, a nearly 1,000-foot-long container ship, crashed into it.

As we count down to the new year, we asked our readers what they thought were the top political stories of 2021. Here's what they picked.

Longtime incumbent Steve Troxler is again seeking reelection to an office he’s held for two decades. Democrat Sarah Taber is challenging him. Agriculture is North Carolina’s largest industry, and while the Agriculture Commissioner doesn’t generate frequent headlines, the job is crucial to the state’s economy.