Minnesota has found itself at the epicenter of the political world, reeling from tensions sparked by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer fatally shooting a woman — an incident

While Shirley’s work has jolted Minnesota politics, and helped spark a national conversation about state funding for social services, his methods broke from traditional norms and standards. But it also opened a debate over what constitutes an independent journalist, with Shirley and his history as an influencer falling under scrutiny.

It took just a few seconds and a violent, unnecessary death to drag a snowy residential street in Minneapolis into America’s new age of political brutality.

A week ago, it looked like Minnesota Democrats had stumbled into a scandal that might cost their party any chance to win back the U.S. Senate and at the very least turn a safe gubernatorial race

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz dropped his reelection bid for a third term Monday as a welfare-fraud scandal in his state has intensified and become a political flashpoint seized upon by President Donald Trump.

ICE arrested convicted criminals in Minnesota, including alleged child rapists and killers with decades-old deportation orders still roaming free.

Allegations of child care fraud in Minnesota aired by a conservative influencer have shaken up Minnesota politics at the highest level, with Gov. Tim Walz’s announcement on Jan. 5 that he would drop his reelection bid and focus on fighting fraud in Minnesota programs.