“His roommate said that the Minnesota shooting suspect worked at a funeral home, owned firearms and had voted for Donald Trump. He was a devout Christian who strongly opposed abortion” nytimes.com/live/2025/06/1…

A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend” Full email below

Vance Boelter voted in the March 2024 Minnesota Republican presidential party, according to a screenshot obtained by the Reformer of his voter profile in a national GOP voter registration database. minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/17/van…

Some metastatic cancer patients call NIH the 'National Institutes of Hope,' given the experimental therapies it develops. But #DOGE staff cuts have put critical clinical trials on hold, carolyn johnson reports, delaying treatment as they get worse washingtonpost.com/science/2025/0…

Nobody works harder for that local angle

We must remind our representatives that federal research funding isn’t just a line item — it’s a lifeline. Right now, key congressional committees are drafting spending bills that will determine how much funding agencies like the NIH and NCI will receive. Proposed cuts would

For context about this tweet: Steven Rosenberg is a pioneer in cancer immunotherapy whose work has led to multiple new therapies. The cancer patients in his trials have run out of options and have little time — and policies at NIH are slowing the science.

Did Zohran Mamdani also beat you at swimming

Forgot how beautiful Otsego Lake is!

This thing where an 88-year-old sitting member of Congress keeps telling reporters that she’s running for re-election only for her staff to walk it back later that day seems bad. axios.com/2025/06/25/nor…

The responses to Mamdani’s electoral triumph were the latest examples of how far-right Republicans in Congress have become overt in their use of racist language and tropes, in both casual comments and official statements. nytimes.com/live/2025/06/2…

This is a richly-deserved award but j. patrick coolican is going to be absolutely insufferable now. If you're not reading the Reformer you're missing some of the best news coverage in the state: minnesotareformer.com/subscribe/

The legislation is projected by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office to add $3.3 trillion to the 10-year deficit. These tweets from a United States senator were posted 10 days apart.

So basically, the future of this bill comes down to whether one Senator (Murkowksi) feels comfortable enough that she has shielded her state from the worst parts of this bill that the other 49 states (give or take a few) will have to endure?

NEW: Trump admin seeks to defund US network of labs that monitor CO2 levels in the atmosphere, including Mauna Loa, home to the famous "Keeling Curve." cnn.com/2025/07/01/cli…

Dog Meets Owner At Door In Desperate Attempt To Get Ahead Of Diarrhea-Rug Scandal theonion.com/dog-meets-owne…

It does seem worth asking why Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) will support health care provisions for the rest of the country that she thinks her state should be exempted from