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17 May 2025 · 4 min read

What to know about the U.S. House GOP’s student loan overhaul

Aggregate limits, or the maximum amount a student can borrow, would cap at $50,000 for undergraduate programs; $100,000 for graduate programs; and $150,000 for professional programs, such as law or medical school.

22 Jul 2024 · 1 min read

DNC panel to meet in public to set ‘transparent, fair’ framework to pick presidential nominee

By Jennifer Shutt, Minnesota Reformer WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee will move forward with the process to formally nominate a presidential candidate Wednesday when one of its committees meets in

14 Jul 2024 · 4 min read

Trump ‘safe’ after shooting at campaign rally in Butler; one spectator and suspected gunman killed

By John Cole, Minnesota Reformer BUTLER — Former President Donald Trump is recovering Saturday after a shooting at a campaign rally in Butler that left a rally-goer and the gunman dead,

8 Jul 2024 · 3 min read

Biden tells congressional Dems he is staying in the race, urges end to speculation

By Jacob Fischler, Minnesota Reformer President Joe Biden pledged Monday to stay in his race for reelection, even after a weekend in which a growing number of Democrats asked for

10 Jun 2024 · 5 min read

Trump says he’ll work ‘side by side’ with group that wants abortion ‘eradicated’

By Jennifer Shutt WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump said Monday that if reelected he plans to work “side by side” with a newly formed religious organization that says abortion is

10 Jun 2024 · 5 min read

Fauci defends his work on COVID-19, says he has an ‘open mind’ on its origins

By Jennifer Shutt WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci defended his decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday, testifying before Congress about his work on the virus as the director of the

8 Jun 2024 · 17 min read

Multiple Trump witnesses have received significant financial benefits from his businesses, campaign

By Robert Faturechi, Minnesota Reformer Republished with permission from ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your

30 May 2024 · 4 min read

Daily alcohol, cannabis use on the rise in Minnesota

By Christopher Ingraham, Minnesota Reformer A recent study published in the journal Addiction found that for the first time, daily marijuana users outnumber daily alcohol drinkers in the United States.

29 May 2024 · 2 min read

Funds for clean school buses coming to hundreds of districts, White House says

By Shauneen Miranda, Minnesota Reformer WASHINGTON — As part of its ongoing effort to replace diesel-fueled school buses, the Biden administration on Wednesday said it will provide approximately 530 school districts

8 May 2024 · 4 min read

Porn star Stormy Daniels in NYC hush money trial alleges sexual encounter with Trump

By Ashley Murray, Minnesota Reformer WASHINGTON — Adult film star Stormy Daniels told a Manhattan jury Tuesday about meeting Donald Trump in a penthouse suite in 2006, where he told the

24 Feb 2024 · 9 min read

GOP backs voting by mail, yet turns to courts to restrict it in battleground states

By Zachary Roth, Minnesota Reformer Fearing that Democrats hold a crucial edge in ballots cast before Election Day, national Republicans are working to convince their voters to take advantage of

24 Feb 2024 · 5 min read

Trump comes out against Alabama IVF ruling as national Republicans scramble for distance

By Jacob Fischler, Minnesota Reformer Former President Donald Trump called on Alabama lawmakers Friday to “find an immediate solution” to remedy a state Supreme Court ruling that threatened the availability

20 Feb 2024 · 3 min read

White House preps new sanctions package against Russia after Navalny death

By Jennifer Shutt, Minnesota Reformer WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday again urged U.S. House Republican leaders to hold an up-or-down vote on military assistance for Ukraine and said

9 Feb 2024 · 5 min read

No prosecution of Biden in classified documents case, DOJ special counsel says in report

“Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”

9 Feb 2024 · 8 min read

Are Americans really committed to democracy in the 2024 election?

By Zachary Roth, Minnesota Reformer With former President Donald Trump having all but wrapped up the GOP presidential nomination, one issue looks set to be at the center of the

3 Feb 2024 · 4 min read

U.S. retaliates for killings of troops by launching military strikes at Iraq and Syria

By Jennifer Shutt, Minnesota Reformer WASHINGTON — The U.S. military on Friday took a first round of retaliatory action following the deaths of three American troops by striking facilities in

20 Dec 2023 · 6 min read

Colorado Supreme Court blocks Trump from 2024 ballot in historic insurrection ruling

By Chase Woodruff, Minnesota Reformer Read more from Colorado Newsline reporting on the Trump 14th Amendment case here. The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered former President Donald Trump to

21 Sep 2023 · 5 min read

Shutdown inches closer as U.S. House GOP fails to pass defense bill, lawmakers exit D.C.

By Jennifer Shutt, Minnesota Reformer WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans were unable for a third time Thursday to begin debate on the Defense funding bill, throwing another wrench into Speaker