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Iowa Senator Joni Ernst will spearhead legislative package to prevent taxpayer fraud after Senate DOGE caucus leader's extensive oversight work.

Republican senators are trying to put the brakes on talk of invoking the Insurrection Act to quell angry protests against immigration officers in Minneapolis after one fatally shot Renee Good, a

A group of senators is pushing the Small Business Administration to give a detailed breakdown of its probe of the sweeping Minnesota welfare fraud scandal.

Sen. John Cornyn's SOMALIA Act would impose permanent debarment and repayment requirements on childcare providers convicted of fraud in federal programs.

A Minnesota governor can make a temporary appointment to fill a U.S. Senate vacancy, according to state statute, and the law doesn’t prohibit self selection. State law also doesn’t bar a governor from being appointed by a successor,

Gov. Tim Walz has announced his decision to drop out of the race, and the Minnesota GOP is now demanding answers from Walz’s second in command, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan.

In contentious primaries in Maine, Michigan, and Minnesota, Democratic senators have rushed to endorse rivals as they coalesce around competing visions for bringing the party back to power.