Christopher Vondracek

As Congress voted down more proposals to fund the government, President Donald Trump’s statement that he will make more job cuts has added to the unease. Minnesota is home to more than 30,000 federal workers.

Employers from Mayo Clinic to University of Minnesota, UnitedHealth and Target use the program to hire highly skilled workers.

The Minnesota-based health insurer has spent nearly $8 million in 2025 to lobby Congress and the Trump administration.

The upending of global trade has resurfaced haunting memories of the 1980s farm crisis.

The transition between the Biden and Trump administrations has upended the H-2A program and left some farms in limbo.

Democrats debated their party’s response to the Trump administration with the cameras watching.

The Minnesota Democrat spent Wednesday night in a Washington hospital.

A spokeswoman said Smith was back in the office on Thursday afternoon. An overnight hospitalization prevented her from voting against a package of Republican spending cuts that passed narrowly.

While tax provisions should help companies, pullbacks from the Inflation Reduction Act and other programs could offset growth for some industries.

Minnesota SNAP-Ed employees who taught about nutrition and financial literacy could be out of a job.