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Steve Karnowski

@skarnowski

Retired AP politics, government and courts reporter for Minnesota.

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Joined March 2009
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The search at Omar's home in DC was conducted by Homeland Security Investigations agents apnews.com/article/ilhan-oma…

Agents search Rep. Omar's Washington home in criminal probe as she vows she won't 'be silenced'

Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar says she will “not be silenced” and calls a search of her Washington home part of President Donald Trump’s “intimidation” campaign.

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Alanna Durkin Richer (@aedurkinricher) profile pictureAlanna Durkin Richer@aedurkinricherOct 12
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents searched Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say
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FBI says it stopped a Mall of America terror attack by a teen after agents sold him an assault rifle apnews.com/article/fbi-terro…
FBI says it stopped a Mall of America terror attack by a teen after agents sold him an assault rifle

FBI says it stopped a Mall of America terror attack by a teen after agents sold him an assault rifle

The FBI says it thwarted an attack on the Mall of America by a teenager after agents supplied him with an assault rifle.

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Renee Good's family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis apnews.com/article/renee-goo…
Renee Good's family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis

Renee Good's family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis

Renee Good’s family has sued the U.S. government and several immigration officials, alleging wrongful death, conspiracy and other violations in the 37-year-old woman’s killing by an immigration...

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Justice Department files complaint against judges over immigration enforcement surge comments. By @aedurkinricher apnews.com/article/justice-d…
Justice Department files complaint against judges over immigration enforcement surge comments

Justice Department files complaint against judges over immigration enforcement surge comments

The Department of Justice has filed a complaint against federal judges in Minnesota over their remarks to the media about the pressure on their courthouse during Trump administration’s immigration...

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Giggle for God: America’s witty church signs aim to inspire, attract drivers and passersby apnews.com/article/america-2…
Giggle for God: America’s witty church signs aim to inspire, attract drivers and passersby

Giggle for God: America’s witty church signs aim to inspire, attract drivers and passersby

Many churches across America have roadside signs with frequently changing messages that range from the practical to the witty to the profound.

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Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns nytimes.com/2026/09/17/us/po…
Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns

Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns

In a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court’s chief judge last winter, called the administration’s actions “a grave threat to the rule of law.”

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ICE officer charged in non-fatal shooting arrested by Minnesota authorities apnews.com/article/ice-offic…
Bail set for ICE officer accused of lying and assault in non-fatal shooting in Minneapolis

Bail set for ICE officer accused of lying and assault in non-fatal shooting in Minneapolis

A federal immigration officer charged with shooting a Venezuelan man during the immigration crackdown that roiled Minneapolis early this year has made a brief first appearance before a Minnesota...

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Man who sprayed Minnesota Rep. Omar with vinegar sentenced to 14 months in prison apnews.com/article/omar-vine…
Man who sprayed Minnesota Rep. Omar with vinegar sentenced to 14 months in prison

Man who sprayed Minnesota Rep. Omar with vinegar sentenced to 14 months in prison

The man who sprayed vinegar at Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar during a Minneapolis town hall has been sentenced to 14 months in prison.

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Spinning and dipping, Minnesota fairgoers delight in the classic Tilt-A-Whirl ride as it turns 100 apnews.com/article/tilt-a-wh…
Spinning and dipping, Minnesota fairgoers delight in the classic Tilt-A-Whirl ride as it turns 100

Spinning and dipping, Minnesota fairgoers delight in the classic Tilt-A-Whirl ride as it turns 100

With screams and giggles, Minnesota fairgoers are taking delight in the magic of the Tilt-A-Whirl ride as it turns 100 years old.

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Republicans see Minnesota fraud scandal as a chance to go on offense in a blue state apnews.com/article/michele-t…
Republicans see Minnesota fraud scandal as a chance to go on offense in a blue state

Republicans see Minnesota fraud scandal as a chance to go on offense in a blue state

Republicans in Minnesota see a chance to regain influence after a fraud scandal rocked state government.

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Forget left vs. center. Democratic voters are making clear they just want change apnews.com/article/democrats…
Forget left vs. center. Democratic voters are making clear they just want change

Forget left vs. center. Democratic voters are making clear they just want change

Results in Democratic primaries in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Connecticut have reiterated that Democratic voters are hungry for change, even as they remain divided over the party’s ideological future.

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Trump's immigration crackdown looms over Minnesota's bruising Senate primary apnews.com/article/minnesota…
Trump's immigration crackdown looms over Minnesota's bruising Senate primary

Trump's immigration crackdown looms over Minnesota's bruising Senate primary

The Democratic Senate primary in Minnesota is heating up and immigration has become a central issue.

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Wisconsin and Minnesota primaries next to feature progressive clash with Democratic establishment apnews.com/article/wisconsin…
Wisconsin and Minnesota primaries next to feature progressive clash with Democratic establishment

Wisconsin and Minnesota primaries next to feature progressive clash with Democratic establishment

Progressive candidates for governor in Wisconsin and U.S. Senate in Minnesota are making their final pushes ahead of Tuesday’s election.

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Minnesota’s state primary apnews.com/article/minnesota…
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Minnesota’s state primary

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Minnesota’s state primary

Minnesota Democrats will decide a competitive U.S. Senate primary Tuesday in another face-off between moderate and progressive candidates that could define the party’s identity heading into the...

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Minnesota primary is latest Democratic proxy fight for Senate and a test for Trump-backed hopefuls apnews.com/article/minnesota…
Progressive Democrats get another win in Minnesota US Senate primary

Progressive Democrats get another win in Minnesota US Senate primary

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan won the Minnesota Democratic Senate primary in the latest victory for an insurgent progressive over the party’s establishment.

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What to watch Tuesday: Primaries in Wisconsin and Minnesota showcase Democratic divide apnews.com/article/primaries…
Tuesday's takeaways: No clear direction for Wisconsin Democrats

Tuesday's takeaways: No clear direction for Wisconsin Democrats

The Democratic Party's ideological divide remained unresolved even as the establishment candidate eked out a narrow win in the Wisconsin governor's primary over a democratic socialist.

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Trump's immigration crackdown looms over Minnesota's bruising Senate primary apnews.com/article/minnesota…
Trump's immigration crackdown looms over Minnesota's bruising Senate primary

Trump's immigration crackdown looms over Minnesota's bruising Senate primary

The Democratic Senate primary in Minnesota is heating up and immigration has become a central issue.

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Trump visits newly built Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota's Badlands. By @JackFromNoDak and @cbinkley apnews.com/article/trump-the…
Trump visits newly built Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota's Badlands

Trump visits newly built Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota's Badlands

President Donald Trump visited the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota on Wednesday.

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Trump will visit newly built Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota's Badlands. By @JackFromNoDak apnews.com/article/trump-the…
Trump visits newly built Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota's Badlands

Trump visits newly built Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota's Badlands

President Donald Trump visited the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota on Wednesday.

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