The Minnesota governor was not just in Wisconsin to sound folksy and talk about hunting. Read full article

Despite months of troubleshooting the college aid application process, the Education Department said the form would not be fully ready for next year’s students until Dec. 1. Read full article

As a White House official and later as a lobbyist, he guided about 300 nominees through their confirmation hearings, including Supreme Court justices. Read full article

Senator JD Vance of Ohio claimed Gov. Tim Walz on Minnesota had exaggerated his service record and quit the Army National Guard to avoid being deployed to Iraq. Read full article

Judge McCall ordered briefs on the validity of the plea deal the defense secretary said was canceled, and the question of unlawful influence. Read full article

The pro-Israel group put more than $8 million into a primary to help beat Representative Cori Bush of Missouri, the second Democrat it has successfully targeted for not supporting Israel in the war. Read full article

The longtime associate director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, she also edited more than 50 books about the South. Read full article

At a big rally in Eau Claire, Wis., before a visit to Detroit, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz pushed their economic message, laid his Midwestern background on thick and warned of a second Trump term. Read full article

A team from Maui is now steps away from the Little League World Series, including one player whose family lost almost everything. Read full article