On Saturday morning, June 14, 2025 — before President Donald Trump's military/birthday parade in Washington, DC and nationwide protests expressing opposition to it got underway — some disturbing news broke in Minnesota.

Donald Trump spoke briefly on the shootings in Minneapolis as he departed for the military birthday parade in Washington DC, calling them 'absolutely terrible.' Melissa Hortman, a former assembly speaker and her husband,

Donald Trump threw himself a birthday parade, disguised a a military parade, and the American public was not having it, with one group even building a large toilet -- his throne -- for the President to sit on.

No Kings” demonstrations are already underway in hundreds of cities across the U.S. in protest of what organizers describe as President Donald Trump’s authoritarian policies involving recent immigration raids.

The suspect in the shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers has been identified as 57-year-old Vance Boelter. Rep. Melissa Hortman and Sen. John Hoffman were shot in two separate incidents early Saturday morning.

U.S. President Donald Trump told troops to "have a good life" at the end of his speech at the capital military parade. The remarks came at an end of a speech around 8 p.m. ahead of the event's country music concert where the president appeared to share an oath with new military recruits.

President Donald Trump and members of his Cabinet are citing the Minneapolis riots and Gov. Tim Walz’s response as they explain why they’ve deployed troops to quell protests in Los Angeles. Trump has deployed about 700 Marines and federalized thousands of National Guard troops to Los Angeles to quash protests of immigration raids,

A national protest against the Trump administration has been cancelled in Northeast Minneapolis Saturday after the shooting of two lawmakers. Gov. Tim Walz said State Rep. and Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman of Brooklyn Park and her husband Mark were killed.

Donald Trump criticized Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for his handling of the 2020 George Floyd protests, labeling him as unintelligent. Trump claimed he intervened by deploying the military to Minneapolis when Walz failed to call in the National Guard.

City Council members are pursuing a separate plan to fold the federal agreement into a state settlement; the city attorney says they don’t have the power.