| Good afternoon! Twin Cities native Emily Fridlund is among the contenders for this year's Man Booker Prize for fiction, one of the highest awards in literature. Literary critic Lola Young, chairwoman of the judging panel, said the list contained works of "huge energy, imagination and variety." | The Thread | Forecast |
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| Gen. Joseph Dunford said the Defense Department is making "no modifications" to its current policies on service by transgender troops until more direction arrives from the White House. | Transgender Guard captain angered, but optimistic after Trump's 'ban' |
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| A Minnesota board that oversees police training and standards has rejected Gov. Mark Dayton's proposal to name a new fund after a black motorist who was killed by an officer last year. | Full coverage |
| U.S. Senators prepare a bill to block firing of special counsel Robert Mueller, warn against White House retribution toward Department of Justice. |
| Senate Republicans are lowering their sights and trying to unite behind a so-called "skinny repeal" that would merely undo just a few of the most unpopular elements of Barack Obama's law. | After Trump targets Murkowski, interior secretary reportedly warns Alaska's senators |
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| Five Republican governors from the central U.S. offered their ideas on health care reform, the opioid crisis, education and the security of our election systems. | MPR News Presents |
| A spokesman for Customs and Border Protection says the agency "has not changed any policies affecting asylum procedures." |
| White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, a Wall Street financier, said he has a "very good idea who the senior leakers are," adding that he had talked to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and to his "buddies" in the FBI about the matter. |
