Massive release of Epstein files includes 3 million documents and photos
The Justice Department released more new documents on Jan. 30 from the Jeffrey Epstein files, more than a month after the DOJ's original deadline to do so.
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The Justice Department released more new documents on Jan. 30 from the Jeffrey Epstein files, more than a month after the DOJ's original deadline to do so.
A high-profile House Democrat is accusing Attorney General Pam Bondi of "spying" on her search history while she pored through Jeffrey Epstein-related documents.
Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyer said she would be willing to cooperate with a House panel's probe if President Trump grants her clemency, and would testify that he is "innocent of any wrongdoing."
The millions of pages of Jeffrey Epstein materials show the prominent men who were once in the disgraced sex offender's circle.
The Justice Department says it also added about 80 more attorneys this week to help review the Epstein files to be released.
The Justice Department early Tuesday released more than 11,000 additional documents and photos from the Jeffrey Epstein files.
The Trump administration is advancing one fight and pushing back against another.
The Justice Department has released records from the Epstein files, the first documents to come to light under a new law signed by President Trump.
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Friday released 19 photos from a trove of images obtained from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein.
Democrats on the U.S. House Oversight Committee released a subset of images they say they received from the Epstein estate.
The Justice Department can release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein, a federal judge ruled.
The Justice Department asked a court to unseal grand jury transcripts in the sex trafficking cases of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
President Trump appears to have had an eleventh-hour change of heart on the Epstein files release, but legal experts say a new investigation could lead to delays.
President Trump appears to have had an eleventh-hour change of heart on the Epstein files release, but legal experts say a new investigation could lead to delays. In Talking Points, Esme Murphy spoke with political analysts Amy Frederiksen, a Republican, and Abou Amara, a Democrat about the fight over the documents and Mr. Trump's varied positions regarding releasing the files.
President Trump said Wednesday he has signed a bill that requires the Justice Department to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days.
The House sent to the Senate a bill that would force the release of the Epstein files, the final procedural move before President Trump's signature.
All eight members of Minnesota’s congressional delegation voted to release the Epstein files. Ubah Ali has local reaction and what a political expert says is behind the uncommon speed of the vote.
All members of Minnesota's U.S. House and Senate delegations voted in favor of releasing the Epstein files on Tuesday
The measure compelling the Justice Department to release materials related to Jeffrey Epstein won congressional approval. In a sudden reversal, President Trump told lawmakers they should vote for it.
The U.S. House on Tuesday passed a bill in a near-unanimous vote that would compel the Justice Department to release materials related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The U.S. House is expected to vote on Tuesday on legislation that would require Attorney General Pam Bondi to make public all unclassified and investigative materials related to the case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
In a reversal, President Trump says House Republicans should vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. House GOP leaders intend to hold a vote Tuesday, sources say.
The three emails appear to be exchanges between convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as the author Michael Wolff and Epstein.
An effort to force a House vote on compelling the Justice Department to release materials related to Jeffrey Epstein secured the final signature it needed Wednesday.
Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking co-conspirator, is planning to apply for a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence, House Judiciary Committee Democrats say.
A boy is dead after going underwater in a Bloomington, Minnesota, pond on Saturday afternoon, according to the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office.
A large group gathered for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives March — a march dedicated to those many love, but miss daily.
Sartell, Minnesota, police rescued a woman who was held against her will, according to the Sartell Police Department.
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A federal judge ruled Friday that Brian Flores' discrimination lawsuit against the NFL can move forward in open court, instead of arbitration.
A boy is dead after going underwater in a Bloomington, Minnesota, pond on Saturday afternoon, according to the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office.
A large group gathered for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives March — a march dedicated to those many love, but miss daily.
In an emotional reunion in Minnesota, a mother returned home to her 2-year-old after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests split up their family and left her toddler in the care of a family friend.
A body has been recovered from the Mississippi River in Minneapolis near the area where a man fell through the ice on Friday afternoon, according to the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office.
A 9-year-old girl missing from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, on Monday has been found safe, according to police.
Sartell, Minnesota, police rescued a woman who was held against her will, according to the Sartell Police Department.
Leaders in both parties across both chambers said in interviews with WCCO that they are committed to working to advance their priorities while acknowledging the political makeup of the building will require bipartisan solutions to the state's biggest challenges.
Last month, activist Nekima Levy Armstrong was arrested following a protest at a Minnesota church. In Talking Points, she shares why she felt it was important to protest, her arrest and White House's digitally altered photo of her arrest.
City leaders in Minneapolis say federal immigration enforcement operations cost local businesses and restaurants $81 million in January.
For the past year, an artificial intelligence camera has captured images of people driving distracted on Highway 7 in Minnesota between St. Louis Park and St. Bonifacius. In 2024, there were five fatalities on Highway 7 alone, one of the deadliest years on record, but since the AI technology was added, there have been zero.
Three people are dead after a house fire in a small western Wisconsin town early Saturday.
John Lauritsen shares the story behind a massive snow sculpture that's now become a winter destination.
A jury has found a Wisconsin man guilty of forging threats against President Donald Trump in an attempt to get a witness against him deported.
Minnesota and Wisconsin are among the 11 states reporting their first measles cases of 2026.
Hundreds of schools in Minnesota and Wisconsin have closed or shifted to virtual learning on Friday amid dangerous cold.
Karmel Mall has been mostly silent, with shops closed at the building on East Lake Street. Operation Metro Surge has caused many Somalis to stay home.
The ongoing presence of ICE and federal law enforcement in the Minneapolis area has kept many immigrants at home for fear of being arrested. Now, their neighbors are crowdsourcing to cover their rent.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations aren't only happening in the Twin Cities. Federal agents are also working in smaller towns, and in some, seeing similar resistance from the community.
While Operation Metro Surge continues in the Twin Cities, Minnesota's farm country is also feeling the impact. The major concerns for farmers and the trickle-down effect it could have on consumers.
Minnesota's governor spoke out Sunday afternoon following the shooting death of Alex Pretti by federal immigration enforcement agents. "What's the plan, Donald Trump? What is the plan?" Walz said. "Fear, violence and chaos is what you wanted from us, and you clearly underestimated the people of this state and nation."
It's the second time in as many weeks that government funding has lapsed as Democrats and the White House remain at an impasse over immigration enforcement policies.
Operation Metro Surge, which sent a record number of immigration agents to Minnesota, may be nearing its end, but nonprofits that receive calls for assistance say there will likely be ripple effects felt for weeks and months to come.
On Friday morning, workers held a press conference to reflect on how the Immigration and Customs Enforcement surge has impacted the food industry.
Todd Lyons, the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement accused two federal agents of lying under oath regarding the mid-January shooting of a Venezuelan national in Minneapolis.
A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump's administration cannot pull back $600 million in public health grants allocated to four Democratic-led states, including Illinois, for now.
On Friday morning, workers held a press conference to reflect on how the Immigration and Customs Enforcement surge has impacted the food industry.
January is typically a slow month at Frontiersman Sports, but employees at the St. Louis Park, Minnesota, gun shop said sales spiked 30% above normal for the month.
Amid ongoing immigration operations in Minnesota, a local company is filling a desperate need for on-demand legal help.
Outside the governor's mansion in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Friday, demonstrators, including many students and teachers, pleaded for Gov. Tim Walz to enact an immediate eviction moratorium to help families impacted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement surge.
It's part of broader protests calling on the Minneapolis-based retailer to respond more directly to immigration enforcement.
Sartell, Minnesota, police rescued a woman who was held against her will, according to the Sartell Police Department.
Several people charged in connection with a protest at a Minnesota church whose pastor served as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official pleaded not guilty Friday afternoon in a St. Paul federal courtroom.
The St. Paul Police Department says officers responded to the crash at the intersection of Phalen Boulevard and Rose Avenue at approximately 9:10 p.m.
Authorities on Thursday released the first physical description of a male suspect wanted in connection with the Arizona disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.
Border czar Tom Homan announced Thursday that Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota is concluding, with a drawdown of federal immigration officers set to occur over the course of next week.
Dr. Michael Osterholm and Dr. Emil Lou, faculty members with the University of Minnesota, have been recognized by TIME as two of the 100 most influential people in health in 2026.
Minnesota is in the midst of what state health officials call the nation's "largest known outbreak" of TMVII, a sexually transmitted fungal skin infection that can cause severe ringworm.
A new web page dedicated to fact-checking claims about Medicaid fraud in Minnesota has been launched by the state's Department of Human Services, officials said Wednesday.
Public health officials say a measles crisis has long been brewing in Minnesota.
Patients in Minnesota are canceling appointments and deferring critical health care needs because of fear of immigration enforcement as the federal crackdown continues, doctors say.
"Dawson's Creek" and "Varsity Blues" star James Van Der Beek has died at 48 years old.
Social media users incorrectly identified a young boy who was part of Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday as Liam Conejo Ramos.
Bad Bunny says he wants to bring his culture to his 2026 Super Bowl halftime show Sunday.
Renowned comedian Dave Chappelle is set to return to the Twin Cities later this month to perform and "show a stand with a community at the center of events that should unite all Americans," show organizers said Monday.
Complete closure of the performing arts center in Washington, D.C., will start on July 4, Mr. Trump said. It's not yet clear how extensive the changes to the building might be.
A federal judge ruled Friday that Brian Flores' discrimination lawsuit against the NFL can move forward in open court, instead of arbitration.
The Minnesota Twins have signed right-handers Liam Hendriks and Julian Merryweather to minor league contracts with spring training invitations and acquired left-hander Anthony Banda in a trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Minnesota revised coach P.J. Fleck's contract to include an annual raise and additional incentives, a move approved by the university's board of regents on Thursday.
The junior guard on the Gopher women's basketball team has already hit 57 three-pointers this season, with five games left in the regular season.
The Minnesota Twins have been unsettled for awhile after long being a model of efficiency and stability within Major League Baseball.
Last month, activist Nekima Levy Armstrong was arrested following a protest at a Minnesota church. In Talking Points, she shares why she felt it was important to protest, her arrest and White House's digitally altered photo of her arrest.
Last month, activist Nekima Levy Armstrong was arrested following a protest at a Minnesota church. In Talking Points, she shares why she felt it was important to protest, her arrest and White House's digitally altered photo of her arrest.
Last month, activist and former Twin Cities NAACP president Nekima Levy Armstrong was arrested following a protest at a Minnesota church where the leader of a local Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office serves as a pastor. In Talking Points, Esme Murphy sits down with Armstrong to discuss the protest, her arrest, and her reaction to what she calls a “diabolical” attempt to degrade her image.
One Minnesota group has been leading the charge to train legal observers and document tactics used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
Even as Governor Tim Walz and state leaders hint that Operation Metro Surge may be ending, many Minnesota communities say the reality on the ground looks different. On tonight’s Talking Points, Esme Murphy speaks with a leader from COPAL Minnesota, an immigrant rights group training constitutional/legal observers, documenting ICE tactics, and providing resources for detained individuals and the families left behind.
Pine trees are a common sight up north. But on a Carlton, Minnesota, road, they're joined by giant lollipops. They serve as the welcoming committee for Sweetly Kismet, one of the largest candy stores in the state.
John Lauritsen shares the story behind a massive snow sculpture that's now become a winter destination.
Northland Arboretum was built half a century ago on top of what was once a city dump. But over time, nature carved its own path with a little help from a Zamboni.
St. James is a smaller town with a main street and a railroad running though. But inside a local building, the main street and the railroad are even smaller.
On Dec. 9, 1965, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" debuted on CBS, and it became an instant classic. Lee Jenkins' home is proof that the show is still a hit six decades later.
White House border czar Tom Homan, without offering further explanation, claimed the federal immigration operation in Minnesota uncovered thousands of missing children in the state, but it's likely related to a much larger number the administration has been touting for a few years.
As our weather warms, love is also in the air. Valentine's Day is this Saturday, and while we know many of the traditions, Jeff Wagner wanted to get to the heart of the holiday.
The monthslong Immigration and Customs Enforcement surge in Minnesota has sparked ongoing protests, some measured tens of thousands of demonstrators, others just a few dozen.
According to the Police Executive Research Firm, 82% of police departments in the United States equip officers with body cameras. That number comes from 2023, meaning it could be even higher by now.
With the new $2,600 stipend, DHS said the cost of a single self-deportation is $5,100. That's significantly less than the cost to arrest, detain and deport an undocumented immigrant, which DHS said costs more than $18,000.
Minnesotans got a great view of the northern lights Tuesday night.
A look at the newest addition to the polar bear population at St. Paul, Minnesota's Como Zoo.
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The Minnesota State Fair has unveiled its new food, drinks and vendors for 2025.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
Overnight temps drop slightly into the 30s. Sunday will feel similar with temps in the upper 40s, however it will be cloudier. Meteorologist Lisa Meadows shares how long this springlike weather sticks around and when we drop back to those winter temperatures.
In Minnesota, weather can be all over the place. Here at WCCO, we want to give you what you need to prepare for what's happening next.
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Spring-like temperatures are in the air. Temperatures on Saturday could get as high as the high 50s for the southern part of the state and low 50s for central Minnesota. Meteorologist Adam Del Rosso shares just how long this warm trend sticks around and when we return to more seasonable temps.
Temperatures on Valentine's Day will be in the 40s and 50s across most of Minnesota, according to NEXT Weather meteorologist Chris Shaffer.
Overnight temps drop slightly into the 30s. Sunday will feel similar with temps in the upper 40s, however it will be cloudier. Meteorologist Lisa Meadows shares how long this springlike weather sticks around and when we drop back to those winter temperatures.
Thousands gathered on Saturday to honor and remember missing and murdered indigenous relatives.
Mercado Market held a Valentine's Day event to help raise money for Lake Street businesses.
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The 16th annual Winter Beer Dabbler returns to the Minnesota State Fair Grounds.