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American politician (born 1963)
The available reporting shows credible allegations were made by Keith Ellison’s ex‑girlfriend, Karen Monahan, that he physically and emotionally abused her, and Ellison has firmly denied those claims;...
There are active investigative actions touching Governor Tim Walz’s administration — including a House Oversight inquiry seeking documents about fraud in Minnesota social services and multiple federal...
No public autopsy report or hospital records for Renee Nicole Good have been released as of the available reporting; state prosecutors and investigators do not currently have access to an autopsy that...
Multiple news outlets report that large groups of Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) employees publicly accused Governor Tim Walz of ignoring fraud warnings and retaliating against whistlebl...
Multiple media outlets and federal officials report that prosecutors have charged dozens in schemes tied to Minnesota pandemic-era aid — including the Feeding Our Future case that federal prosecutors ...
Tim Walz is facing bipartisan scrutiny after federal prosecutors and media reports tied more than $250 million in one child‑nutrition scheme and wider alleged abuses to nonprofits in Minnesota, with s...
Available sources show far fewer than 45 Muslims serving in the U.S. federal government; as of the 119th Congress there are four Muslim members of Congress (House) and five people have ever been elect...
As of the start of the 119th Congress (January 2025), four members of the U.S. House of Representatives identify as Muslim: André Carson (Indiana’s 7th), Ilhan Omar (Minnesota’s 5th), Rashida Tlaib (M...
A Hennepin County judge recently vacated the $7.2 million Medicaid-fraud jury verdict against Abdifatah (Abdifatah) Yusuf, and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office has moved to appeal tha...
Thomas Jefferson bought an English translation of the Qur’an in 1765 and kept it in his library; that ownership became a lasting symbol of his willingness to include Muslims within the circle of civil...
Reporting in 2024–2025 shows that four Muslim Americans served in the 119th Congress (André Carson, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Lateefah Simon) and that five individuals have been elected to Congre...
As of the 119th Congress (sworn in January 2025), available reporting identifies four Muslims serving in the U.S. House: André Carson (D‑IN), Ilhan Omar (D‑MN), Rashida Tlaib (D‑MI) and Lateefah Simon...
Democratic elected officials and allied civic groups in Minnesota responded to the 2017 killing of Justine Ruszczyk Damond with public expressions of outrage, calls for accountability and broader poli...
The immediate prosecutorial jurisdiction over the Minneapolis ICE shooting is bifurcated: the FBI and Department of Justice have assumed control of the federal criminal inquiry while Minnesota state p...
Congressional Republicans have opened a formal document request and investigation into alleged widespread fraud in Minnesota social services under Gov. Tim Walz, citing schemes tied to Feeding Our Fut...
Multiple investigations into allegations of massive fraud in Minnesota’s social‑services and pandemic-era food programs have been opened and publicly announced: a U.S. House Oversight Committee probe ...
Available sources show rising Muslim American representation across local and state offices and a small but growing presence in Congress; reporting notes historic 2025 local wins and that five Muslims...
Muslim American representation in U.S. government has risen measurably in the last two decades: the first Muslim member of Congress was elected in 2006 and by 2025 there are five Muslims who have serv...
As of the sources collected, a small but growing number of Muslim Americans have served in the U.S. Congress: the milestone began with Keith Ellison’s 2006 election (sworn in 2007), and by 2025 multip...
Multiple news and government sources say Governor Tim Walz is facing allegations that his administration failed to stop large-scale fraud in Minnesota’s social‑services programs — most prominently a f...