President Donald Trump and his handling of key issues are deeply unpopular in Minnesota, according to new statewide polling. The latest Star Tribune/KARE 11 Minnesota Poll put Trump’s disapproval rating at the highest it’s ever been – 58 percent disapprove compared to the 38 percent who are satisfied. The economy and the war in Iran are big drivers of that dip. Six in 10 respondents said they disapprove of how the military action in the Middle East has gone and also how Trump has managed the economy. More people also indicate having personal stress in their own finances.

Michele Tafoya had little to say about an endorsement from President Donald Trump that came at a rally many states away. The Republican U.S. Senate candidate was asked Tuesday morning — as she released a plan to bolster public safety — how she felt about the president’s endorsement. “I heard about that,” Tafoya said. “Look, this campaign is about bringing all Minnesotans together, whether they voted for President Trump or whether they voted for Kamala Harris, or whether they didn't vote at all.” She was asked if the endorsement came as a surprise. “Most of the things that the president says are a surprise to somebody,” she said. The endorsement came as Tafoya has been running a TV ad painting herself as an independent voice not afraid to stand up to her party. DFL Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s Senate campaign seemed more excited about the endorsement. “Michele Tafoya spent all year auditioning for Donald Trump’s endorsement, and yesterday she got it. No wonder he calls her ‘very respected’— she’s in lockstep with him on everything,” Flanagan campaign spokesperson Lexi Byler said. 

Tafoya used her crime plan to voice criticism over violence among Somali Minnesotans and at Flanagan as being timid about addressing it. Speaking at a news conference alongside members of the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association, Tafoya pointed to the recent arrest of an 18-year-old on allegations he was planning a mass shooting at the Mall of America and an unrelated shooting at a football game in Eden Prairie, both of which involved Somali teenagers. “We cannot live like this, and we don't have to,” she said. “All Minnesotans from all walks of life deserve quiet streets, safe schools and peaceful neighborhoods.” Tafoya has been pressing the issue of fraud in government programs heavily during the campaign, but added, “Minnesota has a crime crisis as well.” Tafoya said Flanagan has not done enough to address crime. “She cannot even use the phrase ‘Somali gang violence’ because she is too extreme and too politically correct,” Tafoya said. According to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the overall crime rate in 2025 was the lowest in the last eight years. Violent crime has dropped below pre-pandemic levels. Flanagan responded that Tafoya was too passive about Trump's violent rhetoric and the aggressive way ICE officers confronted people during the Minnesota sweeps last winter.

Attorneys have filed a Hatch Act complaint over the early morning raid of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington D.C. home. Agents with Homeland Security Investigations executed a warrant early Monday morning at Omar’s house. News organizations have reported that the agents were looking for information regarding immigration documents. Several top Democrats accused the Trump administration of timing the raid with just three weeks until the midterm elections. The U.S. Department of Justice manual advises prosecutors and agents never to select timing of any action, including investigative steps, that could interfere with or affect the result of an election. Attorney Norm Eisen and Richard Painter with the Democracy Defenders Fund filed a complaint with the Office of Special Counsel saying the raid was a violation of the Hatch Act. In their complaint, they write “DOJ and DHS’s decision to instigate this raid at this very moment for these alleged reasons is unexplainable – except for as a politically motivated use of power to influence the Minnesota congressional election in violation of the Hatch Act.” Omar has called the raid “an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement.”

Omar’s family has begun to receive subpoenas from the Department of Justice, according to the New York Times. The Times reports that Omar’s sister and another family member have received subpoenas , according to “people familiar with the matter.” The story notes that grand jury subpoenas are issued to gather evidence about possible crimes, but do not mean the people receiving them are under investigation. The reporters write that federal investigators have been scrutinizing Omar’s family’s immigration history, focusing in part on whether her late father “lied or omitted information on immigration forms before becoming a U.S. citizen.” The story also says Omar’s immigration history has been investigated by federal authorities for more than a decade, but those investigations have never led to charges. Several top Trump administration officials, including the president himself — a frequent critic of Omar and Minnesota’s Somali community — have called for her to be investigated or charged with crimes.