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Opinion

Minnesota’s campaign for interposition and nullification

Columns

Thomas Jefferson doesn't have much in common with Tim Walz, but in his more radical moments, the Sage of Monticello might have appreciated the spirit of the Minnesota governor's campaign to resist federal immigration enforcement. In 1798, Jefferson authored a first draft of the Kentucky ...

Partial federal shutdown seems increasingly likely

Columns

WASHINGTON (AP) — As a partial government shutdown looms at week's end, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has laid out a list of demands for the Department of Homeland Security, including an enforceable code of conduct for federal agents conducting immigration arrests and a requirement ...

Almanac for Jan. 29, 2026

Columns

Today is Thursday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2026. There are 336 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2002, in his first State of the Union address, President George W. Bush said terrorists were still threatening America — and warned of "an axis of evil" consisting of North Korea, ...

Take steps to protect against identity theft

Editorials

It’s Identity Theft Awareness Week. To help consumers and taxpayers protect themselves from identity theft, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection and Wisconsin Department of Revenue are partnering to promote best practices for identity theft prevention and ...

The wrong narrative about Minneapolis

Columns

If you follow what presents itself as “reporting” these days you have likely heard about a 5-year-old boy in Minneapolis who, according to DHS and ICE officials, was used as “bait” to get his father, who had abandoned him, to return so he could be arrested. Some claimed the child had ...