Donald Trump’s executive order is blocking Minnesotans and others across the country from applying to change their gender marker on federal identification cards.

A political scientist joined MPR News host Nina Moini to chat about if and exactly how quickly Trump’s executive orders may go into effect.

Minnesota agencies, lawmakers and groups seek out answers on how a freeze in federal funding will play out with billions of dollars potentially on the line.

Minnesota has joined other Democratic states in suit to halt Trump's federal funding action that threatens social programs.

The governor's office said the freeze threatens $1.8 billion in federal funds usually allocated to the state each month.

On Tuesday afternoon, Governor Tim Walz, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, and Attorney General Keith Ellison visited a YMCA and their child program while responding to President Donald Trump’s implementation of a federal spending freeze.

Many in Minnesota’s federal workforce — from border patrol workers up north to agency managers awaiting directives from Washington — are on edge after a flurry of executive actions during President Donald Trump’s first week back in office.

Minnesota leaders said they intend to join a legal fight against a new move by President Donald Trump to suspend federal money for an unspecified but potentially long list of

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at curtailing gender transitions for people under age 19.