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Smoke from wildfires burning in Canada and rain obscures the downtown skyline of Minneapolis, Minn., on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

Canadian wildfire smoke causes 'very unhealthy' conditions in American Midwest and reaches Europe

A wildfire burning northeast of Summit Lake, British Columbia, Canada, is seen in this handout image on Monday, June 2, 2025. (BC Wildfire Service/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian wildfire smoke causes 'very unhealthy' conditions in American Midwest and reaches Europe

The new official portraits of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance hang in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Monday, June 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Ex-Homeland Security official fights back against Trump’s investigation order

FILE - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem meets with service members in Tel Aviv, Monday, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool,File)

Man accused of trying to get witness against him deported by writing letters threatening Trump

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Menomonie City Council approves funding for bridge repair and approves waste treatment report

FILE - An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, is seen in the night sky over the Tallinn bay of the Baltic sea in Tallinn, Estonia, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, file)

Northern lights could be visible again in some US states after weekend solar storms

President Donald Trump, right, walks toward the Oval Office as he returns to the White House with Bryson DeChambeau, winner of the 2024 U.S. Open, after playing golf, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

The Latest: Trump’s pledge to fix national debt faces skepticism from some Republicans

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Elections Commission votes to let small communities hand count ballots

Kime Abduli, Ramon Morales Reyes' attorney addresses the media Friday, May 30, 2025 in Milwaukee about the detention of her client Ramon Morales Reyes. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)

Kristi Noem said a Wisconsin immigrant threatened to kill Trump. The story quickly fell apart

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Winds push smoke from Canadian wildfires south into US and worsen air quality

FILE - Bags containing bedding are placed on cots inside the dormitory tent during a tour of a shelter New York City is setting up to house up to 1,000 migrants, in the Queens borough of New York, Aug. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Trump's list of 'sanctuary jurisdictions' includes some that support his immigration policies

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dressed in a pink pullover, the 17-year-old girl rested her head in her hands, weighing her bleak options from the empty room of an shelter in Poughkeepsie, New York. During a video call into an immigration courtroom in Manhattan, she listened as a lawyer explained to a judge how new regulations imposed by President Donald Trump's administration — for DNA testing, income verification and more — have hobbled efforts to reunite with her parents in the U.S. for more than 70 days. As the adm

217 days and counting: Trump's rules slow the release of migrant children to their families

President Donald Trump, standing right, salutes at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump honors fallen soldiers on Memorial Day, while attacking Biden and judges

State Sen. Kelda Roys, holding her toddler, speaks about legislation Democrats are proposing to provide ongoing funding for child care providers. (Photo by Erik Gunn/Wisconsin Examiner)

Democrats announce bill to restore child care support stripped from state budget

A person visits the spot of George Floyd's murder at George Floyd Square on the five-year anniversary of Floyd's death, Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Thousands mark 5th anniversary of George Floyd's murder as they call for justice and decry Trump

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Sunday, May 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump says he'll delay a threatened 50% tariff on the European Union until July

FILE - A military aircraft waits for migrants to board from a bus at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Tx., Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, before deporting them to Guatemala. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez, File)

A federal judge orders the Trump administration to return a Guatemalan deported to Mexico to the US

FILE - Sales staffs work at an Apple shop in Hanoi, Vietnam Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh, File)

Trump threatens 50% tariffs on EU and 25% penalties on Apple as his trade war intensifies

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters at the Capitol, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

What issues to watch as 'big, beautiful bill' moves to the Senate

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Dunn County Board Meeting for 5/21/2025

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