MPR News Update

MPR News Update, PM Edition for August 1, 2017

Good afternoon! NPR reporter David Folkenflik produced a story today examining how a Trump booster and a Fox News consultant conspired to create a phony story about the "murder" of a young aide for the Democratic National Committee. A report that is both "shocking and frightening," MPR News blogger Bob Collins writes. | NewsCut | Forecast

Minn., 14 other states appeal EPA delay of stricter air-quality standards Bail set for Mendota Heights murder suspect Kushner: Trump campaign was too dysfunctional to collude Islamic cemetery vandalized in rural Dakota Co. North Dakota seeking hay donations to aid drought-stricken ranchers 10 years after bridge collapse, America is still crumbling Fact check: Trump's odd threat on Congress health care Aspen Ideas Festival: Can DNA help us grapple with the past?