Republican Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) has backed down after vitriolic posts about the assassination of a Democratic politician. Political analyst Jason Johnson joins MSNBC's Ari Melber to discuss. (The

Feelings of grief and confusion can be difficult to process. For parents, it can be an even bigger challenge to talk through with children.

Gilbert, the golden retriever trained by murdered Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman, had to be put down after the shooting that killed her and husband Mark at their home.

When Sandy Pappas thinks of John Hoffman, she thinks of the gregarious officemate who keeps snacks at the ready for visitors. A longstanding state senator from St. Paul, Pappas was horrified to learn that the Champlin senator and his wife Yvette had been shot multiple times early Saturday morning by a masked gunman.

President Trump said Tuesday that he won't call Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after the targeted shootings of two state lawmakers because it would "waste time."

Minnesota man Vance Luther Boelter has been charged in the killings of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. Boelter is accused of using GPS tracking and online databases to target more than 45 officials,

He wounded Sen. John Hoffman and his wife but didn’t come into contact with the two other DFL legislators, investigators say.

Robert Davis Forney, 25, was arraigned in Atlanta on two federal counts of communicating threats in interstate commerce, according to court records.