During President Trump’s push for his “big, beautiful” budget bill, either a betrayal or a political blunder occurred as an unelected bureaucrat became the most powerful person in the U.S. Congress.

Hortman and her husband, Mark, were fatally shot in their Minnesota home June 14. A second lawmaker, state Sen. John Hoffman, and his wife, Yvette, were severely injured in a separate shooting.

Earlier this week, Yvette Hoffman told US Sen. Amy Klobuchar in a text message that she and her husband were “incredibly lucky to be alive,” Klobuchar shared on her social media.

Earlier this week, Yvette Hoffman told U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar in a text message that she and her husband were “incredibly lucky to be alive,” Klobuchar shared on her social media.

Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith honored the late former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, on the Senate Floor on Tuesday, June 17.

The man accused of assassinating one Minnesota lawmaker and critically wounding another allegedly wrote that Gov. Tim Walz instructed him to also kill Sen. Amy Klobuchar in a rambling, conspiracy ...