The United States has a long and grim history of political violence, from presidential assassinations to lynchings and violence aimed at Black people in

A manhunt is underway for the gunman who was impersonating a police officer and had a list of possible targets, officials said.

Breaking: Tragedy in Minnesota politics as Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband are shot, killed—Sen. John Hoffman and wife also targeted, injured. Urgent manhunt underway.

Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were wounded in politically motivated shootings overnight, Gov. Tim Walz said Saturday. Authorities have also identified a suspect who is still at large.

A man impersonating a police officer shot and killed Minnesota state legislator Melissa Hortman and her husband at their home in what Gov. Tim Walz called “targeted political violence.”