Experts warn of an era of “normalized violence,” impacting state and local officials along with national politicians – who are increasingly being attacked at home.

That lawmaker told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS she wanted to remain anonymous because she is on a hit list from Vance Boelter, who’s been charged in the shooting deaths of state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark and is also charged with the attempted murders of state Sen.

What does one do when a man in tactical attire, impersonating an officer, unleashes a peaceful Minnesota evening into a spectacle of premeditated fear? The federal indictment of Vance Boelter has stripped away layers of a crime that’s left the state and the country in shock.

Vance Boelter faces charges that include murder and stalking. Federal charges were filed Tuesday against the man who has admitted to the deadly attack on Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses in an act of political violence that stunned the nation.

The political world saw her as a rising star in 2023; Jaffer, a Democrat, previously served as the nation’s first female Muslim mayor. But rampant harassment from online commenters and other politicians about her religion, as well as high-profile acts of violence against other public officials, made her reconsider her political future.

With recent instances of political violence, federal agents say physical and cyber safety is paramount, especially now on a local level.

A year after the Butler, Pa., assassination attempt, major questions remain about the gunman's motive and how to curb political violence.

On one level, the assassination last weekend of Minnesota’s former state House speaker and the grievous wounding of a state senator shocks the conscience in its violence and cruelty. On another ...

The latest high-profile act of political violence in the United States has left local elected officials very concerned both about the possibility factors that led to the shootings and what lies

Another leader dead, another act of political violence. The Minnesota shootings feel like a breaking point. But we still have a choice.