Saturday marks the sixth anniversary of the event that re-shaped recent Minnesota politics. The death of Sen. Paul Wellstone in a northern Minnesota airplane crash shook the state - and much of the nation - 11 days before the populist politician was to stand for re-election.

President Donald Trump's decision to relocate U.S. forces away from the Syria-Turkish border in anticipation of a Turkish military offensive in the area has been greeted by a collective groan from the foreign policy establishment on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.