Threats and violent acts have become part of the political landscape, still shocking but somehow not so surprising.

By Nathan Layne BLAINE, Minnesota (Reuters) -From the pulpit on Sunday, Father Joe Whalen exhorted his parishioners to avoid the kind of extreme partisanship and hate that appeared to be behind the killing of one of the church's own,

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

Washington Congressman Adam Smith spoke about rising political violence after a man fatally shot a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband.

The shootings revealed that America’s political fractures have penetrated even into the homes where elected officials sleep.

Rep. Kelly Morrison of Minnesota joins The Weekend to discuss the murder of her former colleague in the Minnesota state house Melissa Hortman and the chilling impact of the politically motivated attack.

The attacks on two Democratic Minnesota state lawmakers at home are the latest in a grim spike in political violence.