Man in custody after spraying unknown substance at Rep. Ilhan Omar. Minnesota House back to 67-67 tie

Minneapolis police say they took a man in custody Tuesday night after he sprayed an unknown substance at U.S. Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall event. He is being held pending possible assault charges. The man approached Omar and sprayed something toward her with a syringe.

Two special elections have brought the Minnesota House back to a 67-67 party tie. Voters in St. Paul and parts of Maplewood and Woodbury elected two DFLers to represent them in the state Legislature.

A federal judge has issued a temporary order barring removal of a 5-year-old boy and his father. The father and son are now at family detention facility in Dilley, Texas, near San Antonio. They were taken into custody last week outside their home in Minnesota.