Daily Digest: Democrats debate again

Good morning, and welcome to a well deserved Friday. Did you get the Digest email yesterday? I didn't. I hope there's not a terrible technical problem. We'll see how it goes today.

1. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders debated last night in New York. The two were fairly hard on each other compared to their previous meetings. They questioned each other's judgement and readiness to be president.  The audience was loud, and the candidates spent a lot of time shouting. Still, there were times they agreed on a few big issues, too. (New York Times)

2. If their final debate proved anything before Tuesday's big New York primary, it was that the two candidates are tired of each other after a long campaign. (Washington Post)

3. Here in Minnesota, a fifth young man from the Minneapolis area pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to give aid to ISIS. Adnan Farah, 20, said he was attracted to ISIS after he watched more than 100 of its propaganda videos, which showed children asking for help, ISIS handing out food aid to Muslims in Syria and jihadists fighting the Syrian government forces. (MPR News)

4. If Minnesota tries to make drivers' licences and other forms of state ID comply with federal Real ID standards starting this fall it will cost as much as $5 million. Some are pushing for a slower transition, which they say would provide more time to ensure that people's privacy is protected. (MPR News)

5. Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, is warning Cook County commissioners that they could lose state money if they take Gov. Mark Dayton's side in opposing copper mining in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The warning from Bakk and others put the brakes on a non-binding resolution that had been proposed earlier in the week. (Star Tribune)

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