Minnesota state Sen. Justin Eichorn, a Republican, was arrested this week on felony charges of soliciting a minor for prostitution, police said, after he allegedly tried to meet up with an officer who posed as a 17-year-old girl.

A bill that was introduced by Senate Republicans to define so-called "Trump derangement syndrome" as a mental illness has provoked a backlash, with some saying the bill trivializes mental health care in the state regardless of the seriousness of its original intent.

A Minnesota state senator who co-authored a bill defining “Trump derangement syndrome” as a mental illness was arrested on charges of soliciting a minor for prostitution.