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CNN’s Jason Carroll talks to multiple Minnesota voters who share their feelings about their governor and Kamala Harris’ running mate for the 2024 presidential election, Tim Walz.

Hear what some Minnesota voters think about Walz

Business Insider

Gov. Tim Walz has been named Kamala Harris' running mate. Here's what to know about his family.

Meet the family of Tim Walz, Kamala Harris' VP pick

The Independent

 Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has been chosen to run alongside Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, and while current polling shows that most Americans aren’t familiar with him past polling shows he is popular with voters.Unlike Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance, Walz has decades of political experience, having first been elected to represent Minnesota’s 1st district in the House of Representatives in 2006 with 52 percent of the vote.Despite his experience, an ABC News and Ipsos survey from July found that out of 1,200 Americans, most did not know who Walz was.Tracking 18 years of...

What polling shows about Tim Walz approval from voters compared to JD Vance

The New Republic

A lot has already been said about Governor Tim Walz’s folksy demeanor, as well as his record when it comes to labor, universal school lunches, voting rights, and generally not being “weird,” the moniker he has stuck on the GOP ticket that became an immediate Democratic rallying cry. But Walz specifically, and more importantly the Minnesota Democratic Party generally (known in-state as the DFL, for Democratic-Farmer-Labor), has provided an important political lesson: Governing, getting results, and challenging corporate power after winning elections begets success. Their accomplishments, and how they led to Walz joining the Kamala Harris ticket, is a direct...

The Secret to Tim Walz’s Progressive Success

Tropical Storm Ernesto is strengthening as it slams the northern Caribbean with heavy rain, gusty winds and rough seas Tuesday and approaches Puerto Rico.

Ernesto is strengthening as it plows through Caribbean islands. Here’s where it could go next and how strong it could get.

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Town Talks

In North Carolina, the divorce process can be challenging, particularly due to the mandatory one-year separation requirement. This law mandates that couples must live separately for at least a year before filing for divorce, a rule that can be frustrating for many.

You might be granted a divorce in North Carolina if your spouse is ‘incurably insane.’ Here’s how

CNN’s John King and Anderson Cooper discuss how the 2024 presidential race has changed in important swing states and among the gender gap since President Biden dropped out and Vice President Harris took over the Democratic ticket.

John King breaks down how the race has changed since Biden’s exit

If Kamala Harris and her newly announced running mate Tim Walz win the race for the White House, the US could see the first-ever Native American woman serving as governor. Under the succession plan laid out by the state’s constitution, Minnesota’s Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan would ascend to the governor’s office, if Harris-Walz defeats Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance in 2024.

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz could clear path for first-ever Native American woman governor

Fox News

Minnesota State Senator Julia Coleman (R) joined Brian to discuss the negative effect Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has had on the state and how that will expand to the rest of the country if he is in the White House. Coleman highlighted his handling of the George Floyd riots in 2020 in Minneapolis, his policy on illegal immigrants and his anti-Israel and pro-Abortion stance. “The way runs things is unacceptable and I’m fearful for America with him in the White House,” says Coleman, calling Walz a “border-line socialist” and that the Harris-Walz ticket “makes Obama look like a moderate.” When...

Minnesota Senator Julia Coleman: Tim Walz is a Border-Line Socialist

Using his sleeve to wipe tear gas from his burning eyes, 25-year-old Mugdho weaves through the crowd, handing out bottles of water to the protesters whose demands for reform would soon topple Bangladesh’s leader.

This student was handing out bottles of water to protesters. Minutes later, he was dead

Hey there, future mover! Before you start picturing yourself in cozy log cabins, exploring vast wilderness, and experiencing the legendary “Minnesota Nice,” let me stop you right there. Here are 12 completely valid (and not at all exaggerated) reasons why you should think twice about making Minnesota your new home.

12 Reasons Why You Should Never Ever Consider Moving to Minnesota

Fox Business

Lisa Zarza and Bill Hupp, both former Minnesota bar owners, criticized Tim Walz's policies concerning COVID-19 and riots for hindering small businesses.

Ex-Minnesota bar owners say 'evil' Tim Walz's far-left policies ruined small businesses

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

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Kamala Harris has chosen her running mate, and it’s Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Harris announced the decision Tuesday morning. “As a governor, a coach, a teacher, and a veteran, he’s delivered for working families like his,” she stated. “It’s great to have him on the team.”It’s a fun announcement, given both Walz’s progressive credentials and how savvy he is with his attacks on Republicans. He has effectively criticized Donald Trump and J.D. Vance in TV interviews, even venturing into enemy territory on Fox News. And he’s credited with first inspiring Democrats’ “weird” attacks on Trump and the GOP, giving the...

Who Is Tim Walz? The Man Who Memed His Way Into Becoming Kamala’s V.P.

USA TODAY

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who was just announced as Kamala Harris' vice presidential running mate, is a major fan of popstars Taylor Swift and Beyoncé.

Kamala Harris' vice president pick Tim Walz has a history of Taylor Swift, Beyoncé fandom

Scripps News

A former student of Vice President Harris' running mate told Scripps News, "I think the world of Mr. Walz."

VP candidate's former student: 'I think the world of Mr. Walz'

Ret. Lt. General Mark Hertling explains why he thinks US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s decision to announce he ordered a guided-missile submarine to the Middle East is “unusual.”

‘Extremely unusual’: Retired US general reacts to Defense Sec. Austin announcing guided-missile submarine to the Middle East

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Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

In her bid to be the nation’s first female president, Kamala Harris tapped Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, thrusting the outspoken Minnesota Lutheran into the national spotlight. Walz, 60, brings political experience as well as suburban-and-rural appeal to the presidential race. He also represents a Midwestern...

VP Pick Walz A Lutheran With Connections To Minnesota’s Muslim Community

WashingtonExaminer

Disgraced former Sen. Al Franken spent 2006 sexually accosting women and launching the political career of Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), the Democrats’ presumptive vice presidential nominee. The two appear to remain close to this day. Walz was a political newbie that year, challenging a Republican incumbent in a GOP-leaning district. Minneapolis’s Star Tribune carried this […]

Harris taps Al Franken intimate Tim Walz

NewsBreak

Tim Walz’s political evolution took him from moderate Democrat to progressive champion

In 2023, Tim Walz declared time for bargaining, light cajoling and compromise was...

Tim Walz’s political evolution took him from moderate Democrat to progressive champion

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