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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

Wisconsin State

The Hill

When I heard that Vice President Harris had selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz over Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as her running mate, the first thought to hit me was that of revered baseball manager Casey Stengel: “Can’t anybody here play this game?”. That’s not to say Walz is...

Picking Tim Walz was Kamala Harris’s first campaign mistake

Fox Business

Vice President Harris' selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate is bringing new scrutiny to Walz's economic track record as a member of Congress and as governor.

Kamala Harris' VP pick: What to know about Tim Walz's economic track record

JD Vance sparked a firestorm this week when he accused fellow veteran and Democratic vice presidential nominee, Minnesota governor Tim Walz, of abandoning his unit before it deployed to Iraq. “When the United States Marine Corps … asked me to go to Iraq to serve my country, I did it,”...

What JD Vance did in Iraq, as told by the friend who served with him

Tim Walz has been attacked from all angles by Republicans in the two days since he was unveiled as Kamala Harris’s running mate to take on Donald Trump and JD Vance in November. The mild-mannered Midwesterner and Minnesota governor, a 24-year veteran of the Army National Guard and former...

The truth behind the conspiracies on Tim Walz’s China ties

Donald Trump has tried out a number of nicknames as he tries to define Kamala Harris in the presidential race. There was “Laffin’ Kamala,” and there was “Lyin’ Kamala” but there has been none so confusing as simply “Kamabla.”. Because nobody knows what...

Trump keeps calling Harris ‘Kamabla’ but nobody seems to know the meaning behind it

Former President Donald Trump’s speaking style may reveal signs of cognitive decline, according to psychological experts. An analysis by STAT - a media organization focusing on health - found that Trump’s common pattern of speech called tangentiality – jumping from topic to topic with few if any connections in between – is just one of a number of incoherent speaking habits that appears to have worsened in the last few years.

Experts say Trump’s speaking style shows ‘potential indications of cognitive decline’

Followers of Donald Trump are calling for a boycott of Dunkin’ Donuts after the chief executive of Rumble claimed that the coffee chain refused to advertise on the conservative video platform because its “right-wing culture”. Rumble has joined Elon Musk’s X in a lawsuit against a number...

MAGA fans call for boycott of Dunkin Donuts: ‘The Bud Lite treatment’

Utah State

Salt Lake City, UT

Utah has now ended its decade-long execution hiatus after an inmate was put to death for the murder of his ex-girlfriend’s mother. Taberon Dave Honie died by lethal injection early on Thursday morning at the Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City. In his final words, the 48-year-old...

Utah carries out first execution since 2010 as inmate put to death for murder of ex-girlfriend’s mother

Tucker Carlson is producing a new documentary about Donald Trump and the MAGA movement. The right-wing media personality, formerly of Fox News fame, released the documentary trailer on X Thursday night, revealing “The Art of the Surge: The Donald Trump Comeback” will premiere on the Tucker Carlson Network, the streaming service he launched in December.

Tucker Carlson teases documentary on Trump’s ‘comeback’ — just as Harris picks up momentum

A man who served under Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) in the Army National Guard is backing the vice presidential nominee’s service record, asserting Walz decided to retire before his unit got deployment orders, not after. Al Bonnifield, who served 22 years in the Minnesota National Guard, told NewsNation’s...

Man who served under Walz says governor retired before unit had deployment news

Nancy Pelosi is finally making clear her role in the pressure campaign which led to Joe Biden making the painful, personal decision to step down as the Democratic Party’s 2024 candidate. The former House speaker sat down with The New Yorker for an interview which published on Thursday; in...

Pelosi says she didn’t think Biden would win and reveals chilled relationship with president

Manhattan, NY

A former top sommelier at a Michelin-starred restaurant in New York has appeared in court accused of stabbing his wife at their Manhattan home. Aaron Von Rock was arrested on May 5 and charged with assault with intent to cause serious injury with a weapon, according to court documents. Von Rock is said to have slashed his wife multiple times with a knife at the couple’s apartment in Murray Hill.

Former sommelier at Michelin-starred New York restaurant accused of stabbing wife

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz “misspoke” in a newly resurfaced video from 2018 in which he said he handled assault weapons “in war,” a Harris campaign spokesperson told CNN on Saturday.

Walz ‘misspoke’ in saying he served ‘in war,’ Harris campaign says

Colorado State

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

The Independent

 Tim Walz chose to stop drinking alcohol in 1995 after he was arrested for driving under the influence, a story that has resurfaced after Vice President Kamala Harris announced the Minnesota Governor as her running mate.On September 23, 1995, Walz, a 31-year-old, newlywed, high school teacher and football coach, was pulled over doing 96 miles per hour in a 55mph zone. The officer who stopped Walz smelled a “strong odor of alcoholic beverage”, according to the police report.After failing a field sobriety test and preliminary breath test, Walz was taken to a local jail in Dawes County, Nebraska.The incident...

The truth behind Tim Walz’s 1995 DUI arrest and how it changed his life

Bucks County Beacon

As chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, Senator Bernie Sanders released a June report entitled “ By the Wealthy, for the Wealthy: The Coordinated Attacks on Public Education in the United States .” The report is a brief but thorough (16 pages of text, 4 pages of footnotes) takedown of the current wave of attempts to end public education as we know it.

Senator Bernie Sanders Warns in New Report of Right-Wing Billionaire Plot to Sabotage Public Education in Order to Privatize It

Fort Smith, AR

Melissa Witt was planning to surprise her mom at an Arkansas bowling alley in December 1994 – but the college student never made it inside the building. A trail of blood snaked through the parking lot and was found in Witt’s car. There were signs of a struggle, according to investigators, but the teenager had vanished.

A teenager was snatched from the parking lot of a bowling alley. 30 years later, her killer is still unknown

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Harris campaign tweaks Walz’s military bio after Republican attacks

Kamala Harris’s campaign has tweaked information about Tim Walz’s military record on its website after questions were raised about her running mate’s career with the US...

Harris campaign tweaks Walz’s military bio after Republican attacks

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