What to know about Tim Walz’s views and policy record before the VP debate

Washington — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz went from relative obscurity to coining an attack line against Republicans and becoming Democrats’ vice presidential candidate within a number of weeks this summer.  His political career began in 2006, when he was elected to the House of Representatives from a conservative district bordering Iowa, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

Walz Exaggerated Number of Trips to China Because He Was ‘So Proud of His Extensive Experience’: Report

Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz “was so proud of his extensive experience” traveling to China that he “occasionally used to exaggerate it” by claiming to have visited the communist country twice as often as he actually did, Minnesota Public Radio reported on Monday. Walz went on around 15 trips to China in the 1990s and

Biden shores up asylum limits, likely extending border crackdown indefinitely

President Biden’s administration on Monday announced new regulations to shore up the partial asylum ban it enacted at the U.S. southern border in June, likely extending the strict immigration policy indefinitely, through the presidential election and beyond. Biden administration officials have hailed the asylum restrictions as the main catalyst behind a massive drop in illegal

Trump’s Would-Be Killer Pleads Not Guilty to Attempted Assassination Charge

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters)—The man charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump after allegedly positioning himself with a rifle outside one of the former president’s Florida golf courses on Sept. 15 pleaded not guilty on Monday to five federal charges. Ryan Routh, 58, entered the plea to charges that include attempted assassination of a