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.
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
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
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
‘I’m committed to traveling to impacted areas as soon as possible, but I’ve been told that it would be disruptive if I did it right now,’ the president says. President Joe Biden told the residents of states impacted by Hurricane Helene that federal agents “are not leaving until the job is done.” “I’ve directed my
The would-be Trump assassin entered his plea at a Florida federal court on Monday. The man accused of trying to kill former President Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf course earlier this month entered a plea of not guilty on several charges. Ryan Routh, 58, pleaded not guilty to charges including attempted assassination
The man accused of plotting to kill former President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course earlier this month, Ryan Wesley Routh, pleaded not guilty Monday to five counts including the attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate. Routh, wearing a brown prison jumpsuit, walked into the courtroom in handcuffs. He sat attentively and spoke with