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How Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate. The EPA issues its first emergency order in almost 40 years. And controversies around YouTube star MrBeast are bubbling. Here’s what to know today. Inside Harris’ ‘gut’ decision to choose Walz as her running mate Before yesterday’s campaign rally in Pennsylvania, it’s possible that many people outside of Minnesota didn’t know who Tim Walz was. The Minnesota governor, whose recent use of the word “weird” on national TV to label the Republican opposition won him some notoriety, was...

Historian Allan Lichtman, who rose to prominence for his impressive record predicting the outcome of most presidential elections since 1984, has revealed his thoughts on Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Kamala Harris' choice for running mate Walz was revealed as Harris' pick for vice president on Tuesday, beating out other prominent frontrunners such as Arizona Senator Mark Kelly and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro. Harris will take on Donald Trump for the White House in November. In a livestream posted to his YouTube channel Tuesday, Lichtman said that the qualifications for governing...

EXCLUSIVE: The No. 3 House Republican leader says Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz being chosen as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate is the best-case scenario Republicans could have asked for. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., the highest-ranking congressional Republican from Walz’s home state, spoke with Fox News Digital after Harris announced the Midwestern progressive would join her on the Democratic Party ticket in November. "This could not be a better contrast with Donald Trump, who literally has run a business empire, has been incredibly successful. These two don't know...

The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast ● MN-Gov: Vice President Kamala Harris tapped Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday, a decision that could usher in a new era of leadership in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan would become Minnesota's new chief executive should the Harris-Walz ticket prevail in November, an ascension that would make her the first woman...

“Don’t believe him when he plays dumb. He knows exactly what Project 2025 would be,” Walz said, citing the authoritarian blueprint for a second Trump term spearheaded by Trump’s allies at the conservative Heritage Foundation. Trump has tried to distance himself from Project 2025, as well as calls from some in the GOP for a deeply unpopular national abortion ban. But Walz said Trump cannot be trusted. Walz is known for originating the “weird” dig Democrats have begun using against Republicans. On Tuesday, he again suggested that Republicans are the...

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told Newsmax on Tuesday that because Pennsylvania and Georgia likely will decide this year's presidential election, Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris erred by choosing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz over Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as her running mate. "He's not the one I would have thought to pick if I was a Democrat strategist," McCarthy told "The Record With Greta Van Susteren." "He's probably one of the last I would pick. … When it really comes down to it, Pennsylvania and Georgia [will] determine this...

After what must have been one of the shortest running-mate vetting processes in U.S. history, Vice President Kamala Harris announced Tuesday she that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz would join her on the Democratic ticket. The announcement came just 16 days after Harris took the party reins from President Joe Biden, after the latter chose to step aside from electoral consideration in favor of his vice president. “When I called (Walz) this morning to ask him to join our campaign, I shared my deep level of respect for him and the...

When Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate Tuesday, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised him as a “heartland of American Democrat” and a “down the middle” Midwesterner who will appeal to working class families and rural Americans. In other words, a perfect balance to Oakland-born and Berkeley-raised Harris, the daughter of 1960s Berkeley civil rights activists. Ninety days to the presidential election, Harris and Walz appeared at their first rally together Tuesday afternoon at Temple University in Philadelphia. The indoor arena was bursting with a...

I just got finished watching the Harris/Walz rally in Philadelphia, and it has become increasing obvious why Walz could be our secret weapon against tfg: Mockery. Narcissists in general, and tfg in particular have no sense of humor and cannot stand to be mocked. Remember tfg allegedly decided to run for President after Obama made a joke at his expense during the WHCD. Walz has mockery down to a fine art. Add to that the fact that dfg is becoming increasingly unhinged as evidenced by latest posting (No, I won’t...