Jeff Mordock

While other governors were lowering taxes, Walz socked Minnesotans with slew of tax hikes

Tim Walz has overseen one of the country's most dramatic shifts toward higher taxes as Minnesota governor, including new levies on retail deliveries and workers' earnings.

August 9, 2024

Harris, Walz make pitch to union workers in Detroit

Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, on Thursday stepped up their efforts to shore up support among rank-and-file union workers with a rally at a Detroit-area union hall.

August 8, 2024

Biden says he’s ‘not confident’ in peaceful transfer of power if Trump loses

President Biden expressed doubts Wednesday that there will be a peaceful transfer of power if former President Donald Trump loses the 2024 election.

August 7, 2024

GOP hits Walz’s military record as he and Harris campaign for first full day in ‘blue wall’ states

Vice President Kamala Harris and her new running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, spent their first full day of campaigning Wednesday battling for the "blue wall" states of Wisconsin and Michigan, while the Trump campaign launched a fresh attack on Mr. Walz's military career.

August 7, 2024

Muslim anti-Biden group dismisses Walz selection as a facade

Muslim and Arab-American leaders say they're worried that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, as the Democratic vice presidential candidate, won't push hard enough for a cease-fire in the Middle East.

August 7, 2024

Harris introduces running mate Walz to nation as Midwestern, middle-class warrior

Vice President Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate Tuesday, choosing someone she believes can connect with White working-class voters in Midwestern swing states while also championing a strong progressive record.

August 6, 2024

From football coach to VP pick: Walz blazes unusual path to nomination

Tim Walz has risen from a relative unknown to Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate at an almost dizzying pace due to his consistently progressive record as Minnesota's governor and plain-spoken attacks on Republicans.

August 6, 2024

Harris campaign highlights Walz and his wife using IVF to conceive

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign introduced her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, on Tuesday by highlighting that he and his wife used in-vitro fertilization to conceive their daughter, Hope.

August 6, 2024

Vance says Democrat antisemitism sank Shapiro’s VP chances

Sen. J.D. Vance, the Republican nominee for vice president, said Tuesday that Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro wasn't picked as Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate because of antisemitism in the Democratic party.

August 6, 2024

Trump team blasts Walz after VP announcement

Former President Donald Trump's campaign wasted no time Tuesday attacking Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, painting him a dangerous liberal who will lurch the Democratic ticket even further left.

August 6, 2024

Kamala Harris picks Tim Walz as her running mate, hopes to cash in on his Midwestern appeal

Vice President Kamala Harris chose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate, hoping his rural ties and progressive policies will appeal to moderate voters as well as shore up the Democratic base.

August 6, 2024

Harris zeroing in on final decision of running mate, announcement is imminent

Vice President Kamala Harris' search for a running mate entered its final hours Monday one day after interviewing the three top candidates.

August 5, 2024

Unprecedented Biden-to-Harris campaign switcheroo is rife with thorny legal snags

The handoff of assets from President Biden to Kamala Harris enters a murky area unresolved by either the Federal Election Commission or the judicial system.

August 5, 2024

Biden, Harris meet with national security team as officials warn of imminent attack on Israel

President Biden will meet Monday afternoon with his national security team in the Situation Room, as top officials warn that an Iranian attack on Israel could be imminent.

August 5, 2024

Biden’s top economic adviser to leave White House for Harris campaign

For the second time in as many weeks, a top adviser to President Biden is leaving the White House to focus on Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign.

August 5, 2024

Celebratory greeting of returned U.S. hostages goes awry for Kamala Harris on tarmac at air base

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign went into clean-up mode Friday, scrambling to fix her odd comments while greeting freed U.S. hostages as they arrived on American soil.

August 2, 2024

Harris campaign rakes in $310M in July, doubling Trump’s haul

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign raised $310 million in July, her campaign announced Friday, twice as much as former President Donald Trump's.

August 2, 2024

Biden hails ‘falsely accused’ Americans coming home from Russia

President Biden on Thursday celebrated the release of four U.S. residents from Russian imprisonment in the largest multinational prisoner exchange since the Cold War.

August 1, 2024

Biden, Harris avoid comment on plea deals with 9/11 defendants

As news of a plea deal for the mastermind of the 2001 terrorist attacks hit this week, Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign went into cover mode, saying it wouldn't be commenting and instead referred questions to the White House, which likewise ducked the question.

August 1, 2024

Massive prisoner swap with Russia frees American journalist, ex-Marine held in Putin’s jails

The United States and its allies agreed Thursday to a massive exchange of political prisoners with Russia, including returning jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former Marine Paul Whelan to U.S. soil.

August 1, 2024