Anthony Bettin is a web producer at CBS Minnesota. He primarily covers breaking news and sports, with a focus on the Minnesota Vikings. Gov. Tim Walz, addressing the media's questions for the first ...

For a fleeting moment, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was on top of the political world. It was the summer of 2024, and Walz had become the the unlikely Democratic vice presidential nominee alongside Kamala ...

Mr. Walz drew national notice when Kamala Harris chose him as her running mate. A fraud scandal derailed his bid for re-election as Minnesota’s governor. By Ernesto Londoño Reporting from St. Paul, ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a press conference Monday at the state Capitol in St. Paul, where he announced he was dropping his bid for a third term. Photo: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has ended his reelection bid amid mounting pressure over a fraud scandal that has engulfed his administration in recent weeks. The move comes days after a handful of Republican ...

• Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz this morning issued a statement saying he was dropping his bid for a third term as a welfare-fraud scandal in his state intensified. In a later news conference, he largely ...

President Trump on Monday responded to news that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) will not seek reelection in November, citing the fallout over the governor’s handling of a massive fraud scandal.

Walz said the heightened focus on fraud investigations into Minnesota's social services programs influenced his decision to drop out of the race Kent Nishimura/Getty; Andrew VonBank, House Public ...

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ST PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Democrats’ 2024 candidate for vice president, is ending his bid for a third term as governor amid President Donald Trump’s relentless focus on a fraud ...