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Harris decides on Tim Walz as running mate

CNN By John King, Jeff Zeleny, Jamie Gangel, MJ Lee, Daniel Strauss, Gregory Krieg, Kristen Holmes and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris has chosen Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota as her running mate, elevating the former teacher and Army National Guard veteran to join the Democratic ticket and help lead the

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Columbia City Council receives some pushback over proposed water utility rate increase in 2025 budget

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council held its first-of-three public hearings over the proposed 2025 fiscal year budget during Monday night’s meeting at City Hall. A proposed water utility rate increase was the hot topic of conversation.  The proposed rates are designed to implement a revenue increase to maintain adequate cash reserves and to

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Virginia man charged with threatening to kill Vice President Kamala Harris

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A Virginia man has been charged with making death threats against Vice President Kamala Harris and appeared in federal court on Monday. According to court records, Frank Lucio Carillo made several threats against Harris, President Joe Biden, FBI Director Christopher Wray, several Arizona officials, and others on the right-wing social media platform Gettr. In response to a subpoena, the FBI

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Seven US personnel injured in Monday rocket attack at Al Asad airbase in Iraq, including two evacuated for further care

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Seven US personnel were injured when two rockets hit Al Asad Airbase in Iraq on Monday, a defense official said on Tuesday. “Five US servicemembers and two US contractors were injured in the attack. Five injured personnel are receiving care at Al Asad Airbase and two have been evacuated for

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Freed American says she’s ‘finally being treated as a human being’ after Russian detention

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva said she’s “finally being treated as a human being” following her release from Russian detention in a historic prisoner exchange between Washington and the Kremlin last week. “I’ve been waking up from that nightmare,” Kurmasheva told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The

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Arizona AG drops election subversion charges against former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis in exchange for testimony

By Zachary Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Former Donald Trump 2020 campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in the Arizona election subversion case, the state’s attorney general announced Monday, and charges against her will be dropped. Ellis is expected to cooperate with prosecutors and testify against other defendants in the criminal case as part of

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Supreme Court rejects Missouri lawsuit to block Trump’s sentencing and gag order in New York hush money case

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an effort by Missouri’s Republican attorney general to lift a gag order and delay the sentencing of former President Donald Trump following his conviction in the New York hush money case. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey attempted to file the longshot suit against New York in early

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Usha Vance defends husband’s ‘childless cat ladies’ comment as a ‘quip’ in first solo interview

CNN By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Usha Vance, the wife of Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, defended her husband’s previous comments deriding childless adults and downplayed his labeling of some Democratic politicians as “childless cat ladies,” calling it a “quip.” In a sit-down interview with Fox News that aired Monday, Usha Vance, a

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Election officials urge Elon Musk to stop his AI chatbot from spreading false 2024 election information

By Zachary Cohen and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A bipartisan group of secretaries of state blasted Elon Musk and his X platform Monday for providing “false information” about Vice President Kamala Harris’ supposed ineligibility to appear on the 2024 presidential ballot in several battleground states. The group flagged issues that emerged last month with

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Usha Vance defends husband’s ‘childless cat ladies’ comment as a ‘quip’ in first solo interview

By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Usha Vance, the wife of Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, defended her husband’s previous comments deriding childless adults and downplayed his labeling of some Democratic politicians as “childless cat ladies,” calling it a “quip.” In a sit-down interview with Fox News that aired Monday, Usha Vance, a trial

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