MAGA personalities celebrate as Walz steps down amid controversy over welfare program fraud that has become a flashpoint for anti-immigrant rhetoric.

Walz said that over the holidays he changed his mind about running again. He talked to U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar ahead of his announcement, and she’s said to be seriously considering the race.

Plus, Trump’s big foreign policy stick, oil companies’ confusion over Venezuela, and Democrats are eager to avoid another shutdown.

The Minnesota governor has faced scrutiny and criticism over a series of fraud cases in the state's welfare programs.

Minnesota lawmakers cheered Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s decision to not pursue re-election but doubled down on demands for accountability.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s decision this week to forgo a run for a third term could leave Democrats in the state in a better position than they started if Sen. Amy Klobuchar jumps into the now-open contest,

Dayton, who as a kid spent a lot of time outdoors, sometimes up north with his family on Lake Vermilion and sometimes bird hunting, was widely regarded by hunters and anglers as a politician who “got it.” And he followed through.

Gov. Tim Walz withdrew from his re-election campaign as Minnesota faces fraud investigation that officials speculate could exceed $1 billion in alleged COVID-era schemes.

"Politics War Room" co-hosts Al Hunt and James Carville agreed that the fraud scandal emerging in Minnesota is a legitimate problem, and that Gov. Tim Walz was right to scrap his re-election bid.