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The FBI and state police on Wednesday raided the upstate New York home of Scott Ritter, a former U.N. weapons inspector, Fox News Digital has confirmed. FBI agents and state police were seen entering Ritter’s home in Delmar Wednesday afternoon. The reason for the raid was unclear. It was also unclear whether Ritter, who has faced legal trouble in the past, was home at the time."I can confirm FBI personnel are at a home on Dover conducting law enforcement activity in connection with an ongoing federal investigation," an FBI Albany spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "As the investigation is ongoing, policy prevents

Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, is accusing Vice President Kamala Harris of capitulating to radical left-wing voices in the Democratic Party in choosing her running mate for the November election."She bent the knee to the Hamas caucus of the Democratic Party," Vance said during a rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on Wednesday.He's the latest GOP critic to accuse Harris of choosing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate against former President Trump and Vance over Josh Shapiro, because the Pennsylvania governor is Jewish. Former President Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., have also made the claim.KAMALA HARRIS' VP PICK TIM

Vice President Harris' running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, brings a track record to the Democrat ticket that could help energize the country's left-wing base along with several progressive transgender policies aimed at children.Walz, a former Army National Guardsman and a former teacher, was one of the first governors to sign into law a bill making Minnesota a "sanctuary state" for children seeking transgender surgical procedures and hormone prescriptions. This laid the groundwork for several of his more progressive LGBTQ policies. The law tells courts in Minnesota not to follow prosecutions from other states against people who come to Minnesota for

Vice President Kamala Harris’ decision to tap Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate elicited mixed reactions from Jewish organizations."This is the same guy who famously said, ‘One person's socialism is another person's neighborliness.' Seriously?" read a X post by the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) on Tuesday.The post came after Harris’ highly anticipated decision, choosing Walz after weeks of speculation about several potential candidates.Harris’ decision reportedly came down to Walz and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a popular governor of a swing state vital to the vice president’s chance of emerging with 270 electoral votes in November.HARRIS TAKES 3-POINT LEAD

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz became a national figure this week after Vice President Kamala Harris selected him as her 2024 running mate to challenge former President Donald Trump and Ohio. Sen. JD Vance.His past became an immediate topic of interest – and a booking photo obtained by Fox News Digital shows the new vice presidential candidate pictured shortly after a 1995 arrest in Nebraska after state troopers pulled him over for speeding and suspicion of drunken driving.The Dawes County Sheriff's Office said Walz had been arrested on Sept. 23, 1995, after state police pulled him over on suspicion of driving

The New York Giants and Detroit Lions received discipline from the NFL on Wednesday following two days of fights at their joint practices.There were at least four scrums on Monday involving several players from both teams. On Tuesday, Giants rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers and Lions safety Kerby Joseph were involved in an altercation.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe teams were fined $200,000 each."All NFL clubs were reminded in a memo sent last month that fighting and unprofessional conduct at joint practices would not be tolerated," the NFL said Wednesday.Two of the fights on Monday involved Lions star

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey was critical of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s response to the unrest in his city in May 2020, saying later that year that the governor hesitated to send the National Guard as the city burned in the aftermath of George Floyd's death.Frey spoke out about Walz’s response during an August 2020 interview with the Star Tribune, telling the outlet his office made multiple dire requests for National Guard resources to the governor that were not granted until after the city was forced to abandon a besieged police precinct.Texts and emails obtained by the Star Tribune for the

Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, accused Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz of dodging his military service and misleading the country about his veteran status on Wednesday.Vance made the statement while taking questions from reporters at a campaign rally in Detroit. A reporter asked Vance about Walz' attempt to frame him as a member of the elite who attended an Ivy League school.Yea"I came from a family where nobody in my family had ever gone to law school. I grew up in a poor family. The fact that Tim Walz wants to turn it into a bad thing, that I actually worked myself