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Vice President Kamala Harris has selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her vice presidential running mate, four sources tell CBS News, tapping a Midwestern Democrat to join her on the ticket heading into November’s election.
News of the pick comes two weeks after President Biden ended his reelection campaign, prompting the Democratic Party to quickly coalesce around the vice president. The vice president confirmed her selection of Walz with a post on social media, debuting for the first time the Harris-Walz ticket.
"We are going to build a great partnership. We are going to build a great team. We are going to win this election," she wrote.
Harris highlighted Walz’s background and record as governor of Minnesota, including signing legislation to provide paid family and medical leave for families in the state, protecting the right to abortion after the reversal of Roe v. Wade and enactment of legislation requiring universal background checks for gun purchases.
"As a governor, a coach, a teacher, and a veteran, he’s delivered for working families like his," she wrote on X.
A source familiar with Harris’ conversation with Walz said she told him that they’re the underdogs in the race, and there is a lot of work to do.
Welcome to Pitbull Stadium, the home of your FIU Panthers.
Florida International announced what could end up as a 10-year agreement on Tuesday with international recording artist, Grammy winner and entrepreneur Armando Christian Pérez — the Miami native better known as Pitbull — to put his name on their on-campus stadium.
Pérez will pay $1.2 million annually for the next five years, the university said, for the naming rights. He will have an option in August 2029 to extend the deal for another five years and continue the rebranding.
"Yes, we’re going to create history in Pitbull Stadium," Pérez said during a news conference in Miami. "This isn’t just an announcement. This is a movement. This is truly history in the making."
FIU said it is the first agreement where an artist possesses the naming rights to a stadium. Pérez will also be involved with FIU’s efforts in the name, image and likeness space, athletic director Scott Carr said.
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