In the days before Wednesday’s joint session of Congress, Trump has pressured his vice president to toss electors from battleground states that voted for Joe Biden.
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How Congress will count Electoral College votes Wednesday
Wednesday’s congressional joint session to count electoral votes is taking on added importance this year
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Analysis: Can Mike Pence stop Joe Biden from becoming president?
The vice president will preside over Congress’s Jan. 6 confirmation of results that Joe Biden won the presidential election, but his role is administrative.
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Pence, leaders in Congress get COVID vaccine; Trump absent
The public displays come as top U.S. health officials try to persuade Americans who may be skeptical of the vaccinations to get them to pave the way for the end of the pandemic.
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Maine official was alerted to potential COVID exposure after Pence visit
Andre Cushing, a Penobscot County commissioner and former state senator, said he was contacted on the day after last week’s event and took a test that showed he was negative.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, Politics
Photo Gallery: Maine Republicans greet Mike Pence in Hermon
Speaking to a crowd of several hundred people gathered Monday in a Hermon truck yard, Vice President Mike Pence urged voters to “go get it done” with just 15 days remaining before Election Day.
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Mike Pence rallies northern Maine voters as presidential campaign enters final weeks
Several hundred people show up for an outdoor event at Dysart’s Restaurant and Truck Stop in Hermon to support the Trump-Pence ticket.
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Debate takeaways: Pandemic looms over a more civil fight
The dynamics of Wednesday night’s vice presidential debate represented a rare 2020 return to some semblance of normal presidential politics.
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Pence and Harris spar over pandemic in vice presidential debate
Both candidates sidestep some difficult questions, in a debate far more respectful than the opening presidential debate eight days earlier.
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Trump considered Ivanka as 2016 running mate, book says
Donald Trump repeatedly discussed with advisers the idea of naming his daughter Ivanka as his running mate in 2016 before settling for Mike Pence, according to a former Trump campaign aide who became a star witness in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Rick Gates, who in the summer of 2016 was Trump’s deputy campaign chairman, […]