Vice President Mike Pence is drawing a line between himself and President Donald Trump, who has retweeted QAnon-supporting accounts.
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Donald Trump fumes over NYT op-ed; top officials swiftly deny role
Updated 9:45 a.m.: Add the director of national intelligence to the list of Trump administration officials who say they didn’t write the anonymous opinion piece in The New York Times that said an internal “resistance” was working to thwart some of President Donald Trump’s efforts. Dan Coats says speculation that either he or his top […]
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Mike Pence unveils plans to create a U.S. Space Force
Vice President Mike Pence laid out an ambitious plan Thursday that would create a military command dedicated to space this year and eventually establish a “Space Force” as the sixth branch of the U.S. military. In a speech at the Pentagon, Pence warned of the advancements that potential adversaries were making and issued what amounted […]
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Donald Trump closes in on Supreme Court pick; 3 judges top list
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is closing in on his next Supreme Court nominee, with three federal judges leading the competition to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Trump’s top contenders for the vacancy at this time are federal appeals judges Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Raymond Kethledge, said a person familiar with Trump’s […]
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State Department says North Korea passed up meeting with Mike Pence
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence was all set to hold a history-making meeting with North Korean officials during the Winter Olympics in South Korea, but Kim Jong Un’s government canceled at the last minute, the Trump administration said Tuesday. A potential meeting between Pence and the North Koreans had been the most highly […]
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Vice President Mike Pence tells Israel U.S. Embassy to move to Jerusalem in 2019
JERUSALEM (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence told Israel’s parliament on Monday that the U.S. embassy will move to Jerusalem by the end of 2019, receiving a rousing ovation as he pledged to barrel ahead with a plan that has set off weeks of unrest and thrown U.S. peace efforts into disarray. The plan to […]
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Paul LePage, Mike Pence agree on ACA repeal; Susan Collins waits for CBO
Vice President Mike Pence meets with Maine Gov. Paul LePage to discuss health care and tax reform in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Complex, Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, in Washington. PORTLAND (AP) — Republican Sen. Susan Collins says she’s “leaning against” a Republican proposal to eliminate the Affordable Care Act, despite […]
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Susan Collins offers support for Medicaid expansion in Maine
Whether Maine should expand its Medicaid program to cover tens of thousands more people has long been a hotly debated issue — and one that may be decided at the ballot box in November. But until now, Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has remained above the fray, focused on trying to come up with a […]
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Mike Pence warns North Korea ‘era of strategic patience is over’
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrives at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, South Korea, Monday, April 17, 2017. PANMUNJOM, South Korea — In a trip full of Cold War symbolism, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence traveled to the tense zone […]
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ike Pence warns North Korea ‘era of strategic patience is over’
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence looks at the North side from Observation Post Ouellette in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, South Korea, Monday, April 17, 2017. Viewing his adversaries in the distance, Pence traveled to the tense zone dividing North […]