WASHINGTON — White House officials made a new offer to conservative House Republicans late Monday on the GOP’s failed health care bill, hoping to resuscitate a measure that crashed spectacularly less than two weeks ago. Vice President Mike Pence and two top White House officials made the offer in a closed-door meeting with members of […]
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Pence breaks tie to allow states to block Planned Parenthood money
Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Women’s Empowerment Panel, Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican legislation letting states deny federal family planning money to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers squeezed narrowly through the Senate Thursday, rescued by an ailing GOP senator […]
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Mike Pence used an AOL email account to conduct state business
Vice President Mike Pence pauses while speaking before administering the oath of office to Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Thursday, March 2, 2017, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence used a private email account to conduct public business as Indiana’s governor, according […]
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Pence optimistic about Trump agenda
When Mike Pence becomes the 48th vice president of the United States next month, he will take on the role of a political lobbyist for Donald Trump’s activist agenda. In an interview I conducted with Pence in his transitional office next to a sandwich shop in Washington, he said he believed voters gave Donald Trump […]
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Political roundup: Ryan gains speaker nomination; Carson is out
WASHINGTON (AP) — Coverage of post-election developments (all times EST): GOP reps nominate Ryan as U.S. House speaker Updated 2:17 p.m.: Speaker Paul Ryan unanimously won his GOP colleagues’ votes for another term at the helm of the House on Tuesday. He told fellow Republicans he had President-elect Donald Trump’s support, and heralded “the dawn […]
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VP-elect Mike Pence in charge of Trump transition team
WASHINGTON (AP) — Coverage of the U.S. presidential transition (all times EST): Updated 2:30 p.m.: Vice President-elect Mike Pence will lead President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team, replacing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Trump picked his transition chairman and other leaders on Friday. It’s his biggest staffing announcement since he won the election this week. Christie […]
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Mike Pence accuses media of doing Hillary Clinton’s work
WASHINGTON — Coverage of the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT): Pence says media fighting for Clinton Updated 5:23 p.m.: Mike Pence is joining Donald Trump in relentlessly hammering the national media coverage of the presidential race. The Republican vice presidential candidate told supporters Tuesday in Wilmington, North Carolina, that the election is not “exactly […]
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Donald Trump says he never met some of his accusers
Trump says he never met some accusers; Pence claims evidence WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Donald Trump contends he doesn’t know and never even met some of the women accusing him of sexual assault, and his running mate said Friday the campaign is working on producing evidence that the claims are false. Trump himself has […]
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FACT CHECK: Claims in the vice presidential debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Not all the claims in the vice presidential debate stand up to scrutiny. A look at some of them and how they compare with the facts: REPUBLICAN MIKE PENCE: “The fact that under this past administration, we’ve almost doubled the national debt is atrocious…. Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine want more of […]