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Summary List PlacementThe speakers set up on the tarmac of the Columbus Municipal Airport belted out the Hoosier State's unofficial song — "Back Home Again in Indiana" — when Mike Pence landed there last week for the first time since he became a former vice president.  "I've already promised Karen we'll be moving back to Indiana come this summer," Pence told the assembled crowd...

Summary List PlacementLead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin said the US Capitol riot was "an attack on our country" and recalled how pro-Trump rioters violently sought out Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the Capitol breach earlier this month. In an interview on CNN's State of the Union Sunday, Raskin said he heard rioters calling and chanting to "hang Mike...

Summary List PlacementPresident Trump fomented a mob of rioters on Wednesday. He addressed them at the White House, urging them to march to the Capitol to push Congress to overturn the results of the election. He claimed (falsely) that he would join them at the Capitol. When the protesters got to the Capitol, they stormed the building and breached the legislative chambers. Police officers...

Summary List PlacementPresident Donald Trump told supporters at a rally on Monday that he hopes Mike Pence "comes through" to help overturn the 2020 election results, when the vice president presides over a joint session of Congress on Wednesday to formally announce the winner.  Trump has expressed a belief that Pence has the power to influence the outcome of Wednesday's ceremony, during which the...

Summary List PlacementVice President Mike Pence is supporting the efforts of Republican lawmakers to challenge President-elect Joe Biden's win by opposing the certification of Electoral College votes. "Vice President Pence shares the concerns of millions of Americans about voter fraud and irregularities in the last election," Marc Short, Pence's chief of staff, said in a statement, The Washington Post reported. "The vice president welcomes...

Summary List PlacementA federal appeals court threw out Rep. Louie Gohmert's lawsuit against Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday evening, issuing a one-paragraph response rebuffing the lawmaker's effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Gohmert's last-ditch legal effort asked the judges to dismantle the Electoral Count Act of 1887 and instead empower Pence to "exercise the exclusive authority and sole discretion...

Summary List PlacementA lawsuit brought by Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas and other Republicans seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election was dismissed by a federal judge on Friday. Gohmert filed a lawsuit against Vice President Mike Pence, attempting to have him declare President Donald Trump as the winner when Congress meets next week to certify the Electoral College results. The lawsuit argued Pence...

Summary List PlacementRep. Louie Gohmert of Texas wasted no time responding to the Justice Department's request on New Year's Eve to dismiss his lawsuit seeking to overturn the 2020 election. In a last-ditch, futile effort, Gohmert and other diehard supporters of President Donald Trump are suing Vice President Mike Pence, attempting to get him to declare Trump the winner when he presides over the...

Summary List PlacementVice President Mike Pence on Friday received the first of the two-part COVID-19 vaccine, developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, in a public event that was live-streamed by the White House and carried by major news outlets. His wife, Second Lady Karen Pence, and US Surgeon General Jerome Adams, also publicly received their first dose of the vaccine on Friday. Their public vaccinations...

Summary List PlacementA number of prominent political figures are getting the coronavirus shot on television in an effort to boost public confidence in the vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine last week, and first doses of the shot rolled out across the country overnight Sunday. Healthcare workers at the front lines were among the first to...

Summary List PlacementRepublicans watching the nascent field of possible 2024 White House hopefuls promised over the past few months that this year's election would be the first — and most important — event to set the playing field for the next cycle. Either President Donald Trump would squeak out a win, cementing his hold on the Republican Party, or Joe Biden would oust him and...

Summary List PlacementReporters shouted at Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday after he chose not to answer questions at the first White House COVID-19 task force briefing in months. "You're all undermining the democratic election!" one reporter shouted.   Pence leaves, taking no questions. You can hear reporters screaming:• "You're all undermining the democratic election!"• "What is going on?!"• "Why is the federal government not...

Summary List PlacementFor months, President Donald Trump has been spreading misinformation that mail voting is fraudulent, casting doubt on the validity of ballots that arrive after Election Day in order to undermine the integrity of the November general election. And as Axios and CNN reported on Sunday, he's now setting the stage to either prematurely declare victory on election night or refuse to concede.  However,...

Summary List Placement Vice President Mike Pence has a powerful and loyal circle of advisors and family members who behind the scenes have helped him rise to one of the most important jobs in American politics and policy.  They're also positioned to help him go even further. What's perhaps most critical to know about Pence is that he's an all-important bridge between Trump's political base...

Summary List PlacementVice President Mike Pence will continue to campaign even after at least four of his staff members, including his chief of staff, tested positive for coronavirus.  In an interview with CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said "essential personnel, whether it's the Vice President of the United States or anyone else, has to continue...

Summary List Placement USA Today's Susan Page reflected on moderating Wednesday's debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris and being interrupted by the vice president. Spectators watching noticed Pence continually interrupting Page during the debate, and the moderator constantly reiterating, "Thank you, Mr. Vice President," to rein in his responses. When asked about the interruptions in a YouTube video by USA...

Summary List PlacementA massive fly landed on Vice President Mike Pence's head during Wednesday night's vice presidential debate. The fly sat on the vice president's head for about two minutes as he debated Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Pence appeared ignorent of the insect's presence.  The incident sparked an avalanche of online commentary.  WATCH: A fly appears to land on VP Mike Pence's...

Summary List Placement Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris of California immediately clashed when discussing the coronavirus pandemic during the vice presidential debate on Wednesday, with Harris criticizing the Trump administration's "ineptitude" and the vice president telling her to "stop playing politics with people's lives." When Harris, former vice president Joe Biden's running mate, was asked by moderator Susan Page about how...