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Vice President Mike Pence will deliver the keynote address Thursday at the National D-Day Memorial's 75th Anniversary Commemoration of D-Day. The memorial foundation said the address will be titled "D-Day and the Nation." The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. at the memorial at 3 Overlord Circle in Bedford.

Vice President Pence renewed his calls on Friday for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to be removed from her post on the House Foreign Affairs Committee over her comments about Israel and Venezuela. “Ilhan Omar has made statements, anti-Semitic comments against our most cherished ally, Israel, that ought to be rejected by every American," Pence said in an interview on Fox News. "And frankly the fact that very recently, she’s been trying to blame the United States of America for the deprivation and the poverty brought on by the dictatorship in Venezuela tells me … Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has no place...

The wife of former Chief of Staff to Mike Pence Joshua Pitcock was working for Peter Strzok and investigating into Hillary Clinton’s crimes. This comes after it was reported on Thursday that lovebirds Peter Strzok and Lisa Page were “cultivating sources” to spy and inform them on President Trump. It is not clear at this point Pitcock’s involvement in this development. Sara Carter has more: The texts and sources reveal that Strzok had one significant contact within the White House – Vice President Mike Pence’s Chief of Staff Joshua Pitcock, whose wife was working as an analyst for Strzok on...

oes Vice President Mike Pence care about your sexuality? And will the Left and the media ever get over it if the answer is no? During a speech a few days ago to the LGBTQ Victory Fund, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg said “If me being gay was a choice, it was a choice that was made far, far above my pay grade. And that's the thing I wish the Mike Pences of the world would understand. That if you got a problem with who I am, your problem is not with me — your quarrel, sir, is with my...

Heading to Nogales, Arizona to visit the U.S./ Mexico border & deliver a clear message from @POTUS: Democrats in Congress need to act! It’s time to close the loopholes & keep our country safe!

Vice President Mike Pence said that despite his bullish view of the state of the economy, he backed the president’s calls for further rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. The comments came in response to a question from CNBC’s Joe Kernen, and will air 6 a.m. ET Thursday morning on Squawk Box. “If things are so great, I don’t understand ... At this point, people say we don’t have dry powder for the next slow down. Why would we cut rates again?” Kernen asked.

The United States plans to land astronauts on the moon within the next five years, Vice President Mike Pence announced today (March 26). The nation had been shooting for a 2028 lunar touchdown, but "that's just not good enough," Pence said during the fifth meeting of the National Space Council (NSC), which he chairs. "We're better than that." So, it is now the official policy of the United States to return astronauts to the surface of the moon by 2024, the vice president stressed, invoking a 21st-century space race with China and Russia.

There was relief for the White House and frustration for President Trump’s foes on Sunday when a summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s findings was released by Attorney General William Barr. The 22-month probe is over. Here are the main takeaways. A big win for Trump The president could hardly have hoped for a better outcome than the one delivered in Barr’s letter to Congress. “No collusion,” the president has always insisted. Special counsel Robert Mueller and his team now agree. “The Special Counsel’s investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated...

Full Title: Former vice president Cheney challenges Pence at private retreat, compares Trump’s foreign policy to Obama’s approach A chummy discussion between Vice President Pence and former vice president Richard B. Cheney quickly turned into a vigorous back-and-forth over President Trump’s foreign policy at a private gathering Saturday, with Cheney comparing the president’s instincts to those of his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, according to a transcript obtained by The Washington Post. Cheney’s questions for Pence — which prompted Pence to joke about the lack of “softball” topics — provide a revealing glimpse into the churning and often strained debates inside...

WARSAW: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence praised Poland on Wednesday for its commitment to "protecting the telecoms sector from China", as part of a concerted push by the United States to convince its allies to exclude tech giant Huawei from telecoms projects. In January, Poland arrested a Chinese employee of Huawei and a former Polish security official on spying allegations. Poland's government is also considering excluding Huawei equipment from its future 5G network, sources told Reuters. The comments came as Poland seeks to convince the United States to increase its military presence in the country. The number of U.S. troops...

Vice President Mike Pence surprised the massive March for Life crowd in Washington, DC, Friday, supporting life and introducing a message from President Donald Trump. “Hello, America,” Pence began with his wife at his side. “It’s a joy for us to be with you today”: We gather here today because we know we still have much work to do,” said Pence. “We urge you to stand strong. Stand with that love and compassion as you stand for life, and know that we will stand with you until that great day comes where we restore the sanctity of life to the...

Karen Pence, the second lady of the United States, returned to teaching art this week, accepting a part-time position at a private Christian school that does not allow gay students and requires employees to affirm that marriage should only be between a man and a woman. The website of the school, Immanuel Christian School, which enrolls kindergartners through eighth graders at its campus in Springfield, Va., details its religious beliefs and expectations of both students and their parents, as well as those who wish to work there. The school’s employment application requires candidates to describe their faith in Jesus Christ,...

Karen Pence, wife of Vice President Mike Pence, started at a job this week teaching art at Immanuel Christian School in Northern Virginia. It’s not a school where everyone is welcome. In a “parent agreement” posted online, the school says it will refuse admission to students who participate in or condone homosexual activity. The 2018 employment application also makes candidates sign a pledge not to engage in homosexual activity or violate the “unique roles of male and female.” “Moral misconduct which violates the bona fide occupational qualifications for employees includes, but is not limited to, such behaviors as the following:...

Vice President Mike Pence had to break a tie in the Senate on Tuesday to confirm Jonathan Kobes as a judge on the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. The 50-50 tie came thanks to Sen. Jeff Flake, who joined every Democrat in voting against the nomination. The retiring Arizona senator has vowed to block all judicial picks until the Senate votes on legislation that would protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired.Kobes is the first judge in U.S. history to be confirmed by the Senate with a tie-breaking vote from the vice president, according to CBS News.  With @VP breaking...

President Trump formally asked Vice President Mike Pence if he would be his 2020 running mate at the president’s first press conference since the 2018 midterm elections. Prompted by reporter's question, Pres. Trump — mid-press conference — asks VP Mike Pence to be his 2020 running mate https://t.co/ov63X55UM0 pic.twitter.com/wmEsqrPhZZ — CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) November 7, 2018 A reporter asked Wednesday if Trump would choose Pence as his running mate. “Well I haven’t asked him, but I hope so,” Trump said, before calling on Pence to stand as he asked, “Mike, will you be my running mate?” Pence nodded his...

Two days after the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history, Vice President Pence bowed his head at a rally on Monday in Michigan as a religious leader who casts himself as a “rabbi” offered a prayer for the victims in Pittsburgh. But the man who shared a stage with Pence, Loren Jacobs, preaches Messianic Judaism, a tradition central to Jews for Jesus, a group condemned by Jewish leaders as faux Judaism that seeks to promote Christian evangelism. The major Jewish denominations join the state of Israel in viewing followers of Messianic Judaism as Christian, not Jewish. His appearance drew...

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American pastor Andrew Brunson, who was swept up in a wave of arrests in the wake a failed coup attempt in Turkey, was released on Friday, easing a major controversy between the United States and the NATO ally. A judge ordered Brunson's release as part of a reported deal in which President Trump will “ease economic pressure” on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s country. Turkey is not dropping the case against Brunson. The prosecutor “demanded up to 10 years in prison for terror charges,” a pro-government outlet reported, but Brunson will be allowed to leave the country. “The Second High Criminal...

Vice President Mike Pence refused to cower in the face of hostile leftist protesters who swarmed the Capitol Building after the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Instead of exiting through a back door, Pence chose to leave the building from the front, where an angry mob had gathered to screech “Shame! Shame! Shame!” to protest Kavanaugh’s confirmation. In an unforgettable coup de grâce, Pence cheerfully waved to the motley crew of unruly leftists as he made his stylish exit. . . . This liberal protester pictured below threatened to kill Brett Kavanaugh and President Trump. “I’d shoot that...

Vice President Mike Pence fired off a strong warning to China on Thursday, saying in a fiery speech, “We will not be intimidated, and we will not stand down.” He criticized China on several fronts, portraying the country as the foremost threat to the U.S., its interests around the world and even its politics at home. He accused the growing Asian economic power of trying to undermine President Trump. “As we speak, Beijing is employing a whole-of-government approach, using political, economic and military tools, as well as propaganda, to advance its influence and benefit its interests in the United States,”...