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Eyes across the country moved to Indiana after Donald Trump picked Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate. Pence is hardly the first Hoosier to run for the country's second highest office.
How Picking Mike Pence As VP Might Cost The Trump Campaign Donations
Presidential nominees choose vice presidential running mates for what they add to the ticket, whether it be experience or the capacity to draw votes. Here's what Mike Pence might subtract from this fall's Republican ticket with Donald Trump: an unknowable amount of campaign cash from the financial services industry.
GOP House leaders tout health, poverty solutions
"More than anything, what people want right now is to be heard," added McMorris Rodgers, chairwoman of the Republican Conference. "And that's why it is so important and fundamental that we restore [the] people's voice in their government and uphold the Constitution.
AP news guide: 2 US House races spotlight Michigan primary
Two open U.S. House seats highlight the primary election in Michigan, where the Republican winner of a Thumb-area seat will have a clear path to Congress while the victors in the state's expansive northern district will contend in a competitive race in November. The Aug. 2 primary also will set the stage this fall for control of the state House, which Democrats are eager to win after years of GOP rule.
New 9/11 document reveals no smoking gun of Saudi complicity
Saudi officials are hoping that the release of a top secret chapter of an early congressional inquiry into 9/11 will end accusations of Saudi complicity in the attacks - allegations that have never been substantiated. Those who pushed for its release say it's only the beginning.
Ruth: Big names staying away from Republican convention
Normally a presidential nominating convention takes on all the trappings of a coronation, at least until Clint Eastwood shows up to stage a seance with an empty chair. Four years ago, the Republicans were in hot and sticky Tampa to crown Mitt Romney as their standard-bearer, who was easily defeated by President Barack Obama.
White House contenders Trump and Pence to address America
Donald Trump and his running mate will present themselves to America as the Republican team that will take on Hillary Clinton and her Democratic sidekick for the US presidency in November. Billionaire businessman Mr Trump announced Indiana governor Mike Pence as his running mate on Friday, adding an experienced politician with deep Washington connections to the party presidential ticket.
Pence ready to make the case for Trump
Gov. Mike Pence showed in his first national interview after being tapped as Donald Trump's running mate that he understands his job. Pence ready to make the case for Trump Gov. Mike Pence showed in his first national interview after being tapped as Donald Trump's running mate that he understands his job.
Reaction to Pence’s VP nod swift, split
INDIANAPOLIS The condemnation and congratulations came quickly Friday after Donald Trump told the world he had chosen Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate.
3 Republicans file for governor: Brooks Holcomb, Rokita
INDIANAPOLIS It was a frenzied 50 minutes Friday morning as Gov. Mike Pence officially abandoned his re-election campaign and three state and federal office holders dropped off the ballot to seek his spot.
GOP can ignore the debt, but it won’t ignore our children
Four years ago, when Republicans gathered in Tampa to endorse Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., as their party's vice-presidential nominee, it signaled the growing prominence that the debt issue had gained within the party. For decades, Republicans had sounded alarms about runaway spending, while in practice, they avoided doing anything to reform entitlements - the true driver of the nation's long-term debt problem.
Parents Feel Powerless In Recovering Abducted Children
A House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee met Thursday to address the alarming issue of international parental child abduction of children born in the United States and taken against their will by one of their own parents to foreign countries. Four parents of abducted children offered testimonies before the subcommittee as many more stood in the back of the room holding posters of their own children who have been abducted.
The Shadow Campaign Inside the Closed-Door Rules Meetings in Cleveland
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney along with vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan wave on stage after accepting the nomination during the final day of the Republican National Convention on August 30, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. As delegates, grassroots activists and party insiders converged on Cleveland ahead of next week's Republican National Convention , a last-ditch attempt to throw Donald Trump 's nomination for president into jeopardy fizzled, but the attempted power play was more about a shadow campaign for the 2020 presidential election than anything else, ABC News has learned.
Trump passes Christie over for vice president
Just the night before, on Fox News, Trump had listed Christie among his three finalists. Political observers say the vice president announcement doesn't diminish the role Christie may play in Trump's campaign - or the prospect of a Trump administration job for the governor, who was among the first establishment Republicans to back the political outsider after his own presidential bid collapsed in February.
Post Pulse, hearing into why Orlando didn’t get funds
A month after the Pulse nightclub massacre, law enforcement leaders told a congressional committee in Washington on Friday that the Orlando area's tens of millions of tourists should be given a greater say in determining which metro areas get federal money for preventing and responding to terrorist threats. Orlando Police Chief John Mina and Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said that central Florida had missed out on needed training and opportunities to purchase equipment because Orlando for the past two years has been left off the list of metro areas receiving funding from the Department of Homeland Security's Urban Area Security Initiative .
Arizona Sen. Flake says Pence “adds to the ticket”
U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake says Donald Trump's choice of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate "adds a great deal to the ticket." The Arizona Republican has been openly critical of Trump for months, saying his statements on immigration, trade and Muslims raise huge issues that have kept him from backing the presumptive GOP nominee.
It’s Pence: Trump Announces His VP Choice On Twitter
Donald Trump has chosen Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate, adding political experience and conservative bona fides to his Republican presidential ticket.
Justice Dept. reviewing police response to nightclub rampage
California's secretary of state is expected to certify the results of the June primary election, when an estimated 8.5 million people, or 47.6 percent of registered voters, took part. The government is preparing to release a once-classified chapter of a congressional report about the attacks of Sept.
Mike Pence To Sit Down With “Republican Shill” Sean Hannity For First …
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's first public appearance as Donald Trump's running mate will apparently come in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity. Hannity is a "Republican shill" and a pro-Trump advocate with the tendency to be a "very soft interviewer" when interviewing the presumptive Republican presidential nominee and other GOP politicians.