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Gov. Mike Pence dodged a question Monday about whether he would be comfortable disagreeing with Donald Trump on the campaign trail though if his past record is any indication, they'll have plenty to disagree about. ABC News reported Thursday afternoon that Trump had offered, and Pence had accepted, a spot as his running mate to Indiana's governor.
In a summer of political and racial tumult, young Americans are in a dour mood: ... . FILE - In this July 6, 2016 file photo, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks before introducing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Cincinnati.
Republicans in Florida spent weeks trying to convince Marco Rubio to change his mind and run for re-election to the Senate. A new Quinnipiac poll shows that they knew what they were talking about.
In a summer of political and racial tumult, young Americans are in a dour mood: ... . FILE - In this July 6, 2016 file photo, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks before introducing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Cincinnati.
Donald Trump is on the verge of picking his vice presidential running mate, with top contenders told to expect a decision as early as Thursday afternoon. On Trump's shortlist: Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, according to people familiar with the candidate's thinking.
A veterans medical center is seen in San Diego on May 2, 2016. A proposal that a Washington lawmaker made on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, June 7, 2016, is calling for the nation's veterans hospitals to be transferred from the Department of Veterans Affairs to a charitable nonprofit corporation.
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito will be one of six GOP senators to speak at next weeks Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Capito will speak Tuesday night, the second night of the RNC, which is expected to officially launch Donald Trump's presidential bid.
Speaker Paul Ryan, Gov. Scott Walker, U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy and Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke are all scheduled to speak at the convention that begins Monday in Cleveland. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, a Wisconsin native, is also speaking.
Donald Trump has released the speaking list for the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, and one major figure is noticeably missing. he list, sent out Thursday morning, omitted Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana, a potential running mate who met with the presumptive Republican presidential nominee privately on Wednesday, heightening speculation that he could be selected as Trump's choice for vice president.
Boeing executives are mischaracterizing Congressional efforts to block a controversial $25 billion aircraft sale to Iran, according to lawmakers who spoke to THE WEEKLY STANDARD about statements by executives from the aerospace company. The lawmakers reiterated calls on Boeing to drop its planned sale to Iran Air, whose planes have been used by the Iranian military to transport weapons, according to the Obama administration.
"The American people will wake up tomorrow morning shaking their heads when they learn that a small group of radical Republican house members is trying to block a serious law enforcement investigation of potential fraud at Exxon." This is how Eric Soufer , a spokesperson for the New York Attorney General's office responded to an unprecedented subpoena to them, as well as to the Attorney General of Massachusetts and eight environmental groups, by the House Science Committee yesterday.
Rob Portman has taken the lead in Ohio's hotly contested U.S. Senate race, according to a new poll released Thursday. Poll: Portman gains ground in Senate race Rob Portman has taken the lead in Ohio's hotly contested U.S. Senate race, according to a new poll released Thursday.
Indianapolis Republican Donald Trump on Wednesday entered the final phase of his high-profile search for a running mate, arranging last-minute meetings with his finalists and family members as his staff prepares for a Friday announcement. Trump posted on Twitter on Wednesday evening that he would reveal his choice at 11:00 on Friday in Manhattan.
In this July 7, 2015, file photo, Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, A large number of GOP senators are skipping next week's convention in Cleveland, citing a range of prior commitments, from fly-fishing to lawn-mowing. Although a majority of the Republican senators do plan to attend, the level of absenteeism is high as Donald Trump prepares to claim the Republican Party's nomination.
Voters in Palm Beach County have been assigned to polling stations in about 80 Christian churches and five synagogues or Jewish centers this year, along with schools, government buildings and other locations. Until last week, a single mosque was part of this mix.
Senator Lee Harris and Representative John Ray Clemmons today called on Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam to account for any state tax dollars he is using to host Representative Diane Black's July 21st, political fundraiser at the Governor's residence and return those funds to the taxpayers. "Haslam will outsource anything, even the Governor's Residence for a congressional fundraiser," said Representative John Ray Clemmons.
Republican Donald Trump on Wednesday entered the final phase of his high-profile search for a running mate, arranging last-minute meetings with his finalists and family members as his staff prepares for a Friday announcement. He began Wednesday with breakfast at the residence of one, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, Wednesday morning, a day after the pair campaigned together in the state.
The Department of Interior finalized new safety rules for drilling in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska last week, but it took just six days for House Republicans to find a way to block them. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, offered an amendment to a $32.1 billion spending bill for Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency that would prohibit the department from spending any money on the new regulations.
A man who once spoke alongside Mayor Emanuel and Magic Johnson is among the latest victims of Chicago's gun violence epidemic. 21-year-old Glennell Fairley was playing basketball with a 15-year-old friend at Ogden Park when shots rang out Saturday.