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Trump's Link to QAnon Comes Out in the Open

Mike Pence, top GOP figures to attend fundraiser hosted by QAnon backers

(Newser) - Vice President Mike Pence and top officials from President Trump's campaign are slated to attend a Montana fundraiser next week hosted by a couple who have expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory, according to an event invitation obtained by the AP and a review of social media postings....

A Response From Trump About New Book's Claim

Book says Pence was prepared to take over if president needed anesthesia

(Newser) - A new book by a New York Times reporter adds a twist to an unscheduled visit Trump made to a hospital last year. In Donald Trump v. The United States , Michael Schmidt writes about the president's surprise visit in November to Walter Reed Medical Center. At the time, the...

4 Test Positive for COVID at GOP Convention
4 Test Positive
for COVID at RNC
Aug 28, 2020 2:33 PM CDT

4 Test Positive for COVID at RNC

All were sent home upon arrival

(Newser) - Health officials in Charlotte said Friday they conducted 792 coronavirus tests connected to the Republican National Convention, and four test results—for two attendees and two local employees—were positive, the Hill reports. "We had diligent safety protocols in place, including testing all attendees before arriving in Charlotte, and...

NBA Players&#39; Walkout May Be Over
NBA Players' Walkout
May Be Over
Aug 27, 2020 12:40 PM CDT

NBA Players' Walkout May Be Over

League will reportedly resume games Friday

(Newser) - It looks like the NBA will be getting back to business. After players sat out Wednesday and the league suspended three playoff games to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin, the remainder of the shortened season was in doubt. But the Washington Post and the AP are...

Top Republican in House Rips QAnon

McCarthy, Pence, and Cheney reject conspiracy theory

(Newser) - Under pressure after a conspiracy theorist won a GOP primary in Georgia , the House Republican leader has distanced his party from QAnon. "There is no place for QAnon in the Republican Party," Rep. Kevin McCarthy said in a Fox News interview, the Hill reports. "I do not...

WH Aide: How Do We Add Trump to Mt. Rushmore?

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem knew Trump wanted to be up there

(Newser) - Little question: How exactly does one get a face added to Mount Rushmore? That was a White House aide's query to the office of South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem last year, a Republican official tells the New York Times . The question wasn't new—Trump had asked Noem about...

Pence Publicly Swipes at John Roberts

It's the first time he or the president have called out the chief justice by name

(Newser) - Mike Pence called out Chief Justice John Roberts by name in a TV interview set to air Thursday, and it wasn't to compliment him. "We have great respect for the institution of the Supreme Court of the United States but Chief Justice Roberts has been a disappointment to...

Secret Service Agents Fell Ill Before Pence Trip

VP delayed, scaled back Arizona visit

(Newser) - Vice President Mike Pence, who had been scheduled to visit Arizona for a "Faith in America" campaign rally in Tucson and a tour of Yuma with Gov. Doug Ducey Tuesday, ended up making a much shorter visit to the state Wednesday. Sources tell the Washington Post that Pence postponed...

Arizona Reports New Record in COVID Cases, Deaths

Pence is visiting state Wednesday

(Newser) - Arizona recorded more coronavirus deaths, infections, hospitalizations, and emergency-room visits in a single day than ever before Wednesday. The surge is part of a crisis across the Sunbelt that has sent a shudder through other parts of the country and led distant states to put their own reopening plans on...

Pence Cancels Political Events in 3 States

But he'll still visit Florida, Texas, and Arizona

(Newser) - Mike Pence called off campaign events in Florida and Arizona this coming week as the states experience a surge in new coronavirus cases, the AP reports. Pence will still travel to those states, which have set records for new confirmed infections in recent days, the White House confirmed, saying he...

Pence Invokes Constitution in Defending Trump Rallies

Everybody else on task force wears a mask

(Newser) - Asked repeatedly Friday why it's OK for President Trump to hold indoor rallies with large crowds during the pandemic, Politico reports, Vice President Mike Pence cited the Constitution. Americans' rights of free speech and assembly exist even during the coronavirus crisis, Pence said, as does the principle of individual...

COVID Task Force to Hold First Briefing in 2 Months

This one won't be at the White House

(Newser) - With COVID-19 cases surging in many states and daily infection totals hitting new highs , Vice President Mike Pence is due to hold his first public briefing as head of the government coronavirus task force in almost two months. The White House announced Thursday night that Pence will hold the briefing...

Mike Pence Declines to Use That Phrase

The vice president explains his position to an ABC affiliate

(Newser) - In the debate over saying "black lives matter," Mike Pence just took center stage—by declining to say it twice in the same interview. "Well, Brian, let me just say that what happened to George Floyd was a tragedy," Pence told 6ABC Action News anchor Brian...

Pence Says There&#39;s No Second Wave
Pence:
There Is No
Second
Wave
the rundown
Jun 17, 2020 6:43 AM CDT

Pence: There Is No Second Wave

But his op-ed has sparked criticism of 'pandemic denialism'

(Newser) - In a Wall Street Journal op-ed Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence firmly declares there is no "second wave" of COVID-19, and slams the media for coronavirus fear-mongering. In truth, he writes, thanks to the increase in testing, treatments, vaccine trials, medical supplies, and President Trump's leadership, America is...

Mike Pence Self-Isolates After Virus Gets Too Close

The VP is staying home at the US Naval Observatory

(Newser) - Now there's only one degree of separation. Mike Pence has begun self-isolating after his press secretary tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, three insiders tell Bloomberg . Seems the vice president skipped a Saturday meeting with President Trump and senior military officials, and went behind closed doors at home at...

Kimmel Offers Apology to Mike Pence After Viral Clip

VP wasn't carrying empty boxes of PPE into a nursing home, as Kimmel claimed

(Newser) - On Thursday, Mike Pence made an appearance at a Virginia nursing home to help deliver boxes of personal protective equipment—and now a late-night host is apologizing for his commentary on it. On his show Thursday night, Jimmy Kimmel aired a video that originally ran on C-SPAN showing the vice...

Latest to Test Positive Has Close Ties to Pence, Trump

VP spokesperson Katie Miller is married to top Trump adviser Stephen Miller

(Newser) - The latest White House staffer to test positive for COVID-19 has been identified, and it's bad news not only for the person but for Mike Pence and President Trump. The staffer is Pence spokesperson Katie Miller, meaning she has been in close proximity to the vice president, reports CBS...

2nd White House Staffer Tests Positive This Week

Member of Mike Pence's staff is the latest

(Newser) - COVID-19 appears to be getting closer and closer to the president and vice president. A day after news that one of President Trump's personal valets tested positive comes news that a staffer in VP Mike Pence's office did as well. The AP reports that the unidentified staffer tested...

A Personal Valet to Trump Tests Positive for COVID

White House says president, VP are still in the clear

(Newser) - A US Navy member who serves as one of President Trump's personal valets has tested positive for the coronavirus, reports CNN and Politico . The White House confirmed the diagnosis of a military member who works at the White House, though not that it was one of the president's...

Trump: COVID-19 Task Force Is Changing Focus

He says it will continue indefinitely, but it's switching focus to the economy

(Newser) - One day after saying that the COVID-19 task force would be winding down, President Trump said Wednesday that it would continue indefinitely, but focus more on rebooting the economy. Trump tweeted that the panel's focus would be on "SAFETY & OPENING UP OUR COUNTRY AGAIN." Trump's...

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