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Looking for Love? JD Vance Doesn't Want You on Tinder

Vice president slams 'destructive' dating apps, says he's talked to the pope about it

(Newser) - Dating can be awful, a fact we already know. Now, the vice president is weighing in on the matter, blasting the apps that he believes make the process much worse. "If you look at basic dating behavior among young people ... the dating apps are probably more destructive than we...

US Official Gives Reason for Vance Bypassing Israel

Vice president reportedly didn't want to appear to endorse new ground offensive in Gaza

(Newser) - After the Trump administration told Israel that Vice President JD Vance might stop by Tuesday on his way home from Rome, sparking preparations, the detour was scrapped over concerns about the new ground offensive in Gaza, a US official told Axios . Given that the US is advocating for a ceasefire...

For American Catholics, It's a Big Vatican Meeting

Vance, Rubio meet with Pope Leo in what stories call a potential reset of US relations

(Newser) - A meeting at the Vatican on Monday featured what the New York Times calls "America's two most high-profile Catholics"—Pope Leo XIV and Vice President JD Vance. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who was raised Catholic, also attended. In their stories about the meeting, both the Times ...

Vance Will Return to Vatican for Inaugural Mass

Vice president met Leo XIV's predecessor less than a month ago

(Newser) - Vice President JD Vance is going to meet his second pope in the space of a month. The White House announced Thursday that Vance will lead the US delegation to Pope Leo XIV's inaugural mass in Vatican City on Sunday, NBC News reports. Vance will be joined by his...

Pope Has Shared Posts Criticizing Trump, Vance

In February, Leo XIV shared an article titled 'JD Vance is wrong'

(Newser) - President Trump praised the election of the first American pope on Thursday—but Pope Leo XIV might not have been thrilled when Trump was elected in November. When Leo was Cardinal Robert Prevost, he shared numerous posts on X criticizing the policies and statements of Trump and Vice President JD...

Vance on India-Pakistan Clash: 'None of Our Business'

VP says US won't be intervening in conflict between 2 nuclear-armed nations

(Newser) - The India-Pakistan conflict continues to bubble, amid fears of an eventual military confrontation between the two nuclear-armed nations. Don't expect the United States to get involved, however, according to Vice President JD Vance. "Fundamentally none of our business," Vance said in a Fox News interview on Thursday,...

Germany Balks After Rubio, Vance Support Far-Right AfD

US secretary of state accuses German government of 'tyranny,' German foreign ministry pushes back

(Newser) - Germany's foreign ministry is hitting back at US Secretary of State Marco Rubio after he criticized the decision to classify the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party as a "right-wing extremist" organization. The spat occurred at a complicated time for Germany, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the...

Danish King Drops In to Visit Greenland

Denmark appears to be underscoring its ties in light of Trump's demands to take over the island

(Newser) - King Frederik X of Denmark arrived in Greenland on Tuesday, reports the AP , kicking off a visit to the semiautonomous territory that President Trump wants to annex because of its strategic Arctic location. Frederik's trip to the island's capital city of Nuuk follows the new Greenlandic prime minister'...

JD Vance's Half Brother Launches Mayoral Run

Cory Bowman wants to be mayor of Cincinnati

(Newser) - Cory Bowman was feeling inspired in January as he headed home after watching his half brother, JD Vance, be inaugurated as vice president. The 36-year-old Bowman, who shares a father with Vance, was already active in the community, starting an evangelical church in Cincinnati's West End and later opening...

JD Vance: I'm Happy I Got to Meet the Pope

US vice president snagged the pontiff's 'last official meeting'

(Newser) - Vice President JD Vance has acknowledged the passing of Pope Francis a day after their meeting at the Vatican . "My heart goes out to the millions of Christians all over the world who loved him," the Catholic convert wrote Monday on X , per USA Today . Vance said he...

Pope Has Easter Meeting With JD Vance

Pontiff also makes a surprise trip in the popemobile

(Newser) - Vice President JD Vance met briefly with Pope Francis on Sunday to exchange Easter greetings, after they got into a long-distance tangle over the Trump administration's migrant deportation plans. The Vatican said they met for a few minutes at the papal residence in Vatican City "to exchange Easter...

Vatican, White House Report Vance Meeting Differently

Church statement calls session an 'exchange of opinions'

(Newser) - Vice President JD Vance met with the Catholic Church's top diplomats at the Vatican on Saturday, in the shadow of Pope Francis' criticism of the Trump administration's deportation policy and Vance's theological defense of it. The tension was reflected in the official statements released after Vance met...

JD Vance Fumbles Ohio State's Trophy
JD Vance Fumbles
Ohio State's Trophy
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Apr 14, 2025 7:45 PM CDT

JD Vance Fumbles Ohio State's Trophy

'I didn't want anyone after Ohio State to get the trophy so I decided to break it,' he jokes

(Newser) - Vice President JD Vance ended the Ohio State football team's visit to the White House on Monday by fumbling the team's national championship trophy. After laudatory speeches by President Trump, Buckeye coach Ryan Day, and Vance on the South Lawn, the vice president—an Ohio State graduate—tried...

Head of Space Force Base Fired After Vance Visit

She told personnel that Vance's Greenland remarks are 'not reflective of Pituffik Space Base'

(Newser) - The commander of a US Space Force base in Greenland has been fired for sending a base-wide email breaking with official messaging following Vice President JD Vance's visit to the Danish territory last month. In a statement late Thursday, the Space Force said Col. Susan Meyers was removed as...

China Blasts 'Ignorant' JD Vance Remarks

His remarks about 'peasants' caused a backlash in China

(Newser) - Vice President JD Vance did not calm US-China tensions last week with remarks about Chinese people being "peasants." In a Fox & Friends interview, Vance said the "globalist economy" is based on the US incurring debt to buy things other countries make. "We borrow money from...

Vance: 'Elon Is Not Even Close to Done'

VP says DOGE has more to do, though he expects Musk to leave role soon to serve as an 'adviser'

(Newser) - As whispers circulate about when Elon Musk's official role in the Trump administration may come to a close, the vice president of the United States is offering some more details. "Elon is going to remain a friend and an adviser of both me and the president," JD...

US 'Will Not Get' Greenland, New Prime Minister Says

Jens-Frederik Nielsen rejects Trump's confidence in a US takeover

(Newser) - The newly elected prime minister of Greenland pushed back Sunday against assertions by President Trump that America will take control of the island territory. Greenland, a huge, resource-rich island in the Atlantic, is a self-governing territory of Denmark, a NATO ally of the US. Trump wants to annex the territory,...

In Greenland, Vance Delivers Cold Jokes, Political Charges

Vice president criticizes Denmark's stewardship as Trump repeats demand

(Newser) - Sent by President Trump to one of the most remote military installations in the world, Vice President JD Vance joked about the cold on Friday to US troops stationed in Greenland while accusing Denmark of failing its semiautonomous territory. "The president is really interested in Arctic security, as you...

Putin: Trump Will Likely Go After Greenland 'Systematically'

His comment comes a day after Trump said US will 'go as far as we have to go' to obtain it

(Newser) - With the Vances' trip to Greenland looming, two notable quotes on the subject of the Trump administration's stated desire to take over the Arctic island:
  • From Trump: Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office Wednesday, the president said, "We need Greenland for national security and international security. So
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JD Vance Is Going to Greenland
JD Vance Is
Going to Greenland
Mar 25, 2025 6:44 PM CDT

JD Vance Is Going to Greenland

'I didn't want her to have all that fun by herself,' he says of 'excitement' around wife's visit

(Newser) - Tensions around a planned trip to Greenland by Usha Vance and two top American officials are unlikely to be eased by the news that Vance's husband has decided to come along. In a video posted on X Tuesday afternoon, Vice President JD Vance said he was visiting Greenland to...

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