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Romney Gives His Prediction for GOP's 2028 Nominee

It'll be JD Vance, he thinks

(Newser) - Outgoing Republican Sen. Mitt Romney gave his predictions for the future of the Grand Old Party in a congressional "exit interview" with CNN on Sunday, the Hill reports. "MAGA is the Republican Party, and Donald Trump is the Republican Party today," Romney said. "And if you...

Cleared Subway Rider to Watch Army-Navy Game With Vance

Next vice president says 'justice was done' in Daniel Penny's trial

(Newser) - Calling him "a good guy," Vice President-elect JD Vance announced Friday that he's asked the newly acquitted Daniel Penny to be his guest at Saturday's Army-Navy football game. Penny was found not guilty Monday in the death of a subway rider he'd placed in a...

Some Are Worried Vance Will Try to End No-Fault Divorce

Though efforts to get rid of it have so far not made much headway

(Newser) - Married couples across the US have had access to no-fault divorce for more than 50 years, an option many call crucial to supporting domestic abuse victims and key to preventing already crowded family courts from drowning in complicated divorce proceedings. But some advocates for women worried as old comments from...

Vance: I'm Against Prosecuting Out-of-State Abortions

And more highlights from his interview with Joe Rogan

(Newser) - JD Vance followed former President Trump's lead in sitting for a three-hour interview with Joe Rogan, which aired Thursday. Several clips quickly went viral, "but they were being shared by the Harris-Walz campaign and its allies, not Vance or his running mate," per the Independent . The wide-ranging...

China Tried to Hack Phones of Trump, Vance: US Officials

Harris campaign devices also reportedly were attacked

(Newser) - Chinese operatives have tried to hack phones used by Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, as well as people connected to the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats, US officials said Friday. Investigators are working to learn what data the hackers might have accessed,...

Vance Offers Most Direct Response to 2020 Question

Did Trump lose the election? 'No,' he replies, 'not by the words I would use'

(Newser) - JD Vance has been accused lately of dodging the question of whether he believes Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, and on Wednesday he offered a direct "no" in his answer, reports the Washington Post . The exchange:
  • Reporter: "What message do you think it sends to independent voters
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2024 VP Debate Wasn't Exactly a Ratings Bonanza

43.1M viewers tuned in and were largely left divided

(Newser) - The ratings are in for the vice presidential debate and they are, in a word, meh. Some 43.1 million people watched Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz face off against Sen. JD Vance on Tuesday, almost 25% fewer than watched then-Sen. Kamala Harris debate Vice President Mike Pence in 2020, per...

VP Debate Illustrated Why Trump Picked Vance
VP Debate Showed Why
Trump Picked Vance
OPINION
Oct 2, 2024 12:30 AM CDT

VP Debate Showed Why Trump Picked Vance

And other reactions to Tuesday night's debate between Vance, Tim Walz

(Newser) - If you had any confusion over why Donald Trump chose JD Vance as his running mate, Tuesday night's vice presidential debate "has been the strongest illustration in this campaign so far of why," writes Ross Douthat at the New York Times . The Ohio senator gave "one...

Highlights of the VP Debate
Highlights of
the VP Debate
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Oct 1, 2024 9:45 PM CDT

Highlights of the VP Debate

CBS News-hosted debate kicks off with questions about Iran/Israel and climate change

(Newser) - Vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz started Tuesday as "blank slates to much of America," reports Time , which cited recent surveys from the Pew Research Center showing as much as 25% of the electorate say they've not heard of either man. Their only scheduled debate...

Vance, Walz Debate Could Be a 'Slugfest'

It's the last scheduled debate of the 2024 White House race

(Newser) - Barring a late addition to the schedule, Tuesday night's vice presidential debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz could be the last debate of the 2024 campaign between the Republican and Democratic tickets. Both Vance, a GOP senator from Ohio, and Walz, the Democratic governor of Minnesota, have embraced...

Vance and Walz Share a Few Goals for Their Debate

Both parties want nominees to win over working-class voters

(Newser) - With showtime rapidly approaching, the Democratic and Republican nominees for vice president have their work set out for them. Ohio Sen. JD Vance could be under more pressure, after Donald Trump was widely perceived as losing his debate earlier this month against Vice President Kamala Harris. But Wisconsin Gov. Tim...

JD Vance Doubles Down on Pet-Eating Claims

VP candidate defends narrative that has been disputed by police and Ohio's Republican governor

(Newser) - JD Vance appeared on multiple talk shows Sunday in which he doubled down on claims that Haitian immigrants were abducting and eating pets in Ohio, while defending the narrative as a way to put the media focus on the immigration policies of President Biden and VP Kamala Harris.
  • "The
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GOP Rhetoric, Bomb Scares Distress City, Haitian Arrivals

'It's not good right now,' one immigrant says after Trump airs false tale about pets

(Newser) - Bomb threats over the past week temporarily shut schools, businesses, two hospitals, and City Hall in Springfield, Ohio, after Donald Trump falsely told a national audience that Haitian immigrants there are stealing and eating pets. The Republican presidential candidate later announced he'll begin his promised mass deportations with the...

He Wants Trump, Vance to Stop Using Dead Son as 'Political Tool'

Grieving Springfield father says tragedy shouldn't be used to fuel anti-immigrant hate

(Newser) - The father of an 11-year-old boy killed in a crash involving an immigrant from Haiti says he wants "morally bankrupt" politicians including Donald Trump and JD Vance to stop using his son's death for "political gain." At a public meeting in Springfield, Ohio, hours before Tuesday...

How the 2 Presidential Candidates Will Mark 9/11

Here are Harris' and Trump's plans for the 23rd anniversary of the terror attacks

(Newser) - Just hours after their much - anticipated presidential debate , Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump are set to overlap once again as they attend events on Wednesday to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, though CNN notes "it's unclear whether the two parties will...

Vance Pushes Unusual Claim About Haitians Living in Ohio

Police in Springfield, Ohio, make clear they have no reports of pets being abducted and eaten

(Newser) - Police in Springfield, Ohio, have issued some unusual words of comfort for residents: Despite rumors to the contrary, they haven't received any reports of pets being abducted and eaten, reports the Springfield News-Sun . The claim originated in a viral, unsubstantiated post on a private Facebook group of Springfield residents...

Clip Captures JD Vance's 2021 Take on Childless Leaders

Audio from 2021 event was shared on X on Tuesday

(Newser) - It's another entry in the growing file of JD Vance's thoughts on childless Americans . Audio from a 2021 forum has resurfaced in which Vance expounds on the subject. He was participating in a Center for Christian Virtue leadership forum alongside other GOP candidates for the Senate from Ohio...

Vance: Trump Wouldn't Support National Abortion Ban

He claims Trump would veto such a ban if elected president

(Newser) - Appearing on NBC News ' Meet the Press Sunday, JD Vance offered assurances that if elected president, Donald Trump would not back a national abortion ban. Should one pass Congress and arrive on his desk, well, "I mean, if you're not supporting it, as the president of the...

Now Walz Is Under Fire for 'Lying' About His Wife Doing IVF

Turns out she actually did IUI, a different procedure

(Newser) - In March, after an Alabama court halted in vitro fertilization procedures in the state, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz decided to speak about his struggle to have children with his wife, Gwen. He has made his family's struggle with fertility a central part of his narrative after he became the...

Vance to End Remaining Charity
Vance to End Remaining Charity
Aug 15, 2024 4:40 PM CDT

Vance to End Remaining Charity

GOP candidate started two nonprofits beginning in 2016

(Newser) - Sen. JD Vance is preparing to dissolve the vestiges of a charitable effort he launched in Ohio after publication of his bestselling memoir "Hillbilly Elegy," the Republican vice presidential nominee's campaign said. Vance formed two like-named nonprofits starting in 2016 to address problems in Ohio and other...

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