Instead of celebrating a long-coveted victory to repeal of Obamacare, Vice President Mike Pence is nowhere to be seen, after the latest repeal bill failed in the Senate. The daily schedule released by Pence’s office does not include a single public event. That stands in sharp contrast to the very active public schedule Pence had […]

An alliance between Mike Pence and Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s chief strategist, created the policy behind Trump’s announced ban on transgender military service. President Barack Obama lifted the ban in July of 2016, with then-Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter announcing, “Effective immediately, transgender Americans may serve openly. They can no longer be discharged or […]

Mike Pence has a seriously disturbing view of freedom. Sitting down for a prime-time interview with Fox News host and favorite of neo-Nazis Tucker Carlson, Pence offered an offensive take on the devastating result of the health care repeal bill that he, Donald Trump, and congressional Republicans are insistently pushing and which would cause millions of […]

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released its score on the repeal-only option for health care preferred by Mike Pence, and it is even more of a disaster than the replacement plan the GOP has failed to push through. As Republicans became concerned that the so-called Better Care Act, with its draconian cuts to Medicaid — […]

Six months into office and not only is Donald Trump’s ledger of presidential accomplishments a slight one, but parts of it are now evaporating in plain sight. This week marks the half-year anniversary of Trump and Mike Pence being sworn into office, and on Wednesday, Carrier Corp., the air conditioner manufacturer, is laying off more […]

Mike Pence has been laying the groundwork for a presidential campaign, but a new poll shows that Americans do not want him in the Oval Office. Conservative pollster Rasmussen Reports found that only 26 percent of likely voters say Pence would be better than Donald Trump; 45 percent said he would be worse. Skepticism about […]

Mike Pence wants America to believe that he had nothing to do with the Trump team’s scandal involving contacts with Russian operatives during the presidential campaign. He particularly wants Fox News viewers, who are a key constituency in picking and supporting the next Republican presidential nominee, to be aware of this version of events. To […]

Mike Pence attempted to distance himself from the Trump administration’s latest scandals, while continuing his strategy of conducting what appears to be a shadow presidential campaign. Pence’s office released a statement to the media claiming Pence “was not aware of the meeting” between Trump campaign officials Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort and a […]

Donald Trump was embarrassed into pulling back on a plan to work with Russia on developing cybersecurity procedures after Democrats — and even some Republicans — criticized it. After emerging from his long meeting with Vladimir Putin, Trump tweeted, “Putin & I discussed forming an impenetrable Cyber Security unit so that election hacking, & many […]

Upon returning from his second trip abroad as president, Donald Trump should have a full schedule. He and his fellow Republicans are trying to repeal Obamacare and replace it with a disastrous plan that would gut Medicaid funding to give tax cuts to the rich. Trump also boasted about the “excellent meeting” he had with […]

The unusual development of Mike Pence’s private political operation has been building for months, and a new wrinkle reveals that he is working outside of his partnership with Donald Trump. For months, Pence has been secretly meeting with well-heeled Republican financiers, entertaining them “in a series of private gatherings and one-on-one conversations,” according to The […]

Mike Pence continues to raise suspicions that he is making contingency plans for the possible premature end of Donald Trump’s presidency. Pence has barnstormed swing states in recent days. The trip follows a curious pattern of behavior from Pence. He has formed his own political action committee to distribute funds to candidates, which presidential candidates often […]

Donald Trump has rapidly offended America’s closest allies by pushing them away and behaving poorly on the global stage, but Mike Pence insisted that the world is “grateful for his presidency.” Pence made the strange comment in an appearance on Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News. Hannity has positioned himself as the leading Trump sycophant […]

Mike Pence lashed out in response to news reports about the refusal of states to comply fully with his so-called Election Integrity Commission’s request to turn over sensitive voter registration data. Pence issued a statement on behalf of commission, calling it statement “real news” in a tweet that distorted the reality of the degree of […]

The resistance from the states against the Trump administration’s barely-disguised voter suppression effort continues to build. Only three days after Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach — also the Vice Chair of the so-called Presidential Advisory Committee on Election Integrity — sent a letter to all 50 states demanding extensive voter data, the number of […]

When Donald Trump signed an executive order in May establishing an election integrity commission, it certainly seemed like it would be a tool of voter suppression. And when he named Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and Vice President Mike Pence to the commission, it was clear that’s exactly what it is. Now, the commission has […]

Echoing their approach toward the civilian population in the House and Senate health care bills, the Trump administration is now floating the idea of cutting payments to disabled veterans. Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin declared in a forum that the current veterans disability system was “designed from 50, 60 or 70 years ago,” which would […]

Mike Pence’s staff seems to believe that if you simply deny something enough, that means it never actually happened. Unfortunately for them, reality doesn’t work that way. While in Colorado to speak at the 40th anniversary event for the right-wing evangelical group Focus on the Family, Pence also had a meeting with the libertarian billionaire […]

One of the biggest lies Donald Trump has told is that he saved jobs from being shipped overseas, before even taking office. It’s a high bar to reach, given the regularity with which he lies about everything from the relatively mundane and easily debunked — like where President Barack Obama was born, to the far […]

There is growing consensus, even among some Republicans, that Donald Trump is not fit to be president. But if Trump were to leave office, either by removal or by resignation, America would still have a serious problem on its hands — and that problem’s name is Mike Pence. “He’s ideological, I consider him a zealot, […]

Vice President Mike went to Congress to meet with his former fellow conservative House members and demand their support on the bill to repeal Obamacare. And when he blasted them for withholding their support, they cried. According to Politico, Pence crashed what was supposed to be a secret meeting of the House’s uber-conservative House Freedom […]

The Trump administration and the GOP are dead set on taking away access to health care for millions of Americans. Even if they have to do it in secret. Even if they have to refuse input from Democrats. Even if they have to leave women out of the process. And even if a huge majority of […]

Last month, Mike Pence set up a leadership PAC. The fund can be used to bolster congressional candidates, but as Bloomberg noted, it’s “unusual” for a vice president to create his own PAC. Others pointed out that forming the PAC could be a sign of Pence’s intent to run for higher office. But the PAC can serve another […]

Vice President Mike Pence has retained outside counsel to deal with the investigation into the Trump campaign’s possible collusion with Russia, a bombshell that undercuts his carefully crafted appearance of non-involvement. Pence’s decision to hire former U.S. Attorney Richard Cullen comes just one day after officials confirmed special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating Trump personally for […]

Much of the attention paid to opinion polls have focused on the man at the top of the ticket, Donald Trump, for his failure to shore up a positive approval rating from the American people. But a new NBC News poll finds that Trump’s misery loves company. Vice President Mike Pence is among the least popular politicians […]

It is likely safe to say that Mike Pence has never donated a dime to Planned Parenthood. But a raft of recent gifts to the reproductive health organization still bear the vice president’s name. Politico reports that over 2,500 people donated to Planned Parenthood in honor of Pence’s 58th birthday, in just “the latest way […]

Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY) has made no secret of her opinions on Donald Trump and his administration. She was one of nearly 70 Democratic lawmakers who did not attend Trump’s inauguration, and was a vocal opponent of his Muslim travel ban. One month into his term, she told a town hall audience that Trump was an […]

Vice President Mike Pence appears a little unclear on the concept of what it means to value “life.” After all, voting to eliminate protection for Planned Parenthood — which provides a range of crucial health care services to millions of low-income and minority Americans who may have nowhere else to go — hardly shows concern or respect for those lives. […]

The entire world, from European allies to corporations like Exxon, is utterly horrified at Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement. It should not be difficult to understand why. Climate change is a crisis that nearly every country on the planet agreed to address together. But inside Trump world, concerns […]

Women’s health and family planning capabilities are once again being targeted by Republicans, as the Senate just voted to roll back crucial protections, put in place by President Obama, that shielded organizations like Planned Parenthood from discrimination in funding by state governments. And Vice President Mike Pence was all too happy to help them do […]