Tag: Vance
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Harris and Vance campaign in Pennsylvania; Trump joins town hall in Miami
Reproductive Freedom For All endorsed Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., for re-election today in a statement first shared with NBC News. Mini Timmaraju, president of the nonprofit organization, which advocates for reproductive rights, said Casey is “meeting the moment” and “recognizes that action is needed to protect abortion rights and access nationwide.” “With anti-abortion Republicans like…
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Vance says a future Trump administration would defund Planned Parenthood
Sen. JD Vance confirmed to reporters on Saturday that former President Donald Trump is “consistent” in his views on defunding Planned Parenthood. A journalist asked Vance whether a future Trump administration would defund Planned Parenthood, the reproductive health care group that has garnered opposition from many conservatives for its pro-abortion rights positions. “On the question…
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JD Vance said immigration is driving the housing crisis. Here’s what the numbers say.
America’s two vice presidential candidates agreed Tuesday night that America is in the midst of a housing crisis in which too few homes and steady demand have led to soaring costs. But Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz presented radically different views of how the country got there — and how to…
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Back on the trail with MAGA crowds, Vance ditches ‘Midwest nice’ debate tone
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — No more “Midwest nice.” Ohio Sen. JD Vance, back on the campaign trail after his matchup with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, eschewed the debate-stage niceties that marked their relatively cordial meeting and went back on the offensive Wednesday. Coming off a debate performance that former President Donald Trump described as “fantastic,”…
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Vance and Walz debate highlights and Israel vows retaliation against Iran: Morning Rundown
JD Vance and Tim Walz play nice during the vice presidential debate. Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will retaliate after Iran’s missile attack. And researchers reveal that Mount Everest is growing even taller. Here’s what to know today. Vance and Walz put on a display of Midwest nice in vice presidential debate Cordial handshakes book-ended the…
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Biden, Kamala Harris tour Hurricane Helene damage after VP debate with Vance, Walz
Share Biden heads to Carolinas and Harris to Georgia to view Hurricane Helene damage Biden and Harris are set to take separate tours today of the catastrophic damage resulting from Hurricane Helene, which caused the deaths of at least 150 people. Biden is expected to visit North Carolina and South Carolina, days after the storm…
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Vance and Walz bring a dose of civility to a heated campaign: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to a post-debate edition of the From the Politics Desk newsletter, breaking down all the action from tonight’s showdown between Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday here. A night of Midwest nice: Vance and Walz agree to disagree in…
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Walz and Vance agree to disagree in a largely civil debate
NEW YORK — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he believes his rival for vice president, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, wants to solve the nation’s immigration crisis, but he questioned if former President Donald Trump really does. Vance acknowledged that Walz wants to solve the problem, too, but he questioned if Vice President Kamala Harris…
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Fact-checking the vice presidential debate between Vance and Walz
Vice presidential hopefuls JD Vance and Tim Walz faced off in their first and only debate Tuesday night, squaring off on everything from foreign policy and the economy to the 2020 election and abortion rights. The debate was remarkably courteous — especially compared to this year’s presidential debates — but both candidates ran afoul of…
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Vance refuses to acknowledge Trump lost the 2020 election
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance refused to acknowledge that Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election during the vice presidential debate on Tuesday and downplayed the seriousness of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, which injured more than 140 law enforcement officers. He also declined to say if he would seek to…