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CBS News reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence still won’t say whether he’s running for president next year, and he won’t speak ill of his ex-boss, former President Donald Trump. But in an interview with CBS News in Michigan on Wednesday, he also twice declined to commit to supporting Trump if he is the Republican presidential nominee. Instead, Pence said …

The Associated Press reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday the U.S. should step up support for Ukraine, marking the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion with calls for more and faster military aid that put him out of step with some of his likely 2024 presidential rivals. Pence, who is is widely expected to launch a bid for …

“I think the times call for different leadership. I’m confident we’ll have better choices than my old running mate. Americans want to see us and our politics return to the kind of civility and respect hat Americans show one another every day. I’m very confident that Republican primary voters are going to choose the right standard bearer for this moment …

ABC News reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence has declined an invitation to the Conservative Political Action Conference, sources told ABC News. The decision by Pence, who is debating a 2024 presidential run, comes as other notable figures are absent from this year’s lineup. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who spoke at CPAC last year, has two events scheduled in Texas …

CNN’s fact-checker Daniel Dale writes:  Fox host Martha MacCallum told Pence that, in the wake of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, in early February, “They’re blaming the Trump administration. They say it’s the regulations that you peeled back that led to this lack of safety.” Pence replied: “Yeah, same crowd that said that Chinese balloons floated over our …

“I fully supported Florida’s initiative to protect kids and protect parental rights. I was just in Iowa last week where literally there’s a school, the landmark community school will allow a student to get a gender transition plan without parental notification or approval. But the idea to go after their taxing authority, that was that was beyond the scope of …

CBS News reports: Federal prosecutors have asked the chief judge in Washington, D.C.’s federal court to compel former Vice President Mike Pence to comply with a grand jury subpoena and testify as a witness in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the events surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, three people familiar with the investigation told CBS …

Raw Story reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday called to end Social Security and Medicare, and instead replace them with a “better deal” for younger Americans. During an interview on Fox News, Pence was asked about his plan for entitlements like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. “We are simply not going to reform the fiscal health of this …

Via press release: Advancing American Freedom (AAF) today announced a grassroots campaign to combat the Radical Left’s indoctrination of children in Iowa and to empower Iowa parents to make decisions that are best for their children. “The strength of our nation is tied to the strength of our families, and we cannot stand idly by as the Radical Left attempts …

Politico reports: Mike Pence is preparing to resist a grand jury subpoena for testimony about former President Donald Trump’s push to overturn the 2020 election, according to two people familiar with the former vice president’s thinking. Pence’s decision to challenge Special Counsel Jack Smith’s request has little to do with executive privilege, the people said. Rather, Pence is set to …

The Washington Examiner reports: Attorneys for former President Donald Trump will appeal the subpoena issued to former Vice President Mike Pence by the special counsel investigating the 45th president on executive privilege grounds, according to multiple reports. Sources close to Pence confirmed on Friday that the former vice president had been subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith. CBS News reports …

NBC News reports: The FBI discovered an additional classified document at former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home Friday during a voluntary five-hour search of the house, a Pence adviser said in a statement. The adviser, Devin O’Malley, said “the Department of Justice completed a thorough and unrestricted search of five hours and removed one document with classified markings and …

NBC News reports: The FBI was searching former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home Friday, looking for any classified documents that might be in the house, a senior law-enforcement official told NBC News. The move comes weeks after Pence reported finding a “small number” of classified documents in his Carmel, Indiana house, and a day after it was revealed he’d …

ABC News reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel overseeing probes into former President Donald Trump, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. It’s not immediately clear what information the subpoena from special counsel Jack Smith is seeking, but it follows months of negotiations between federal prosecutors and Pence’s legal team. Smith was …

The Associated Press reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence is stepping up his outreach in Iowa ahead of a possible 2024 presidential campaign by rallying conservatives against transgender-affirming policies in schools, like one adopted in an eastern Iowa district last year. The effort by Advancing American Freedom, a group formed by Pence in 2021 and financed by his supporters, will …

Yahoo News reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence, a possible 2024 presidential candidate, has voiced support for a Social Security privatization scheme that the George W. Bush administration unsuccessfully pushed nearly two decades ago. In a closed-door event Thursday hosted by the National Association of Wholesale-Distributors, a corporate trade group, Pence said he believes that “the day could come when …

The Hill reports: Former Vice President Pence is traveling to South Carolina on Monday amid increasing speculation that he’s eyeing a 2024 White House bid and following former President Trump’s visit to the state last month. Pence will visit with local law enforcement officials, including Chief Reggie Burgess, while in North Charleston and participate in a law enforcement roundtable, according …

The Indianapolis Star reports:  The FBI plans to search the home of Mike Pence, the former vice president Indiana governor. In the wake of classified documents found on President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump’s properties, Pence’s lawyer recently disclosed that classified documents were found at his home. The Wall Street Journal reported that officials could search Pence’s home …

ABC News reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday he takes “full responsibility” for the classified documents found at his Indiana home. “While I was not aware that those classified documents were in our personal residence, let me be clear: Those classified documents should not have been at my personal residence,” Pence said as he spoke at Florida International …

The Hill reports: “I don’t know what the hell is going on around here. It’s the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen,” Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.), the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, told The Hill. “I have no reason to believe it’s nefarious in any way, but clearly at the executive branch they’re just packing boxes.” “I don’t get …