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Former Vice President and GOP presidential candidate Mike Pence will be participating in a CNN town hall tonight in Iowa, where he will face questions from CNN host Dana Bash and Republican voters about his political record and stances on key issues.Here's a look back at some key moments from his career in politics: 2000 - Is elected to the US House of Representatives for the 2nd District of Indiana.

It's a dynamic that could force Biden to keep acting officials in some top jobs, which Trump took to extremes and elicited Democratic criticism.But the Biden administration, congressional Democrats and the nominees themselves are realizing some fights aren't even worth having.Take Ann Carlson, who Biden tapped to run the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration.

McCarthy brings a far different profile to the table.As minority leader, he was largely sidelined during the type of high-stakes talks with Democrats that he's now helming.And while Speaker McCarthy is keeping his often-fractious members in his corner more consistently than his predecessors, his newness to the glare of White House negotiations leaves Washington without a decoder ring for his public vows that - even as the two sides stay far apart on big issues - a deal is still possible by next week.

The suspended FBI agent had allegedly been leaking sensitive information to far right propaganda group Project Veritas.Suspended FBI special agent Garret O'Boyle waits for the beginning of a hearing before the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government of the House Judiciary Committee at Rayburn House Office Building on May 18, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong / Getty Images A key Republican witness in a recent House subcommittee hearing may have lied to Congress about his ties to far right propaganda group Project Veritas in a recent testimony dubiously accusing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of being biased against the right, potentially constituting a breach of federal law, Democrats are saying.

Former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, who announced a second campaign for president on Tuesday after a disappointing run in 2016, has had a roller coaster of a political career in more ways than one.In the span of four years, he went from star presidential recruit to scandal-dogged sixth-place finisher in New Hampshire.

House Oversight Chairman James Comer on Monday said he will move ahead this week with efforts to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt, even after the bureau allowed top members of the committee to view an internal law enforcement document.Comer and the top Democrat on the committee, Rep. Jamie Raskin, received a briefing from senior FBI officials and reviewed the document, known as an FD-1023, in a secure room at the Capitol.

The Justice Department and Minneapolis officials have agreed to negotiate toward a deal on a court-enforced consent decree.A consent decree in this case, between the Department of Justice and a state or local governmental agency, such as a police department, is a court-approved agreement that creates and enforces a road map for changes and overhaul within the agency where the Justice Department has found evidence of abuse and misconduct.Typically, a federal judge, along with an independent monitor, is appointed to oversee the changes and enforce the agreement.

An 8-year-old girl who died while in U.S. border custody on Wednesday had been detained for a week more than twice the amount of time the government generally aims to hold migrants, particularly children, according to two people familiar with the situation.The girl and her family were being held in a Customs and Border Protection facility in Harlingen, Texas, where they were waiting to be deported on a flight to Honduras.

If you ever drank a glass of clean water, caught a freshwater fish, swam in a lake or even maybe avoided a flood, you have directly benefited from wetlands.But those benefits are drying up, thanks to a Supreme Court decision that has overturned five decades of wetland protections.The 1972 federal Clean Water Act (CWA) protects the physical, chemical and biological health of the nation's surface waters.

Nikki Haley and her family walk back into the South Carolina State House after her inauguration in 2011.Tim Dominick/The State/Tribune News Service/Getty Images A former president of the National Association of Women Business Owners, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was first elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 2004.

A patient has their vitals checked before receiving an abortion at a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, on July 20, 2022.CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP via Getty Images The rush in conservative states to ban abortion after the overturn of Roe v. Wade is resulting in a startling consequence that abortion opponents may not have considered: fewer medical services available for all women living in those states.

Dr. Franz Theard performs a sonogram on a patient seeking abortion services at the Women's Reproductive Clinic in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, a state that has not banned abortions.Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images The rush in conservative states to ban abortion after the overturn of Roe v. Wade is resulting in a startling consequence that abortion opponents may not have considered: fewer medical services available for all women living in those states.

China has been operating military and intelligence facilities in Cuba since at least 2019 and is continuing to expand its intelligence gathering capabilities around the world, a Biden administration official and two other sources told CNN Saturday.The administration official said China conducted an upgrade of its intelligence collection facilities in Cuba in 2019 under the Trump administration and described the challenge as inherited.

A grand jury has charged former President Donald J. Trump with a total of seven counts, according to two people familiar with the indictment.While the precise details of all the charges are not yet clear, the people familiar with the matter said the charges include willfully retaining national defense secrets in violation of the Espionage Act, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and making false statements.

Federal prosecutors investigating former President Donald J. Trump's handling of classified material have a recording of Mr. Trump from 2021 discussing a sensitive military document he had kept after leaving the White House, two people briefed on the matter said.The recording, in which Mr. Trump also indicated he knew the document was secret, could undermine his repeated claim that he had already declassified material that remained in his possession after he left office.

Immigrants seeking asylum are stuck in a makeshift camp between border walls between the U.S. and Mexico, sit as a Customs and Border Protection officer keeps watch on May 13, 2023, in San Diego, California.Mario Tama / Getty Images CW: Descriptions of sexual assault, medical neglect, childbirth, and child death while in custody
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) subjects pregnant, postpartum, and nursing migrants to inhumane and dangerous condition s, often in violation of the federal immigration agency's own standards of care, according to documentation recently made public by advocacy organizations.

Chloé Brault, a Ph.D. candidate in comparative literature, stands near Wallenberg Hall on the Stanford campus on May 30, 2023.(Beth LaBerge/KQED)



Graduate workers at Stanford University voted this week on whether to form a union.Amid soaring housing costs and a tumultuous academic job market, graduate workers at Stanford and elsewhere are pushing to increase wages and improve benefits.

A former civil servant has accused the government of an attempt to cover up crimes by the former British ambassador to the US, who he claims leaked intelligence to his lover.Andrew Hale-Byrne is suing the foreign secretary, James Cleverly, and the international trade secretary, Kemi Badenoch, alleging that he was arrested in order to divert attention from Sir Kim Darroch, the former UK ambassador to the US.

The rush in conservative states to ban abortion after the overturn of Roe v. Wade is resulting in a startling consequence that abortion opponents may not have considered: fewer medical services available for all women living in those states.Doctors are showing through their words and actions that they are reluctant to practice in places where making the best decision for a patient could result in huge fines or even a prison sentence.

Bi-khim Hsiao, Taiwan's de facto ambassador to the United States, said Tuesday that Ukraine's success in defending itself against Russia's invasion, with the help of the United States and other nations, is important for deterring China from trying to invade Taiwan, a democratic island that the Chinese government considers part of its territory.

Here's a look at the life of Mike Pence, the 48th vice president of the United States.Birth date: June 7, 1959 Birth place: Columbus, Indiana Birth name: Michael Richard Pence Father: Edward Pence, gas station owner Mother: Nancy Pence-Fritsch Marriage: Karen Pence (1985-present) Children: Michael, Charlotte and Audrey Education: Hanover College (Indiana), B.A., 1981; Indiana University School of Law, J.D., 1986 Religion: Evangelical Christian After two early unsuccessful runs for Congress, Pence wrote an essay, Confessions of a Negative Campaigner.

On Wednesday, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed a first-of-its kind law to ban the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok in the state.The law, which is set to go into effect in January 2024, quickly came under fire for violation of free speech laws.In a statement, Gianforte's office called the law an attempt to protect Montanans' personal and private data from being harvested by the Chinese Communist party.