Friday 21 January, 2022
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the imposing court in Washington as the nine justices heard two hours of arguments.
He has hit out at former president Donald Trump who put pressure on him to reverse the result of last year’s vote.
Angry Trump supporters broke into the building on 6 January, with some chanting ‘Hang Mike Pence’.
The vice president said the mechanism should be reserved for cases of medical or mental incapacitation.
President-elect Joe Biden is set to be inaugurated on 20 January.
Lightning-fast impeachment proceedings against Trump are expected to begin tomorrow.
Republicans and Democrats have floated the idea of removing Trump from the White House.
Congress is today set to certify Biden’s presidential win.
Earlier today, US Vice President Mike Pence received the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine live on television.
Chief of staff Marc Short is the vice president’s closest aide.
Democrat Joe Biden has not voted yet and is likely to do so in person in Delaware on Election Day, November 3.
There were no knockout blows in a debate that was far less ill-tempered than last week’s presidential debate.
Donald Trump is to leave the White House to attend a medical centre after testing positive for Covid-19.
Now the Democratic and Republican national conventions are over, what lies ahead in the battle for the White House?
Pence was the keynote speaker at the Republican convention last night in a parade of Trump acolytes.
The US President has made unsubstantiated assertions that foreign countries will print millions of bogus ballots to rig the election.
A close aide of Pence was diagnosed with Covid-19 last week.
The US Vice President defended himself by saying he is regularly tested for Covid-19.
At one protest in Colorado, a woman shouted at a healthcare worker ‘You go to work, why can’t I go to work?’
Some governors said testing capacity was far behind levels needed to avoid sparking new outbreaks.
This is the second time the breakfast meeting will be held behind closed doors.
The US Congress passed an emergency $8.3 billion spending bill to combat the coronavirus.
Pence last visited Ireland in September.
The end-of-year summary of defence and security operations in 2019 has been published.
Pence spoke after he and other US officials met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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The figure was about half the security costs for Pope Francis’ visit last year.
Pence has defended as “logical” his decision to stay at Doonbeg.
Pence took a stronger line on Brexit during this trip than many had expected.
Pence has been staying at the Trump International Golf Links and Hotel during his two-day visit to Ireland.
Pence’s message on Brexit today was stronger than many had been expecting.
The US Vice President stopped by the Áras earlier this morning.
Pence will meet with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar tomorrow as well as President Michael D Higgins during his visit.
Mike Pence’s visit has been brought forward. He’s now due in Shannon today.
Pence was due to arrive in Ireland next Friday, but his plans have changed.
The trip comes after US President Donald Trump spent several days in Ireland in June.
The US Vice President was invited to visit by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar when they met in Washington in March.
The US Vice President said the situation at the border is a “crisis that is overwhelming our system”.
A date in September has been floated although official details have not yet been released.
The White House is yet to confirm the visit.
