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President-elect Trump and his former vice president, Mike Pence, shook hands at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral on Thursday in their first public interaction in four years.
Pence was seen standing up to shake Trump’s hand as the former president arrived inside Washington, D.C.’s National Cathedral for the funeral. After the two acknowledged each other and appeared to say a few words, Pence shook the hand of former first lady Melania Trump.
Former second lady Karen Pence, who was seated next to her husband, did not stand up, shake Trump’s hand, nor did she appear to acknowledge him…Read more
Former President Obama chuckling during a conversation with President-elect Donald Trump at the funeral service for former President Jimmy Carter on Thursday. (Getty Images)
BIDEN ACCUSER SENTENCED: FBI informant who made up Biden bribe story gets 6 years in prison…Read more
CAPITOL DANGER: Suspect identified in scare moments before Trump paid respects to Jimmy Carter…Read more
NO SHOWS: Michelle Obama, Dick Cheney among notable absences at Carter funeral…Read more
MESSAGE FROM THE OPPOSITION: Venezuelan opposition leader María Machado has urgent message for President-elect Donald Trump…Read more
Pam Bondi, former attorney general of Florida, arrives to the Fiserv Forum on the second day of Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis., on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
WATER PRESSURE: House Republicans introduce bill to repurchase the Panama Canal after Trump raises concerns of Chinese control…Read more
NEW CONGRESS: Did moderate Democrats get religion with embrace of Laken Riley Act?…Read more
Firefighters battle the Palisades Fire as it burns multiple structures in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
CALIFORNIA NIGHTMARE: Karen Bass' 2021 tweet comes back to haunt her as LA residents demand accountability…Read more
MASS DEPORTATIONS: ICE looking into expanding migrant detention facilities, ACLU says…Read more
'I SHUDDER TO THINK': Sen. Adam Schiff scolds Trump, telling him to be a unifier in response to LA wildfires…Read more
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