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Montevideo, January 23rd 2026 - 17:52 UTC

Tag: James D. Vance

  • Thursday, January 15th 2026 - 10:30 UTC

    Vance keeps Trump's policies within Congress' boundaries

    Vance made the difference. VP's do not usually vote unless lawmakers are deadlocked

    US Vice President James D. Vance cast a tie-breaking vote on Wednesday to quash a bipartisan War Powers Resolution aimed at reining in President Donald Trump’s military authority regarding Venezuela. The 51-50 vote followed an intense pressure campaign from the President, which successfully flipped two Republican senators, Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), who had initially supported the measure.

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  • Thursday, October 2nd 2025 - 08:57 UTC

    US gov't shuts down again after seven years

    “There are critical services that the Democrats have taken hostage,” Vance argued

    The United States' federal government ended up in the first shutdown in seven years after Republicans and Democrats in the Senate failed to agree on a spending bill.

  • Monday, March 31st 2025 - 09:49 UTC

    Johnson warns Europe of NATO's need of US

    Johnson underscored the need for the US to remain the dominant Western power

    According to former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, there is no viable alternative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to defend Europe, and he insisted the continent should increase military spending.

  • Monday, January 20th 2025 - 08:10 UTC

    Trump making triumphant comeback to the White House

    Trump is expected to sign about 100 executive orders on his first day back in office

    Four years after disappearing behind the scenes amid growing discontent and suspicions about loyalties and vote counts, Donald Trump returns to the White House on Monday with a new vice president (J.D. Vance), new energy, and the galvanization that legal proceedings and assassination attempts leave in a political leader.

  • Monday, July 15th 2024 - 21:33 UTC

    Trump picks 39-year-old Ohio Senator as his running mate

    Vance has evolved from dubbing Trump “America's Hitler” to becoming his running mate for the Nov. 5 elections (Pic Alamy)

    Former US President Donald J. Trump Monday announced he was picking Ohio Senator James David Vance as his running mate for the Nov. 5 elections where he would be seeking his return ticket to the White House. Just a few days after an assassination attempt on his life, Trump conveyed his decisions to his followers through social media before accepting the Republican nomination at the Party Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.