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Former Vice President Mike Pence has suspend ed his campaign for president , he announced Saturday. Former Vice President Mike Pence has suspend ed his campaign for president , he announced Saturday. "I came here to say it's become clear to me, this is not my time. So after much prayer and deliberation, I have decided to suspend my campaign right now," Pence said on stage at the Republican Jewish Coalition's Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas. "I'm leaving this campaign , but let me promise you I will never leave the fight for conservative values and I will never stop fighting to elect principled, Republican leaders to every office in the land," he continued. Republican presidential candidate former Vice President Mike Pence arrives at the Republican Jewish Coalition's Annual Leadership Summit on Oct. 28, 2023, in Las Vegas. Ethan Miller/Getty Images Pence, 64, announced he was joining the Republican race for president in June, running against ...

Zimbabwe's vice president says the death toll from a shaft collapse at a disused gold mine could rise to 13 HARARE, Zimbabwe -- The death toll from a shaft collapse at a disused gold mine in Zimbabwe was expected to rise to 13, the vice president said, according to state media. State-run newspaper The Sunday Mail quoted Vice President Constantino Chiwenga as saying “we believe we have lost about 13” in the mine disaster, which happened on Friday in the gold-rich town of Chegutu, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) west of the capital, Harare. He said 21 out of 34 miners believed to be underground at the time of the collapse had been rescued. Eight have been confirmed dead, with three bodies removed from the mine and five located but not yet removed, Chiwenga said. The remaining five people were presumed dead. Chiwenga was speaking Saturday at a meeting of the ruling ZANU-PF party, The Sunday Mail reported. Chiwenga said the collapse happened at a disused German-owned mine that had no...

Tim Scott is running for president. This is part of a series on the 2024 presidential candidates. Tim Scott was born on Sept. 19, 1965, in North Charleston, South Carolina. He was raised by a single mom who he says worked 16-hour days to support him and enabled him to pave a path from working class-poverty to the U.S. Senate. Scott worked in insurance and financial services after graduating from Charleston Southern University. Through a mentor and his experience at South Carolina's Palmetto Boys State program, he was i NFL uenced to pursue public service. Scott represented South Carolina's 1st congressional district in the House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013. He was the first black Re public an in Congress since 2003 when he was first elected in November 2010. While campaigning, Scott declined joining the Congressional Black Caucus saying, "my campaign was never about race." As a freshman Tea Party representative, Scott said that Congress needed to focus on c...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running for president. ABC News Photo Illustration / Alex Gilbeaux Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was born on January 17, 1954, in Washington, D.C., to Sen. Robert Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy. When Kennedy was 14 years old, his father was assassinated while running for the Democratic president ial nomination in 1968. Kennedy graduated in 1976 from Harvard University and then studied at London School of Economics, University of Virginia School of Law, and Pace University. In 1984, Kennedy joined Riverkeeper, which is an environmental watchdog and enforcement organization protecting the Hudson River in New York. In 1985, he was admitted to the New York bar and continued representing environmentalists. Kennedy has now become one of the most prominent faces of the anti-vaccine movement, according to experts. In 2016, Kennedy founded the anti-vaccine organization and advocacy group, Children's Health Defense. In 2019, Kennedy's sister, brother and niece denou...

The head of the Teamsters said Sunday that he has asked the White House not to intervene if unionized UPS workers end up going on strike NEW YORK -- The head of the Teamsters said Sunday that he has asked the White House not to intervene if unionized UPS workers end up going on strike . Negotiations between the delivery company and the union representing 340,000 of its workers have been at a standstill for more than a week with a July 31 deadline for a new contract approaching fast. The union has threatened a strike if a deal is not reached by the time the collective bargaining agreement expires. Asked during a webcast with members Sunday on whether the White House could force a contract on the union, Teamsters President Sean O’Brien said he has asked the White House on numerous occasions to stay away. “My neighborhood where I grew up in Boston, if two people had a disagreement and you had nothing to do with it – you just kept walking,” O’Brien said. “We don’t need anybody getting i...

Poland’s president says he will sign a bill that creates a commission to investigate Russian influence in Poland WARSAW, Poland -- Polish President Andrzej Duda said Monday he would sign a bill that creates a powerful commission, ostensibly meant to investigate Russian influence in Poland but which critics view as a tool to remove from political life the opponents of the ruling party — mostly notably opposition leader Donald Tusk. Parliament on Friday approved the law, which was proposed by the conservative Law and Justice ruling party, as the country heads towards a parliamentary election in the autumn. Experts say that it violates the Polish Constitution and the opposition has called on Duda to reject it. Duda said he was approving the bill because discussions on Russia's i NFL uence on Politics are being held in the U.S. and in some European countries. He said that a commission for investigating Russia's i NFL uences on European institutions and in individual countries sho...